Cycling Miscellany

[Bo Diddley]

19 miles with little wind and low temps. For the first time I did not feel like this was a challenge. Time for a longer ride. If the weather is right tomorrow will be a forty miler. When I ride in the morning I don't eat or drink anything before ride. Today the ride was late and I had eaten. Maybe it made ride easier ?

Bo, I'm pretty new to everyday riding(7th week) I think I've started to plateau and adjustments will be made. To me the weather plays a large role on the type of workout I have. The more hot and humid the tougher the ride. I have a running background(10 marathons,sub 1;20 half) and I'm not beat up like I was back when I trained sixty miles a week. I may try doubles some days as well making one day a week a long ride.

I've done a lot of running just because of my job. I love how much easier cycling is on the body.

[OceanBlue]

19 miles with little wind and low temps. For the first time I did not feel like this was a challenge. Time for a longer ride. If the weather is right tomorrow will be a forty miler. When I ride in the morning I don't eat or drink anything before ride. Today the ride was late and I had eaten. Maybe it made ride easier ?

Bo, I'm pretty new to everyday riding(7th week) I think I've started to plateau and adjustments will be made. To me the weather plays a large role on the type of workout I have. The more hot and humid the tougher the ride. I have a running background(10 marathons,sub 1;20 half) and I'm not beat up like I was back when I trained sixty miles a week. I may try doubles some days as well making one day a week a long ride.

[Bo Diddley]

How long do you feel like the training curve for cycling is? At some point, you surely plateau in your performance. No doubt there are fitness factors, but for an otherwise fit person, there's going to be a lot of muscle training in the trunk. What has been your experience?

[OceanBlue]

Why steel? I haven't read anything on this, so I don't have any opinion...just curious.

I'm no expert but steel last longer and is just a tad heavier but not enough for most to notice. Steel also has more give. This is just from me reading reviews and not from experience. Maybe RC or someone else can explain more.

[mtnbiker]

I like my carbon bike. It's very light, and at least as vertically compliant while being rigid enough in the bottom bracket as my old CroMo bike was.

[ERCougar]

Why steel? I haven't read anything on this, so I don't have any opinion...just curious.

[OceanBlue]

I ride aluminum as well but I'm thinking of getting a new bike in the next year. I have been reading about steel vs carbon and they sure have strong opinions on both sides. I will be taking my son to BYU in August and may drive up to Idaho and meet with the Kelson bike guy. I'm leaning toward steel myself.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

17.40 in a rush this morning but I snuck a ride in before a day of work.

Carbon or steel ?

Steel.

[creekster]

17.40 in a rush this morning but I snuck a ride in before a day of work.

Carbon or steel ?

I still ride aluminum. What do I know?

[Pelado]

17.40 in a rush this morning but I snuck a ride in before a day of work.

Carbon or steel ?

Steel. CO2 is destroying the world.

[OceanBlue]

17.40 in a rush this morning but I snuck a ride in before a day of work.

Carbon or steel ?

[OceanBlue]

20 miler with lots of wind that is much easier to take when it's nice and cloudy. I should be living in Oregon given the weather I prefer.

[Lost Student]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1171&sid=30661279

Did anyone else sign up for this ride a couple of months ago and get shafted? I took off the entire day from work the day before the ride so my wife could drive down to SLC to meet her father (who drove from freakin' Anacortes, WA) so they could ride together. They actually went to the fairgrounds that morning at 7am or whenever they were supposed to and were surprised to find practically no one else there.

Smith guaranteed everyone would get their money back within six months.

Something tells me I won't see a refund. Even if they do, it would be a pretty insignificant redress compared to the loss of time by my wife, my FIL, and me.

[Pelado]

Not possible from where I live. The airport at First Flight airport is the start and finish of my daily ride.

No other starting points or destinations available?

[OceanBlue]

Not possible from where I live. The airport at First Flight airport is the start and finish of my daily ride.