Anyone here into any types of cycling, such as time-trails, long distance ect?

i usually bike to and from school, and around town at other types too. i could get a car, but i like biking more honestly...

just that i have scoliosis now, so not mush doing anything...

I've been trying to get into it a lot more lately. I bought a Schwinn Madison a couple of months ago and have been putting some miles on riding the trails in the area.

I used to be heavily into BMX racing but since I started Uni and had a few bad injuries I only do it occasionally now. I still enjoy it, especially the speed and airtime, so I probably won't completely stop racing for the foreseeable future. I don't practice much anymore, just turn up at the track, have 2 laps and then race

I coach more than I ride now actually, especially since it allows me to put my sports science background to use and help the new guys/gals out.

Sweet =) - i put in my first 100 miles last Sunday, its was great fun . Working hard to get my 10 mile time trial speed down into the high 26/low 27 mins (quite a hilly track ) hopefully i will do it this week, improved from 32 mins on my first, then 29:02, then 27:57 =)

Only been going out cycling for 9 weeks now

My friend and I have been doing mountain biking for a few weeks now. He is 10 yrs younger than me, and I sometimes feel like an anchor on him. I hope by the end of the summer I will be less of an anchor, but I think that unlikely.

But doing 8 miles in an hour on trails isn't half bad, I guess.

I like to avoid public transport and go everywhere with my bike if possible.

I have a 2007 Specialized Tarmac Sworks and do a lot of local races. I recently broke top 5 (3rd), but am still working on a win. This is my first year racing and my second year of training.

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=22291

Mine is actually the SRAM model, but built up with a DA groupo and Ksyrium wheels. The color is the carbon/silver. It's a sweet, sweet, bike. Light as a fart and twice as fast (15.1 lbs/6.85 Kg) built up for the road.

My next big race is the HHH 100 Cat 5 race. After that one, I'll cat up and become a 4. Sticking to 5, since that's what I trained last winter and this spring as.

I love to ride. I have a family, my biking must fit within a limited budget, so I have just one. I ride a mountain bike with wide street tires. I ride mainly on the pavement, but sometimes I like to take a foray off into the woods.

Today I'm going to ride the General James Van Fleet Trail in Florida. Or at least a portion of it. It would be over sixty miles up and back, and I don't have the legs, time or butt to pull that off.

When I'm not Computing, I Cycle Mountain-Bike style down the odd hill or rough trail. Most times I just cycle somewhere with mmy cammera and take pictures of interesting scenes human and scenic. Sometimes I pace myself and see if I have the energy and careful cycling ability to not throw myself over the handlebars (I've done that several times before - within the last year), and show I can still cut the butter at my age!


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