How can I train with my husband???

[indigoiis]

I can't ride with my husband on anything under 50 miles, because otherwise he is off like a shot. But on longer rides he likes my steady slower pace because it keeps him pacing himself and then he doesn't "blow up."

So for those together rides, plan on longer ones and work together to practice things like pace line training and stopping at antique shops and bakeries.

For the actual training rides, do group rides. Husband can go blow up with the leaders, and you (and I) can find other riders more our pace.

If you do want to do a fun trainer with your fast guy, do something really really short and play "chase the rabbit." We do this occasionally. We'll do like, eleven miles and I chase him over hill and dale. It hurts like hell but it really is good for training - you'll see improvement.

[Cyclo Kitty]

Wow, I guess I'm really lucky. We are pretty evenly matched, though we do use different-bike handicapping.

I ride my cross bike, he rides SS on longer, hilly rides and we're pretty evenly matched, though he was consistently pulling ahead on descents until I got new rims. They were totally worth it to pass him .

We also take turns in front, so there are no excess drafting accusations. Over the course of several rides, it all seems to average out. I really appreciate DH's patience, though admittedly, I think of it as training and he thinks of it as riding. (He's non-competitive.) So attitude is as much a factor as fitness (or sweet new rims!) in happy co-riding.

[Natural Beauty]

That's funny that I read this thread today as we are having a marriage challenge day....He could ride into the lake and it would be all good. HAHA

Tandem would be nice – no competitive streaks coming out…not that any of us have that problem.