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Dave Is Here
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I figure that most of what I do with bicycle riding is for personal conditioning. I ride with
friends, ride solo, enter an occaisional race, commute, sometimes off road but mainly "on road". My
favorite type of bicycle isn't the recumbent but a very simple road bike frame with the shifters,
derailleurs and freewheel removed. The rear hub has a screwed on sprocket and when the wheel turns
the crank turns in proportion. You'd think that this would tire the legs out a lot faster but in
truth it doesn't. I think keeping the legs moving helps to keep the lactic acid flushed out. You
don't have to accelerate your legs from a coast, you just go. The "fixed gear" bike has a gear that
is big enough to keep me comfortable going down the road and tall enough to make me stand on the
hills. I know several others that participate in this list ride similar bikes.
Here are pictures of my fixie: http://www.doctorvision.com/fixie/centu001.jpg
http://www.doctorvision.com/fixie/centu002.jpg http://www.doctorvision.com/fixie/centu003.jpg
I got a recumbent in 2001 mainly to give myself some conditioning that involved different pressure
points and to use different muscle groups. I find that I enjoy riding a recumbent although I miss
"standing" on the up-hills.
I have a plan to ride 10,000 miles and get 50 centuries during 03. What's your cycling like?
Dave
friends, ride solo, enter an occaisional race, commute, sometimes off road but mainly "on road". My
favorite type of bicycle isn't the recumbent but a very simple road bike frame with the shifters,
derailleurs and freewheel removed. The rear hub has a screwed on sprocket and when the wheel turns
the crank turns in proportion. You'd think that this would tire the legs out a lot faster but in
truth it doesn't. I think keeping the legs moving helps to keep the lactic acid flushed out. You
don't have to accelerate your legs from a coast, you just go. The "fixed gear" bike has a gear that
is big enough to keep me comfortable going down the road and tall enough to make me stand on the
hills. I know several others that participate in this list ride similar bikes.
Here are pictures of my fixie: http://www.doctorvision.com/fixie/centu001.jpg
http://www.doctorvision.com/fixie/centu002.jpg http://www.doctorvision.com/fixie/centu003.jpg
I got a recumbent in 2001 mainly to give myself some conditioning that involved different pressure
points and to use different muscle groups. I find that I enjoy riding a recumbent although I miss
"standing" on the up-hills.
I have a plan to ride 10,000 miles and get 50 centuries during 03. What's your cycling like?
Dave