Jeevan

1 hour ago, GPX said:

Thanks for the tip! I’ve done biking before up to around 35 miles total, with a group of friends. Those were some leisure rides around the beach side. I had stopped doing any physical exercise for 2 years during the pandemic and only got back to fitness training for the last 2 years, but mainly with tennis and jogging. The aim is to play some other sports including getting back to bike riding, just finding my balance with fitness and fun.

Doing what you enjoy helps out a ton!  Just get back to it in your own time and enjoy it

4 hours ago, GPX said:

I’m turning into a sport freak of late. Very keen on my tennis currently but ultimately I just want to keep getting fitter whenever possible. So a long marathon run or a long bike ride is part of future planning. 

Good to see fellow members here keen on looking after their bodies. I mean, games are good but the body is pretty important too!

Are you strictly looking to ride miles?  If so make sure to buy a road bike, I rode my Mtn Bike last night and boy was it sluggish compared to my road.  

1 hour ago, NESfiend said:

Curious what you and @Gaia Gensouki did for upgrade strategies. I was choosing all Rs, but only playing a couple days, I didnt mess around with all the letter and upgrade them each to see which is best in the end. When I went to check video for level 4 boss strat, the youtuber was going all Ls, but thats a sample size of 1

not that it matters, but all l's is the way to go imo, and a playthrough i watched lol

22 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

That's good, if I can't do about 50 on a trip it's not worth going out.

we plan on riding 100 miles in june together as a group, my riding buddies and i, hope we all make it

Just now, Link said:

idk what this means.

56 miles! I think most I've done is 13 miles each way round trip, so 26 with a break in the middle.

less for me to worry about and easier to go up and down the hills on dirt.  I told you I was training haha, so over 100 miles the last 2 days........I'm beat

Long ride today:  

3 hours ago, Link said:

Thanks. I added the rack and doublewide milk crate. I want to add a front rack, too. The other upgrade I got is a bigger chain ring at a friend's recommendation. I think I went from 42 teeth to 46; now I wish I had gone bigger. 

I was told to make my mountain bike a 1x12, so I am thinking about that, I need to get an air shock instead of the spring one I have on front right now too, but other than that, not much to mod about the bike.  I really want a full suspension one now that I have ridden my friends Fezz MTB.  But that is expensive, so prolly ride this one for another season and save up

@BeaIank you want it prior to the time add and what not right?  

122,400 I think via new ruleset.....

Just practicing, should have streamed, but wasn't 100% thinking i would actually get there

Love it @BeaIank haha

4 hours ago, T-Pac said:

The other day, I was randomly thinking about how I can't pinpoint one specific "best day of my life". (Lots of great moments, but nothing that immediately stands above the rest.)

But I assume a lot of people can, and I'd love to hear about it.

So what's been the best day of your life (at least so far)?

[T-Pac]

I haven't had one yet, @T-Pac but when I do I will let you know  What is yours?  

On 3/17/2024 at 2:12 PM, PII said:

and then popped it in the oven at 425˚ for an additional 30 sec.

Cook your steak on a grill   

On 3/3/2024 at 9:26 PM, a3quit4s said:

I’m not apart of the club but y’all should make chili one week 

Maybe you should be, would be interesting to see what you come up with   Make a pie for this month bro.  Come on, I believe in you!!!!!!

Shepherd's pie mixup next?  We shall see............

If anyone is interested, I made this with Chicken Breast, mixed veggies canned, my wife suggested cream of chicken via campbell's, and then a pie crust over the top........

And bake after you get it all mixed, i wanted to use country gravy mix as the liquid, but she insisted, and it was still delicious regardless  

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Probably the day my best friend Eddie bailed on me for the all-city 2 on 2 basketball tournament so he could team up with Kenny "The Spider" Jackson.  I was pretty crushed because the winner was gonna get seasons tickets for the Chicago Bulls, and I knew we had a great chance at taking home the championship.  But then at the last minute an elderly lady nicknamed "Grandmama" agreed to help me out.  My neighbor's mother explained that Grandmama was pretty good in her prime, so I took a chance on her and agreed to partner up.  And what do you know?  We won, even though Grandmama injured her knee, forcing me into a dramatic 1v1 showdown against Eddie in the finals.  But even better than the tickets I won?  The lesson in friendship that Eddie and I both won that day.

 

Wait, that was an episode of Family Matters.

