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Overeating aver long rides?
Hi all, Last Friday was 'Freedom day' in South Africa, a long weekend, and we went to a neighboring province with our local MTB club to bike at an awesome nature reserve and mountain biking park. Went on two long and challenging rides each one burning over 1700 calories according to my HRM. I found that despite my large…
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Zebra crossing!
This is a shameless plug for mountain biking in South Africa... Stopped to snap a photo of the zebras at Groenkloof nature reserve which has beautiful single track (and giraffes and zebras!) just a half hour away from Johannesburg, one of the largest cities in Africa.
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Any overweight roadies?
Hi everyone! I was happy to find this group on MFP! I have always wanted to join a road cycling club but am very overweight and worried about keeping up, or being dropped on a hill! The website for my local club says that the slowest group rides at an average of 22km/hr (about 13.5 mph) which I can easily maintain on flats…
