Finally back on the bike!
08-15-07, 05:54 PM
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Finally back on the bike!
I had been on a business trip for the last 3 or so weeks and hadn't been able to ride. It was really bad since I was in Madison and Milwaukee, WI for part of it and it seemed that everyone was on a bike! Madison was the worst...I swear there were more bikes than people! lol
I rode about 16 miles today and could tell I had been off the bike for a while but it felt good!
I rode about 16 miles today and could tell I had been off the bike for a while but it felt good!
08-15-07, 06:13 PM
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I stayed in exercise mode the entire trip...man those hotel exercise rooms are pretty vacant no matter the time of day or night! So, I am still pretty limbered up. No substitute for cranking the bike, though.
Next week starts the commute to work which should add about 60 miles a week to my mileage.
Next week starts the commute to work which should add about 60 miles a week to my mileage.
08-15-07, 06:29 PM
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Good to have ya back in the saddle!
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08-15-07, 07:52 PM
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Thanks Tom. I didn't realize how much not riding would affect me. I think the 2 folks I was with had to listen to me whine about not having my bike entirely too much. 
08-15-07, 07:58 PM
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Think about this for those times you have to travel.....https://www.downtube.com/ss-index.html
Owner of the company is a BF member, by the way.
Owner of the company is a BF member, by the way.
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08-15-07, 08:05 PM
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That is cool! If I traveled a lot, I think that would be a very interesting idea.
We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.
We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.
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Next time, rather than doing that and leaving it unchained by the trail, do that and donate it to Goodwill!
That is cool! If I traveled a lot, I think that would be a very interesting idea.
We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.
We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.
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08-15-07, 08:22 PM
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That is a good idea too!
08-16-07, 05:04 AM
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If the local Goodwill accepts bicycles. The four Goodwill locations within driving distance of my home don't accept or sell bikes because of liability issues.
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That is cool! If I traveled a lot, I think that would be a very interesting idea.
We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.
We were in Milwaukee for 5 days by the lake towards the end of the trip and I was real close to just getting an Xmart bike for $50 or $60, riding it for the 5 days and just leaving it unchained by the lake trail when I left. Weather ended up not being real great though.
08-16-07, 05:06 AM
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I had been on a business trip for the last 3 or so weeks and hadn't been able to ride. It was really bad since I was in Madison and Milwaukee, WI for part of it and it seemed that everyone was on a bike! Madison was the worst...I swear there were more bikes than people! lol
I rode about 16 miles today and could tell I had been off the bike for a while but it felt good!
I rode about 16 miles today and could tell I had been off the bike for a while but it felt good!
08-16-07, 04:21 PM
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Thanks! I found a bike rental place the last day we were there. It was $10 an hour for their MT/Comfort bikes but they only had some of the Surrey bikes and some kids bikes left when I stumbled across them..
That is interesting about the Goodwill, BTW. Crazy society we live in sometimes.
That is interesting about the Goodwill, BTW. Crazy society we live in sometimes.
