I only have a bike to go to the shops on (it's a fab old fashioned sit up and beg one complete with wicker basket <3 ) but I would love a mountain bike to go on easy routes!
Brilliant! Nice bike, cute bunny. I have a Brompton folder, not great for triathlons though! I just posted about Aldi's cycle gear flash sale - this Sunday, so your wish for new things, and perhaps a generic garmin, may be granted...
If it's anything like their running gear it's amazingly good quality for the price.
Aldi have the cycling shorts with padding in the seat area , there brill I have two pair . All my cycling stuff is from there I highly recommend it . Yes this running lark as a lot to answer for , I started c25k , that led to me cycling more, & now swimming 3 times a week ! . Looks a nice bike you have there , enjoy your rides , nice time of year for it . Have fun .
OMG, what a difference this running lark is making to us all.......who would have believed that just a few months ago we would have laughed our blister free socks off if anyone had suggested a triathlon to us.....but now anything is a possibility and we are all loving it. Well done you......is bunny thinking of cycling also!! So cute.
Well done looks like you have picked up where you left off with the bike. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I have never cycled before and am very slow and nervous, but still entered into a triathlon in august. We conquer our fears. I work on the principal if I could learn to run last year I can learn to cycle this one. There are times I feel a bit mad though. Hehe.
I'm not as confident on roads as I used to be, I used to cycle along some pretty busy ones. But I discovered we have some guided bike rides locally so may take advantage while I can, they have one beginners and improvers and then a long ride option. Lucikly I live really close to a big trail so I can get lots of off road cycling in, only have to navigate a little bit of residential streets.
I grew up in a village and it was quicker to cycle to the nearest than get the bus (that didn't always turn up).
I am a little saddle sore this morning.
I'm impressed. I didn't know rabbits could cycle!!!
Cycling is the absolutely bestest thing ever. Low impact, excellent exercise, get you to places runing can't (distance wise), and I simply love it.
Promise me one thing? Don't let you bike meet the same fate as most bikes do...they get bought, they are used for a few outings and then go into the garage/shed never to see the light of day again...keep it up.
Good luck and keep pedaling.
PS. You can spend a fortune on cycling gear ~ running stuff is quite cheap by comparrison.
I used to cycle daily. I had to give it up initially because of ME then I was able to take it up again replaced my old heavy mountain bike with the light mountain bike and got back to cycling daily then had to give it up because it was too much stress on my knees. Then I moved from flat Essex to hilly Nottinghamshire and I just didn't think my knees would cope and then ME flare and chronic back pain had me considering just selling my bike as it had just been sitting in the shed. I am pleased I didn't sell it
Still in hilly Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire but have easy access to towpaths so mostly less stress on my knees
However if I can keep it up will be dependant on the ME because when I get back to work, energy for work is always going to be more important.
I was never one for expensive cycling kit, just me, bike, every day clothes, helmet, cycle computer and gloves. I did however wonder about padded shorts on many occasions and I was investigating camelbaks before I had to stop.
My father in law on the other hand proper mad cyclist, although the hills were a bit of a shock for him as well when they moved from flat Essex to hilly Nottinghamshire, he had to cut his mileage down (he is in his 60s)
Shorts are a must if you intend to do many miles. They say that you shouldn't wear anything under them, but I can't bring myself to do that. I still have to have a pair of knickers on too.
Don't buy a padded big saddle. These little blighters push your legs out and play havoc with your hips. I'm not suggesting a Brooks B17, but something slimmer is, ironically, more comfortable....when it and you are broken in!
I got an electrically assisted bicycle so I could join the rest of the family. Unfortunately it is the exception for us to go out and no-one to fall off badly! (Still got after effects from a spectacular incident at the end of last Summer) However, it has already been used more than any other of my previous bicycles which have met the fate sallycycle describes... partly because we invested in a towbar and an easier to use but terrifyingly expensive rack.
Very. You do still have to put some effort in, and they all seem to be a bit different. Definitely something you have to try out first to see if you like it.
I've got various padded trousers/shorts from Sports Direct which are always cheap. I have a really lovely ladies cycle group near me in Kent which cycles for an hour a week at the local cyclopark, so no traffic! It is lovely social group, maybe there are other groups around and about?
I discovered we have guided bike rides on Tuesday mornings locally, so I am hoping to pop along tomorrow and maybe they will have some info on local groups or at the very least some maps of local cycle routes.
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