WTF i was like, family matters?  

10/10, my most favoritest game of all time!!!!!!!!!!!  Way better than SMB3 .  I voted I refuse to vote, so choose wisely  @Reed Rothchild

It was delicious and I am still eating leftovers  

17 minutes ago, Link said:

Uh, ↑ there's my bike. I got it for a song on craigslist, definitely the last time I ever found something good there.

As for me, for fun? Not exactly. It can be fun, just like driving, but commuting, shopping, going out, I live in a big city and my motivation is moreso convenience and saving money. I do it all year round. But I don't know how far I ride, aside from single trips. Like I know it's about 2½ miles to work, but I've never tracked or calculated cumulative numbers. 

you weren't even curious to keep track?    I want to know what I ride everytime, even if I didn't have a goal, I would keep track just kuz i like to know.  Nice looking ride though.  I ordered a new seat for my Fezz.  The current one sucks, ordered a fizik tundra 2, hope it helps with the long ride.  Looking to replace my Mountain bike tire soon as it needs it.  Get some more offroading done this summer I hope.

Just shy of a 47 mile ride today, plan on doing more tomorrow, that 3k is looking ez .  Famous last words.....

1 hour ago, TDIRunner said:

I used to be a runner, which is part of where I came up with my user name, but after more than 20 years and however many thousands of miles, I started to develop knee issues that have prevented me from continuing.  I eventually switched over to cycling as it gave me similar enjoyment without the impact on my knees.  I'm fortunate because the county I live in has hundreds of miles of bike trails all interconnected in a massive system that links me to all of the surrounding areas.  My county also has one of the oldest "rail to trail" bike trails in the entire country.    I've been pretty bad about riding the past few years, but I'm hoping to get back into it again this year.  I have a decent road bike.  Nothing too fancy.  

 

We have the Cardinal Greenway here in Indiana, looking to do the full ride of it in june-ish should be 10x miles to get a century ride in prior to the 162 miles.  Never been on it, but am going to go on it on Saturday to ride with the pack of 3 that we have for the RAIN ride.  

2 hours ago, DefaultGen said:

I cycle occasionally on the one decent local path, but it feels like suicide to go long distances on busy roads due to the lack of infrastructure around me. I originally bought my bike to use indoors on a trainer, but the trainer was such a pain in the ass I only use it like I'm supposed to in the great outdoors

I don't ever plan on using a trainer.  Went to a local dirt trail recently, lots of offshoots, almost ate it on an expert jump I shouldn't have jumped, but didn't, just scratched up my leg on my pedal.  The Trek does alright on dirt, even if the tire is balding, which I need to replace very soon.  If I continue on dirt, I plan on getting another bike, full suspension instead of just the hardtail Trek.  There aren't many trails near me, we have one that is 6.2 miles round trip here in my City, it suffices for now, but look to goto a much longer trail soon, see above.  

42010  1:03:42 time stamp for vod

So, um, anyone cycle for fun?  Show me your rides and your accomplishements.  I just started cycling last year around August, and have put some miles on the bikes.

Starting out, I purchased this beaut. last year:

Tis a Trek Marlin 5 gen 2.

This year I plan on doing a very long 162 mile ride called the RAIN Ride.  https://www.rainride.org/

So, instead of trying to ride my Mountain bike the entire way, I purchased this beaut. in March:

Tis a Fezzari Empire Sport.  

So far, since August of last year, I have put in total 1174.99 miles on both bikes.  The Trek has over 900 as i have had it longer, but over 200 on the Fezz.  Hope to make 3,000 miles this year alone, and am already at 536.87 for the year as of today.  

This was a way to boost my weight loss btw, kind of why I bought them.  Never thought I would really go passed the trek, but since someone suggested we try it, now 3 of us from work are planning on doing the RAIN Ride.  

Feel free to share, and look forward to more from me as I plan on sharing my accomplishments in the thread.  For instance, I stopped the timer on accident as I was ansering a text, but I rode 40.35 miles today before the eclipse.  Hope to get really ready so the 162 mile ride isn't as bad .

Might just make one of them there chicken pot pies this time round......if i can remember to do it

i steaked several times in march, just been busy doing other things to share, but they were delicious

51 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said:

Me : “Bar-ee fighter”

anybody else?

Me:  Just let me shoot one way

wow, um, this game eh?  i would prefer it to go back to only shooting one way