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I am an old fat lady. But I am very stubborn! I was in a deadly horrible car wreck 5 years ago. I had an open fracture of my femur. It takes a lot of force to break your femur! And it popped out of my leg! I have had 8 surgeries on it. It was a chronic non union. After every surgery I was put back in a wheel chair for 3 months. It was a lot. Shortly after my wreck I needed some cardio. I put my old cruiser bike on a trainer. That first day (4 years ago) I rode for 4 minutes. That's all I could do. I had to put a special adapter (an ortho-pedal) on it because of my leg. But I kept riding. And training. And doing my physical therapy! My first goal was to ride 20, then 30.... (then a surgery)....then 40.....50....60... Last week the weather was perfect. My goal was to ride 70, but I didn't stop until I rode 103.2. It took 8 hours, 54 minutes and 33 seconds. All by myself. It is such a rush. I'm so happy and proud. On top of all that I'm a type 1 diabetic. Since I'm not the typical cyclist body type, I never felt "in the club". But I am now! A century ride is NO JOKE!
2i (16F) got my new bike about 4 days ago, and this was the first time i’d ridden a bike since middle school.
i absolutely love it. i go for 8-10 mile rides every morning to start my day (hoping to increase that distance over time), and i’ve never felt this awake in my day-to-day life. it’s gotten to a point where all i look forward to throughout the day is my next bike ride. i’ve also consumed hours of cycling content (shoutout to GCN on Youtube)—heck, i’ve even started watching the Tour de France.
i just love the little rituals that come with owning a bike. checking your tires before a ride, turning your lights on, washing it, lubing it—everything. it sounds stupid, but i feel like my daily routine feels a lot more structured due to this bike. i’ve never felt such consistency in a workout routine before.
i try not to rest my happiness on material things, but i’ve never been happier and it’s all because of my beautiful bicycle. i know this is a bit of a ramble but i had to let this out somewhere.
that is all.
I'm sure some of you actually do all servicing yourselves, so I mean the ones like me who do very minor things like clean my bike, clean/lube the chain and change the tires/tubes. I leave the rest to my local friendly bike shop.
Got my first bike. It’s a hybrid. Not many bells and whistles. Didn’t get a branded one. It does have 2 discs and Shimano gears.
I am overweight by a good margin and I was afraid I was going to die midway out of exhaustion.
I didn’t.
I started the day before yesterday and completed 25 kms today. Went to my office that’s 12,5 kms and came back in the evening. Burnt a fuck ton of calories. 700 to be precise. But this was the best I’ve ever done in my life.
Yes I was exhausted. Yes I was sweating like a pig. Yes I was dehydrated. But all in all I made sure to recover properly.
Above all, I enjoyed the ride. It wasn’t about pace or speed or cadence or some other pro stuff. I liked the breeze in my hair. When I felt it was too much, I slowed down. I enjoyed the ride. I guess that’s all that it takes for me to ride.
I don’t know if I’ll buy a good/great bike ever. Maybe I will. Maybe I won’t. But I enjoy pedalling and feeling the breeze. Tingling on my little bell.
My legs are sore. My ass is sore. But I will ride tomorrow. It’s the experience that counts for me. I have found a new love.
Edit: a lot of goodfellas and ladies have asked me to wear helmet and be hydrated. I have a helmet, rear light, and I keep water with glucose handy.
A few others have tried to help me cope with cold weather. Your suggestions are truly welcome. You have my heartfelt thanks.
So I've been thinking about upgrading my commuter bike (a 1997 Trek) to an inexpensive gravel bike from Bikes Direct. Ideally, I'd also stop accumulating trainer miles on my road bike and use this one instead.
I mentioned this in passing to a friend of mine who cautioned me that the subcompact chainrings on most of these bikes might get maxed out. Truthfully, I don't think I'm that strong of a rider for it to matter much. My FTP is ~3 w/kg @ ~220 watts.
How would I go about figuring this out?
Thanks!
Just curious because a bike that costs 1k USD in my country cost 55k+(yes that is crazy expensive) in our currency and im wondering if other people are facing the same problem
Hi guys, i need a suggestion :) How would you organize a bike trip? I am planning one among italy/croatia/slovenia and i am quite neww in these things, what would be your priorities? Thanks ;)
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