Favorite thing to do on a bike?
04-28-07, 12:04 PM
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Favorite thing to do on a bike?
Just for fun, let's compare. What's your favorite thing to do on a bike:
- Climb?
- Cruise?
- Hammering on flat roads?
- Sprinting?
- Recovery rides?
- Descending?
- Other?
For me it's a toss-up between all-out sprinting and long sustained climbs. I really love the burn you get in your quads as you're chugging up an incline, and I love it even more when you're greeted at the top by great views, a testosterone-pumping descent, and the option to do it all over again.
- Climb?
- Cruise?
- Hammering on flat roads?
- Sprinting?
- Recovery rides?
- Descending?
- Other?
For me it's a toss-up between all-out sprinting and long sustained climbs. I really love the burn you get in your quads as you're chugging up an incline, and I love it even more when you're greeted at the top by great views, a testosterone-pumping descent, and the option to do it all over again.
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04-28-07, 12:14 PM
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Long, fast, twisting descents.
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
Just for fun, let's compare. What's your favorite thing to do on a bike:
- Climb?
- Cruise?
- Hammering on flat roads?
- Sprinting?
- Recovery rides?
- Descending?
- Other?
For me it's a toss-up between all-out sprinting and long sustained climbs. I really love the burn you get in your quads as you're chugging up an incline, and I love it even more when you're greeted at the top by great views, a testosterone-pumping descent, and the option to do it all over again.
- Climb?
- Cruise?
- Hammering on flat roads?
- Sprinting?
- Recovery rides?
- Descending?
- Other?
For me it's a toss-up between all-out sprinting and long sustained climbs. I really love the burn you get in your quads as you're chugging up an incline, and I love it even more when you're greeted at the top by great views, a testosterone-pumping descent, and the option to do it all over again.
04-28-07, 12:19 PM
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I prefer to Cruise when out on the bike. Riding is not training for me, it's a recreational activity. I'm not saying it doesn't help improve my fitness, it's just a fun way to do it.
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04-28-07, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Drake
I like to fire up my Guads.
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04-28-07, 12:32 PM
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I love climbing, but I also just love riding for riding as it helps clear my head and heart of things that would otherwise bring me down.
Impromptu all-out races with my riding partner are also quite fun, especially when there is a long grade or hill ahead.
Impromptu all-out races with my riding partner are also quite fun, especially when there is a long grade or hill ahead.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
I can tell you speak bike. How do you fire up your guads? Do mash them into flames, or do you just use anger?
04-28-07, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Drake
I like to think of Jan, then my Guads get all warm and fuzzy, and sometimes they even get wet and sticky.
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I like to drope the hammer.
No really I love to do what I call jumps on flats where I accelerate like mad and then settle to a high pace for a bit and then slow down. They're a blast for me and help in races to cover breaks etc.
No really I love to do what I call jumps on flats where I accelerate like mad and then settle to a high pace for a bit and then slow down. They're a blast for me and help in races to cover breaks etc.
04-28-07, 12:44 PM
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I really do love it all, but like Dr. Pete said earlier, there's no cooler feeling than flying down a twisty mountain descent. Taking switchbacks doing 40 = fun stuff. You feel like you're in a fighter jet
04-28-07, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
I really do love it all, but like Dr. Pete said earlier, there's no cooler feeling than flying down a twisty mountain descent. Taking switchbacks doing 40 = fun stuff. You feel like you're in a fighter jet
(edit) actually, it's a tie. The descent from Mont Ventoux into Malaucene is right up there too. Actually, never mind. Ventoux totally wins.
It's descents like that where you realize that our bikes can handle things that scare the bejeezus out of us, and then some.
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04-28-07, 12:51 PM
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Lets see....dropping old ladies on Litespeeds and riding no handed thru busy intersections with my IPOD blasting old Billie Holiday classics tops my list.
04-28-07, 12:54 PM
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Motoring down a flat road with the wind at your back. Or going down a straight, long descent. You're going so fast, you feel almost superhuman.
04-28-07, 12:54 PM
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I like to dial it up to 400W and drop TeH P0SeUrZ!
04-28-07, 01:00 PM
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Long twisty descents, sprinting, and anything flat.
I hate climbing and guys that can climb and make it miserable for people that cant climb in races
I hate climbing and guys that can climb and make it miserable for people that cant climb in races
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Originally Posted by DrPete
Coolest/scariest moment on a bike to date was the Tour de Toona RR. The descent back into town is one of these 40+ super fast descents, and there's a one-lane tunnel that gets REALLY dark as you enter. Nothing like screaming through a dark tunnel at 40+, thinking "wow, I hope the road marshals are doing their job."
(edit) actually, it's a tie. The descent from Mont Ventoux into Malaucene is right up there too. Actually, never mind. Ventoux totally wins.
It's descents like that where you realize that our bikes can handle things that scare the bejeezus out of us, and then some.
(edit) actually, it's a tie. The descent from Mont Ventoux into Malaucene is right up there too. Actually, never mind. Ventoux totally wins.
It's descents like that where you realize that our bikes can handle things that scare the bejeezus out of us, and then some.
Mt. Diablo is a fun descent, except that when I did it the road had crap pavement and I got 2 pinch flats on my front wheel
I hope they repaved that.My fav local descent is the west side of Mohonk. Slightly twisty for most of it, decent gradient, 2 real switchbacks. I'm getting to the point where around those switchbacks it feels like I could scrape my knee against the ground if I wanted to.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
I'm getting to the point where around those switchbacks it feels like I could scrape my knee against the ground if I wanted to.
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04-28-07, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
Just for fun, let's compare. What's your favorite thing to do on a bike:
- Climb?
- Cruise?
- Hammering on flat roads?- Sprinting?
- Recovery rides?
- Descending?
- Other?
For me it's a toss-up between all-out sprinting and long sustained climbs. I really love the burn you get in your quads as you're chugging up an incline, and I love it even more when you're greeted at the top by great views, a testosterone-pumping descent, and the option to do it all over again.
- Climb?
- Cruise?
- Hammering on flat roads?- Sprinting?
- Recovery rides?
- Descending?
- Other?
For me it's a toss-up between all-out sprinting and long sustained climbs. I really love the burn you get in your quads as you're chugging up an incline, and I love it even more when you're greeted at the top by great views, a testosterone-pumping descent, and the option to do it all over again.
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