Ride at a lower gear and you'll be able to ride longer and your recovery time will improve.
Eli Davis
That's the thing, while a lower gear is slightly easier to pedal, its mentally draining having to pedal more just to go slower.
I'm sure I'll get over that the more I ride.
Logan Ramirez
Just got this yesterday
Fuji track classic 299$ the only bad component of the bike is the shitty plastic pedals with shit cages but I'm going to buy clip ins soon
About to go on my first real ride
Fixed gear, and no I'm not some "fixie" hipster faggot I just like the idea of not being able to stop pedaling because it's a better workout
Connor Ramirez
I usually do 3 bike rides/week one of which is a longer one about 40+ miles. Took a while to get used to it but now its no problem. Don't have any real recovery time as the other days i run and do spinning but I find that its no problem as long as you eat well and sleep well.
James Cox
Keep your cadence at 80-90rpm, this is where your legs are most efficient.
You'll soon realize you are going faster for the same amount of effort/power
Samuel Gutierrez
How the fuck are you supposed to do uphills in a fixed gear?
Never saw one where i live and i dont really get the meme
Asher Bennett
My bike
Josiah Green
Anyone else who does tribiking? Only do tri now but am doing a regular biking race in the spring so need to get a regular racer now as well.
John Gutierrez
lol dude i rode 60 miles for fun before i even started doing any sports, turn down your pace, its not like you can get anything other than cardio gains at 20+ miles
Luis Taylor
how do you get not prostate to hurt every time you sit on this kind of a tiny seat and lean forward??
Colton Gutierrez
Mountain biking in the mountains cause I'm alpha and don't have a 4x4
Mason Barnes
Road bikes fuck full up my back and neck
Josiah Nelson
Try sitting aero, it's a real bitch in the beginning.
Adam Ross
They're not good for hilly areas.
Noah Foster
OP here. I bought a fixie a couple of weeks ago and I can tell you its a joke.
I got an actual Felt road bike a couple days ago and I can now actually get a workout.
Trust me, return it if you can. Your body will thank you, especially your knees.
Justin Reyes
/n/
Adam Jackson
It probably doesn't fit you properly then.
Logan Torres
/n/ is the slowest fucking board on here. That's why I came to Veeky Forums
Landon Cruz
true, but if you actually want good cycling/cardio advice i'd ask there. do you really think you're gonna get any decent advice from fatass powerlifters?
William Smith
I just started biking 3 weeks ago too but only 20 miles a ride 2x a week. I squat 3x a week, so my quads hate me.
Bought a roller to train indoors
Matthew Jenkins
Bought a bike a few months back and I ride it everywhere now. Just keep riding man it gets easier
give your fixie another shot too, don't be a bitch
Anthony Scott
Put some brakes on it ASAP
Noah Parker
This. You need a front brake at a minimum. Don't get other people hurt because you feel for the meme.
Luke Anderson
Yeh. I rude in time trials and club races.....I don't even lift. I cycle about 15-20 hours per week.
I use rego recovery whilst I do my post ride stretches. Then eat real food after I have a shower
>mah bike
Noah Barnes
feels good
Cooper Ross
romp romp
William Bailey
...
Aiden Thompson
why though? i mean its retarded in hilly areas but whtat is the issue other than needing way too much or too less energy for some routes
Juan Barnes
This. Fixies are a meme.....back in the day guys would use them in the off season (winter) as they wouldn't need to keep rebuilding/cleaning their gears getting crudded up with mud+grit. Modern gears (even sora-tier) are pretty resilient. Also they would argue it improves your cycling form (souplesse)..... I'd say that's bullshit. Plenty of pro cyclists (not froome) have impeccable form and have never sat on a fixie in their life.
Fuxies are for track racing and hipster scum.
Christian Perry
I have multi bikes, and can say fixies have their place. However if it's your ONLY bike, then lol. You're lying to yourself that it's better. It's like buying a car with a manual, and you lie to yourself that it's superior to automatics.
