View Full Version : Motorcycling is really sh*t...
madness
29-06-09, 11:36 AM
...for your fitness!
I used to have a reasonable level of general fitness, then I became a biker. Instead of spending my free weekend time hiking, climbing and mountain biking, I now tend to go for a ride on the SV. Consequently I'm now what I consider to be unfit, which was highlighted when I walked up a few mountains in Wales last week and when cycling 27 miles yesterday!
It was all hard work and it made me realise just how easy it would be to give up on exercise and become an unfit couch potato.
I need to find more time for exercise, but don't know how I'm going to do it.
It made me wonder how much other peoples lives have change since becoming a biker. Obviously it's not all good, for me at least.
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Alpinestarhero
29-06-09, 12:09 PM
I dunno. Riding in london has made me quite fit, and has done wonderds for my upper-body strength
dizzyblonde
29-06-09, 12:10 PM
I dunno. Riding in london has made me quite fit, and has done wonderds for my upper-body strength
LOL in my case
Motorbiking, keeping skinny blondes in big muscles since 2001:smt042
...for your fitness!
I used to have a reasonable level of general fitness, then I became a biker. Instead of spending my free weekend time hiking, climbing and mountain biking, I now tend to go for a ride on the SV. Consequently I'm now what I consider to be unfit, which was highlighted when I walked up a few mountains in Wales last week and when cycling 27 miles yesterday!
It was all hard work and it made me realise just how easy it would be to give up on exercise and become an unfit couch potato.
I need to find more time for exercise, but don't know how I'm going to do it.
It made me wonder how much other peoples lives have change since becoming a biker. Obviously it's not all good, for me at least.
True. It is such a struggle now I have got a motorbike again.
27miles??? :shock: Is that off road?
Agreed, i feel sooo unfit compared to before i got the bike. Use to cycle to work and back everyday and got for a dip in the sea on the way home....now im just too dam excited about getting on the bike to even think about cycling. I do go for a swim before work some mornings but its soo much effort with the big bag of kit plus work stuff on the bike
yup, and compared to a car I expct to park exactly at my destination - Not a 20 yard walk away from it :lol:
madness
29-06-09, 01:16 PM
27miles??? :shock: Is that off road?
It was about half on an old railway track/trail and the rest on road. On a mountain bike fitted with full knobbly tyres and I'd not riden a bike for a year. To say that I was extremely tired (for Stig of the dump ;)) by the end of it was an understatement .
GeneticBubble
29-06-09, 01:17 PM
i feel better because the bike allows me to get to the gym and back without relying on parents
I go running at lunch times. Not suitable for all I know but there must be some of you out there that could do this?
It was about half on an old railway track/trail and the rest on road. On a mountain bike fitted with full knobbly tyres and I'd not riden a bike for a year. To say that I was extremely tired (for Stig of the dump ;)) by the end of it was an understatement .
I was gonna say, 27 miles off road is very impressive and you must be super fit.
27 miles on trail/road is still pretty impressive with the rolling resistance of the knobbies. You're not as unfit as you think.
My problem is I don't have the legs for inclines anymore. I did 30 miles off road a while back and I was :smt095 at halfway due to the hills.
Sticking to doing that distance of flat bridleway now. :|
madness
29-06-09, 03:55 PM
I go running at lunch times. Not suitable for all I know but there must be some of you out there that could do this?
I've tried to get into running a couple of times before and find it really hard at first, then when it starts getting easier I end up with shinsplints or plantar faciaitis. I ought to try again as Ibby is a keen runner, she's done a couple of London Marathons and a load of half marathons.
Wideboy
29-06-09, 04:15 PM
i have to disagree, I've lost loads of weight since buying the sv
i have to disagree, I've lost loads of weight since buying the sv
It really depends on what you did with your free time before motorcycling.
I assume you just sat around drinking and eating. ;)
Wideboy
29-06-09, 04:38 PM
It really depends on what you did with your free time before motorcycling.
I assume you just sat around drinking and eating. ;)
no, i used to cycle to and from work twice a week, if anything i have got lazier since buying the sv, maybe it was just puppy flab and i shed it.... along with my hair.... oh my hair!! :(
Wideboy
29-06-09, 04:40 PM
thats another point.... does motorcycling make you go bald??
thats another point.... does motorcycling make you go bald??
Hasn't for my dad. Has for me :evil:
madness
29-06-09, 04:43 PM
thats another point.... does motorcycling make you go bald??
Is your helmet lined with velcro?
no, i used to cycle to and from work twice a week, if anything i have got lazier since buying the sv, maybe it was just puppy flab and i shed it.... along with my hair.... oh my hair!! :(
maybe the weight you're shedding is muscle. ;)
thats another point.... does motorcycling make you go bald??
Dunno, might make a difference if it feels really tight and is rubbing against your helmet?
