pink poodle
気が狂っている男
They're your farts...? I assumed the length is due the transition from gas to coal...was this just the radio edit?
What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!
- Thread starter Minlak
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HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
I was just curious, I'm doing kettlebell training twice a week and riding twice a week and there's no way I'd have been able to climb 400m+ this week if I wasn't. So I'll be sticking with that!
moorey
call me Mia
I’m going to go against my own advice and say you really need to get more km’s in as a priority, and do other strength work around that. I think I saw you’d ridden like 260km this year? That’s single figures per week on average, and I’ll assume you have gone weeks at a time without riding?
I had what I’d call a poor year last year with 2200km (1000+ of that was in the last 8 weeks), and it was no where near enough to maintain decent riding fitness at my age.
Do the strength training.
Ride more.
Ignore moorey.
Jpez
Down on the left!
I would just add place a focus on good eating in general but make sure you’re well fuelled pre and during ride as well. If I neglect that I pay dearly.
TLDR? Bananas.
Minlak
custom titis
Don't forget bananas can be stored rectally to keep the weight more central on the body
moorey
call me Mia
Yes, sorry. Implied the hydration after earlier discussions.
I struggle to eat on a long ride. Maybe a clif bar forced down. I wish it came more naturally.
moorey
call me Mia
And peeled, to save weight.
Minlak
custom titis
I started peeled but had to switch to skin on for the girth and holding power after I got used to it
Jpez
Down on the left!
Chriso_29er
Likes Bikes and Dirt
My poor little Scale, clicked over 9000km on last nights ride.
moorey
call me Mia
Looks more like small scale..
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
That's good advice (apart from the ignore Moorey bit) - most of my trails are technical and not really the kind of thing you can pootle about for 5 km at a gentle gradient. I guess I can hit Davies Creek which is more like that, I think a loop is about 30km - @Fred Nurk?
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Mattyp
Cows go boing
Or just ride with someone who will donate their food to you when you start crying about how hungry / low on energy you are..
I'm starting to see a pattern...
Jpez
Down on the left!
You really are upset about that Xbox aren’t ya?
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
I usually fast in the mornings because I can't eat for an hour after I take my medication. I usually start riding at 7:15am
moorey
call me Mia
My daily loop isn’t a gnarly ride, it’s a fitness keeper upper. Only about 500m of climbing over the 20ish km, and almost all the climbing is gravel and bitumen. Downhills are flowing single trail. It’s purely to keep the legs moving.
I have other options at my back door, but it’s just been too wet, and I prefer not to ride them alone, particularly at night. You wouldn’t be found for weeks if you had a nasty.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
IMO - you get conditioned to the trails you ride. If you ride 50km of flat bikepath each day it isn't going to do sweet-FA to help you when you hit climbs on a fortnightly MTB ride. If you want better endurance riding hills, ride hills more often. Hurts at first, get easier the more you do it.*
*Well, this is kind of a lie. They never get "easier", but you do ascend faster, with less stops, and recover quicker at the top. This leads to you not feeling so mentally and physically gassed on the descents, which means you can ride faster, (somewhat) more safely...
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Well I can honestly say I wouldn't have been able to get up Pipeline a month ago! I have been hitting hills more often too but I am goosed at the top and need some recovery time. Hauling 105kg on a bike doesn't help of course
