Biking?

Funny, I'm a cyclist (biker) as well but as a right F16 sailor I have a sport oriented randonneur (Lightweight long distance touring bike) WITH a fenders(spray guards) and luggage rack. So I don't get all wet when cycling on wet roads and bring some stuff with me like a good rain jacket. I got slighly wider tires as well with some profile on it for grip in the slippery corners.

Interesting to note the different between the A-sailors and myself as a F16 sailor in the choice of bike !

Ohh, there is not a single item of carbon on my bike either. <img src="<>/eek.gif" alt="eek" title="eek" height="15" width="15" />

Wouter

I road bike, the a-cat is missing though

My

other

hobby is triathlons. I spend as much time as I can in the saddle. The

fleet

has grown over the years to a Cervelo tri-bike, a Trek road bike, a Miyata road bike and a Specialized mountain bike.

I Ride to work, 32 miles a day along the coast, partly because I like cycling but mostly because fuel is so damn expensive!!!

Gareth

Nice. I'll be driving 30 miles each way just to get to the park.

Yes but you have a 5.0! Not far from NCSU/fairgrounds and have been wanting to look at a 500. Any chance we could get up with each other sometime? Just looking at it would be great...on the trailer...in the backyard...whatever. I won't touch it and I will act respectful at all times!

I ride the Greenways around here.

Interesting observation about bikes and sailors.
I have several road bikes and one mountain bike.
This sunday I'll be doing a 50km ride with my daughter and 10,000 other bike riders. The course goes over the Sydney Harbour bridge and just about every other bridge they can find criss crossing the waterway to Olympic Park. As the distance is quite short and my daughter will be on a mountain bike I'll ride my mountain bike.
In two weeks there is a more challenging ride from Sydney to Woolongong. A 90km ride which has some good hills so I'll use my road bike. This is also an organised ride and last year there were around 10,000 riders taking part too. These are the only organised rides that I do the rest of the time its just local riding of distances between 50km and 80km several times a week.
I don't mind riding the local fire trails in my area but really road cycling is what I love. We have some great places to ride with most roads getting bike lanes as work is done on them.

Regards,
Phill

I ride offroad exclusively and race downhill and dual slalom. I sail a modified TheMightyHobie18 w/spin. I really enjoy lift assisted mt bike park riding and have recently been doing some street and park riding. Also race BMX every now and then. Seems there are several mt bikers in my sailing group here in the Southeast.

I own a pretty nice mountain bike, but I wouldn't pretend to be into it much. I bought it simply for a cardio workout.

If your chasing cardio there is bound to be a pump track near you in GA. Google the term pump track to see what I'm describing. I have one on my property and ride it 2 or 3 times a week. I also have several dirt jump lines ranging from 2' to 7' tall with gaps 8' to 15'. I'm way too old for this kinda stuff but really enjoy it and so far no serious injuries other than a blown disc in my neck.

Glad to see it hasn't been too serious...

I hope I never meet an injury that you deem

too serious

.

I hear ya on that! Bones protruding thru skin and blood deems an injury serious in my book. The disc seemed more of a inconvience, a little p.t. and it was all better. May need some work later on if I land on my head again. Dr. says I have arthritis in my neck now but thats it.

I ride one of these. All carbon.

Chris:

Must be nice. Are you doing 10 hr work days, 4 x a week...must be a civil servant or changed your career to bartending (LOL)?

30 lbs and 11 yrs ago I used to MTB race....I quit when I was forced into the seniors division @ 34 yrs for the Father's Day Frenzie @ Rockburn Park in Ellicott City/Elkridge.

Have a great ride!

Kris
F-16

Guys:

At 58 <img src="<>/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh" height="15" width="15" /> , this is my idea of biking http://www.johnnypag.com/features/CustomChoppers.php?sec=8 <img src="<>/whistle.gif" alt="whistle" title="whistle" height="15" width="15" /> <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

Doug

Better pic

http://www.johnnypag.com/images/motorcycles/spyder300_large.jpg

Doug

I see your bike, and I'll raise you:

Tami:

Nice bike. We just have different styles!!! I still LOVE your trimaran and want someday. Saw Bob Curry fly on a Sprint 750 when we did the Great Bay Race a few years ago.

Doug

Originally Posted by tami

I see your bike, and I'll raise you:

I used 5 oz. of chain lube last year. How much oil and gas did you go through?

What's your resting heart rate?

That bike really makes me HOT!! I love the italian styling. I see many of them about in Raleigh, NC. Not sure why there are so many, maybe the colleges. My wife forbids my ownership of any type of motorcycle, bike = divorce. So, I must self propel on two wheels.
Nice chopper as well Doug. My best friend is a Harley mechanic and as you can imagine has a sweet custom hog, complete with nitro boost.

Ha! 3 pages about biking on a sailing site. <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

Glad to see the topic. It's really not much of a stretch for catsailors to be bikers (maybe cyclist is a better word) Most catsailors are pretty athletic to start. At my age and size, instead of losing weight, I just got a bigger boat. As far as cycling - it is a great workout and a lot less impact on the body. I do have some carbon on my bike, but I believe that the bike should match the skills. I just signed up for my second MS150 charity ride from Houston to Austin this coming April. They limit the entries to 13,000. Last year it filled up in 10 days, yesterday it took 6 hours!

See you on the water, and I hope you see me on the road!

Don:

Now that I have lost 35 lbs <img src="<>/shocked.gif" alt="shocked" title="shocked" height="15" width="15" /> and 7 inches off my waist <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" /> <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" /> I may look at getting a human powered bike too. <img src="<>/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh" height="15" width="15" /> I live out in the sticks now and there are plenty of places to ride and some good small hills around the house by the lake. Might also be fun with the grand kids.

Doug

Hobie1616, I see your point.

I used to road race, averaging 300 mi/wk, with a team... I still have my bike, a TREK aluminum-frame with a Dura-Ace brake-lever shifting gruppo (it was new at the time, and the Al frame was stiffer than carbon, at that time), a Selle Italia Ti seat, yada yada...

I now am happily chubby and fart around on my TREK 7500, hybrid, with its radial-spoke BONTRAGER rims. Wow, base model bikes are now like racing bikes used to be.

Those aluminum frames are back killers. A friend set up a Al frame with extremely stiff Specialized tri spoke wheels. The ride was so hard he wrecked his back. I think he went by the Hernando philosophy of,

It is better to look good then to feel good.

He ended up modifying a Trek Y33 MTB with full suspension to ride on the road.

My crew attached. Were going again this Sunday 10ish

The road bike thing works for me. I've lost about 25# in 6 weeks and don't get tired jumping in and out on marginal wind days like I used to (also need to go out more, which is nice).

Added bonus is that better cardio means I can give my ACat crew (Ashley Dupre') continuous verbal feedback on her performance.

The Inter 20's I'm rolling while going to weather find this distracting.. yet another bonus.

I've been riding a fixed gear for the last year and a half and having a blast. I also built one up for my wife--she likes pink...

that's a nice lookin bike, your wife must be happy. here's my schwinn 12-speed conversion i built up about a year ago (from before i added my white seat <img src="<>/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh" height="15" width="15" /> ). been riding fixed since then and never looked back