What stops you from riding?
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What stops you from riding?
And distance.
The combination of the two are why I don't commute by bicycle.
Although I am getting some better on hills, I still struggle up them and I'm very slow. Plus we live some distance south of town. It would take me close to 2 hours to get to work (4 hour round trip commute).
I'd probably be super fit ... but I'd also be super exhausted.
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Hills, distance, time, & sweat, reducing all of those to manageable is the E-Assist systems that I got for my and my wife's bikes... I now ride 2X more than I used to and the wife now rides 4X more than she used to...
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What stops you from riding?
My job; either too much to do, so I stay (comfortably) overnight and resume very early in the AM, missing my commute; or have to travel afar for a meeting.
Having a mileage-based training schedule however, effectively motivates me to make time to ride.
My main reason to reply to this thread though is to ask, even rhetorically, why was this thread resurrected by the above post on 8/13/15, after the last preceding on 5/15/13?
Having a mileage-based training schedule however, effectively motivates me to make time to ride.
My main reason to reply to this thread though is to ask, even rhetorically, why was this thread resurrected by the above post on 8/13/15, after the last preceding on 5/15/13?
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My guess: an attempt to breath life into a fading list by one poster.
Also noted is the gallant effort by another to pick up the fallen standard of self appointed discussion list content monitor.
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I'm glad though to ponder and respond to the question since I missed it earlier. Even though my job keeps me from riding, it's a great job to ride to.
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Then we moved.
Now things aren't so easy.
We both live some distance from where we work ... and there are these hills. Everywhere hills. I've got to psyche myself up just to leave home on a bicycle.
So I've got a whole different perspective now.
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My guess: an attempt to breath life into a fading list by one poster.
Also noted is the gallant effort by another to pick up the fallen standard of self appointed discussion list content monitor.
Also noted is the gallant effort by another to pick up the fallen standard of self appointed discussion list content monitor.
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I'm not sure what stops me. Somehow I apparently avoid those things. I'm not looking to stop. So I guess anything that might gets quickly discarded.
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Do not be concerned, I suspect there will now be less monitoring of posts and pronouncements of which ones are "worthy" or not to be posted; also expect less whining about unworthy resurrection of older threads.
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Pretty much nothing. I fly in and out of the town I work in and keep a bike here. In Salt Lake I don't have a car. My wife doesn't drive and I just haven't gotten around to buying one there.
That being said, my wife recently broke her ankle and the doctor told her not to ride her trike for about five more weeks. As such, she has been getting rides from people.
That being said, my wife recently broke her ankle and the doctor told her not to ride her trike for about five more weeks. As such, she has been getting rides from people.
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To kind of swing things back on topic, there have been three major things in my lifetime that have stopped me from riding for varying lengths of time.
Not knowing that bicycling is a valid form of transportation. For much of my life I was carfree but walked everywhere or used public transit. It took an epiphany, like a light in the road, to show me that cycling would be a good way to get places. It's faster than walking and sometimes faster (and usually cheaper) than taking a bus. Nowadays, with so many bike commuters around my location, I think I would have figured this out much more quickly.
Fear of crime. I was victim of an attempted bikejacking on my way home from work. For several months, I gave up on riding after dark. Since I then worked until 11:30 PM, that meant no bike commuting. I took a lot of cabs and bummed a lot of rides before I came to my senses and resumed my riding.
Bad health.This has been a short term problem off and on over the years, usually due to arthritis flares or a right hand badly injured in a bike fall. Now it's more of a long-term issue. I haven't been riding for months now because of a health condition. It looks like it will be next year before I start riding again, if I can meet my goals.
Not knowing that bicycling is a valid form of transportation. For much of my life I was carfree but walked everywhere or used public transit. It took an epiphany, like a light in the road, to show me that cycling would be a good way to get places. It's faster than walking and sometimes faster (and usually cheaper) than taking a bus. Nowadays, with so many bike commuters around my location, I think I would have figured this out much more quickly.
Fear of crime. I was victim of an attempted bikejacking on my way home from work. For several months, I gave up on riding after dark. Since I then worked until 11:30 PM, that meant no bike commuting. I took a lot of cabs and bummed a lot of rides before I came to my senses and resumed my riding.
Bad health.This has been a short term problem off and on over the years, usually due to arthritis flares or a right hand badly injured in a bike fall. Now it's more of a long-term issue. I haven't been riding for months now because of a health condition. It looks like it will be next year before I start riding again, if I can meet my goals.
