The Get fit club!

[schmenke]

Like others I've been slacking a bit for the last 2 or 3 weeks .
Did manage to slog through a few muddy trails this morning though .



(Truck's nice and clean though )

[airshifter]

I've been a major slacker lately.

Last bike ride I got another puncture, and managed to bend up some brake hardware a little bit. Discovered that I no longer had any rubber cement to fix the puncture, and that ended up creating another big gap to repair as I was too busy to go out and find the stuff. I had some patches that required no cement, and they seemed to work fine until about 25 PSI then promptly blew off the tube.

I've got the cement now and the puncture is fixed just waiting to put the tube back in the tire and double check things. Couldn't find any more patches locally either so now I'm down to minimal spares. I still need to get an under seat bag to hold a tube or two and some tools so I can take care of basic problems on longer rides. Finally put a pump on, but still need to find room for more water as well. This thing is going to be heavy by the time I'm done!


While the bike was down I did some cleaning, as I'd let the chain and rear gearset get mucked up offroading. I discovered that I had two almost full cans of Liquid Wrench, and the stuff works great for cleaning the affected parts. It's also a lube, and after a proper cleaning it seems to work fine if I put some on the chain only. I'm going to try an approach of not as much lube and see if it helps keep things cleaner.


Sadly on my last ride I discovered that some of the only fun off road areas near me have now been posted as private, due to the people on 4 wheelers rutting things up again. I'm hoping I can catch one of the land owners to see about working around that..... it worked years back.

[J4MIE]

I bought a replacement track pump after the old one exploded a few months ago, and after I got home last night decided to pump up both tyres as they seemed a bit on the squeeze side. They were around 15psi!! So pumped up to 40 now, see if that makes a difference. Still using my old (very well worn) tyres, got a pair of new ones waiting to go on but making the most of the old ones in the meantime. Will need to get a better quality pump for carrying with me as my Tesco one just isn't up to much.

Did 21km last night despite stopping when I happened across a gorse fire, first time I've ever had to call 999

[schmenke]

Also, as of Saturday I'll have golfed 54 holes in 4 days. Does that count?

P.s. what's a "gorse"? :cornfused:

[J4MIE]

P.s. what's a "gorse"? :cornfused:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulex

Particularly common in the UK in late spring/summer.

[janneppi]

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 stuff. I also packed light and left the knee pads and heavier helmet home and took the road lid which has much better ventilation. Luckily I didn't crash but did almost vomit on top of a steep singletrack climb.
I think my heartrate was above 150bpm most the 60 minutes.

[GridGirl]

Luckily I didn't crash but did almost vomit on top of a steep singletrack climb.
I think my heartrate was above 150bpm most the 60 minutes.

I'm pretty sure I have kept my heart beat in excess of 170bpm for 60 minutes when doing Sufferfest video's on my turbo. Technically I should be dead. hahah Sounds like you took on quite challenging climb so I bet coming down was fun.

[janneppi]

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.

[Mark]

I bought a replacement track pump after the old one exploded a few months ago, and after I got home last night decided to pump up both tyres as they seemed a bit on the squeeze side. They were around 15psi!! So pumped up to 40 now, see if that makes a difference. Still using my old (very well worn) tyres, got a pair of new ones waiting to go on but making the most of the old ones in the meantime. Will need to get a better quality pump for carrying with me as my Tesco one just isn't up to much.

Did 21km last night despite stopping when I happened across a gorse fire, first time I've ever had to call 999

Wow low pressures. I usually run 100-110psi and I can really notice when they start to get below about 85-90.

[Gregor-y]

Depends on the size. I ride on 700x35s around 65 psi. I spent a week in Colorado and tried one of those public bikes that are springing up in many cities in the US. For $8 it was a vile, hateful thing limited to half hour commutes or grocery runs. And I can do both much better with my own bike.