Fitness 2014

[mongers]

Got a new stead today, I needed a budget, somewhat off-road capable bike to do shopping/small trips with a 20-25 mile radius of here. Mainly for back/minor-roads, forest tracks, highways and byways.

As you may guess didn't spend a great deal, about the equivalent of 35 gallons of gas/petrol.
It has an aluminium frame with steel forks, which I chose as their geometry and character seem to absorb/smooth quite a lot of road feedback.

Swapped out the tyres and pedals for better ones, now just need to fit a rack, mudguards, lights, bottle cages etc  and I have a usable utility bike for his spring/summer/autumn. 

Plus it enables me to take more routes that avoid traffic. 

[Maladict]

Nice 

[PDH]

You could ride that up the Snowy Range, or Mt Ventoux

[Norgy]

mongers, why aren't you getting a thing for covering the back wheel? Like one of the few words I don't know in English. Saves you from doing laundry after every trip and having dirt in your hair and that.

[mongers]

mongers, why aren't you getting a thing for covering the back wheel? Like one of the few words I don't know in English. Saves you from doing laundry after every trip and having dirt in your hair and that.

Mudguards!   

Only got it today, so I'll have a rummage through the shed tomorrow evening and see what I come up with or swap some off another bike.

[Norgy]

I'll just jot down mudguards in case I ever find myself in the UK on a bike.

It does look like a very nice bike though.

[mongers]

I'll just jot down mudguards in case I ever find myself in the UK on a bike.

It does look like a very nice bike though.

I really should recipricate and learn some/any Norwegian, hello, thank you, please and so forth would be a good start. 

It's a pity I couldn't find the bits/frame to build one myself, but I hope the basic geometry is a good a fit to me, as I guessed when I saw the triangles.

[Zanza]

Just ran slightly more than 10k in an hour for the first time this year. Next goal, 12k in an hour or 15k in one-and-a-half hours.

[mongers]

Just ran slightly more than 10k in an hour for the first time this year. Next goal, 12k in an hour or 15k in one-and-a-half hours.

And looks like good weather in a fair bit of Europe this weekend.

[Eddie Teach]

Hey Mongers, do you wear out your bikes to the point of uselessness, or do you have like a dozen serviceable bikes in your shed now?

[mongers]

Hey Mongers, do you wear out your bikes to the point of uselessness, or do you have like a dozen serviceable bikes in your shed now?

Yes usually, they get rebuilt, bits reused on others. 

No currently only three usable, with three other projects to rebuild/weld.

[Maladict]

61km in 1:52.
Looks like winter training paid off 

[PDH]

Jesus, I thought my 60 miles in four hours was good last year.

[mongers]

61km in 1:52.
Looks like winter training paid off 

A roadie who know how to ride one well, I had to overtake one of a group yesterday and I felt embarrassed over taking someone on a carbon bike, who was using clips and that all important team lycra. 

[Maladict]

Jesus, I thought my 60 miles in four hours was good last year.

It is.

I couldn't have made it to 2hrs without dropping my pace, and it's about as long as I can go without taking a short break.
60 miles would have looked very different.