Viking_HippieI did my longest outdoor ride ever yesterday
Btw, this is my longest (in terms of both distance and duration) ride on my exercise bike so far:
200W for almost six hours is pretty damn impressive. Your legs must look like tree trunks!
Thanks 😁
I’ve been on the exercise bike every day (with very few exceptions, such as the day before yesterday where I did this outdoor ride in stead), so I now have quite muscular legs and a resting heart rate of 55 down from somewhere in the 80s if not 90s before I started 😁
Sick power to maintain for that long, well done. Did you fuel any throughout the ride?
Btw, you might benefit from increasing your cadence a bit, bumping it up to about 90 is likely going to be beneficial
Sick power to maintain for that long, well done. Did you fuel any throughout the ride?
Thanks 🙂
And yeah, I ate some fruit, a couple slices of rugbrød, drank an isotonic drink, and gulped a shitload of water during breaks 😁
Btw, you might benefit from increasing your cadence a bit, bumping it up to about 90 is likely going to be beneficial
Actually, since I’m heavy but strong and the same goes for my legs, my current sweet spot is at a lower cadence with higher resistance heh. It’s one of the things I’m working on, though 🙂
WhiteOakBayouGreat ride! Ten short of a metric century
That’s about the speed I average when on tour no matter the load. IMHO touring is about seeing new things not proving your cardio capabilities.
IMHO touring is about seeing new things not proving your cardio capabilities.
That’s completely valid. Personally, I greatly enjoy both aspects, and others would argue that it’s all about the exercise only.
That all three perspectives can easily be accommodated is just a symptom of how great of a hobby it is 😁
With these conditions its a great result. But hey, numbers are not everything, but the adventure is. Have you had a great ride? Seen some interesting places or people?
Have you had a great ride? Seen some interesting places or people?
Yeah, other than the aforementioned difficult paths, it was mostly well-planned and -maintained scenic designated bike paths, back roads past fields, farms, fjords, and villages, with three medium sized cities and a fjord along the way.
All this AND it served the purpose of me getting home from my dad’s place myself without having to pay for public transport!
Denmark is truly great for biking and this trip was a great illustration of it 😁
Carrying 50kg and only burned 2600 calories. Is anyone else annoyed by how few calories seem to get burned? “WHAT?! That had to be a 10,000 calorie ride!”
Yeah, the app doesn’t have the capability to account for extra weight lol. I’m not even sure it’s accounting for how much heavier than the average person I am myself lol
I mean, if you want to burn calories, don’t take the method that tries to be most efficient with the energy.
EtnapheleThat wasn’t my point. But thank you for the contribution of your wisdom.
What kind of bike?
A Batavus Razer E-Go e-bike, though I had the motor assistance turned off most of the time to save battery 😁
Looks great. I’ve been looking at e-bikes. I’m off to test ride two tomorrow.
My specific model and the app I’m using don’t (the watch extrapolates the data from GPS readings rather than directly from the bike), but I’m almost positive that some others do 🤷🏻
FourthCycling is just awesome, well done!
But I would advise not to wear such a heavy backpack while riding, do I understand it correctly that you have 50kg on your back and not on the bike? That’s a very bad choice for your spine, even if you sit pretty upright
But I would advise not to wear such a heavy backpack while riding
I had to get my cpap machine, devices clothes etc home after my 3 day visit to my dad’s place 🤷🏻
do I understand it correctly that you have 50kg on your back and not on the bike?
Yeah
That’s a very bad choice for your spine, even if you sit pretty upright
I have a backpack with good straps so the weight is distributed across the torso (specifically straps at the hips and upper chest in addition to the regular back straps), so that helps a lot.
The main problem was really to not tip over by shifting the weight to the side when stopping at traffic lights and leaning tbh 😄
Luckily I’m a heavy dude and careful, though, so I only had one or two semi-close calls of that 😁
Ok, but the harness is designed to be worn upright, so the hip belt - which usually carries the load most effectively - cannot work properly because the backpack is exerts shear stresses on your spine, I fear. It obviously depends on how much leaned forward one rides, but it’s not the same as standing/walking.
In the end, you know your body better than anyone, just hope you consider well how you set up your bike :) take care and I wish you many good rides!
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