Wow. So I've just begun riding my bicycle in any kind of earnest -- and not even that far, maybe ten miles.
Holy crap, that's difficult. I have enough trouble with a stick shift -- I'm still not entirely sure how to switch gears on this damn bicycle. This is an extraordinarly bad planning flaw, given that I expected to be able to ride at least fifty miles by this point without too much complaint.
So I'm going to start some serious training. The LA marathon's coming up on the seventh, which is a good twentysome miles. And Moose, I'll have to postpone that trip I kinda sorta half-assed intended to go on to your house from this month to the next -- but by April, I need to be up to at least getting to your house, if not the entire way back in the same day. Don't let me back out of it -- please? I'm running out of time, and gah... I'm not about to back out of this summer bike trip, but I gotta get my ass moving if I have any hope of preparation before I start the damn thing.
On the plus side, my brother -- currently stationed at a Naval base in Italy -- is taking a leave of absence to come and visit me for training purposes. But that's an unfortunate story for the SoCal thread...
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Is your brother anything like you?
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
He's even bigger than I am, and considerably uglier. Also, he's conclusive proof that I'm where the IQ genes in the family went to. But I love the dude, and yeah, he's looks scarily like me. You should see how this guy's built, though -- I'm, heh, the delicate one between the two of us.
...actually, you can. He just sent me some photos from Italy. I'll IM you.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Lalo, I suggest ridding very slowly for long distancs. When you tour trip you just plain wont go as fast as you would on a ten mile bike ride. Get used to traveling at probably 10mph and just go tell you feel tired and then turn around. That's how you push your limits. That and being consitant. That means preferably every day you're out on the bike (or on an indoor stationary if there's bad weather), and that you plan long trips as well (15 miles to start off with say).
Hobbes Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
And here I thought this thread was going to be about some sort of shotgun wedding...
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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Do you have your tire puncture routine down? My husband's record was 14 punctures in one morning (about 2 hours)(in the rain, he adds). He got a Mr. Tuffy and a quick stick.
He and his 15 year old brother rode from Oregon to Salt Lake one year, 1400 miles in a month. So that's 50 miles a day.
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