It's really more than checking - you should plan on putting air in your tires before every ride.Originally Posted by Hammer
I took my bike in to the shop to have my front brake fixed. I just got it back and he said, "I've got a tip to make you faster on your club rides... check your air pressure. Your tires can handle 80... you were running at 35." Oops.Now I know. Silly me. These are the things that I have to train myself to check before I spring for a roadbike.
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10-12-2005, 10:20 AM #1
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10-12-2005, 10:37 AM #2
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I always get a little ooomph mentaly when I get a push...Whenever it happens I take a DEEP breath and give my legs a little talkin' to (let 'em know they gotta get me home)
It kinda is like a re-fresh button...
as for the tires...it is just like putting on a helmet...happens before EVERY ride!!! it is also a good way to keep track of any small leaks and such!I am a nobody; nobody is perfect, and therefore I am perfect.
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10-12-2005, 11:25 AM #3
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bouncybouncy "as for the tires...it is just like putting on a helmet...happens before EVERY ride!!! it is also a good way to keep track of any small leaks and such!"
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10-12-2005, 11:33 AM #4
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I've been pushed along on the flat. Now that is embarrassing.
I'd just joined the club and did my best to keep up but there was a very strong headwind, combined with a very slight incline and I was struggling. One of the guys pushed me while I had a chew on an energy bar.
Later on, on the return leg we were all having a great time and we managed to get three of us forming a pushing chain and I was on the front! We were doing about 27 mph with Tris pushing me while Gary pushed him. It was such a laugh and I thoroughly enjoyed it. At that stage in my cycling career I'd never been that fast on a bike before. ( I really was a total beginner!)
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10-12-2005, 12:56 PM #5
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I've been pushed up routinely by boyfriend on every second hill or so, sortof as an apology for forcing me to go up wherever he wanted me to
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10-12-2005, 06:26 PM #6
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No one's mentioned the weird factor of having a bunch of strange men touch your toosh
There aren't many big hills around here, so the MO is for one guy to go slow at the top till I get there and then pull me back to the group. I think I prefer that to the derriere touching.
Last edited by runnergirl; 10-12-2005 at 06:28 PM. Reason: oops! I used a no-no word :eek:
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10-13-2005, 10:38 AM #7
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My husband pushes me up hills on occasion... but he touches the small of my back, not my ***.
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