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| #921 |  mlbtracy |
Sep 17 2007 16:36 |
| Thanks! Yeah, I actually have the training guide for training for a century in 100 days from them. The beginning rides in the book are actually longer than I'm currently doing, but I'm going to take your advice and just keep adding to my long ride time. Most of my club's rides are out and back style, so it's easy for me to adjust the length. I think hills and clipless are the things I need right now! I've been practicing hills on some shorter rides, just going over the same few again and again to get the hang of gears. Once I feel more comfortable starting on a hill, I'll probably break out the clipless pedals again. | ||
| #922 |  trhawley |
Sep 17 2007 18:30 |
| There are a lot of different approaches to hill climbing. What works best for me is to select the gear at the bottom of the hill that I think I'll need to get over the top of the hill and then I stay seated and keep the cadence high. Cleats probably make the biggest difference on hills and sprints. I once drove 2 hours to ride a metric century and when I got there I realized I had forgotten my shoes. I did the ride in thick soled flipflops and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be but I really missed my shoes most on the hills. | ||
| #923 | mlbtracy |
Sep 17 2007 19:16 |
| Does anyone out there have a cycling hero? I've decided that Saul Raisin is mine. Getting back in the peloton after such a horrific accident is amazing to me. And he's got such a great attitude (wry, funny, a little edgy, but he doesn't take himself too seriously). I posted a picture of him in my office to remind myself I can do this! | ||
| #924 | autismjtm |
Sep 17 2007 20:18 |
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I have many heros but they are not that well known. They all belong to this list so take a look in the mirror because that is my hero right there.
I am having a horrible time. Here I thought that I would be able to ride like crazy after school started but I have not been able to get out there at all. Every single day something happens that prevents me from getting on that bike. Tomorrow I am turning off the phone, shutting down the computer and hitting that "ignore" button on the cell when work calls. Jane |
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| #925 | mlbtracy |
Sep 17 2007 20:21 |
| *hugs Jane* | ||
| #926 | behanna |
Sep 17 2007 23:24 |
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==trhawley
Nothing says you can't ride by yourself, too. My 9-year-old son completed a hilly half-metric with me last July, after only riding twice a week for up to an hour at a time. We just took our time, took frequent breaks, etc. It took four hours, but that's OK. The look on his face when I turned to him, yelled "YOU DID IT!" was plenty of reward. |
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| #927 | behanna |
Sep 17 2007 23:26 |
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Cycling heroes?
There's this skinny kid from Texas who came back from stage 3 cancer ... |
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| #928 | mlbtracy |
Sep 18 2007 00:34 |
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Yeah, cycling does seem to have it's share of comeback kids and adversity stories.
Lance Armstrong, well, we all know his story Saul Raisin, horrible crash, coma, frontal lobe injury, back in the pros Alberto Contador, horrible crash, rides with a metal plate in his head, TdF winner Stuart O'Grady, fractured skull, brain blood clot, Australian champ In light of all the doping scandals, we have some amazing stories of triumph to fall back on. I keep finding inspiration all the time. |
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| #929 | autismjtm |
Sep 18 2007 01:06 |
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Thanks mlbtracy, I needed that.
I don't see anyone hooting and hollering about Michael Rasmussen! Lol, just kidding of course. Technical question for you guys. I just took my cycling computer off the Schwinn and put it on the Trek. Now I can't get the stupid thing to work at all. It is just a cheap one but it served the purpose when riding the Schwinn. I really need that thing so that I can keep track of my progress (now that I have to start all over again). Jane |
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| #930 | trhawley |
Sep 18 2007 14:35 |
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Cycling heroes? I think of a US kid that went to race in Europe when the number of North Americans could be counted on one hand. Then in his first Tour De France he obeyed team orders to stay with his struggling team leader when he could have easily ridden ahead and secured overall victory for himself as he was clearly the stronger rider that year. In following year he won the Tour but most of the competition came from his own team! Then he was accidentally shot in the chest while hunting but he came back to win the Tour two more times. Then when he should have been at his prime he found that he was no longer competitive. His team doctors told him that to compete he would have to do EPO like everyone else but he refused and retired. Greg LeMond?s story doesn't end there as he has faced many challenges since retiring.
