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By *reenonions OP   Man
over a year ago

Nr Exeter

Do you cycle to work?

I cover about 11 to work and usually on a road bike but as it's winter, I'm on the ancient Specialised Rockhopper at the mo....weighs the same as a small planet but hell it's a good workout.

I'm so looking forward to spring and summer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Same here. Bath and Bristol have some excellent cycling on offer and I miss getting on the bike and hopping over the water to Wales and back.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Used to but had three near misses due to careless drivers so only bike for pleasure in the summer now and off road.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bike for my work!

But yeah cycling is an awesome exercise, but its so much more than that to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For a variety of reasons (primarily a mix of prioritising running targets, weather, illness and injury), I've not ridden for weeks but am about to get back on the bike, the slightly longer days are a help.

When I do ride, it's 14 miles each way. Rolling roads with 3 fairly hard climbs so great training, summer it can be longer on the way home through the lanes or straight from work to a 10 mile club TT.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

keeps yer bum nice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"keeps yer bum nice. "

Why thank you.

Now where was the thread about assuming it which half of a couple was posting?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

cd qwick 4 trek 2.3 compact 2011 mod fot sundays

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all

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over a year ago

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By *reenonions OP   Man
over a year ago

Nr Exeter

All I can say to that is.....

Rule 1#. Cardio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all "

It is a fantastic exercise if done right. Plodding along is not going to give you the same results as introducing some HIIT into the mix.

I'm lucky because where I live we have have some awesome climbs to be done. Hill work is awesome for pushing yourself, riding on flat and downhill is not the same. Its all about how its performed. Working on things such as your cadence will target either lean muscle building in the legs, or you can incorporate a more intensive cardiovascular workout

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all "

take the bliddy engine off!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all

It is a fantastic exercise if done right. Plodding along is not going to give you the same results as introducing some HIIT into the mix.

I'm lucky because where I live we have have some awesome climbs to be done. Hill work is awesome for pushing yourself, riding on flat and downhill is not the same. Its all about how its performed. Working on things such as your cadence will target either lean muscle building in the legs, or you can incorporate a more intensive cardiovascular workout "

lol believe me i dont plod along, when your on a time limit to get from one house to the next you go as fast as you can

As for incorporating hill work, if there is'nt a hill on my travels from A to B i can go up it can i?

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By *reenonions OP   Man
over a year ago

Nr Exeter

Hills, bring the pain.

There are no hills in the UK!

I did Alpe D'Huez 2 years ago followed by Telegraphe and Madelene - this summer, it's D'Huez and I'm going for the Ventoux challenge - 3 times in a day.

They be hills - and they watch you...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i cycle coz i enjoy it everyone says hello n greets yi with a smile or wet nose n wagging tail did coast ti coast on me todd tent m all lol i go up derwentside hexham berwick ect to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all

It is a fantastic exercise if done right. Plodding along is not going to give you the same results as introducing some HIIT into the mix.

I'm lucky because where I live we have have some awesome climbs to be done. Hill work is awesome for pushing yourself, riding on flat and downhill is not the same. Its all about how its performed. Working on things such as your cadence will target either lean muscle building in the legs, or you can incorporate a more intensive cardiovascular workout

lol believe me i dont plod along, when your on a time limit to get from one house to the next you go as fast as you can

As for incorporating hill work, if there is'nt a hill on my travels from A to B i can go up it can i? "

No you can't climb a hill if it ain't there, but I can guarantee that if you went out and found some your fitness and stamina would improve, and without doubt so would your times between your visits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Hills, bring the pain.

There are no hills in the UK!

I did Alpe D'Huez 2 years ago followed by Telegraphe and Madelene - this summer, it's D'Huez and I'm going for the Ventoux challenge - 3 times in a day.

They be hills - and they watch you..."

Their not hills either, I call them ramps!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all

It is a fantastic exercise if done right. Plodding along is not going to give you the same results as introducing some HIIT into the mix.

I'm lucky because where I live we have have some awesome climbs to be done. Hill work is awesome for pushing yourself, riding on flat and downhill is not the same. Its all about how its performed. Working on things such as your cadence will target either lean muscle building in the legs, or you can incorporate a more intensive cardiovascular workout

lol believe me i dont plod along, when your on a time limit to get from one house to the next you go as fast as you can

As for incorporating hill work, if there is'nt a hill on my travels from A to B i can go up it can i? "

You are probably being hard on yourself. No one that is clocking up 200+ miles a week is in bad shape.

It's the nature of your riding that is the compromise, by the sounds of it it is all little and often. It's much like the couriers in London, some of them knock out 300+ miles a week but while they are undeniably fit, there will be cyclists doing less but more specific riding that will be much fitter and faster.

