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Welcome everyone to another month of riding!!! I'm reducing my miles in May to 200. I hope to do a combination of indoor and outdoor, but will again be primarily riding indoors on a trainer (and using Zwift).

I only completed about 1/2 of my expected miles for April. Part of that is having a new indoor trainer which is adding to my resistance and cutting down my miles. And that is ok since it just makes my legs stronger for outside riding. But it having a huge impact on miles. :/ I'll be lowering my May goal significantly. I…

@Rchin4thestarz I ride indoors regularly. That is actually where most of my miles are logged. Be on the lookout for the May thread. A new one comes out each month. There is an April thread right now. I haven't checked to see if the May one has been created. Just an FYI.

@ea56 - you are correct. We each set our individual goals and then come back and post our riding stats. Some people post time and miles, other just miles. Each month there is a new thread so you'll want to be on the lookout for the May challenge where we will all move to post our goals and updates. This is a nice way to…

Date Distance Time 2-Apr 29 1:30:19 5-Apr 6.1 0:19:54 5-Apr 5.3 0:19:57 9-Apr 12 1:02:38 11-Apr 13 1:03:04 15-Apr 20 1:48:52 16-Apr 18.1 1:31:40 19-Apr 15.1 1:14:50 20-Apr 9.1 0:46:52 23-Apr 12.1 1:04:57 Totals 139.80 miles Time: 10:43:03 Won't be meeting my goal for the month. In fact, I'll be far from it :/ . This week…

Welcome to all the new riders!!

Hi everyone, I just purchased a new trainer - Bkool. It has meant lots of changes for me. I can now see my real power, and I'm riding at a much slower pace. The slower pace is more accurate and based on my weight - which I'm working on loosing, and is which is why I'm riding. I do most of my riding indoors on the trainer…

@Machka9 congrats on your success this month!

Thanks for the thread @35dollars !! I'm going to stick to the same goal of 300 miles. Most of them will likely be indoors on a trainer again. Riding is one of the cardio exercises I am using to loose weight, and the important thing for me is to just ride. I'm still using Zwift which has been alot of fun. April is a busy…

March 7th 15.2 miles/45:17 min March 8th 13.1 miles/39:12 min March 8th 24.1 miles 1:18:04min March 9th 22 miles/1:02:40 min March 10th 11.1 miles/33:59 min March 11th 30.1 miles/1:23:04 min March 12th 26.1 miles/1:20:53 min March 13th 11.2 miles/33:39 min March 14th 27.1 miles/1:36:59 min March 16th 22.1 miles/60 min…

@35dollars will you/have you created the April thread? No pressure. Just asking so that I can "favorite" that thread.

Congrats @Machka9! Enjoy the ride B) .

March 7th 15.2 miles/45:17 min March 8th 13.1 miles/39:12 min March 8th 24.1 miles 1:18:04min March 9th 22 miles/1:02:40 min March 10th 11.1 miles/33:59 min March 11th 30.1 miles/1:23:04 min March 12th 26.1 miles/1:20:53 min March 13th 11.2 miles/33:39 min March 14th 27.1 miles/1:36:59 min March 16th 22.1 miles/60 min…

March 7th 15.2 miles/45:17 min March 8th 13.1 miles/39:12 min March 8th 24.1 miles 1:18:04min March 9th 22 miles/1:02:40 min March 10th 11.1 miles/33:59 min March 11th 30.1 miles/1:23:04 min March 12th 26.1 miles/1:20:53 min March 13th 11.2 miles/33:39 min March 14th 27.1 miles/1:36:59 min March 16th 22.1 miles/60 min…

March 7th 15.2 miles/45:17 min March 8th 13.1 miles/1:57:16 min March 9th 22 miles/1:02:40 min March 10th 11.1 miles/33:59 min March 11th 30.1 miles/1:23:04 min March Miles to date: 115.6 March Duration to date: 5:42:16

I'm in again. Keeping my goal at 300 miles. @NJPhil Welcome!

@Elise4270 glad to hear that your new pedals are working for you.

@tristramtrent 40 miles in one ride is huge for many of us. I've only done that twice this month - in the comfort of my basement. It's been three years since I've ridden that far. You can do it. Keep us updated.

February 2nd - 20.1 miles/1:01:31 min February 3rd – 10.7 miles/35:03 min February 4th – 10.6 miles/35:05 min February 5th 40.5 miles/1:55:17 min February 8th – 20.4 miles/59:30 min February 9th – 20.1 miles/59:38 min February 10th – 35.9 miles/1:45:36 February 12th 23.5 miles/1:11:11 min February 13th 17 miles/48:22 min…

@35dollars not sure why the difference is showing. Did you change any of your settings recently? Update your weight recently? As you loose weight it will take more effort to burn calories. The other thing I noticed from your graphs is that on the left you spent 42 minutes in Zone 2 vs the right where you spent over an hour…

@Elise4270 I asked my hubby (the more experienced cyclist) about loosening the tension. Have you tried to loosen the tension on the pedals? I did this when I was first learning how to clip in and out as I was having trouble unclipping. Speedplay is most definitely a good option. Hubby said that several of the guys in his…

February 2nd - 20.1 miles/1:01:31 min February 3rd – 10.7 miles/35:03 min February 4th – 10.6 miles/35:05 min February 5th 40.5 miles/1:55:17 min February 8th – 20.4 miles/59:30 min February 9th – 20.1 miles/59:38 min February 10th – 35.9 miles/1:45:36 February 12th 23.5 miles/1:11:11 min February 13th 17 miles/48:22 min…

Thanks for the advice @tcaley4 . We checked that this morning and it didn't work. Turns out that I was right that it needed a new battery, but... then the sensor needed to be "reset". And on some models there is no reset button...... FYI to all of you....what we needed to do was put the battery in backwards or the wrong…

Very frustrated tonight. Cadence/speed sensor stopped working for no reason. Changed the battery. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Ugh! Had planned on riding 40 miles tonight.

Are you riding indoors then? Do you have any videos or anything to follow?

@35dollars congrats on the new distance! So glad you were able to "magically" get your full ride time and distance back.

Last month someone had asked about a stand to put by their bike. There is a laptop table (IKEA) that works really well. You can raise and lower the height of the table as needed and the base is in a Y shape so it fits around he front wheel and can go right in front of you. Oh, and it's about $20 so really economical. Not…

February 5th 40.5 miles/1:55:17 min February 8th – 20.4 miles/59:30 min February 9th – 20.1 miles/59:38 min February 10th – 35.9 miles/1:45:36 February Miles to date: 158.3 February Duration to date: 7:51:40

@Machka9 Amazing, amazing, amazing!! That descent probably would have terrified me. Thanks for sharing.

February 2nd - 20.1 miles/1:01:31 min February 3rd – 10.7 miles/35:03 min February 4th – 10.6 miles/35:05 min February Miles to date: 41.4 February Duration to date: 2:11:39 @nikkiwolf - Glad to hear you're making progress on the rollers @Rebsrockem - Congrats on making to the 3rd rest stop! Your efforts are really paying…