But in my opinion the greatest of all time, Eddie Merckx. |
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| #931 | mlbtracy |
Sep 18 2007 14:49 |
| I'd help, Jane, but I don't have a computer yet. (I just ride with someone else, and we take the stats off his computer) I'm planning to get one, but I've never installed one. | ||
| #932 | trhawley |
Sep 18 2007 15:03 |
| Jane, most computer problems are from the positioning of the magnets and pick-ups, but also the cables are very thin and can break. My cable wore through this summer and I ordered a new mounting kit. While I was waiting for it, I continued logging my rides on mapmyride.com. By timing the rides and entering the info to mmr, the site calculated ave mph and calories burned. | ||
| #933 | autismjtm |
Sep 18 2007 16:01 |
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Thanks bunches. I have not checked the actual cable so that may be the problem. If it is broken, then I will just buy a new computer since it is a cheap one. I forgot about calculating all that stuff on mapmyride. I use the site all the time but have not entered any of that information before.
I was able to get out there this morning (yeah!) and I enjoyed every moment of it. It is amazing how much stress relief you can get on a bicycle. Now I am going to sit down and make some realistic long term and short term goals for myself. Tomorrow night I am attending a meeting with the Medina Bicycle club and I am giving them a proposal for a fundraiser for Autism United. Hopefully we can pull it off next summer some time. ROF, my stupid dog is chasing a fly and she just slammed into the sliding glass door - not a dull moment at my house. Jane |
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| #934 | mlbtracy |
Sep 19 2007 12:25 |
| Did another group ride last night and had a ball! My average speed went from 8.5 mph last week to 12 last night, so I guess the practice has helped a lot. I have another group ride again tonight, then I'll probably switch my pedals out this weekend and give clipless another go. Yay! | ||
| #935 | ohio45 |
Sep 19 2007 15:22 |
| is anyone on here right now? I put air in my tires last week, before my 20 mile ride. Going out for another ride today. Do I need to check the tires again? (that back tire is just hard for me to do and I lose lots of air, just getting the pump on). thanks | ||
| #936 | mlbtracy |
Sep 19 2007 16:30 |
| I check my tires before every ride. Do you have a pump with a pressure gauge? JoeBlow makes a really great one, and you can find it at most bike shops. | ||
| #937 | autismjtm |
Sep 19 2007 19:47 |
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Way to go mlbtracy.
Jane |
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| #938 | mlbtracy |
Sep 19 2007 20:29 |
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Hey, ohio45, why is the back tire hard? Short stem on the tube? trying to hold the bike up? Maybe it would be good to switch out tubes or get a folding bike stand. Let me know the issue, and I'll see if I can help with a solution.
Oh, and I almost always lose almost all the air in my tires when I attach the pump. High pressure tires and Presta valves kinda make it hard not to. It's okay -- just practice getting the pump off the valve as quickly as possible once it's up to pressure. A good stand pump will also make the business of pumping up the tires pretty quick. |
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| #939 | ohio45 |
Sep 19 2007 22:30 |
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just got home, exhausted. This trail, on crushed limestone, (crushed, HA!) was so bumpy, and a LOT of, not exactly hills, but steep inclines and dips. A lot of them immediately went up, so I could sail down and momentum took me up most of the way. There was even a warning sign, "Dangerous curve ahead", where the trail went down, sharp turn, then steep incline. (or you ended up on rocks and a stream), there was a dark tunnel, very bumpy. I don't know why a bumpy ride wore me out, but it did. I didn't take enough water. 20 miles was too much today. Nothing like the smooth, straight paved trail last week. It was fun, very enjoyable and glad I went. The smell of the woods is like nothing else on earth, now, the smell of autumn leaves makes me want to be out there every day. The trail took me behind a bread factory and I could smell honeybuns and my mouth watered. I was startled for a moment by something big and black over in some bushes, since we have bears around here, but it was a cow. It's fun to explore new trails. My turnaround was near a park dedicated to John Glenn with a very nice statue, (posted). It touched my heart. I practice stopping and think I'm doing well. On this bumpy, gravely trail today all I could think of was how grateful I am to everyone who suggested a Hybrid bike and my fatter tires. mlb: the back tire is hard to do because the pump head doesn't want to go on it, (like in the front), just enough to let all air out, unless I push it down, hard and I don't have strength in my hand to do that and the chain is in the way, for me to get leverage, to push the head firmly onto the valve, then I have to snap a lever on the pump head to secure it. Theres also a horizonal bar, thats in the way, that isn't on the front tire. It's not impossible, just took me a lot of tries last week. the way the bike leans, on the kickstand doens't help either. |
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| #940 | gmule |
Sep 20 2007 02:14 |
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Are any of you fellow cyclist going to be riding in the winter?
I am looking forward to my winter commute. I like the sound of the snow crunching under my tires and how quiet the city gets with a fresh blanket of snow. |
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