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02-27-10 | 10:16 PM

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LoRoK

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From: Denver

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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie

My only question for y'all is why aren't you outside riding right now instead of wasting your time on this forum. I just came back from a solo 50 miler on my FG and feel wonderful. It's a beautiful Saturday in much of the country, and you're cooped up inside glued to your computer. I ride by myself cuz I can ride when I want, where I want, at the pace I want and don't have to keep stopping for other people needing to fix flats, relieve themselves and otherwise break up the rythm of the ride. The only time I ride with other people is when I'm racing.

Feeling pretty full of yourself? See the time difference in between my first post and my second one? Well, the first one was on my way out the door after I found out my riding buddy was bailing on me. The second one was after I finished my 47 mile solo ride.

02-27-10 | 10:18 PM

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the_don

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From: Tokyo

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Originally Posted by hairnet

Ride late at night so I can run reds without too much trouble. Beware of bored cops

In Tokyo I never had problems with the Cops running lights.

02-27-10 | 10:29 PM

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TejanoTrackie

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From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas

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Originally Posted by hairnet

I obliterated my hamstring at the gym a couple days ago and went on a pretty good ride with some people the next night, before my hamstring felt anything. Now I can't do anything with my leg

Plus it's been raining all day, ick

Do you mainly go out on track bikes or do you hit the road with a road bike frequently?

Bummer! Hamstrings can be a PITA, so definitely give it time. My main problem is my back so I've had to replace squats with leg presses. This time of year I mainly ride road FG and MTB/cross but I do more RB geared on the road once I get on the track in the spring. I do all my short interval training on the track bikes and use the road bike mainly for long endurance, group riding and road races.

02-27-10 | 10:44 PM

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TejanoTrackie

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Originally Posted by LoRoK

Chill out, dude! You're getting too dang uptight about all this. Sorry I pissed you off, geez.

02-27-10 | 11:03 PM

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LoRoK

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Originally Posted by the_don

I like to ride alone because I can just ride, not care about where I am going, just focus on breathing pace and spin technique.

But now I am in central Tokyo (next to Tokyo Tower) so riding is harder because there are so many lights, I find I can ride for a couple of minutes max before I have to stop at lights. It is frustrating, I can't get into a good rhythm. What do other city riders do?

I ride until I am out of town, then ride some more. Or if weather/light/time etc won't let me out of town I ride rollers for a few hours.

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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie

Chill out, dude! You're getting too dang uptight about all this. Sorry I pissed you off, geez.

I'm neither uptight nor pissed off. Simply pointing out that you telling me that I'm glued to a computer when I should be out riding is pretty presumptuous and unneeded.

Calmer than you are.

02-27-10 | 11:08 PM

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RigHty

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i ride alone and wish i had a riding buddy. i tried to get my friends to ride with me, but they cant hang. im not a fast rider either.

02-27-10 | 11:33 PM

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spcialzdspksman

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From: San Francisco, CA

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Originally Posted by LoRoK

I love riding my bike. I get about 40-50 miles a day as of late. In fact, the more I ride, the more I want to ride. Problem is, I can't ride with the fixie kids out here, cuz they don't ride (or not very often or fast), and the roadies don't want me hanging out with them. So I'm pretty much riding solo 99% of the time. This makes finding new routes/rides both more enjoyable (just being nowhere, alone) and kind of a bummer (just being nowhere, alone). What do you do?

I feel ya. I wish I had someone who rode fixed and rode fast.
Most fixed riders I see are freestylin' and lots of roadie guys trying to look fast with all their fancy gear and expensive bikes.
However, I don't think the speed thing is exclusive to just the roadie crowd or the fixed crew, so I'm sure if you look hard enough, you can find that one someone who can ride/train with you, and be cool at the same time

(if you come by sf, drop me a note and we'll ride some time

)

02-28-10 | 11:37 AM

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joker8baller

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Try looking for a local fixed forum? (IE DavisFixed, SJFixed, SFFixed, LAFixed)

Up here in Davis, we're trying to do an upsergence of riding fixed for fun, speed, and distance. I'm actually about to go on a 30 mile ride with about 8 other kids, and it's pretty cool. Just gotta find that right group eh?

If one doesn't exist, create one? The current forum went from no group rides, to a Sunday trick session -> Wed night bike ride -> Monday fast mid-day ride -> Saturday slow ride -> And a thread dedicated to riding whenever you feel like and want to try and pick people up.