Comments on: Riding again. http://talkingtreads.com/2012/01/01/riding-again/ Everything bicycles, thoughts, rides, product reviews and events Fri, 10 May 2013 23:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Riding again: February update. « Talking Treads http://talkingtreads.com/2012/01/01/riding-again/#comment-1958 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:24:19 +0000 http://talkingtreads.com/?p=2591#comment-1958 [...] couple of months have passed since my last post and I’ll be the first to admit those months haven’t really gone to [...]

]]> By: Sam http://talkingtreads.com/2012/01/01/riding-again/#comment-1674 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:10:54 +0000 http://talkingtreads.com/?p=2591#comment-1674 Strava is similar to GC except for a couple of differences – namely, the website doesn’t go down every few days with “problems”. Other differences include the ability to create or search for “segments”, which you can then see your ranking against other people who have ridden the same segment. Good motivator wen you get close to the top (or knocked off). It used to restrict you to 5 ride uploads pcm for a basic membership, but I think that’s been removed now – I haven’t visited for a while.

]]> By: Sera http://talkingtreads.com/2012/01/01/riding-again/#comment-1671 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:57:23 +0000 http://talkingtreads.com/?p=2591#comment-1671 Is Strava different from Garmin Connect? I’m definitely interested, although I can’t commit to riding daily, my current plan has me riding 2-3 times per week with the other days being for stretching & FKPro usage. Might be tough to hit 70 miles per week on my current form! Still, wagers are good!

]]> By: Sam http://talkingtreads.com/2012/01/01/riding-again/#comment-1670 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:41:22 +0000 http://talkingtreads.com/?p=2591#comment-1670 Well done, Sera. In the end, you’re back riding because no matter how painful your back, no matter how long you’ve been off the bike, no matter how cold and dark it is in January in England, some part of you can remember how cycling makes you feel. Some part of you recalls riding up some honking great hills and zooming down them again. Some part of you refuses to forget that your life *after* discovering cycling has been 1000% better than your life before, and that part of you also refuses to let anything – pain, tiredness, age, climate, work, life – take cycling away again. And we all know – myself included (and 2011 was also my worst year of cycling since I started) – that getting back into shape again never takes as long as getting into shape in the very first place.

And with that said, I’ll venture to offer you a wager, in the spirit of January 1st optimism: 1000 miles each by March 31st. Shouldn’t be too difficult – 10 miles a day or so. We can map it on Strava if you like. Interested?

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