Wideboy
29-06-09, 04:53 PM
Dunno, might make a difference if it feels really tight and is rubbing against your helmet?
thats what she said....... giggedy
well since owning the sv i have lost hair but none of my others i have noticed hair loss, my lid looks like i have malted in it :confused:
thats what she said....... giggedy
well since owning the sv i have lost hair but none of my others i have noticed hair loss, my lid looks like i have malted in it :confused:
I knew you would pick up my innuendo. ;)
It's moulted btw, I guess your hair is weak and the helmet is causing hair to come out, but washing your hair would do the same as your helmet anyway.
Wideboy
29-06-09, 05:01 PM
I knew you would pick up my innuendo. ;)
It's moulted btw, I guess your hair is weak and the helmet is causing hair to come out, but washing your hair would do the same as your helmet anyway.
me?? innuendo??
meh it goes it goes :p
how dare you correct my spelling!! that it im leaving the forum!! ;)
Have to agree with the OP.
My weekends used to be spent cycling...my mountain bike hasn't left the shed since January!
Amplimator
29-06-09, 05:27 PM
so lemme get this straight, basically your a bunch of balding fattie barstewards? :p
or am i missing summit here :D
< *runs like hell
:-ddWell I'm not quite balding [yet!], but in this lovely weather I'd much rather go a wee blast on the bike than go to the gym after work.
Must stop the tea/pee stops that include 'Kitkats' though!
So yes, I would say my fitness must be better when I'm not out on the bike so much! Dx
Graciepants
29-06-09, 08:13 PM
LOL in my case
Motorbiking, keeping skinny blondes in big muscles since 2001:smt042
it flippin' has!! dizzy pushed my bike around on saturday nigth and gave me a flash of her muscles and i was well impressed!!
i find that bikers always seem to meet up in an area with food - at maccyDs for the GM, burger king for carlsberg, squires with its dirty dirty rat burgers, and that does more at keeping me unfit! lol!
rick0361
29-06-09, 08:31 PM
I have started to try and alternate between SV and push bike for work. Cycle when I have time and SV when I have to get home quicker although TBH given the traffic and the damn traffic lights lit up like a soddin Xmas tree between work and home there is not a great deal in it!
I know I am getting fitter generally doing this as Saturdays 32k ride over the moors did not leave me feeling too bad - apart from a little sunburn!
Wideboy
29-06-09, 08:32 PM
but are you suffering hair loss?
dizzyblonde
29-06-09, 08:37 PM
it flippin' has!! dizzy pushed my bike around on saturday nigth and gave me a flash of her muscles and i was well impressed!!
i find that bikers always seem to meet up in an area with food - at maccyDs for the GM, burger king for carlsberg, squires with its dirty dirty rat burgers, and that does more at keeping me unfit! lol!
http://static.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/5/4/8/small/845629.jpg
The thing is about meeting at food joints is, you have to set up right for the journey ahead (or just finishing). Having a giant helping of LARD keeps up the stamina
Honest;-)
Red Herring
29-06-09, 08:39 PM
You could always try buying something Italian, all that pushing it around every time it won't go should keep you fit. Alternatively a few track days and some motocross works for me.
BanditPat
29-06-09, 08:45 PM
I think I'm a fair bit fitter maybe because I spend more time picking it up and pushing it around than I do riding it. I can pick up people that are a fair bit heavier than me weighing in at 10 stone, 15 stone doesent feel like a lot to pick up any more but there is a fair bit of heavy lifting at work as well.
Jayneflakes
29-06-09, 11:39 PM
I used to ride my Road or Mountain Bikes nearly every day for commuting and for fun, but then I had to go into hospital for some major surgery and sadly I have not fully recovered even after close to three years. :mad:
The Doctor has told me that I now have chronic Neuropathic pain and that I am stuck with it for life, which could have been a bit of a downer had it not been for the motorbikes. :)
Riding the CG is so easy,it almost feels like I am riding my mountain bike, although off road the CG handles quite badly. :safe:
In terms of fittness, I peaked in my twenties and kept going until my early thirties. Then just after my thirty third Birthday I was admitted to hospital. The surgeon told me that it would take three to six months before I could ride my bike again, but I was back on the Mountain bike at eleven weeks. However the pain grew steadily worse and these days I can't ride at all. My fitness is in the toilet. :(
I have a cunning plan though, I just need to find someone who wants to swap my Top level Hardtail mountain bike for their recumbent road bike then hopefully I can get back out on pedal power again. :D
northwind
30-06-09, 12:10 AM
Didn't one of the bike mags do a write up on this, and found that riding a bike fast is actually a pretty good workout? In terms of calories burned at least, if not in terms of muscle development. It does seem to be good for core strength... But not lower body strength! Flexibility, maybe, if you like to move around the bike a lot.
Alpinestarhero
30-06-09, 07:30 AM
Didn't one of the bike mags do a write up on this, and found that riding a bike fast is actually a pretty good workout? In terms of calories burned at least, if not in terms of muscle development. It does seem to be good for core strength... But not lower body strength! Flexibility, maybe, if you like to move around the bike a lot.
I notice this. Last year on the annual rideout, which was a reasonably fast pace for me, I got quite tired in my upper body towards the end. Thank god it rained and the pace slowed down :lol:
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