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To celebrate the midsummer I took the bike on a bit rougher commute back home, of 25km, only 5-6km's of asfalt. :D
The last time I had ridden some of the trails was on full suspension bike with...

Like almost every else, I'm nursing an injury. :)

few weeks ago I was snowshoeing and my left knee started to act up. I have been really careful with it because it doesn't feel normal.

Last...

Jamie, if you don't have a table fan of some sorts, get one. :)

I couldn't use the trainer properly without it, a bit of wind makes all the difference, that and a small towel hanging on the bars.

Friday's cycling to and from work might classify as training, I had my new heart rate monitor on me for the ride to work, 18km, 1h10 min at an average 138bpm heart rate :)
And the same back home 8...

First bike ride this year today in bike paths and small roads to break in new studded tyres, 26km/1h40min so not that good pace.
Fun though. There was even some icy section to test the 240 stud...

For cycling i seem to be using Pearl Izumi shorts and pants, they are the only brand that makes large enough pants. It's a North american company so they are familliar with fat people. ;)
Same with...

I'm running out of excuses soon, I have studded tyres coming next week for my commuter bike and I just bought new cycling shoes at a good discount from Evans cycles. The plan is to start commuting...

I have a Elite turbotrainer, it required some assembly, but wasn't that complicated to build.

This week seems to be better than normal, three hours of walking and one hour in a gym.
Tomorrow's weather seems like a good day for a long walk as well.

From fitness standpoint, 2014 was probably the worst it's been in years.
- Lack of snow last winter prevented snow shoeing, I replaced it with eating kebabs
- Did only about 500km's of bike...

Good to see so many people being active.
I cant seem to be able to do nothing except walking, 3-4 hours pee week. I tried some joga exercise last weekend for the first time in a year :)

And I did...

What kind of punctures are you getting?
I haven't used anything but puncture protected tyres for years now when riding on the road. As you pondered yourself, maybe you could do with a switch to...

I run my mtb tyres, 2,35" wide just under 3bar(43psi), Current road bike tyres, which are 35mm wide are about 4 bar 60psi. I probably could run the mtb tyres at 2.5 bar to get more traction, but I'm...

There was no real downhill on the other side. Just bare bedrock and a couple of rock gardens which one has to ride down quite carefully. Not the best trail to ride when almost unconscious. :)

Did the first mtb ride in a month, I figured all the beer, all the sausages in the previous week and 28c temp would a bit stressfull son I took it short and easy and stayed of the really technical...

Last week was an ok week, cycled twice to work, went to the gym, did two one hour walks. This week not so much, i'll be spending five days in Warsaw gettin some SAP tools training, beer and hotel...

The bike is 2011 model, it doesn't have that much ride in it, as also the the first owner was fat. :D In 2011 there was enough talk about it to make Hope switch to regular Maxle. I talked with bike...

Good job! That should work for you for many years.

During my last mtb ride the free wheel stopped working properly on my bike, yesterday I finally thought that I'll take it apart and re lube it....

The big difference comes from the 400$ walmart bike and the proper bike shop 700$ bike, after that the difference decreases. But there's no point comparing that 400$ to a 4000$ bike. They aren't...

It's not just the wheel size that affects handling, 29" forks have a different rake to 26" forks which affect the steering input.
The difference isn't apparently very massive.



If I hadn't...

I have a 26" full suspension bike with 160mm of travel in both ends, for my riding it's intended for xc rides and the occational enduro/bike park riding. The terrain in my area is quite technical...

I'm trying jogging again first time in five years. :) I'm trying to be sensible at it and do very limited distances at first to protect knees and other body parts. Luckily my bad shape comes quite...

Did the first training ride today, 37km's and two hours. Not very good start, despite strong headwinds and a hilly route, I'm not in a good shape, unless one thinks round is a good shape. :D
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I finally managed to finish the build of the new bike and did a 10 minute shakedown with it last night. Seating position seems ok, brake setup still needs work. Components mostly Sram Apex with Avid...

Nnnghh.

First ride to work this year, took the mountain bike for s spin. But man I'm slow, It probably took at least 45 minutes to ride the 11km to work. Bikepaths were in descent enough shape so...