Cycling, bikes, indoor, outdoor etc.
awinner_au
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Cycling seems to be under discussed on MFP, I thought Id create a thread where anyone who is interested in cycling can post anything cycling related.
Over the last couple of years Ive been mainly strength training, took up cycling late last year after an operation prevented me from lifting for a couple of months. Loved being back on the bike after a very long time.
My focus has completely changed to improving my cycling rather than lifting. I still lift as i want to retain muscle. However I'm finding that I'm losing weight without even trying, not that i mind as it is easier going up hills the leaner you are.
https://www.bicycling.com/training/a20023480/cycling-best-way-lose-weight/
Over the last couple of years Ive been mainly strength training, took up cycling late last year after an operation prevented me from lifting for a couple of months. Loved being back on the bike after a very long time.
My focus has completely changed to improving my cycling rather than lifting. I still lift as i want to retain muscle. However I'm finding that I'm losing weight without even trying, not that i mind as it is easier going up hills the leaner you are.
https://www.bicycling.com/training/a20023480/cycling-best-way-lose-weight/
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Check out the existing thread in the Challenges forum.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/41921947#Comment_41921947
Edit: Ah, you did already. 1 -
I wish it could help me lose weight ... I mostly cycle for commuting, but also throw in Mountain biking in to the mix, the odd road cycle and indoor training (Zwift / Fulgaz) on alternate days of the week
since taking it up, by bank ballance has reduced ... the amount of space in my garage has reduced (n+1) ... but it had no effect on my weight .... that said though I am scared if I stop I will put on weight !5 -
There's also a group...
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/344-bicycling-road-and-mountain
While it doesn't get much traffic, there are some decent conversations.2 -
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I really enjoy my road bike. It's easy on the knees compared to running, and I can basically work as hard as I want on any given ride. Plus I like getting out in the country. Traffic is not much of an issue for me - I live in a rural area. I'm lucky in that regard.3
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ha ha ha ..... just posted that to everyone at work ! ... and my wife1
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So it's 7 bikes for happiness....well I better get on that I only have 3
eta...actually I have 4, I didn't count my old hardtail that I never ride.0 -
I wish it could help me lose weight ... I mostly cycle for commuting, but also throw in Mountain biking in to the mix, the odd road cycle and indoor training (Zwift / Fulgaz) on alternate days of the week
since taking it up, by bank ballance has reduced ... the amount of space in my garage has reduced (n+1) ... but it had no effect on my weight .... that said though I am scared if I stop I will put on weight !
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/knowledge/article/izn20180124-Eating-on-the-bike-Struggling-with-Cycling-Weight-Loss-0
Not that you may be doing any of that. I go on group rides and enjoy the social aspect of the ride, we always finish at a café for coffee. Just need to keep the food in check if you are looking to lose weight.0 -
I have 4 bikes...they all cost me a fortune. And I NEED a gravel bike. Poverty vs desire for 5th bike = poverty
Off to a three day race. Lots of pain today. And Saturday. And Sunday. Hopefully I can give some of what I get.
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Does anyone have suggestions for securing bikes in a garage? Last year I put my mountain bike in my basement but this year with my 3 high dollar bikes and my son's pricey mountain bike, I just don't have the room. My husband is infamous for leaving the garage door open and we've had an old bike stolen several years ago.
I'd like to figure out a way to store them so I can get to them easily but keep them at least secure enough for a thief to reconsider. I have a full single car bay in my garage I can work with.
eta...preferably expandable for n+1
TIA0 -
Does anyone have suggestions for securing bikes in a garage? Last year I put my mountain bike in my basement but this year with my 3 high dollar bikes and my son's pricey mountain bike, I just don't have the room. My husband is infamous for leaving the garage door open and we've had an old bike stolen several years ago.
I'd like to figure out a way to store them so I can get to them easily but keep them at least secure enough for a thief to reconsider. I have a full single car bay in my garage I can work with.
eta...preferably expandable for n+1
TIA
I would suggest trading in the husband for one that can close the door...
But if that is not feasible, you could probably simply attach a bar to the wall and lock up like you would at a rack. Could even just go above hooks if you have those just so you have something to secure a lock to.4 -
I use my Peloton at home. Best investment so far.3
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Had a lovely day cycling in the Surrey Hills A.O.N.B. today.
The iconic but relatively easy Box Hill with great views from Zig Zag Road.
The half hour climb up wannabe mountain Leith Hill (no sorry, building a tower on the top doesn't qualify a hill as a mountain).
The evil Whitedown Lane with it's long 18% gradient that takes you to the ridge of the North Downs (The Downs are perversely ups not downs of course). #18 of the top 100 UK climbs apparently.
Lovely drag up Green Dene through woodland full of bluebells.
Here's a video of Whitedown Lane which shows the typical nature of the North Downs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-_fI6sB30 2 -
I have one bike, it's 37 years old, purchased when I was 17 with money from a K-Mart job. It's been overhauled once or several times depending on what I did to keep it operating. Anyway, it's got 18 gears and I don't have any mountains. I use it for exercise on weekends by putting it in the highest gear and trying to go as fast as I can, which is a surprisingly lot of effort even on these mostly flat streets.4
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awinner_au wrote: »I wish it could help me lose weight ... I mostly cycle for commuting, but also throw in Mountain biking in to the mix, the odd road cycle and indoor training (Zwift / Fulgaz) on alternate days of the week
since taking it up, by bank ballance has reduced ... the amount of space in my garage has reduced (n+1) ... but it had no effect on my weight .... that said though I am scared if I stop I will put on weight !
