u/Fabulous-Season7810

I just got into road biking last year and have been having a lot of a fun riding. I can make it up Lookout Mountain in about 30 minutes at a conversational pace, but yesterday I watched some riders fly past me.

It made me wonder—how much training or experience does it take to get to that level? They seemed to reach the top about 10 minutes faster than me, which feels almost impossible right now.