#6639134 - 10/10/12 12:44 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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stickaz_old
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I started feeling gassed around 30m also, I remember feeling it. I did sorta skip lunch because of meetings, probably had something to do with it
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#6640376 - 10/10/12 10:28 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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#6641188 - 10/11/12 11:20 AM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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Ares
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I ride a mountain bike and average 15 mph on trail rides (lots of steep up and downs). 18mph on relatively flat rides. I should buy a damn road bike though.
if the goal is exercise... I dont see why you would want to make it easier. hell, hang some weights on the bike, up the resistance.
Unless its a race, or your really doing it for transportation ONLY, what benefit is a road bike?
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#6642715 - 10/11/12 11:44 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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gamby
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Unless its a race, or your really doing it for transportation ONLY, what benefit is a road bike?
Going faster is always more fun.
Commuting on a freeride bike is a little nuts, though. Props for commuting on any bike though.
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#6644049 - 10/12/12 05:49 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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stickaz_old
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I think there's more than one way to define 'fun', to me 'fun' is being able to bomb down some stairs, bunny hop some curbs to take the sidewalk over a particularly sketchy traffic environment, also there's 2 trails I can jump on for about 1-2 miles ea (coyote creek and guadalupe creek trails), plus I dont have to worry about blowouts, gravel, instability or any of that crap and I plain prefer riding a mtbike, has a much more comfortable stance
pretty much the least fun thing to me is riding a roadie with bike shorts clipped in while maintaining a tuck.
I understand probably 95% of bike commuters do it on a roadie or a hybrid though, but I don't think it's for 'fun', rather speed is the main variable. No argument from me on that one.
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#6644685 - 10/13/12 02:53 AM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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Pretty cool program I can't wait to test it out Monday. Do I need any attachments for my phone to get a readout like you have in this tread?
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#6648183 - 10/15/12 12:31 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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stickaz_old
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no, it just leverages your built in GPS
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#6649781 - 10/15/12 11:48 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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gamby
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I think there's more than one way to define 'fun', to me 'fun' is being able to bomb down some stairs, bunny hop some curbs to take the sidewalk over a particularly sketchy traffic environment, also there's 2 trails I can jump on for about 1-2 miles ea (coyote creek and guadalupe creek trails), plus I dont have to worry about blowouts, gravel, instability or any of that crap and I plain prefer riding a mtbike, has a much more comfortable stance
pretty much the least fun thing to me is riding a roadie with bike shorts clipped in while maintaining a tuck.
I understand probably 95% of bike commuters do it on a roadie or a hybrid though, but I don't think it's for 'fun', rather speed is the main variable. No argument from me on that one.
No hate here. If I commuted, I'd be on my singlespeed, which can still hop curbs (700x35 tires) and I know I wouldn't be hucking down any stairsets on the way to work.
You'd be STUNNED at how fast you'd go on a road bike after getting conditioned to that freeride bike, though.
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#6711991 - 11/13/12 11:56 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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gamby
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That's a pretty massive jump in average speed. That's a respectable average speed for a road bike, for crying out loud.
Props for sticking with it.
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#6745783 - 12/01/12 12:10 PM
Re: new personal best on my bike commute
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gamby
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Maybe you should think about a cyclocross bike instead of a road bike. They can take a lot more of a beating. It would be a VERY fast commuter that could still hop curbs with ease.
You would then pwn Oscar. STRAAAAAAAAVAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!11!!!
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