BigDave Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I finally got back on my bicycle for the first time this year tonight. It sucked, but it still felt great. I've got a way to go to get back into the "shape" (relative term) I was in last year when I was riding 70+ miles a week, but this time it will be a bit easier as I won't be fighting lungs full of tar. Lance Armstrong I am not, but there is something to "shoot" for!!! Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Good show, young man! This year we're going to make sure you don't stop riding when the weather gets bad toward the fall and winter. Maybe we'll trick you into taking some exceptionally brutal spinning classes! You are to be commended even more for the efforts to preserve the health of your pulmonary system! Clean lungs are good lungs! Don't forget to stretch and consume plenty of foods high in potassium. You might be able to avoid muscle spasms like what I just had in my leg about fifteen minutes ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDH Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I finally got back on my bicycle for the first time this year tonight. BigDave, When I lived back in IN, I used to ride quite a bit (usually 300 - 350/wk). I always took the Winter off, and I always went out for the first time on March 1 (yes, I rode in a lot of really cold, nasty crap). Anyway, I KNOW what those first few times on the bike feel like. I really miss it, and applaud your efforts! Keep up the hard work man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 300-350/week?!?!?! You rode 300-350 miles a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDH Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 You rode 300-350 miles a week? Yup. Kind of hard to believe huh? Depending on what was happening at work, sometimes I would ride in the morning and go in late..... most times I would do my mileage after work (usually 30 - 40 mi/dy) and then lay on big mileage on the weekend..... I also weighed nearly 100# less than I do now (and probably have pictures to prove it). Did LOTS of loaded touring carrying all my gear self-contained to. That was the life........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 I am impressed again. Wow, I'd like to ride that much. I should ride that much. Nothing, and I mean, nothing alllowed me to drop more weight in less time than vigorous cycling. I just need to pony up for a road bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Big Dave That is awesome! We bought a treadmill some time ago and used it regularly - but then for some reason slacked off. I look at it everyday thinking "I gotta get back on that thing!" When I saw "first ride" I thought we were talking steel horses - come to find out yours wasn't powered by gasoline! Very Cool! JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDH Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I am impressed again. Wow, I'd like to ride that much. I should ride that much. Nothing, and I mean, nothing alllowed me to drop more weight in less time than vigorous cycling. I just need to pony up for a road bike. Dave, don't you travel too much to ride consistently? At that time, I had the benefit of being in a position that did not require any travel, and for the most part, I could sort of control my working hours. Having that flexibility allowed me to tailor things to what I thought the weather was going to do, etc. I miss those days, and people that don't ride don't realize some of the simple things they miss. I'm talking about things like the sound of a shower hitting the tin roof of a barn as you ride by.... the smell of the Northern forests, or of the cut timber when a logging truck passes by. Like I said earlier, I did a lot of loaded touring and but probably the coolest thing I did was to take a week and ride the perimeter of Lake Michigan. It was a completely self contained solo trip with one exception. I found out about a guy and his girlfriend that were riding the perimeter of the UNITED STATES as a fund raiser for cancer research. It turned out that both of us are survivors of the same type of cancer (Hodgkin's disease). Anyway, I wrote to them, and then I coordinated my trip around Lake Michigan so that midway into my ride, I would hook up with them and we could ride across the Upper Pennisula of Michigan together. Really cool stuff (in fact, the day we rode together was about 40 degrees with about a 20 mph wind, and showers.... ) Keep ridin' Dave. Totally awesome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 You guys have me wanting to get a bicycle again. Maybe we could attach some pedals to a Harley or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDH Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Maybe we could attach some pedals to a Harley or something? And put a sidecar on it for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGlock36 Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I miss those days, and people that don't ride don't realize some of the simple things they miss. I'm talking about things like the sound of a shower hitting the tin roof of a barn as you ride by.... the smell of the Northern forests, or of the cut timber when a logging truck passes by. Where as in I do not ride a bicycle I do know the feeling. I am and avid Motorcycle rider I get the same beit a little faster and with a bit more noise. But then again I can hit the twisties at 40mph. Either way truly wonderful feeling. Sorry for the thread drift. Paul Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 It's not quantity, but quality. I used to train less than 150 miles aweek due to my schedule. But I was able to beat a lot of people in races that do twice as much. You can go pretty fast on a bicycle even with skinny tires. I've done some stupid things like passing a tandem on a downhill on the wrong side of the road doing over 50 mph in the middle of a turn. Fastest I've gone was 54.7 mph, just couldn't hit the double nickel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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