Cycling

[rabid]

I've been thinking about cycling to work, but it's a bit far - from west london to north, 12miles one way according to google maps.

How do you folks not sweat like sweaty piggies and be soaked before you get to your destination?

My workplace doesn't have showers so I might attract a few funny looks around the office

[nightcrawler13]

I've been thinking about cycling to work, but it's a bit far - from west london to north, 12miles one way according to google maps.

How do you folks not sweat like sweaty piggies and be soaked before you get to your destination?

My workplace doesn't have showers so I might attract a few funny looks around the office

[What??? No beer???????]

When is it officially dark? Is it when the street lights come one? Dont want to get done for cycling with no lights on coming back from an over run lecture

[rabid]

When is it officially dark? Is it when the street lights come one? Dont want to get done for cycling with no lights on coming back from an over run lecture

[nightcrawler13]

as soon as my cake is done baking im going for the magical mysery race!

get picked up in a blacked out 60'd routemaster, taken with my bike with a load of other people 10 miles out of the city to an undisclosed spot, then have to find my way back!

i've got my iphone as back up, and because half of them are couriers on fixies i'll probably need all the help i can get

[dakyras]

as soon as my cake is done baking im going for the magical mysery race!

get picked up in a blacked out 60'd routemaster, taken with my bike with a load of other people 10 miles out of the city to an undisclosed spot, then have to find my way back!

i've got my iphone as back up, and because half of them are couriers on fixies i'll probably need all the help i can get

[Paul ™]

Decided am gonna kick start a fitness/healthy eating regime so ordered a bike today, just a cheap one to get into it a bit then see how it goes.

Similar to this, but the Adult Mens one, Townsend Mohawk 26 inch Dual Suspension

Cost £149 which ain't bad

Not been cycling for years, but where we live we got a canal right at the back door, so can go along there pretty much right into Glasgow or Falkirk lol

[rabid]

Decided am gonna kick start a fitness/healthy eating regime so ordered a bike today, just a cheap one to get into it a bit then see how it goes.

Similar to this, but the Adult Mens one, Townsend Mohawk 26 inch Dual Suspension

Cost £149 which ain't bad

Not been cycling for years, but where we live we got a canal right at the back door, so can go along there pretty much right into Glasgow or Falkirk lol

[Halcyon]

Might have been a good idea to stay clear of rear suspension at that level. You don't need it, it adds weight and it can make peddling twice as much work.

Edited April 29, 2011 by Halcyon

[Paul ™]

I have the Campsie hills just out our back, so if I fancy a bit of off-track cycling then am sorted then

[rabid]

Didn't realise we had ourselves a cycling thread on here. As a very keen cyclist, I'd have posted in here a lot more! Anywho, this is my current bike... it really is a thing of beauty.

Did back to back cetury rides today and yesturday (100miles)... bloody knackered, but feels good.

[llcoolphil]

I cucle tens of miles every week. If i can...

[Halcyon]

Haven't been on my bike in a long time but it's soon getting dusted off.

[rabid]

I cucle tens of miles every week. If i can...

[Halcyon]

Just a shame it's always so bloody windy round here.

[nightcrawler13]

so crazy for this thread to get dragged back out after all this time

my earlier posts in this thread are from when i first moved to manchester city, i saw a post by myself saying i dont understand how anyone rides without suspension!

now that is obviously not the case anymore, i have a very speedy road/hybrid bike that gets me 3 miles to work in about 10 minutes every morning I couldnt handle riding a pure road bike or fixie, they move too fast, and i already have a problem with idiot pedestrians running in front of me thinking bikes are slow, put me on a faster bike and being run into by pedestrians would probably become a weekly occurence

does anyone know why people do it? They look straight at you, then step out in front and are surprised when you have to scream and swerve or end up hitting them

[llcoolphil]

Impressive. I've never managed to cucle more than 2.

[modey]

I recently got back into cycling, and have now got myself a decent mountain bike ( giant anthem x4) and try to get out every night on it, at th e monument doing around 15 miles a night, mainly hills which can be very tough

I'm entering the Manx end to end again this year which is riding 75km from one end of the island to the other and it's a record entry this year of around 1800 people

I only managed around half way last year when mechanical failure ended it for me, hoping to do better this year

[markeee]

I've thought about cycling to work..as it is I walk, takes me ~30mins either way

only thing is, the roads are so dangerous these days! I'd have to cycle on a busy main road for most of my journey

[rabid]

Cycling's great if you stick with it for the first hard few weeks - it gets easier and therefore fun quite quickly. It retains the childhood joy of working hard up a big hill to belt down the other side!

Edited May 1, 2011 by rabid

[G-Stud]

I'm thinking about cycling to work. Going to my folks tomorrow to see if my bike's still there and isn't in a bad way! Looking forward to it!

[greenfairy43]

Rabid & I finally got out on our bikes this afternoon. Must've ridden around 6-8 miles. Not bad considering it's the first time I've ridden a bike for 3+ years.

We must do it again sometime

[llcoolphil]

Oh yeah cyclings great. There was a 90 mile offroad loop that me and my friends used to do. Never really got into this cucling though.

[rabid]

FHT on my phone and the chances of me spotting a u instead of a y at that size would be nye on impossible

[Halcyon]

does anyone know why people do it? They look straight at you, then step out in front and are surprised when you have to scream and swerve or end up hitting them

Edited May 3, 2011 by Halcyon