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Virtual Training
Finally looking at pulling the trigger and upgrading from a dumb trainer to a virtual trainer. Leaning towards Kickr from Wahoo Fitness for the following reasons: 1) I always feel unbalanced on my Fluid Trainer. The wheels off mode of Kickr, I believe, will make the trainer seem more stable to me. 2) I'm an Apple Ipad,…
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Web Sites for posting Rides
Do any of you use any web sites to post your rides? I use three: DailyMile.com - My username is TDSeest MapMyRide.com - My username is TDSeest 1-2-sports.com - Not sure how to get to my user name. DailyMile.com works best for me, as the iPhone App Cyclemeter, works very well for me and posts to it. I have trouble with the…
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Oakland, California area rides.
I will be in the Oakland, California area between 2/28 and 3/4. I will be riding between 20 and 30 miles a day while I'm there. On the weekend, I will have lots of flexibility to ride, as I'll have a mini van to drive my bike around. I'm hoping to find some good 20 to 40 mile rides. I ride on average 12 to 14 MPH depending…
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Turn by Turn Voice Guidance
Since I want to tour across the country a lot next year, I've begun looking for a solution to this problem. I'd like to preload my routes into a GPS (preferably iPhone, but I'd consider alternatives), and then have it provide voice turn by turn instructions. This way, I do not have to take maps with me. Anyone have any…
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Cruising and Biking
Anyone ever done this? I'm thinking of going on the cruise in March: http://bikeandcruise.com/BC_More_Info_Caribbean.html Has anyone ever toured with this company? My biggest challenge would be that I really would want to bring my own bicycle. I think the touring would be so much more enjoyable on my own equipment. I tend…
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Funny story that may help improve your attitude.
I've been losing weight slowly now for about 5 years, and I still have 225 pounds left to lose. I live in the midwest, and have bad asthma, and this makes it difficult to exercise in the winter. For about a year now, I've had my eye on getting a rowing machine, as I figure it is a low impact, full body work out that I can…
