Reddit mentions of The Cyclist's Training Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide

>I have a co-worker who used to race Cat 4/5 and he kind of lead me to believe that Cat 5 guys were all out of shape wannabe’s

>So far, I’ve done 3 races and I’ve gotten destroyed in all 3 races.

Lol unintentionally accurate.

Anyway, you're not going to be good at bike racing unless you make an effort to be good at bike racing. The idea that you'd coast on talent alone isn't going to work.

https://www.amazon.com/Cyclists-Training-Bible-Worlds-Comprehensive/dp/1937715825/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526314775&sr=8-2&keywords=the+cyclists+training+bible

Checkout The Cyclist’s Training Bible. Periodization is the key to good training and race prep. That book is an excellent guide on how to go about it.

I like this Joe Friel book:

https://www.amazon.com/Cyclists-Training-Bible-Worlds-Comprehensive/dp/1937715825/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

sport nutrition is a detailed (ie textbook) look at nutrition. the coverage is a bit variable and it could have been edited a bit better, but if you want to understand nutrition in depth then it seems to be pretty good. i have the previous version (which is sold at a much lower price).

training bible is an introduction to training. maybe introduction is unfair - it covers quite a range, but it uses a lot of words to explain things. there's an excellent book one third the size hidden in there.

performance cycling is a collection of papers / chapters from different people. best see my review on amazon. not great.

cycling science i read so long ago i can't remember how it differed from 'performance cycling' (it's similar and also not great).