MFP Biking Group-7/14/2008

stschulz

bsktsembears: I ride a recumbent myself and chat a lot with the people in the online forum of the company that produces the bike. A reallynice group. Also, chek your local listings or Internet and try it. It all depends on the group and how much you like group rides. I ride alone usually, but I enjoy a ride with the local bike cub every once in a while. The bike club here is very very nice. They have rides for really everybody. Some bicycle clubs are just for racers, so you have to check what their agenda is.
I find it motivating every once in a while to ride with a group. I choose rides at a pace where I can still talk with people while I am riding. Usually around 25 - 30 miles. Makes the time go by fast and you rode the distance in no time. I also find that I usually ride fatser in a group:embarassed: .

What kind of recumbent do you ride?

stschulz

Are you intersested in selling your road bike?
I am looking to upgrade- but having trouble turning loose the wallet!
Thanks!

Never thought about that. I would not know what to ask and how to ship it:embarassed:

shorerider

Wer ist dieses Wunderkind?

Das ist Steff! Ja?

ohthatbambi

Are you intersested in selling your road bike?
I am looking to upgrade- but having trouble turning loose the wallet!
Thanks!

Never thought about that. I would not know what to ask and how to ship it:embarassed:

The person who asked you is my hubby! I was shocked to see he actually posted on here at all. We both recently purchased Trek hybrids...same bike, different sizes. He has the itch for a road bike. My take on it is if we are still riding like we are now this time next year then we'll get road bikes.

Glammy

Glammy: many people measure their ride in time, not miled. That's fine. Like shorerider said, keep increasing your time. Just a little, no more than 15% each week. Remember to take a break after 3 weeks. Work on increasing frequency ( how often you ride per week). I started in March riding 4 miles = 15 minute. Now I am at 50 miles. Not that you nhave to go that far. From an exercise standpoint any exercise is good. If you can get a ride of at least one hour in or maybe a little more every week that would be ideal.

Thanks! I'm rotating walking and riding (my bum has to get use to riding so much!) I like a 30 minute ride because that feels like a good work out to me, and I'm usually crunched for time. Maybe I'll ride 45-60 minutes on the weekends.

shorerider

Steff--

Finally got around to measuring my inseam--it's 24" and I'm 64" tall--told you, short with short little legs!

Not sure a 56" frame would fit--my hubby is 62" tall and I know I can't begin to fit on his bike and you're only 3" shorter than him, so not sure a bike that fit you would fit me.

stschulz

shorerider :I'm afraid with a 24" inseam it won't fit:frown:

And yes, the "Wunderkind" is me. Surprised you know that word!

Bamboo: I really have no idea what to do with that bike, it is just sitting here and collecting dust.

shorerider

shorerider :I'm afraid with a 24" inseam it won't fit:frown:

And yes, the "Wunderkind" is me. Surprised you know that word!

Bamboo: I really have no idea what to do with that bike, it is just sitting here and collecting dust.

Sure--we do have "kindergarten" in this country, remember? If that's not German, than I don't know what is!

thanks for the bike offer anyway--when I ride your height, I figured it wouldn't fit. When I do go to buy a road bike, I'm going to be looking at a women's frame, probably small. I did find out that they make them even in extra-small but I think a small will fit.

shorerider

Ok, gang--I'm going for it!

Tomorrow is supposed to be not too hot, very light winds, and humidity is supposed to be at least bearable, so I've got a 50 mile route all mapped out and ready to go pedaling bright and early tomorrow!

Really hoping I'll make it!!

stschulz

Of course you'll make it shorerider! Takre a short break every once a while. Take some food with you too! It's a long ride.

Good luck and have fun!

Tailwinds

ohthatbambi

Monday - 12 miles & walked/ran 6 miles
Tuesday - 13.1 miles & walked 2.5 miles
Weds - 24 miles & walked 2 miles
Thurs - no biking but walked/ran about 6 miles
Friday - 13.6 miles & walked 2 miles

We are doing about 27- 30 miles tomorrow. And then if I do a short ride Sunday I am at my goal for the week.

shorerider

I DID IT! I DID IT!! I DID IT!!!



I set out to do 50 miles and ended up doing 52.7!!!!!!!!!!!!



That gives me 93.7 miles for this week.

WOW--I didn't think I'd ever be able to go this far!

Thanks so much to all the biking gang for your inspiration, support, and encouragement!

ohthatbambi

I DID IT! I DID IT!! I DID IT!!!