Components even on cheap bikes are robust, you just need to take the time and effort to adjust then and dial them in. High end Shimano stuff just doesn't need as much tinkering to get it settled the way you like it.
Kevin Jones
Rollerblades
Jason Murphy
>sport chek bike >everything starts to fuck up JUST
Josiah Lopez
yea lets see your body though
Evan Butler
>hands go numb >low back hurts >bottom of nut sack is rubbed raw
Nicholas Sanders
>riding >legs are getting tired as fuck >see a big obese guy just fly right past me
the fuck
Caleb Sullivan
I've been riding about 200 miles a week for 3 years now and I'm 124 lbs and 5'9" and I'm kinda sick of it even though I'm pretty fast now
what lifting routine do I need to do
I've gone down to only about 20 miles a day and started doing squats/DL one day then bench/OP the next
what should i do?
Christopher Taylor
on the right track. Since your body is so used to being as efficient as possible with all the cardio (even if you rode some hills or lower cadence) you're doing good with the Squats DL, bench, overhead press. Aim for low reps, high weight.
Matthew Robinson
I was driving behind an old guy cycling at 45 mp/h yesterday, didn't even know you could cycle that fast.
Mason Ross
Best way to recover from riding is just ride more.
Ride when it hurts, ride when it doesn't. Its the only sure way to go further on a bike.
Julian Gray
I ride a Specialized Hardrock just about everywhere which is great on our shitty roads but having to run my cable lock through every quick release component is annoying (thieves will take anything they can around here).
I salvaged a cheap old Murray 10 speed I stripped and was rebuilding all summer. New paint job, plasti-dip some parts, polished others.
Didn't get it finished and riding season is almost over, so it will be my attention focus come Spring when I need a distraction during my cut.
Brody Morris
bikes are gay, only fags, girls and old people ride bikes. weakens ypur bones too, just run faggot
Nathan Howard
Sounds like somebody skinned a knee growing up
Bentley Johnson
Thats exactly what I was saying. I think you mistake me for some who thinks fixes are a good thing.
Robert Gray
> nearly there
Carson Adams
>Yes >Get off bike until tomorrow >5-7 days a week 10-15 miles a day sometimes do 20+ (21 miles today in1hr 40mins in my neighborhood) > No I don't toast - never watched the video either
I ride a fairly nice hybrid 700c Raleigh most days, average about 15-16 mph on a flat level surface with little wind. My neighborhood has a ton of Hills & a bunch of intersections killing my time, but it's easier & a better use of my limited time than getting to the bike path....
Bike path is way easier though
Just picked this up last week as a backup bike
Christopher Barnes
manual is superior, sorry. may not more comfortable, but more efficient and fun
Christian Wright
i have 11 scars on my left and 13 on my right knee, i was an active kid, still doesnt change the fact bikes are for beta fags.
Wyatt Nguyen
>fact bikes are for beta fags.
You wouldn't say that to my face kid
Post source on fact too, while you're at it
Brandon Hall
my bike seems to randonly change gears sometimes which makes me lose balance is this normal on a new bike?
Luis Ortiz
were you on a downhill
Noah Gutierrez
No. You need them adjusted. Loyal bike shop will probably do it for not much money if you can't work out how to do it yourself.
Alexander Price
Get your bike looked at. Either the drive train or chain is worn out.
Andrew Campbell
yeah, I bet this guy cycles alright
Gavin Cox
Probably your cable on your derailure sp? is in need of adjustment, probably not lining up properly, you probably can hear the chain grinding against it constantly too
Kevin Morales
Stop riding it now. This is a good way to crash and get run over. Your Mom & Pop bike shop should charge no more than $10 to fix it unless you need a new part.
If you just bought the bloody thing, it wasn't assembled correctly. Take it back and it should be fixed/parts replaced for free.
Lincoln Sanders
His name is Robert forstemann. Look him up. He's an Olympic cyclist.
Jason Ortiz
he has a myostatin gene mutation which is why his muscles are so freakish
he's fast but guys way smaller than him are faster