Not new - Looking for cyclists

mrsway
mrsway Posts: 88 Member
edited October 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I have been on MFP for some time now and have been successfully loosing weight. Recently I purchased my first road bike though to help increase my activity levels and also to have some fun. Since I picked up my bike I have put about 54 miles on it and I am really having a great time with it. Now I am looking to make some new friends that also ride. I am very new to this and while my husband also rides I would love to meet people that will not only support me here on MFP, but who would also be able to help with suggestions and general cycling advice. I will also be there to provide encouragement! Thanks, Mrs. Way :flowerforyou:

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  • CountryDevil
    CountryDevil Posts: 819 Member
    I cycle every other night, but I am a combination of on and off road and average 6-10 miles a ride.


    Feel free to add me
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    Get a helmet. Wear the helmet. RIDE!!
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    I have been on MFP for some time now and have been successfully loosing weight. Recently I purchased my first road bike though to help increase my activity levels and also to have some fun. Since I picked up my bike I have put about 54 miles on it and I am really having a great time with it. Now I am looking to make some new friends that also ride. I am very new to this and while my husband also rides I would love to meet people that will not only support me here on MFP, but who would also be able to help with suggestions and general cycling advice. I will also be there to provide encouragement! Thanks, Mrs. Way :flowerforyou:

    I'm up to 26 miles and adding another 15 on Friday. Just got into road biking a few weeks ago. Goal is to ride 100 miles in a day before Christmas.
  • sunnyrunner23
    sunnyrunner23 Posts: 182 Member
    I have been running for exercise but this weekend my boyfriend and I got bikes and took them out...how fun! I would lve to friend you! I am still learning too!
  • mrsway
    mrsway Posts: 88 Member
    I have a helmet :happy: and I have been riding while wearing it!
  • Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet
    Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet Posts: 486
    Hi Mrs Cyclist. Fellow cyclist here (amongst other things).
  • mrsway
    mrsway Posts: 88 Member
    I have been on MFP for some time now and have been successfully loosing weight. Recently I purchased my first road bike though to help increase my activity levels and also to have some fun. Since I picked up my bike I have put about 54 miles on it and I am really having a great time with it. Now I am looking to make some new friends that also ride. I am very new to this and while my husband also rides I would love to meet people that will not only support me here on MFP, but who would also be able to help with suggestions and general cycling advice. I will also be there to provide encouragement! Thanks, Mrs. Way :flowerforyou:

    I'm up to 26 miles and adding another 15 on Friday. Just got into road biking a few weeks ago. Goal is to ride 100 miles in a day before Christmas.

    Amazing goal!
  • janeisaac
    janeisaac Posts: 1
    I am a cyclist as well and married to a serious cyclist. I have a 25 mile ride near my house that takes me about 2 hours. I used to just do 4 mile power walks but took up cycling (again after 15 years off) because I gave my husband and I a trip to ride and watch the first 6 stages of this years Tour de France. I was BY far the heaviest woman rider and have a picture of me in my riding gear next to the woman who was our most fit rider taped right near my work station.

    Riding burns 3x as many calories as my power walks and melts the fat. I am currently alternating it every day with power walks and free weights. I came back from 2 weeks vacation in France and had lost weight, in spite of the wine and French food..

    If you live in an area where there is a riding group, join them. We have one here in Rhode Island that has rides every Sunday, ranging from 15 - 30 - 60 miles each Sunday. There are rides called Century Rides (100 miles) which you should shoot to ride as a goal. Its alot of fun. See if there is a riding club in your area.
  • mrsway
    mrsway Posts: 88 Member
    I am a cyclist as well and married to a serious cyclist. I have a 25 mile ride near my house that takes me about 2 hours. I used to just do 4 mile power walks but took up cycling (again after 15 years off) because I gave my husband and I a trip to ride and watch the first 6 stages of this years Tour de France. I was BY far the heaviest woman rider and have a picture of me in my riding gear next to the woman who was our most fit rider taped right near my work station.

    Riding burns 3x as many calories as my power walks and melts the fat. I am currently alternating it every day with power walks and free weights. I came back from 2 weeks vacation in France and had lost weight, in spite of the wine and French food..

    If you live in an area where there is a riding group, join them. We have one here in Rhode Island that has rides every Sunday, ranging from 15 - 30 - 60 miles each Sunday. There are rides called Century Rides (100 miles) which you should shoot to ride as a goal. Its alot of fun. See if there is a riding club in your area.

    We do live in an area where there are a number of group rides and my husband does several of them regularly. I am working up to them, and hoping that in about a months time to start joining them. I have also seen what a great fat burner riding is because my husband seems to have melted away since he started riding in February!
  • FionaHelen
    FionaHelen Posts: 113 Member
    i signed up for the diva 100k challenge and ukend to end which is 1000 miles in 9days both in may 2012, i had not rode a bike since my girls were babies so twenty years ago, until a month ago, i am now cycling 5miles 3 nights a week and am up to 25miles on a weekend ride, it has been killing me, but at the sametime i am loving it! Having a goal to work to and knowing i am raising money for a great charity is a real inspiration.

    My main advice is gel padded cycle shorts, it makes the experience so much more comfortable, a comfortable maximus glutus makes the ride so much more enjoyable!

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  • mrsway
    mrsway Posts: 88 Member
    i signed up for the diva 100k challenge and ukend to end which is 1000 miles in 9days both in may 2012, i had not rode a bike since my girls were babies so twenty years ago, until a month ago, i am now cycling 5miles 3 nights a week and am up to 25miles on a weekend ride, it has been killing me, but at the sametime i am loving it! Having a goal to work to and knowing i am raising money for a great charity is a real inspiration.

    My main advice is gel padded cycle shorts, it makes the experience so much more comfortable, a comfortable maximus glutus makes the ride so much more enjoyable!

    e

    I have one pair already, but I have been washing them everyday. I think it is time that I invest in some more! They do make it much more enjoyable. I also have a WSD saddle, which that helps too. I am 5'7", which is apparently tall for a female cyclist, and none of the bike shops I visited had women's road bikes in a size that I could even try, so I tried mostly men's and realized that a women's saddle was a must!

    I am thinking that if I can get to doing group rides before too long here I might sign up for the tour de tucson (which is the closest ride like that to where we live and will be in November) and thankfully they have a range of routes from 40 to 109 miles and the proceeds benefit several charities. I think my husband might sign up for it and I know there are a lot of the people we have met at the local bike shops that will be doing it too. I am not ready so sign up for it yet, but I am working towards that as a goal and really want to do at least the 40 this year, maybe one of the longer routes next year :wink: .
  • FionaHelen
    FionaHelen Posts: 113 Member
    well keep enjoying it and when you ready go for it!!!!
    i moved areas about 4 years ago, and somehow have only managed to see the motorways in and out of town, now i am cycling i am getting to see some beautiful sights i did not even realise were on my doorstep its fab,
    a friend of mine has me doing core exercises every possible spare moment i get, i do planks in the television intervals, and stand on one foot with my eyes closed whilst cleaning my teeth to improve my balance, i have been assured these will be a great help to me :-)
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