Cycling Question.

[md]

Cleats are a good investment to attach your feet to the pedals if you decide to go for it. Once you get used to them you'd be able to give your hamstrings some work too.

[Sharla]

Long time no see MD! I have been wondering where you went! I have cleats for my road bike but not my mountain bike.

I like them but don't really like having to carry shoes everywhere then.

Can you maybe leave stuff in a locker there if you decide to do this hitmandonny?

[donnydarkoIRL]

I'm actually just investigating that now Sharla

[bikersk]

Hey Hitmandonny. If you haven't cycled much before it will take a bit of time to get used to it but lets say you start off being able to cycle at 30 kph average. Thats 1 k every 2 mins so it would take you about 1 - 1hr 10 mins to cycle that distance. That kind of pace is fine for someone starting on a bike. If you are on a mountain bike that's the sort of pace you might expect at first. If you have a road bike it might be a bit quicker. After a while you will get quicker and should get in under the hour. My experience was that I used to run a lot and got into mountain bike riding after a bit of a bmx racing stint when I was young. I rode to University and training as well as running and got into running straight off the bike which is great for the legs. My running times came down quite a bit too. One thing I found good about biking to things was the increase in leg strength. This should help with punch power but if weight is an issue this would have to be weighed up because muscle can weigh a bit. I used to think my legs were strong untill i took up bike riding. I reckon you should be able to get under that 1 hour soon enough.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Thanks Biker nice one mate!

[Sharla]

Since I winged in this thread about how many times I've been hit by cars whilst cycling I thought it only appropriate to announce this here:

I have FINALLY got my licence!!!!

I'm pretty relieved because all the lessons I had to pay for since I didn't have anyone to give me regular lessons were getting expensive and we have to have 50 hours logged here. I spend well over $2000 on driving lessons in the end but at least it's FINALLY done!

The roads here are now just a little more dangerous - although they offer cheaper insurance for women in Australia because we're proven on average to be safer drivers!

[donnydarkoIRL]

Since I winged in this thread about how many times I've been hit by cars whilst cycling I thought it only appropriate to announce this here:

I have FINALLY got my licence!!!!

I'm pretty relieved because all the lessons I had to pay for since I didn't have anyone to give me regular lessons were getting expensive and we have to have 50 hours logged here. I spend well over $2000 on driving lessons in the end but at least it's FINALLY done!

The roads here are now just a little more dangerous - although they offer cheaper insurance for women in Australia because we're proven on average to be safer drivers!

I definitely think female drivers are safer than men, definitely.

[:::PSL:::]

I have a pretty messed up knee joint cartilage. I can't ride bicycle for more than half hour.