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/knowledge/article/izn20180124-Eating-on-the-bike-Struggling-with-Cycling-Weight-Loss-0
Not that you may be doing any of that. I go on group rides and enjoy the social aspect of the ride, we always finish at a café for coffee. Just need to keep the food in check if you are looking to lose weight.
My family bought me a new bike as a Christmas/Retirement gift, with the directive, "Go Forth and Get Healthy, Ride Your Butt Off (as in lose weight)!"
I've been dutifully, and happily, doing that. 23 lbs so far this year. It's a chip-away process, and takes dietary mgmt (hence MFP) as well. I've been doing solo rides in the 10-15 mile range, thinking I need to get up to some sort of decent shape before joining others. Until this week, that is, when I joined a weekly no-drop, easy-pace evening group for a 10-miler.
Being solo, I've thus far this year avoided social eating/coffee/etc. contending against my weight loss. This being an evening group, the leaders suggested a nearby Italian nosh-or-dinner, which I (and most of the others) declined, all of us having had something in the mid-afternoon prior to the ride (not knowing what to expect). Going forward, it will be interesting to see what some social coffee/snacking will do to my weight loss trajectory. I think being diligent with my MFP logging, I'll have the tools to include some social snacking along with the riding. If not, then there's tacking on a few solo miles on my own rides to compensate. I'm not stressing too much regarding this.3 -
Going forward, it will be interesting to see what some social coffee/snacking will do to my weight loss trajectory. I think being diligent with my MFP logging, I'll have the tools to include some social snacking along with the riding. If not, then there's tacking on a few solo miles on my own rides to compensate. I'm not stressing too much regarding this.
Just compensate, I skip part of my breakfast before the ride and have a croissant afterwards with the coffee.@sijomial - what app/utility is that that overlays the grade, speed, etc over the video?
I have a cyclic fly12 camera, it overlays that info in conjunction with strava.0 -
My wife got me a full suspension mountain bike this year and I have been loving getting out at pushing my limits on it. Went clipless this week and added a entire new feeling to biking.
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Love cycling - its the only source of exercise I get now after bad knees put a stop to the football/cricket I used to do.
I know you cant out run (out cycle?) a bad diet but its nice to go out for an evening ride and see, because of the exercise, you have enough calories left for that treat :-)
Turn 50 in 3 weeks and planning on going out that morning (with 3 mates) to do 50 miles, which will be the longest I have done so far and seems quite apt ..........4 -
gearhead426hemi wrote: »My wife got me a full suspension mountain bike this year and I have been loving getting out at pushing my limits on it. Went clipless this week and added a entire new feeling to biking.
Makes a big difference, though when you get on a bike without clipless it feels all weird. Watch out for the first clip stack. I went a couple of months before i had two in the same week.0 -
Makes a big difference, though when you get on a bike without clipless it feels all weird. Watch out for the first clip stack. I went a couple of months before i had two in the same week. [/quote]
Yeah i went riding at a very technical bike park and wrecked twice on the first run. Got more comfortable with each lap so we will see how it goes. Headed to another bike park tomorrow with some double black trails and jumps so we will see if it gets better this time around.
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awinner_au wrote: »gearhead426hemi wrote: »My wife got me a full suspension mountain bike this year and I have been loving getting out at pushing my limits on it. Went clipless this week and added a entire new feeling to biking.
Makes a big difference, though when you get on a bike without clipless it feels all weird. Watch out for the first clip stack. I went a couple of months before i had two in the same week.
Yeah i went riding at a very technical bike park and wrecked twice on the first run. Got more comfortable with each lap so we will see how it goes. Headed to another bike park tomorrow with some double black trails and jumps so we will see if it gets better this time around.
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Yea I don't totally remember what it feels like to bike without clipless pedals anymore. That said, I went on my first ride outside with my new shoes today and it brought back memories of when I first started using clipless pedals. They are road shoes and I'm using SPD (not SL) cleats. The idea on my end being, "well these shoes can take 2 bolt and 3 bolt cleats and I might get a pedal based power meter..." That and I needed new shoes to begin with because the ratchet system on the old ones got broken when I crashed a few months ago.
I didn't fall but there were lots of times at lights when it took multiple times to clip in which was awkward at times. I'm waffling on whether or not to get mountain bike shoes and if money grew on trees I would. That said, I'll probably stick it out because it will get better.0 -
I am a huge mountain biker. Personally I do not think you can burn more calories than mountain biking. Plus, riding through the trees, seeking those wonderful vantage points, avoiding all the sounds of traffic and infrastructure, mountain biking is it.2 -
I am a huge mountain biker. Personally I do not think you can burn more calories than mountain biking. Plus, riding through the trees, seeking those wonderful vantage points, avoiding all the sounds of traffic and infrastructure, mountain biking is it.
Man that's beautiful.... just don't get views like that on the prairies
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