General Cycling Discussion - How to defeat Lactic Acid, when riding your bike?

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA
orguasch
04-13-02, 06:12 PM
I just want to asked a question how will you defeat lactic acid, when you have been riding your bike for a very long period of hours.
I know I can defeat the build up of lactic acid when it attack my body, can you share yours, then I will share mine, oh never mind I might as well share it with you, When I have been riding my bike and I know that the lactic acid attack is about to set in, Guest what I just pop in a couple of "Tums" , which I bought from the local variety store, and it sure does the work, so now tell me how you will defeat the attacked of Lactic acid in your system?

Coffee
04-13-02, 06:32 PM
I haven't rode for a long time but I can understand the problem as I had it when running.
Something with bread...it will kicks its rear! This may sound silly but a banna helps me also.
Hope that helps!
Take care!
:)
Chris L
04-13-02, 07:38 PM
The first thing generally do is gradually work up to top pace when I start the ride. This seems to have an effect later on. Another thing I try to do (but don't always remember to) is stretch when I refill my water bottles (something that one must do quite often in our climate, particularly in Summer).