pcaldwell

Just me???

10 Wheels

Bunch of us in here.

https://www.bikeforums.net/forumdispl...-(200-lb-91-kg)

jwible

Look up Team Type 1. Pro Team.

engstrom

Yep - Type 1 for 41 years now.

OldsCOOL

Type 1 since '86 when I was 28.

pcaldwell

I was diagnosed last summer. I had the chance to see some of team type 1 this year at Tulsa tough. Those jerseys are rad.

Street Pedaler

Type 2 for about 12 years.

Wylde06

Type 2 for 9 years.

superclyde6

Yes. Test before you go out and modify your insulin/carbo intake accordingly plus carry glucose tabs in your bag is the best advice I can give.

reducedfatoreo

+1 on looking up Team Type 1 and Team Type 2. I mixed the sound on a short "documentary" about them a few years ago (Sanofi-Aventis, the pharma company, sponsors them and helps them with medication, and sponsored the film). TT1's a bunch of insane athletes who would drop my ass left and right. They keep winning RAAM, for pete's sake!

OldsCOOL

There it is.

I always carry 5-6 little packs of fruit snacks (we keep them on hand for the grandson) and will stop and eat a package....one handful....and hydrate every 15mi. When on trips above 60mi the meter comes along and I will stop for small meal.

Diabetics are not handicapped in strength or endurance....in fact, just might carry a slight advantage from articles on powerlifting I have read and have also proven in my lifting experience.

BR46

frisky99

Not a cyclist , but Kris Freeman has been the top U.S. nordic skier for some time now , even with diabetes .
https://www.usskiteam.com/crosscountr...athleteId=1076

chasmm

Type 2 for 3 years. Diabetes got me back on the bike...

jsharp9242

Type 1 for 7 years here. What kind of insulin regimen are you on, pump, injections, etc?

Blackdays

There's a whole team full of them: https://www.teamtype1.org/

doctordan

Type 1, diagnosed 1963 when I was 4. They've invented lots of good stuff the last 30 years to make life a lot healthier.

coppercook62

type 2 for 12 years

mortenfyhn

Type one for just about a year. Having just gotten into cycling this spring, I still haven't found a good way to keep my blood sugar reasonably level while riding. I use syringes, though, but I intend to try out a pump to see if that's any better. I've also apparently got hyperthyroidism, and from what I gather, the treatment is likely to make me hypothyroid instead. Oh, well.

keepamonte

Been fighting a rising A1C (6.0 -6.4)for the past 4 years despite high mileage and good nutrition. Mom and brother typeII, and eventually I will be too!

engstrom

I just can't imagine how difficult it would be to maintain good BG during cycling using multiple daily injections rather than a pump. Not that it's a breeze with a pump but at least I can turn down my basals (for me I turn them down a LOT) a couple hours before I ride and that keeps me in the right ballpark. If I was still using Lantus I imagine I'd have to be consuming carbs as quickly as I could while riding to keep from crashing.

I can't put up with a tubing leash on a pump so I ended up with an OmniPod (tubeless pump - you stick it on your body and control it with a wireless controller). Even then I had lots of problems with it coming off due to sweat from long rides in the heat until I started using Mastisol - now the pod stays put even through 3 hours rides in 90+ degree heat. Still, it's annoying to be wearing this thing 24/7 but it does make cycling possible for me and it does improve control so it's worth it to me.

My advice is to do your research, talk to your doctor and then try out a pump. Most of the pump companies offer trial periods where you get a full refund if you end up not liking their product. That way you could try a few a find the one you like best.

engstrom

I was diagnosed in 1970 when I was 2. They sure have invented lots of good stuff! I still remember (and I'm sure you do too) glass test tubes and the reagent used to test for glucose spilling over into urine. In comparison to today's BG meters that seems like cavemen making wheels out of stone.

jsharp9242

My endocrinologist said that a healthy individual should be taking 1 unit for every kilogram and an athlete should be taking somewhere around 0.8/80% of their weight in kgs. So for me that would be 60+ units. Does this sound crazy to people or am I just afraid of the insulin?

engstrom

Uhhh yep, sounds absolutely crazy to me. Currently I'm eating low carb and low calorie to try and lose some more weight and the units of insulin I'm taking in a day are 32% of my weight in kilograms. Before I started cycling I was a heavy couch potato and still only took units of insulin equivalent to 48% of my weight in kgs.

Now assuming I get down to my goal weight and were to stop cycling and take as much insulin as I did before I started cycling I'd still only be at 69% of weight in kgs so I really don't see how your endo can make such a broad (and in my case completely inaccurate) generalization.

BR46

Thats what got me back in the saddle