1. How old are you?
40
2. Fitness level on a scale of 1-10
6
3. Cycling skill, 1-10
Who knows? I can go reasonably fast and don't fall off, so that's good enough for me.
4. Typical riding conditions?
Flat paved roads. Usually daytime, but sometimes go out at night as well. Lots of traffic, both two wheeled and four wheeled.
5. What sort of riding your bike is best suited to? What's the geometry designed for?
Bike was originally a hybrid (sort of like a flat bar road bike) but I've since converted it to a drop bar. Definitely most at home on the road.
6. What would you change about your bike?
Wouldn't mind putting disc brakes on it, but I have no disc brake mount on my fork, which I am not planning to replace as it's got a crown suspension ('head shock') that I don't want to give up.
7. Do you bike for fitness rides? Commuting? Joy rides? Do you drive or rely on your bike for everything?
Fitness / joy rides. I mostly work from home except when I'm travelling on business so I don't have to commute,and I use the Metro to take me places if I want to go somewhere else in the city.
8. Do you focus on any sort of specific excersises in accessory to cycling? How does it improve your performance?
Just walking.
9. How often do you partake in long distance rides?
Fairly frequently. Usually try to do at least one >80km ride per month, at least in the warmer months, and a minimum 50-60km ride most weekends.
10. Do you perform your own maintenance?
Yep. Do all the work on my bike myself.
11. How does cycling impact your nutrition?
The more I ride, the more beer I can drink. So that's good.
12. Is cycling more cardiovascular or muscular hypertrophy based, in your opinion?
No comment.
13. Do you have more than one bike?
No. I live in a small apartment and have to store my bike out in the elevator lobby. I don't have space for a second bike.
14. How does cycling help you cope with stress, depression, etc?
It's nice to get out on the bike at lunch time to take my mind off of work for an hour.
15. Do you ride in the rain, cold weather?
Occasionally to both, but not super cold (only gets down to about 0C here) and definitely not more than drizzle / very light rain if I can at all help it.
16. How cycling friendly is the area where you live? Accessibility to paved trails? Gravel? Singletrack?
Most roads have bike lanes, often grade separated. Not a lot of dedicated cycle paths. But lots of traffic in most cases. Gravel and singletrack - not likely. I'm in the middle of a metropolitan area with >25 million people, after all.