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It was 65 degrees and sunny today so I went out for a nice long bike ride. I averaged 17.6 mph on the first half of the ride, with a 16.2 mph for the whole 30 mile ride. I wasn’t wearing my heart rate monitor, but I’m guessing I was in the 75-80% range. When [...]
I recently purchased a new training book by Gale Bernhardt titled Training Plans for the Multi-Sport Athlete. In that book she gives detailed workouts for each sport. The workouts for biking often call for an indoor trainer or a mostly flat course. Where I live, there are no mostly flat areas to bike on, so [...]
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Update May 2008: I won first in my age group at my most recent triathlon race on this bike. I still love this bike and it still serves me well. I was talking with my brother recently and he told me he bought a training road bike for about $1000. After a few months, it [...]
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I crashed on my bike today and was wearing a schwinn helmet, model number sw100T. I was on a gravel trail going downhill about 20 mph and lost traction and fell. My head hit the ground so hard that I was amazed to be alive when I caught my breath. The helmet has a dent [...]
When I ride my bike, I ride on rural roads in my town. They are generally not high traffic roads, but the speed limit is 45 or 55. Oftentimes, these roads don’t have much of a shoulder. Every time I am out cycling, at least one ass hole passes me at full speed without leaving [...]