I set out to do 50 miles and ended up doing 52.7!!!!!!!!!!!!



That gives me 93.7 miles for this week.

WOW--I didn't think I'd ever be able to go this far!

Thanks so much to all the biking gang for your inspiration, support, and encouragement!

WOWZA! How kewl is that ?????!!!! I am impressed and in awe. How long did it take you?

shorerider

It took 4 hours and 10 minutes--that's minus 30 minutes of breaks. That works out to 12.7 mph average, which I thought was good, given the heat/humidity, some of the rough rural roads I went on, and my big ole' heavy Hybrid bike.

shorerider

Oh, and I so wish I had my camera with me! There was this one farm field planted in sunflowers that was just beautiful! As I was biking past, I felt like I was in the Tour de France!! (see ticker photo for reference).

jadaigle

No internet access for most of the week, and no biking since my last post. I'm going out for an hour today and a 30 miles ride tomorrow. My first long training ride for the Seagull. Shorerider: if you are signing up for it, let me know your rider number and I'll look for you there.

shorerider

Got in 18 miles this morning before the oppressive heat kicked in!

That makes 110.7 for the week.

OH, I almost forgot to add that my bike odometer turned over 1000 MILES TODAY!

When I first started riding on April 1, my 2 year old bike had 91 miles on it--in the last 3.5 months, I've put 909 miles on it!

jadaigle

Congrats on the 1000 miles!

I just got back from an 18.4 mile ride. That's 32.9 for me this week. My long ride is tomorrow.

ohthatbambi

Monday - 12 miles & walked/ran 6 miles
Tuesday - 13.1 miles & walked 2.5 miles
Weds - 24 miles & walked 2 miles
Thurs - no biking but walked/ran about 6 miles
Friday - 13.6 miles & walked 2 miles
Saturday - 32.3 miles

ohthatbambi

Monday - 12 miles & walked/ran 6 miles
Tuesday - 13.1 miles & walked 2.5 miles
Weds - 24 miles & walked 2 miles
Thurs - no biking but walked/ran about 6 miles
Friday - 13.6 miles & walked 2 miles
Saturday - 32.3 miles & walked 4 miles (OMG, am I tired!!)

Right now I am at 95 miles (if I did the math right) and my goal was 100 miles. I think I can manage 5 tomorrow.

stschulz

Nice Bamboo! Don't forget to take a break!

50 shorerider huh? Congratulations!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

100+ miles a week is a serious effort, nice going both of you.

I could not resit. It is actually still my break week, but.... what can I say. We had a ride with the bike club at my turtle speed this morning. 35 miles. I was lucky that I had a very easy night at work, so I left work early, raced home and put the bike on the car. 37 miles in almost 100 F. Phew! That was hot! Literally. I wanted to test what I am capable of after 12 hrs work. And I am not going to lie, the last miles were hard. But I did it. I look at it as a training for the metric century in August, that will be a scorcher:ohwell:

jadaigle

Just finished a 30.8 mile ride. So, 63.7 total this week.

I'm going to try to do 73 next week.

ohthatbambi

Well I didn't get that last 5 in today. That 32 mile ride yesterday was a doozy and my body just said NO NO NO NO NO! So I listened. Alabama isn't flat. I never thought of it as hilly until I took up bike riding, but it sure isn't FLAT!

I am heading to bed so I can get up early...before the heat of a southern July day hits. I hope to get in 18 miles before I have to get my daughter to the stables at 8 am.

Goal this week is 100.

We are doing a charity race/ride in September. Originally only the 30 mile ride, but we have talked ourselves into the 60 mile ride. So we are building up to that. We are adding a little mileage each Saturday. Last Sat we did 27, this past Sat was 32. So I guess we will be going for 37 next Saturday.

Glammy

Ahhg - you guys are crazy! I think I did maybe 18 miles total for the week and I can still feel the phantom seat on my bum! Although, my husband did get me one of those super thick gel seats for my bike. I don't know if I'll ever get up to 100 miles in a week! But, I'm doing more now than I ever have, so kudos to me! :bigsmile: Maybe I'll go for 20 miles this week. :happy:

michaelhe

Okay well I didn't get to bike as much as I would have liked because we were getting ready to go up north to my Parent's cottage for the weekend. But we did get in a beautiful 10 mile ride along a nice new path up north!

Monday-6.5 miles
Saturday-10 miles

Oh well ... it's a start

Here's a picture from our Tawas bike ride where the youngest fell asleep on the way to the park!