Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - A little update.

Well a little over a week ago i bought my first bike, a Trek 7100. Within the last week i have commuted to and from work 4 times, (only an actual cummute of 1.5 miles one way, but i have found myself takeing longer rides before going to work probably 4-5 miles or so). Friday I took a MUP 6 miles to the next small town and back for a 12 mile trip. Today i took same said path to the town after the one i went to last friday for about a 12.5 mile trip and back for 25 miles. I bought the bike with my goal to be to ride about 50 miles by the end of summer somehow i think that i will need to change that quite a bit sense i have done half that in the first week. Not bad for a 5'-9" 270lb clyde.

So in just over a week i am completely broke, wearing spandex, and exhausted, but i loved every minute of it and i cant wait to get back out there tomorrow.

Hi Fribley, and welcome!

You're doing a fantastic job!

Welcome to the addiction! Wait til you decide to ride a hundred mile trip in a day......

You and I are about the same size. I am so inspired by all the clydes out there. We may look silly in clothes that defy physics, but we are out there.

Awesome, Fribley, you ROCK!

Yeah, funny how we quickly outpace our original goals and expectations.

Well good on you,

RD

(Fribley's got the bug...) Hee hee! :D

So in just over a week i am completely broke, wearing spandex, and exhausted, but i loved every minute of it and i cant wait to get back out there tomorrow.

Best story i've heard in a while. :beer:

Great work Fribley, you'll be chasing down a century in no time :)

Your check book will never forgive you. :lol:

That's some good work :)

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I did the 25 mile ride again today and was pleased as I did notice some improvement, I was comfortable riding in a slightly higher gear alot of the way. Tomorrow I think I will lighten it up a bit and do between 5-10 miles with a pace that takes some effort. Hopefully if all goes well this weekend I will attempt 50 miles!

Well it was an alright weekend for me. I set a goal to do 100 miles from mon-sun, which i just barely completed today. It has been storming in michigan most of the weekend. I got another 25 cranked out yesterday on my attempt 50 in a day, but i got 12.5 miles in and the sky darkened up real bad, so i decided to turn it around thankfully i got home about 20 minutes before the storm hit. That left me with 88 miles for the week (excluding my commute miles), and i didnt think I was going to be able to get the last 12 in becuase it was supposed to rain rain and storm all day. But there was a break in the weather around 6pm so i took it and got 14 miles leaving me with a total of 102 for the week. I had to stop and carry my bike over 4 different downed trees laying across my path, and another storm hit about an hour after I got home. GOAL= ACCOMPLISHED not bad for a 270 Lb clyde's second week on a bike me thinks, next weeks goal 150 miles. This cycling stuff is addictive.

So in just over a week i am completely broke, wearing spandex, and exhausted, but i loved every minute of it and i cant wait to get back out there tomorrow.

You're off to a good start! Welcome aboard! :thumb: