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Anyone had experience of forced period off bike? I was off for 6 weeks and have been gradually increasing my rides over past 4 weeks. But my speed remains so slow.

In reply to vmazie:

Of course it will. I moved house last Christmas and couldn't ride as much, lost a fair bit but it was a brilliant motivator to get out and train back up and beyond my previous fitness level.

Here's an interesting article that might help http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/healthandfitness/541711/detraining-the-truth...

In reply to Escher:
Thanks for that. It's a really well written and reassuring article.
Don't think we realise how fit we are most of the time.
I will keep chugging along!
Cheers.

In reply to Escher: Good article that. I dislocated my shoulder 4 months before a 100k MTB marathon in Scotland. Three months doing nothing, then one month to get fit, mainly doing intervals. I felt fitter than before the lay-off.