Unless you have any great desire to boost your performance I wouldn't worry too much as that amount of riding is going to have you in better shape than the vast majority of people

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No you can't climb a hill if it ain't there, but I can guarantee that if you went out and found some your fitness and stamina would improve, and without doubt so would your times between your visits

"

To be honest, and im going to sound a bragger now but hey ho lol i have a very good bike and even big hills dont phase it really, hills are only a problem if you dont have the decent bike to cope with them

lets be honest if you ride a shit bike and the a decent bike and do the same hill you wont get up it in the same time a good bike will do most of the work for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No you can't climb a hill if it ain't there, but I can guarantee that if you went out and found some your fitness and stamina would improve, and without doubt so would your times between your visits

To be honest, and im going to sound a bragger now but hey ho lol i have a very good bike and even big hills dont phase it really, hills are only a problem if you dont have the decent bike to cope with them

lets be honest if you ride a shit bike and the a decent bike and do the same hill you wont get up it in the same time a good bike will do most of the work for you "

But a better rider will perform better on both bikes. And I've broke a few people on a few hills around here, it you don't have the fitness or the mental aptitude to carry on when your legs are screaming and your lungs are on fire, then the hill will win

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No you can't climb a hill if it ain't there, but I can guarantee that if you went out and found some your fitness and stamina would improve, and without doubt so would your times between your visits

To be honest, and im going to sound a bragger now but hey ho lol i have a very good bike and even big hills dont phase it really, hills are only a problem if you dont have the decent bike to cope with them

lets be honest if you ride a shit bike and the a decent bike and do the same hill you wont get up it in the same time a good bike will do most of the work for you

But a better rider will perform better on both bikes. And I've broke a few people on a few hills around here, it you don't have the fitness or the mental aptitude to carry on when your legs are screaming and your lungs are on fire, then the hill will win"

fook me i thought the thread was only on about riding to work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's why I pretty much only race on the track, the hills never win!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i do home care and i used my bikes to cycle between my calls, i cover about 30 miles a day, which isnt as much as it sounds really, most of my calls are between 3 and 5 miles apart with takes me about 20 miles a call so thats only peddling bwteen 9 calls a day, if i cover anyones calls i do more, i work 7 days on 1 day off so i do a min of 210 miles a week more if im doing covers

Im not sure where people get cycling is a good exercise from tho cause there cant be many people who do as many miles a week as me and im not in good shape at all

It is a fantastic exercise if done right. Plodding along is not going to give you the same results as introducing some HIIT into the mix.

I'm lucky because where I live we have have some awesome climbs to be done. Hill work is awesome for pushing yourself, riding on flat and downhill is not the same. Its all about how its performed. Working on things such as your cadence will target either lean muscle building in the legs, or you can incorporate a more intensive cardiovascular workout

lol believe me i dont plod along, when your on a time limit to get from one house to the next you go as fast as you can

As for incorporating hill work, if there is'nt a hill on my travels from A to B i can go up it can i?

You are probably being hard on yourself. No one that is clocking up 200+ miles a week is in bad shape.

It's the nature of your riding that is the compromise, by the sounds of it it is all little and often. It's much like the couriers in London, some of them knock out 300+ miles a week but while they are undeniably fit, there will be cyclists doing less but more specific riding that will be much fitter and faster.

Unless you have any great desire to boost your performance I wouldn't worry too much as that amount of riding is going to have you in better shape than the vast majority of people"

tell ya what - she looks in pretty good shape to me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No you can't climb a hill if it ain't there, but I can guarantee that if you went out and found some your fitness and stamina would improve, and without doubt so would your times between your visits

To be honest, and im going to sound a bragger now but hey ho lol i have a very good bike and even big hills dont phase it really, hills are only a problem if you dont have the decent bike to cope with them

lets be honest if you ride a shit bike and the a decent bike and do the same hill you wont get up it in the same time a good bike will do most of the work for you

But a better rider will perform better on both bikes. And I've broke a few people on a few hills around here, it you don't have the fitness or the mental aptitude to carry on when your legs are screaming and your lungs are on fire, then the hill will win

fook me i thought the thread was only on about riding to work "

Hahaha it was until ya posted that you couldn't see how people thought it was a good exercise

And yeah she's in good shape I seen the pics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Hahaha it was until ya posted that you couldn't see how people thought it was a good exercise "

i feel knackered just reading your posts lol

i thought i wasa doing ok i feel suicidal now lmao

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Hahaha it was until ya posted that you couldn't see how people thought it was a good exercise

i feel knackered just reading your posts lol

i thought i wasa doing ok i feel suicidal now lmao "

Doing that amount of mileage is awesome! And you are doing great by the sounds of it.

