Cycling

darksong · 06-04-2007

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

Wofl · 06-04-2007

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...

D3V1N · 06-04-2007

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.

bikeboy · 06-05-2007

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.

darksong · 06-05-2007

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

utabintarbo · 06-05-2007

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.

dorcssa · 06-07-2007

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

hanover.fiste · 08-12-2007

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.

GopherT · 11-12-2007

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.

06-04-2007	#1 (permalink)
darksong Just getting started Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Cycling Anyone here into any types of cycling, such as time-trails, long distance ect?

06-04-2007	#2 (permalink)
Wofl Devils advocate Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 282	Re: Cycling 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...
Wofl Devils advocate Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 282

06-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
D3V1N Just getting started Join Date: May 2007 Location: UW-Madison Posts: 10	Re: Cycling 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.
	http://www.n9drb.com \| http://www.madisonbiking.com

06-05-2007	#4 (permalink)
bikeboy Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 38	Re: Cycling 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.

06-05-2007	#5 (permalink)
darksong Just getting started Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Re: Cycling 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

06-05-2007	#6 (permalink)
utabintarbo Dog of the Soul Crusher Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Posts: 569	Re: Cycling 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.
	In case it wasn't apparent, sarcasm is yet another free service I offer. Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay -- and claims a halo for his dishonesty.---- Robert A. Heinlein

06-07-2007	#7 (permalink)
dorcssa Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 61	Re: Cycling I like to avoid public transport and go everywhere with my bike if possible.
	One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them; One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

08-12-2007	#8 (permalink)
hanover.fiste Eligible for a custom title Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anywhere I want Posts: 112	Re: Cycling 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.
	"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." Goethe’s maxim

11-12-2007	#9 (permalink)
GopherT Be gentle, newcomer Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Valrico, Floirda Posts: 1	Re: Cycling 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.
	BikingFlorida.com