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To kind of swing things back on topic, there have been three major things in my lifetime that have stopped me from riding for varying lengths of time.
Not knowing that bicycling is a valid form of transportation. For much of my life I was carfree but walked everywhere or used public transit. It took an epiphany, like a light in the road, to show me that cycling would be a good way to get places. It's faster than walking and sometimes faster (and usually cheaper) than taking a bus. Nowadays, with so many bike commuters around my location, I think I would have figured this out much more quickly.....
Not knowing that bicycling is a valid form of transportation. For much of my life I was carfree but walked everywhere or used public transit. It took an epiphany, like a light in the road, to show me that cycling would be a good way to get places. It's faster than walking and sometimes faster (and usually cheaper) than taking a bus. Nowadays, with so many bike commuters around my location, I think I would have figured this out much more quickly.....
...Back in the 60’s in the Motor City, I had an “English Racer,’ and longed to tour at about age 14, but then joined the car culture. In Ann Arbor MI in the 70’s I really realized the utility of bicycles for commuting, and began touring on a five-speed Schwinn Suburban, but soon bought a Mercier as did my girlfriend, later my wife. We toured...[/b]
Sorry to hear though of your crime and health issues.
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I[STrike] found one of your points worthy of comment[/STrike]...can personally relate to one of your points. I too had a virtual "epiphany" when I realized the utility of the bike for transportstion, and wrote about it in my introductions to BF
...and the rest is history. I can't remember the exact date, but it was a beautiful day in May, 1970, when I borrowed my roomate's Schwinn Varsity to run a few errands here and there within a few mile radius. He just told me I had to pedal while shifting gears.
...and the rest is history. I can't remember the exact date, but it was a beautiful day in May, 1970, when I borrowed my roomate's Schwinn Varsity to run a few errands here and there within a few mile radius. He just told me I had to pedal while shifting gears.
Sorry to hear though of your crime and health issues.
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About 2 months ago; my right knee started to hurt while I was pedaling.
Doc said get off the bike for 1 month. Rode the bus and walked to work
for a while. Started riding again last Saturday; knee seemed okay; but
still taking it easy and not rushing to my usual 6 days a week riding schedule.
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Doc said get off the bike for 1 month. Rode the bus and walked to work
for a while. Started riding again last Saturday; knee seemed okay; but
still taking it easy and not rushing to my usual 6 days a week riding schedule.
What's up Doc by 1nterceptor, on Flickr
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About 2 months ago; my right knee started to hurt while I was pedaling.
Doc said get off the bike for 1 month. Rode the bus and walked to work
for a while. Started riding again last Saturday; knee seemed okay; but
still taking it easy and not rushing to my usual 6 days a week riding schedule.
Doc said get off the bike for 1 month. Rode the bus and walked to work
for a while. Started riding again last Saturday; knee seemed okay; but
still taking it easy and not rushing to my usual 6 days a week riding schedule.
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I work a billion hours, usually I find 15-20 minutes to cruise up and down my street a few times before it gets dark or the wife starts to whine. (This will be fun come spring when I'm in slightly better shape and I randomly take off for an hour or two)
I just realized my helmet has aged beyond the useful point, so until I save up for a new one I'll be sticking to my dead end street.
I just realized my helmet has aged beyond the useful point, so until I save up for a new one I'll be sticking to my dead end street.
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About 2 months ago; my right knee started to hurt while I was pedaling.
Doc said get off the bike for 1 month. Rode the bus and walked to work
for a while. Started riding again last Saturday; knee seemed okay; but
still taking it easy and not rushing to my usual 6 days a week riding schedule.
What's up Doc by 1nterceptor, on Flickr
Doc said get off the bike for 1 month. Rode the bus and walked to work
for a while. Started riding again last Saturday; knee seemed okay; but
still taking it easy and not rushing to my usual 6 days a week riding schedule.
What's up Doc by 1nterceptor, on Flickr
I think bicycle fit is also more important when you have knee problems. I find that keeping my saddle a couple millimeters higher than usual has been helpful.
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What stops me from riding? nothing if I can help it. Then again, flat tires, snapped chains,(I get heavy footed
sometimes), getting run over by a car, are things that have put a damper on my riding.
sometimes), getting run over by a car, are things that have put a damper on my riding.
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I try to spin as much as possible. But my folding bike only has 6 gears; end up mashing at times up steep hills.
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