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06-28-19, 11:40 AM
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New to forum and Cycling
Hello everyone.
New to forum and Cycling
So at 36 I felt that I needed a change to my heath and wanting to cut out this dad bod. I made a change and started cycling to and from work 9 miles each way.
Well I’m down 10 lbs. and feel great every day I ride.
So, when I started out I was riding at about 11 MPH AVG, and my ride would take just under 1 hour. This was on a Walmart Road bike. Now that I have upgrades to a Vilano Shadow Large, I’m happy to say that today I hit one of my biggest goals and made it in under 30 minutes with a new average speed of 18 MPH.
Want to keep pushing and my next goal is to get my AVG Speed over 20 and my ride time under 20min.
Oh, and I try to do longer rides on the weekends like over 30 miles. Want to do my first century in the next 2 or 3 months.
New to forum and Cycling
So at 36 I felt that I needed a change to my heath and wanting to cut out this dad bod. I made a change and started cycling to and from work 9 miles each way.
Well I’m down 10 lbs. and feel great every day I ride.
So, when I started out I was riding at about 11 MPH AVG, and my ride would take just under 1 hour. This was on a Walmart Road bike. Now that I have upgrades to a Vilano Shadow Large, I’m happy to say that today I hit one of my biggest goals and made it in under 30 minutes with a new average speed of 18 MPH.
Want to keep pushing and my next goal is to get my AVG Speed over 20 and my ride time under 20min.
Oh, and I try to do longer rides on the weekends like over 30 miles. Want to do my first century in the next 2 or 3 months.
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06-28-19, 07:24 PM
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Welcome. Check out the commuting forum. Props on your success so far.
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"Vilano Shadow Large" - Had to look it up. What a great bike.
Whats your ride like? Road? Paved? Gravel? Up? Down? Traffic?
And how do you keep your bike from walking off?
Whats your ride like? Road? Paved? Gravel? Up? Down? Traffic?
And how do you keep your bike from walking off?
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07-01-19, 08:08 AM
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Thanks everyone,
I will check out the commuting forum.
Zandoval, So I take paved roads with one climb and it has bike lanes for about 80% of the way. As for keeping my bike from walking off. I work in a office so I just take it in to my office with me.
I will check out the commuting forum.
Zandoval, So I take paved roads with one climb and it has bike lanes for about 80% of the way. As for keeping my bike from walking off. I work in a office so I just take it in to my office with me.
