What did YOU do today?

[superj]

I packed my stuff and loaded a bunch of the wife's junk in the truck. We should be in atlanta tomorrow night. Probably late, 1130 or so, but thats how it always is on this drive.

Googly says 15.7 hours but i think it doesnt count gas/food and restroom breaks

 

[Blmpkn]

Does it come with brains?

I sure hope so, been running a big deficit in that department for a long time lol.

 

[Rick W]

I packed my stuff and loaded a bunch of the wife's junk in the truck. We should be in atlanta tomorrow night. Probably late, 1130 or so, but thats how it always is on this drive.

Googly says 15.7 hours but i think it doesnt count gas/food and restroom breaks

Why are you coming here??

 

[superj]

Why are you coming here??

Thats our pit stop on the way to jacksonville nc. Then the next day we get there around 3 and can relax before dinner

 

[Curious Hound]

Thats a great starter recumbent. Its an aluminum one or a steel frame? Looks like steel, which is perfect to learn on and absorbs shock really well.

If your butt starts going numb on mid to long rides, lesn the seat back a little farther back. Its to upright if you start having that issur

Thanks for the hints. Once I get better at riding it, I'll lean it back. I had read that a more upright position is more stable and easier to learn. That seems to be true. With the seat upright, I didn't fall at all yesterday. I don't have a lot of stamina, yet and found that I can't pedal up much of a hill, yet, either. It shows just how much damage my heart actually took. The short wheelbase makes it feel weird and in low speed turns where you actually have to turn the front wheel, I have to keep my heels from hitting the tire. That little event will distract a beginner and put him on the ground.

This model (Sun Speedster) came in 3 levels. SX - steel frame, lower level. CX - Chrome Molly frame, mid level. And AX - Aluminum Frame, the upper level. I got the AX. Originally sold for $1600. I got this for $190 and it seems to be in excellent condition. It's a higher grade than I will ever "need". But I have an appreciation for the quality of its components. Shifting is smooth and positive, it's quiet, disk brakes, etc. Only weighs about 36 lbs. And the seller was only about 8 miles away.

 

[superj]

Nice. My friend brian has the mid level version of that bike and they are good bikes.

Heel strike will definitely put you down.

You have a short wheel base which is the hardest type to learn on but luckily, its a 20" front wheel so your legs are parallel to the ground. They also have short wheel base 26 and 700 recumbents so your feet are up and you sit really reclined, like on a lazy boy.

You will be good on that though. Try to ride at the same time each day for 21 days and it will become a habit for your body and then you will feel weird when you dont ride.

Hills are hard on a recumbent because you cannot use body weight to help, its all legs. You want to stay in a higher cadence than normal and especially when on hills until you build up the muscles. You will probably have to walk alot of hills for a while, its normal.

And soon you can do the shiner 100 miler and all the other fun rides around texas and all over the usa.

 

[Curious Hound]

Hills are hard on a recumbent because you cannot use body weight to help, its all legs.

That is all truth. Doesn't matter how big and heavy I am. Just have to tone up the legs.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Haven't done much since I got back from last weekends adventure... Wednesday I went to visit one of our customers about 3 hours away, 6 hours of driving later I got home about 7:30 then hung out at home for a little bit then took the wife to the airport (~1.5 hours away) then got back home at 11:30, that was a long day! Then on Thursday I mowed most of the "yard" and cleaned the mower deck of some of the rotten grass that was on it, yesterday I continued with the mowing for a little bit until dusk then tore into the wife's car that needs starter work and a radiator, I got as far as draining the coolant into the gravel (weed deterrent) and the fan off and air box out... Gotta finish that later today.