The Cycling Thread

I may have a friend who's interested, I'll send her an email tomorrow.

[northwind]

How do turbo trainers compare to a cheap exercise bike? I've considered picking one of the two up but a TT would leave me training in the garage, staring at the wall while I could have an exercise bike in the house which would make up for a lot of shortcomings!

Theyre definitely better than a cheap exercise bike. This one I have feels more like a spinning bike in that its heavily weighted and the harder you cycle, the more resistance it puts up. Ive found that theres very little slip from it and its an excellent piece of kit.

I wouldnt bother selling but with it not being used much (knobblies are back on the MTB) then I might as well see if there are any takers for it as I could use the cash elsewhere

[northwind]

Hmm. Cheers for that...

My friends not interested in the tt, she's decided she's going to face the streets of London instead.....

Just got back from the gym and cycled 10km in 18:51 (mins)

Just wondering if this is a rubbish time or not?

I suprised myself, since my mate who is fitter than me does it in about 26 mins

[northwind]

Dunno, it took me 3 hours to ride 12 miles at the weekend though

Just heading up that Ive still got the Turbo available for sale with Riser block & tyre (Continental turbo slick 26")

Its actually a Cycleops Fluid 2
http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=...id+2&scoring=p
and the Continental tyre http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/triathlon/...re/5360017042/


£190 worth, its been used for less than 100 miles in all honesty but was great in helping me get back on my feet. Immaculate condition even still got the box and the Race Day DVD which goes with it.

£130 which is a canny saving on new.

Originally Posted by MCN_LiamM

Just got back from the gym and cycled 10km in 18:51 (mins)

Just wondering if this is a rubbish time or not?

I suprised myself, since my mate who is fitter than me does it in about 26 mins

dont know all depends on your heart rate and calories you burned (i.e. resistance) so if he is on a lot higher resistance and therefore has lower cadence (pedal RPM) he may actually be burning more calories and will have a longer period of sustained high heart rate. There is also your recovery time from that exercise. I would suggest that your friend recovers far quicker than you do at the moment, again a fair indicator of fitness.

To be honest I am a beginner as well, been on a bit if a fitness regime recently and I tend to have 4 days on bike 20 minnutes session each day covering 10k in 20mins mid reistance 350cal burn. then I have 2 days off. I have also recently bought a mountain bike to get myself out on the road again.

[dyzio]

Hello cycling people

I'm getting fat and thought about starting cycling to tackle this. Found some bikes in Halfords around £100, Argos £250... Thing is I don't know which one is worth buying.

Can you recommend a road bike? Low price, nothing fancy, will be used for riding after work or weekend or maybe a commute through town.

Cheers