A new addition to the bicycling stable

[Sandy]

This man is one of my absolute favorites-and has been since the 90's.

https://www.outsideonline.com/204413...ever-grows-old

Wow. I can see why you're following him. There are truly some amazing older athletes out there. Mean while for the next month or two I'll be banished to the hamster cage ......better than the dog house.



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[GS1150Pilot]

Kona's are sweet bikes. I've had two, A Cinder Cone and a Hahanna.

[Sandy]

Kona's are sweet bikes. I've had two, A Cinder Cone and a Hahanna.

Mine's a Cinder Cone and love it. Being hard tail it's light, simple and climbs really good. At least anything I'm capable of. It's been a great solid and relatively maintenance free bike for the 3,000 or so kilometers I've put on it. While I'm down I probably go over it. Rear wheel bearings seemed a little growlly the other day and I'm sure it's ready for a cassette and chain.

[GS1150Pilot]

I've had so many great bikes, but Kona is on a short list of faves, along with ControlTech and Norco. The current and veteran member of the stable is a high end Diamondback, and I just don't see ever getting rid of it.

[GS1150Pilot]

Just swapped out the lower carbon bar for a Atomlab 3" riser. Experimenting with Happy Hands lock-on cork grips.

[Nessism]

I'm 3 1/2 weeks into my "recovery." Riding as much as my butt and bad knee will allow (about 4X per week.) Road bike work. Not for fun, although I am enjoying myself. Did 20 miles today pushing hard...mostly because there is 1200' of climbing in the route and it's work hard or walk. My goal is to lose 10 lbs. per month until I'm back down where I should be (and where my "nice" cloths fit me.) It's gonna be a while. I'm down about 15 lbs. already though and have noticed a huge increase in energy and motivation. I hear that lifting is a great way to lose some weight so thinking about that for the off riding days. We'll see.

[Lorenzo]

I hear that lifting is a great way to lose some weight so thinking about that for the off riding days. We'll see.

I know it might seem counterintuitive but, to shed some weight, you should introduce, into your diet, more fat, compared to sugars, and exercise below your anaerobic treshold.

Put it simply, you don't wanna run out of breath, while doing any training you might choose.

Cause, that's when you start to burn glucose, and stop burning fat...

[Nessism]

I know it might seem counterintuitive but, to shed some weight, you should introduce, into your diet, more fat, compared to sugars, and exercise below your anaerobic treshold.

Put it simply, you don't wanna run out of breath, while doing any training you might choose.

Cause, that's when you start to burn glucose, and stop burning fat...

Well, there is no lack of theories and opinions on diet and exercise. I try to keep it simple and focus on output vs. input.

The harder you work the more calories per unit of time you will burn. At the end of the workout your glycogen may be somewhat depleted but that's okay because your body will metabolize fat to help replenish, assuming you don't totally pig out to refuel.

The challenge I've always had regarding using exercise as the primary driver in order to lose weight is maintaining the loss. I lost a bunch of weight back in 2018 but gained it all back, and more, after winter time came and I couldn't ride so much because of darkness. This time I've got to figure out something different.

[salty_monk]

Got some new wheels too Ed, a Carbon Giant TCR. Got 5 bikes in the stable at the moment!

What route are you riding, maybe I can catch you on it sometime

[grcamna2]

I'm glad you have a bicycling thread here.I need to lose 30 lbs of excess weight:without losing my head.. Lol
I have 2 mid 80's road bikes;the one is a 1987 Trek Elance 400D,just toe clips:I haven't ridden it at all for about 8 months.The other bike is a Fuji Touring Series 'V' 18 speed(now 21)which I ride just a couple times a week for 3-4 miles at a time and I have it with only open pedals for my big,standard street shoes,it does have 172.5mm cranks on it where the Trek Elance has 170's which are my favorites.The 'engine'-Me.. needs to get down to at least 200lbs because all this 'social distancing'-shelter in place stuff and pigging-out in front of the TV has gotten me to 230lbs and I've been neglecting the bike.

