Amazing how your body remembers
10-03-20, 11:38 PM
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Amazing how your body remembers
This has happened to me before but not as pronounced. Last weekend I did a 2 day loaded overnight with 4 panniers of about 85 miles. I didn’t ride again for 4 days and when I did I took out my Schwinn Cimarron. So for the first mile or so the Cimarron with 2.3” Fat Franks felt twitchy and quick to me which it is far from either of those characteristics. My body still expected the feeling and control of the last tough day into a wind on the loaded touring bike.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Has anyone else experienced this?
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10-04-20, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by badger_biker
This has happened to me before but not as pronounced. Last weekend I did a 2 day loaded overnight with 4 panniers of about 85 miles. I didn’t ride again for 4 days and when I did I took out my Schwinn Cimarron. So for the first mile or so the Cimarron with 2.3” Fat Franks felt twitchy and quick to me which it is far from either of those characteristics. My body still expected the feeling and control of the last tough day into a wind on the loaded touring bike.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Has anyone else experienced this?
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10-04-20, 09:12 AM
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Happened this summer to me.
We rode gravel from the north Twin Cities metro to Duluth and then trails up to Two Harbors.
I rode my Bilenky which was fully loaded with a tent, sleeping bag, change of clothes, food, Jetboil, fly rod and bag etc.
That bike was loaded as if the apocalypse was at hand.
It was a very slow ride, as it was very warm.
When I returned I hopped on my Stigmata which is sub 20 lbs.
I felt like I was 25 years old again and the bike was super fast.
Not twitchy, but one had to pay close attention to the road.
Sand patches are evil at speed.
We rode gravel from the north Twin Cities metro to Duluth and then trails up to Two Harbors.
I rode my Bilenky which was fully loaded with a tent, sleeping bag, change of clothes, food, Jetboil, fly rod and bag etc.
That bike was loaded as if the apocalypse was at hand.
It was a very slow ride, as it was very warm.
When I returned I hopped on my Stigmata which is sub 20 lbs.
I felt like I was 25 years old again and the bike was super fast.
Not twitchy, but one had to pay close attention to the road.
Sand patches are evil at speed.
10-04-20, 09:40 AM
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Almost exactly the same thing- Used to riding the tourers, then rode my sister's Trek 820. Maybe it was the handlebar width, but making a run down a relatively short, relatively steep hill was... "exhilarating." Shall we say...
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10-07-20, 10:11 AM
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My body remembers. My mind does not. I have:
SRAM 1x11 and 2x10. From what I understand, the new ones are different yet.
DA 2x11 STI, 2x10 DT indexed, 2x9 STI, 2x9 DT, and 2x6 DT indexed.
Ultegra 2x11, 2x10, 3x9, all STI, and 2x8 and 2x7 DT indexed.
Campagnolo 2x11 Ergo, 2/3x10 Ergo, 2x10 DT Synchro, 3x9 Ergo, 2x8 Synchro, 2x7 Synchro
Suntour 2x7 DT indexed, 2x6 DT friction, 2x5 DT friction.
Every ride, for at least 2 miles, is an adventure in brain failure.
It's a good thing my legs still adapt a bit quicker.
People think I'm versatile. I'm faking that.
SRAM 1x11 and 2x10. From what I understand, the new ones are different yet.
DA 2x11 STI, 2x10 DT indexed, 2x9 STI, 2x9 DT, and 2x6 DT indexed.
Ultegra 2x11, 2x10, 3x9, all STI, and 2x8 and 2x7 DT indexed.
Campagnolo 2x11 Ergo, 2/3x10 Ergo, 2x10 DT Synchro, 3x9 Ergo, 2x8 Synchro, 2x7 Synchro
Suntour 2x7 DT indexed, 2x6 DT friction, 2x5 DT friction.
Every ride, for at least 2 miles, is an adventure in brain failure.
It's a good thing my legs still adapt a bit quicker.
People think I'm versatile. I'm faking that.
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10-07-20, 10:50 AM
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Yea, I can relate. After riding a loaded touring bike the summer of 2019 for 2.5 months it was downright scary to ride a racing bike like my Holland again when I got home.
While on tour, I rode a bit sans bags on the Woodrup and it felt a little squirrelly but nothing like hopping on a bike with a shorter wheelbase bike with racing geometry and lightweight tires.
Hoo-boy! The bike felt like it was going to jump away from me (especially in a sprint) and it took more than a few rides to get used to that.
Another situation that makes my heart jump is riding fixed again after a long period of exclusively riding freewheeled bikes.
t takes a concerted effort to remember to not coast.
Try that on a fixed gear bike and you feel like you're gonna get thrown over the handlebars.
Switching back the other way (fixed to free..) is never an issue for me.
While on tour, I rode a bit sans bags on the Woodrup and it felt a little squirrelly but nothing like hopping on a bike with a shorter wheelbase bike with racing geometry and lightweight tires.
Hoo-boy! The bike felt like it was going to jump away from me (especially in a sprint) and it took more than a few rides to get used to that.
Another situation that makes my heart jump is riding fixed again after a long period of exclusively riding freewheeled bikes.
t takes a concerted effort to remember to not coast.
Try that on a fixed gear bike and you feel like you're gonna get thrown over the handlebars.
Switching back the other way (fixed to free..) is never an issue for me.
10-07-20, 11:50 AM
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Oh, yes, the body definitely remembers. I have ridden one bike exclusively since the last millennium - a 90s MTB with bar ends. Picked up a new old bike - an even older MTB. Basically the same bike, except that it has no bar ends. Yeah, guess what my body is used to reaching for almost anytime I get out of the saddle? And guess what's not there?! It's kind of alarming to start to stand and move my hands to where the bar ends should be.
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