Mental aspects of training.........

[tollhousecookie]

I'm an over 40 dude who rides a trainer 5 days a week in the morning to start my day. I was wondering if there are any other indoor spinners who train to loud music. If so what gets it all going for you? "kick start my heart" by Motly Crew is one of my favorites. What helps you put the hammer down ?

[BloomBikeShop]

Any loud and fast punk rock.

[tollhousecookie]

Any loud and fast punk rock.

Back in the day it was The Pistols, The Dammed, The Circle jerks etc. I'll see if I can find any of my old cassettes. I do find that some music has the right tempo for cycling and it can give you a mental boost to up the work out intensity.

[tollhousecookie]

Dude, I was looking at your web page and I'm stoked about your Ski Bike. Is that yours ? I live in the mountains and was thinking about building one last winter. I thought I had an original idea..Oh well. But, Tell me about your design. Where do you put your feet ? How well does it turn ? What about suspension ? Have you jumped with it ? Any who, it's cool.

[The_Spaniard]

heavens on fire by kiss gets me right now, Paradise city by guns n roses aint bad either. for longer distance i listen to more rap type things, usually angry type rap heh it just keeps me goin, for sprints usually some type of fast paced music, usually some type of rock or sometimes even orchestra type music.

[grail29er]

you must get some Queens of the Stone Age.. try "Songs for the Deaf" and "Rated R" and turn it up to 11! rock on

[BloomBikeShop]

Dude, I was looking at your web page and I'm stoked about your Ski Bike. Is that yours ? I live in the mountains and was thinking about building one last winter. I thought I had an original idea..Oh well. But, Tell me about your design. Where do you put your feet ? How well does it turn ? What about suspension ? Have you jumped with it ? Any who, it's cool.

Glad you like it. It's a ton of fun, turns great. I either have my feet held out to the side or pressed on the fork.

I've tried jumping it but you'll need a lot of snow, a big hill, and a very nice jump to get it to work. Plus it would probably break, and since there are no foot holds or suspension, guess where the impact hits you...

The pics should explain it a little better: http://coachlevi.com/mountain-biking/snow-riding-on-ski-bike-pictures/

[tollhousecookie]

I'm in..........I'll be building on for next winter. I'd like to see about installing foot pegs. I'll post pictures if I can..... Maybe there can be a new snow bike forum......HA any-who thanks again for stealing my idea....HA HA

[tollhousecookie]

heavens on fire by kiss gets me right now, Paradise city by guns n roses aint bad either. for longer distance i listen to more rap type things, usually angry type rap heh it just keeps me goin, for sprints usually some type of fast paced music, usually some type of rock or sometimes even orchestra type music.

G & R...... good choice

[The_Spaniard]

G & R...... good choice

yeah allot of songs form them are great for listening to right before competitions, i gets me in the perfect mindset to punish the competition, not in cycling tho kuz im new to it but it works in my other sports so im guessin it will for cycling/triathlons.