[Nessism]

Got some new wheels too Ed, a Carbon Giant TCR. Got 5 bikes in the stable at the moment!

What route are you riding, maybe I can catch you on it sometime

Hi Dan,

I've heard good things about those Giant's. No doubt it's light and stiff! Fun! How much are you riding these days?

There is a small industrial park near me that I do laps around. I rode there for a couple weeks, and some days after work, but more recently been going up the hill into PV. I ride from my house up to Marymount collage, then back. Some days I'll ride the extra leg from Marymount to the radar towers. Yesterday I went all the way around the big PV loop; up PV East, down to the ocean, along the coast and then back home. Kicked my butt. I tried to ride easy but you just can't because of all the hills. I was on the verge of glycogen depravation but made it home just in time. Give me another month to improve my fitness then we should hook up for a ride.

My weight loss is coming along but it's getting harder. I'm going to try to shift towards a more Keto based diet. We'll see.

[grcamna2]

Hi Dan,

I've heard good things about those Giant's. No doubt it's light and stiff! Fun! How much are you riding these days?

There is a small industrial park near me that I do laps around. I rode there for a couple weeks, and some days after work, but more recently been going up the hill into PV. I ride from my house up to Marymount collage, then back. Some days I'll ride the extra leg from Marymount to the radar towers. Yesterday I went all the way around the big PV loop; up PV East, down to the ocean, along the coast and then back home. Kicked my butt. I tried to ride easy but you just can't because of all the hills. I was on the verge of glycogen depravation but made it home just in time. Give me another month to improve my fitness then we should hook up for a ride.

My weight loss is coming along but it's getting harder. I'm going to try to shift towards a more Keto based diet. We'll see.

Something I need to use is an HRM:do you use one ?

[Nessism]

Something I need to use is an HRM:do you use one ?

I have a Garman Visoactive 4 smartwatch. It has an HRM feature but I don't think it's super accurate. It seems to do fine for resting heartrate but when you are really pushing it seems to read a little low and it's reaction time is slow. It's a super cool toy overall though. I don't look at it while working out but do after finishing. It has a GPS and outputs a bunch of super cool graphs such as speed vs. time, HR vs. time, and elevation vs. time. The graphs are all stacked so it's easy compare. As elevation increases, speed goes down, and heart rate goes up. Fun stuff.

If you want to train based on HR you need a proper HRM with a chest strap and a display you can see while riding. I've had a few various models over the years and they are quite useful if you are serious about your training.

[grcamna2]

I have a Garman Visoactive 4 smartwatch. It has an HRM feature but I don't think it's super accurate. It seems to do fine for resting heartrate but when you are really pushing it seems to read a little low and it's reaction time is slow. It's a super cool toy overall though. I don't look at it while working out but do after finishing. It has a GPS and outputs a bunch of super cool graphs such as speed vs. time, HR vs. time, and elevation vs. time. The graphs are all stacked so it's easy compare. As elevation increases, speed goes down, and heart rate goes up. Fun stuff.

If you want to train based on HR you need a proper HRM with a chest strap and a display you can see while riding. I've had a few various models over the years and they are quite useful if you are serious about your training.

I understand Ed.I had purchased a Polar 'Edge' back in the 90's but was too busy to ride,I still have it and it's battery life has 'timed-out' again.. I never put it on and rode with it(stubborness?) but I think it would make my training rides(the rides I take to progress further in my ability to overcome hard riding)much simpler if I stayed in the target heart rate for my age.I have used the bicycle mainly for commuting all my life(except for rides coast to coast back in 1987' on my own) and kept kicking it further as I progressed in mileage.

[Nessism]

Riding Saturday in a hilly area again. Was making my way up a medium grade hill and breathing pretty hard when two guys a few years older than me came buy without much effort riding electric assist bikes. They were chatting and looked to be enjoying themselves. Wish I was that fast.