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Cycling!
Kanda Jo:
Anyone else an avid cyclist? I got started riding mountain bikes, but now am a roadie through and through!!! I can ride 100 mile marathon rides, burn 4000+ calories, and somehow still be fat :(
Added bonus: YOU HAVE AN EXCUSE TO SHAVE!!!
gamerchic_kaylee:
Avid recreational and competitive road cyclist here too! Started my racing career last year, sadly side lined at the moment while a recover from a brain injury from getting hit by a car while training :(
I have been cleared to do some riding on trails, but right now can only go 20ish miles and dreadfully slow before symptoms start popping up. Can't wait to get back on the road though!
Jenny07:
Love riding. Been doing it for over 30 years on the road.
Even been to the world championships.
Used to ride up to 600k per week and was super lean and super fast.
Descending on a quiet twisty road at good speed is hard to beat.
Have a rocket at the moment that I built up in 2013. Love it.
Felt AR1 with Dura Ace DI2 and Zipp wheels. Fast.
Still, can't have to many bikes. Have 3 road including a TT bike.
Already planning on a new one. Can't hurt. :)
gamerchic_kaylee:
--- Quote from: Jenny07 on October 17, 2015, 03:54:43 am ---Love riding. Been doing it for over 30 years on the road.
Even been to the world championships.
Used to ride up to 600k per week and was super lean and super fast.
Descending on a quiet twisty road at good speed is hard to beat.
Have a rocket at the moment that I built up in 2013. Love it.
Felt AR1 with Dura Ace DI2 and Zipp wheels. Fast.
Still, can't have to many bikes. Have 3 road including a TT bike.
Already planning on a new one. Can't hurt. :)
--- End quote ---
Went to the world championships as a racer or spectator?
Your bike sure sounds fast ;)
I use to race on a Cannondale SuperSix, but then joined a team sponsored by Specialized, so got an S-Works Tarmac DI2 Disc. Got a few raised eyebrows racing with disc brakes, but I like them and feel way more confidant when needing to stop suddenly.
My old Cannondale got totaled from the accident, so been shopping around for a replacement. Thinking about getting a Venge, but might cheap out and buy an Allez or Crux for Fall/Winter training, something I don't have to think about keeping nice and clean. Can't have dirt/wet/mud on my nice S-Works :P
- Kaylee
Kellam:
Avid urban cyclist here! I love single speed freewheel road bikes. I have a thing for late '70's Peugeots and mid '80's Fujis. Although at the moment I have been on a contemporary Mongoose hybrid frame. All the gears, front and rear brakes etc.
I used to ride in a semi-suicidal fashion though. I hoped to be taken out doing what I love. So I am in the process of trying to undo that. Trouble is I am a risk taker and adrenaline junky. I really do love trying to go fast in heavy traffic. Trying to follow the line forward. I was/am the rider people hate.
But I am learning to be safe and go slower. I stop at lights now and don't even notice other riders passing me. My trouble is when there are no lights to stop at. I do not go slowly, even when I was a bike messenger, riding all day, I pushed myself every second.
Trying to reconfigure my relationship to bicycles, but undoing things that my subconscious does automatically is much harder than I thought.
I just love to ride...it feels so much like flying!
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