{"id":3379,"date":"2025-10-15T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:48:34","slug":"why-ride-track-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/?p=3379","title":{"rendered":"Why ride track? Part one."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Want to ride faster, smoother, and more confidently?<\/strong><br>Here\u2019s a secret: some of the best road cyclists, including Mark Cavendish, Aaron Gate, Corbin Strong, Georgia Williams&nbsp;\u2014 all started out or have a strong background on the&nbsp;track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Track cycling isn\u2019t just for elite sprinters. It\u2019s one of the best ways to sharpen your&nbsp;road performance, whether you race, ride bunches, or just love a weekend spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next few posts, we\u2019ll share 3 key ways track riding will boost your road cycling:<br>&#x1f6b4; Efficiency<br>&#x1f4aa; Physiology<br>&#x26a1; Bike Handling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, come give it a go \u2014 we\u2019re running&nbsp;<strong>free taster sessions<\/strong>&nbsp;each Thursday in October, including the open day, Saturday 18, and have&nbsp;<strong>season track bike hire<\/strong>&nbsp;available if you want to keep riding! Register for a session at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webscorer.com\/cyclingotago\">https:\/\/www.webscorer.com\/cyclingotago<\/a>&nbsp;or learn more at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/?page_id=3211\">https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/?page_id=3211<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to ride faster, smoother, and more confidently?Here\u2019s a secret: some of the best road cyclists, including Mark Cavendish, Aaron Gate, Corbin Strong, Georgia Williams&nbsp;\u2014 all started out or have a strong background on the&nbsp;track. Track cycling isn\u2019t just for elite sprinters. It\u2019s one of the best ways to sharpen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/466360377_17910208788023298_6746278001883793509_n-e1760485687372.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions\/3390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}