I could always prescribe some bedroom gymnastics to mix things up lol

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By *reenonions OP   Man
over a year ago

Nr Exeter

Specific training is the way forward.

I'm at my threshold for about 30 mins on the steel bitch but if i then do it on a decent road bike can go further and longer but age means endurance.

Just cant turn the big gears with 90ish cadence anymore - slower but longer as the fast twitch fibre goes

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over a year ago


"Specific training is the way forward.

I'm at my threshold for about 30 mins on the steel bitch but if i then do it on a decent road bike can go further and longer but age means endurance.

Just cant turn the big gears with 90ish cadence anymore - slower but longer as the fast twitch fibre goes "

Out of interest do you do any other exercises along with cycling. Obviously fast & slow twitch muscle fibre recruitment can be developed & improved through other training methods

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Specific training is the way forward."

This . My commute is around 50 minutes. It's fine for track league, it's fine for 10 mile tt's but I don't feel I have the fitness to race a 25 mile TT.

Hill riding will improve fitness but unless you are riding hills the benefits for riding on the flat will be nominal in my opinion.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Specific training is the way forward.

This . My commute is around 50 minutes. It's fine for track league, it's fine for 10 mile tt's but I don't feel I have the fitness to race a 25 mile TT.

Hill riding will improve fitness but unless you are riding hills the benefits for riding on the flat will be nominal in my opinion."

True, specific & targeted training will benefit for the main event and bulk or your work done. But gains in CV fitness along with your vo2 max can be achieved, especially if the hill work is completed under HIIT conditions

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over a year ago


"Specific training is the way forward.

I'm at my threshold for about 30 mins on the steel bitch but if i then do it on a decent road bike can go further and longer but age means endurance.

Just cant turn the big gears with 90ish cadence anymore - slower but longer as the fast twitch fibre goes

Out of interest do you do any other exercises along with cycling. Obviously fast & slow twitch muscle fibre recruitment can be developed & improved through other training methods"

My greyhounds got fast twitch muscle fibre, can i put a saddle on him and ride him to work

ok im sorry i admit im getting tired lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I ride to work in all weathers, but cant wait to move down to brighton as it will give me a decent ride home, I might cheat as riding 30 miles in the morning is a bit too far to do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Started cycling to work this year and enjoying every minute. I even get home faster than if I were in the car.

I am also just in the process of having a shower installed at work so that I can start getting out a little earlier and taking a much longer route in.

Only using a £300 Carrera hybrid at the moment but shall be ordering a nice Boardman carbon once our cycle to work scheme opens again. Will allow me to pay £580 for a £1000 bike ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The question marks started out as one of this emoticon things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to when I first started where I work now but found coming home up the hills difficult and often ended up walking the last mile or then I started to walk the 8 miles round trip and still do that when I can, whittled it down to about 45 mins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I only wish I could. My firm runs a bike to work scheme. 10% discount on a bike and an interest free loan for the rest.

Sadly, I live 30 miles from work and a bike ride don't appeal!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have just cycled to work only just started doing this after my scooter blew the engine. Not riding mega miles but feel fitter and stronger for it. Before this I had not ridden a bike in 12 years. As a wagon driver exercise is very important.

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over a year ago


"It's why I pretty much only race on the track, the hills never win!"

I never got the chance to do track, I used to time trial 10, 25 & 50 mile.

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over a year ago


"It's why I pretty much only race on the track, the hills never win!

I never got the chance to do track, I used to time trial 10, 25 & 50 mile."

I was lucky, I lived a few miles from the track in Halesowen and now work just a couple of miles from Welwyn track so it's very convenient.

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over a year ago


"No you can't climb a hill if it ain't there, but I can guarantee that if you went out and found some your fitness and stamina would improve, and without doubt so would your times between your visits

To be honest, and im going to sound a bragger now but hey ho lol i have a very good bike and even big hills dont phase it really, hills are only a problem if you dont have the decent bike to cope with them

lets be honest if you ride a shit bike and the a decent bike and do the same hill you wont get up it in the same time a good bike will do most of the work for you "

I know plenty of people who dont have the best bike and do a decent turn on the pedals, I have been lucky to have both hand built and off the peg bikes, the hand built was kitted out with campag record, the other shimano. There was no real difference in riding them, except the hand built bike felt lighter and handled better but I could ride the wheels of a lot of people on both bikes.

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over a year ago


"It's why I pretty much only race on the track, the hills never win!

I never got the chance to do track, I used to time trial 10, 25 & 50 mile.

I was lucky, I lived a few miles from the track in Halesowen and now work just a couple of miles from Welwyn track so it's very convenient.

"

I used to live close to Kirkby cycle track but never got round to riding there, I kept to the roads.

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