How much are the Rock-hoppers you were looking at btw?

just saw the one that was posted on this forum, looks nice but just as i said about the bruiser probably way out of my price range

I'm pretty sure rockhoppers are a good deal more expensive.

First off, http://www.usacycling.org/ for a license (link is on the sidebar)

When you're below a certain heartrate, your muscles can receive their energy from chemical reactions involving the oxygen you get from your lungs, as well as carbohydrates or some other form of long-term energy store. This is aerobic exercise. This is why you can walk at a constant pace for a really long time.

Above a certain heartrate (what's called the lactate threshold or anaerobic threshold), your body can no longer process the oxygen fast enough to provide energy for your muscles. As a result, your body starts to use short-term energy stores without the need for oxygen. This is anaerobic exercise. Your body can produce a lot more power in anaerobic mode, but only for a short period of time. This is why after sprinting (on foot) at full speed for a short time, there comes a point where you slow down regardless of whether you want to or not. A product of the energy-producing reaction during anaerobic exercise is lactic acid, which is what causes your muscles to hurt after a period of exercise above the lactate threshold.

On the assumption that by "race" you mean "ride as fast as you possibly can," this would likely lead the rider out of the aerobic heartrate zone and into the anaerobic zone, which would hurt his training.

Wait, nvm, thats the stump-jumpers that are around a thousand, a rockhopper is probably around 6-something depending on the model you get, like my bike.

oh, well didn't know all that stuff. Like I said im just a teenager that loves to race, haven't been beaten yet i dont know about all the aerobic and anaerobic stuff but I do know that if your heart rate is up due to exercise for long periods of time it can make the heart muscle extremely strong so i'd rather have it really strong than keeping just under the minimum you know but thats just me thanks for the post ill check it out

That would be incorrect. On flat ground, none of you could catch a tandem. An evenly matched tandem team will outpace any single cyclist. No contest.

dude you just dont know, I can keep up with cars to a certain point for awhile around 35mph then they leave me maybe 40 dunno haven't really tested it dunno how :( but I'm pretty certain I can beat a tandem (w/e that is)

You're pretty clueless, or full of yourself. And I'm quite positive you can't beat a tandem.

Yea but how do you know? 16, full of energy I cruise in lowest gears meaning 3rd gear on the front maybe 3rd or 4th gear on the back that includes uphill as well your welcome to race me anytime provided we live close enough

And you spin out over 90RPM in those gears too? Not. So you think you're faster than 2 skilled racers on one bike. Stop huffing, it's making you delusional.

dude lol i can beat you, i think i might go embarass some poor kid that just showed up on his bike, its been awhile since i've rode today maybe 2hrs but ill keep a look on your posts and I KNOW i can beat you Expatriate, you can have 5 cyclists on one bike ill still beat you in an all-out speed race

Silly boy, go play outside.

lol you just dont no dude believe what you want put your money where the mouth is so i can take it and hear you cry about a rematch and then you'll put more money down and ill take it as well you just dont know I OWN the roads

Whatever. And all the people reading this thread are just laughing at you. I'll be going to the BMX track with my wife soon, so she can try out her new bike. If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on your making another ridiculous and boastful comment while I'm gone. At least you're keeping us amused.

This is fantastic!

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1235351

Think you're fast eh? Got just the race for ya there :) I'm sure you'll reign supreme with your GT Saddleback over all those weak old 20 and 30 somethings with their dumb 'ol Epics and King Kulas :p

Sweet! I'll even put up the entry fee for this kid, on the promise that he pays me back in triple at the end of the race. Since he's a sure thing, that shouldn't worry him. Off to the track now. Thanks Snuffy!

Expatriate, i meant if it was ONLY you on your tandem, no second rider.

:roflmao: This thread is hilarious!!!!

OMG YEAHH!!!11 TAHT GUYY R TEH P0z3R, i COOD b34t h1M ONN MY NIECES SCOOTER. OMGWTFBBQ, I > ALL J00!!!11

:lol: Thats the most ammount of AOL'ese i've ever seen!

But you can beat anyone, you said so yourself. Now you'll only race me if I'm handicapped by a nearly 40lb mountain bike? Fine, make it downhill, in the dirt.

Does your tandem only weigh 40lb? Damnit my bike weighs more than that, then again it is a DH bike. But I would have thought tandems weighed more than a bike like mine.

Titanium goodness. With a DH fork up front and 203mm discs. You've seen it here, haven't you? If not, I'll post a photo tomorrow, the missus beckons...

lol... gotta keep her happy ;) Yeah I have seen it, it is a piece of art:)