Fitness 2009

[fhdz]

Good choices all round, enjoy it.

The best thing I did with mine is put some flat pedals like these, made it more enjoyable.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Images/Models/Full/3177-1.Jpg

I think I'm going to stick with the pedals I have until I get stable and comfortable enough to do clips and clip-in shoes.  I have considered putting some bar ends on the handlebars, though.  One of the things I really, really like about road bikes is the way the handlebars are set up - that was a compromise I had to make in order to get all the benefits of a hybrid bike.  I might consider a "real" road bike or one of those specialized triathlon bikes in a couple of years if I'm still sticking with it.

[Norgy]

A word of advice, based on experience of misery and pain, wear padded, stretchy shorts.
They will protect your nutsack and the rather sensitive and tender crotch areas and between the ass and thigh. Else you might be mistaking your crotch for pus-filled hamburger meat.

[fhdz]

A word of advice, based on experience of misery and pain, wear padded, stretchy shorts.
They will protect your nutsack and the rather sensitive and tender crotch areas and between the ass and thigh. Else you might be mistaking your crotch for pus-filled hamburger meat.

Yep, "saddle time" is necessary to overcome the initial shock of a bike seat.  I'm doing lots of short rides to strengthen those muscles in order to get over that issue.

[PDH]

A word of advice, based on experience of misery and pain, wear padded, stretchy shorts.
They will protect your nutsack and the rather sensitive and tender crotch areas and between the ass and thigh. Else you might be mistaking your crotch for pus-filled hamburger meat.

Fahdiz doesn't have to worry about this as his nuts were cut off.

[mongers]

I think I'm going to stick with the pedals I have until I get stable and comfortable enough to do clips and clip-in shoes.  I have considered putting some bar ends on the handlebars, though.  One of the things I really, really like about road bikes is the way the handlebars are set up - that was a compromise I had to make in order to get all the benefits of a hybrid bike.  I might consider a "real" road bike or one of those specialized triathlon bikes in a couple of years if I'm still sticking with it.

Looking at it, yours and my bikes seem fairly similar:
http://www.boardmanbikes.com/hybrid/hybrid_comp.html

Mine came with bar ends and the few times I've had a play with them they seemed quite usable; though I havne't done enough miles yet to get the geometry set up to suit me or vice versa.

[katmai]

Why would anyone want to do a triathalon?

[mongers]

Why would anyone want to do a triathalon?

Yep, I agree, WTF its not a Languish approved activity. 

Instead he should be buy boardgames he never intents to play. 

[Maladict]

Since we're sharing, I bought this one two weeks ago.
Already crashed it once 

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[fhdz]

Why would anyone want to do a triathalon?

I want to get very, very fit.  I want to work on repairing the years and years of damage I've caused my lungs.  Crosstraining is the best way to do that, and I figure as long as I'm going to be crosstraining anyway I might as well give myself a goal.  Plus, I like all three of the pieces of a triathlon.  I love riding a bike, I love swimming, and now that I have the right shoes I love running too.

[fhdz]

Since we're sharing, I bought this one two weeks ago.
Already crashed it once 

I was thiiiiiiiiis close to splurging on a Trek road bike.  I was looking at the 1.2, but I like the 1000 series as well.  I settled instead for the hybrid, which was about half the price.  It's a Gary Fisher, which is owned by Trek anyway.

[Maladict]

I was thiiiiiiiiis close to splurging on a Trek road bike.  I was looking at the 1.2, but I like the 1000 series as well.  I settled instead for the hybrid, which was about half the price.  It's a Gary Fisher, which is owned by Trek anyway.

The 1.2 is a nice bike, just outside my range though.
This really is expensive stuff, what with all the necessary add-ons (shoes, clothes, helmet etc).

[katmai]

Why would anyone want to do a triathalon?

Yep, I agree, WTF its not a Languish approved activity. 

Instead he should be buy boardgames he never intents to play. 

Not saying he shouldn't get fit, just don't see the attraction in that particular activity.

Sides odds are both fahdiz and CdM are dead by 40 with all the fag smoking they have done.

[fhdz]

The 1.2 is a nice bike, just outside my range though.
This really is expensive stuff, what with all the necessary add-ons (shoes, clothes, helmet etc).

I ended up getting the bike, the fenders, a water bottle cage, a helmet, a spare tube, and a bike tool (little hex wrenches in a pocketknife-like thing) for about $600.  I didn't buy a jersey; I have workout shirts which will work just fine.  I could stand to buy some bike shorts, though.

[fhdz]

Sides odds are both fahdiz and CdM are dead by 40 with all the fag smoking they have done.

Nah, it's repairable to a large degree.

[katmai]

Sides odds are both fahdiz and CdM are dead by 40 with all the fag smoking they have done.

Nah, it's repairable to a large degree.

I'll be sure to mention that at wake after you drop dead.