How to Stop Getting Dropped on Climbs After 40
Getting dropped on the club-ride climb is rarely a fitness problem, it's a tactics problem. Fix where you start the climb, how hard you hit the first surge, add two targeted weekly sessions, and learn to surf the terrain, and the group that used to ride away from you stops disappearing.
Your Lower Back Hurts After Two Hours. Stretching Probably Isn’t the Fix.
Lower back pain is the most common reason riders over 45 cut rides short, and most of them reach for a stretch that doesn't help. The research points to a different culprit: weak, undertrained trunk endurance, made worse by a handlebar that's too low.

