Subject: RE: Another new One! Hi Jill, welcome to the site. Lots of good stuff here, so just look around. Weights? I've read (and found) that exercises specific to your training are good to help with speed and power. Step Ups, Squats, lunges for legs (using them much like bicycling), front pull downs for upper body (like swimming), etc. Bikes? Use what you are comfortable with and what you can afford. My wife just bought a new, 'less expensive' bike (I just bought a new road bike, but she didn't want to spend that much). She bought a hybrid - a trek 7300 FX @ about $430. She liked it much better than the mountain bikes (she's been riding an old, cheap mountain bike). It really depends on you - I trained for almost a year on a $79 walmart bike and it didn't hurt me. I'm sure you'll get lots of opinions on this . . . probably no answers, but lots of opinions. TB |