Where my bike riders at? Just bought a new single speed/fixie

[Morethan1]

Check Amazon for a clamp on mount. Other option is to use a camel back

Go to target and get a camelback for $20

I bought one for me and my lady.

Only time I even use a bottle is for 3+ hours rides and its water + electrolytes. Other than that I just use the camelbak.

Target : Expect More. Pay Less.

Going to cop one on my lunch tomorrow. Thanks guy's.

My goal is to do at least 7 miles a day tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.

 

[Wildin]

Going to cop one on my lunch tomorrow. Thanks guy's.

My goal is to do at least 7 miles a day tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.

That target link has the bag I bought 2 of. For $20 it's not bad. I use it for riding. I just used it the other day for walking in a state Park on the trail. I really have no complaints about it. You should be able to type in your zip and find it locally.

 

[Wildin]

zwift all day erryday. Group rides, international courses, social aspect none of which trainer road has. Brought my game to another level.

I'd happily fukk with zwift but my cpu is garbage. And I dont fukk with apple products.

I literally have all the components except a cpu with a graphics card great enough to support it appropriately or an apple device.

 

[Morethan1]

That target link has the bag I bought 2 of. For $20 it's not bad. I use it for riding. I just used it the other day for walking in a state Park on the trail. I really have no complaints about it. You should be able to type in your zip and find it locally.

I bought it at lunch. Why is the water not flowing?

 

[Morethan1]

Nevermind I figured it out

 

[Wildin]

Nevermind I figured it out

Glad it's working..

I'm about to hit the trail. After 3 hours of yard work I'm tired as fukk already.

 

[Hijo de luna]

Got 50 miles 3500ft of elevation tomorrow morning

 

[Morethan1]

Got 50 miles 3500ft of elevation tomorrow morning

How sway? I have a tough time getting to 5 miles

 

[Stir Fry]

How sway? I have a tough time getting to 5 miles

Just keep riding lol. 5 miles will seem like a @Skooby snack in no time.

 

[Morethan1]

Just keep riding lol. 5 miles will seem like a @Skooby snack in no time.

Thanks for the motivation my nikka. I was doing 3 miles last week. Earlier this week I did 4 miles. Today I pushed myself to 5 miles.

 

[Wildin]

How sway? I have a tough time getting to 5 miles

Yeah just keep riding.

When I started riding and got my first 10 miles I was like

Mainly because I didn't realize how close everything was in proximity. Your city is completely different on a bike. You realize some places are closer. Some farther.

Then I'd ride 12.5 out and 12.5 back pretty much everyday.

Slowly that increased to about 17.5 out and back everyday. And on days I didn't work I'd ride about 50.

Your body gets acclimated and I don't even get warmed up until about 5 miles in.

Every ride doesn't have to be a race though, sometimes I just ride just to enjoy riding, not worried about speed or how many miles I'm putting in, just enjoying the day, clearing my head.

If you ride the same routes everyday you'll quickly get used to it, the main variable you'll have to worry about is wind. I get some 20 mph gusts and it's tough to ride, but the key is to stay in a higher gear and just push through, rather than a low gear and keep spinning.

 

[Hijo de luna]

How sway? I have a tough time getting to 5 miles

Just build up to it. Find some local group rides to help push you to go farther.

 

[Stir Fry]

+1 on everything @nbw said. i would say not to be afraid of spinning though. I prefer lower gears at a fast cadence rather than a slow and heavy one.

 

[Wildin]

+1 on everything @nbw said. i would say not to be afraid of spinning though. I prefer lower gears at a fast cadence rather than a slow and heavy one.

Don't get me wrong, spinning is great, but when is pushing you back and you have that extra resistance, spinning is detrimental. You want to be in a high gear to just power through because otherwise your going to end up spinning at less than 10mph and end up not going anywhere, literally just spinning your wheels.

If your in a higher gear, you'll be pedaling slowly but covering more distance and hopefully the wind will change directions or your path will. Covering more distance will get you out of the wind than just spinning alone.

As you get stronger you can spin in higher gears which in turn help you keep your mph up. For the longest time I would spin in lower gear which kept my heart rate up, but my speed was less than 12mph. As I started riding in higher gears my legs got stronger and I could also spin in higher gears and keep more power, consistent cadence, my heart rate is still high but I'm using more power, covering more distance and my mpH is overall higher.

 

[Morethan1]

Don't get me wrong, spinning is great, but when is pushing you back and you have that extra resistance, spinning is detrimental. You want to be in a high gear to just power through because otherwise your going to end up spinning at less than 10mph and end up not going anywhere, literally just spinning your wheels.

If your in a higher gear, you'll be pedaling slowly but covering more distance and hopefully the wind will change directions or your path will. Covering more distance will get you out of the wind than just spinning alone.

As you get stronger you can spin in higher gears which in turn help you keep your mph up. For the longest time I would spin in lower gear which kept my heart rate up, but my speed was less than 12mph. As I started riding in higher gears my legs got stronger and I could also spin in higher gears and keep more power, consistent cadence, my heart rate is still high but I'm using more power, covering more distance and my mpH is overall higher.

So you saying use higher gear's? I'll try this tomorrow I bet I'm not gonna be able to do 5 miles