recovery?

[Brandi]

It is doubtful that you could have lost any weight on a ride like that except for water weight, which is from dehydration, which you probably got right back.
You sound like you all ate well.
Hard exercise makes you hungry and you eat.. more ?
Exercise tends to build muscle, which weighs more than fat. ...
I'm sure you've heard all of this before.

Mimi are you on a team?

[spokewench]

the long ride I went on was the Bicycle Tour of Colorado - lots of climbing on road bikes! Pagosa Springs to Creede, Creede to Gunnison, Gunnison to Montrose, Montrose to Telluride (a day off in Telluride), Telluride to Mancos, Mancos to Pagosa Springs

Great scenery, beautiful country!

[Brandi]

the long ride I went on was the Bicycle Tour of Colorado - lots of climbing on road bikes! Pagosa Springs to Creede, Creede to Gunnison, Gunnison to Montrose, Montrose to Telluride (a day off in Telluride), Telluride to Mancos, Mancos to Pagosa Springs

Great scenery, beautiful country!

My friend who has ms who went with us on our ride did that same ride with he's boy's. He own's the water wheele hotel in Gunnison too. He is not doing well right now after our last bike ride. We think he has over done it this year. Has not been able to walk for about 3 days now. I don't own a road bike. I have a hard tail and put road tires on it. Could you do the ride you did with a bike like mine?

[Brandi]

the long ride I went on was the Bicycle Tour of Colorado - lots of climbing on road bikes! Pagosa Springs to Creede, Creede to Gunnison, Gunnison to Montrose, Montrose to Telluride (a day off in Telluride), Telluride to Mancos, Mancos to Pagosa Springs

Great scenery, beautiful country!

We took a drive through telluride this past week. It is getting cold up there. Such wonderful homes there too. I bet it is something to see in the winter?

[spokewench]

Could you do the colorado bike tour on a hard tail with road tires. Yes, a lot of people rode different types of bikes like that. I myself really like a road bike for riding the road, a mountain bike for offroad, etc. They are designed for the activity and road bikes are so fun once you get used to them!

I would recommend a triple chain ring or a compact for a road bike tho. I have just a regular two chain ring bike and it is light, light light. I was able to do the ride on that bike, but there were times when I wished for more gears. The double is fine for 1-2 days, but for more than that it would have been nice to have lower gears.