How was your bike today?

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Hanneke Oct 2021 7:45pm, 31 Oct 2021 81,651 posts	0 Hanneke MN, feels great, your first 100 miler, doesn't it?
Nellers May 2023 10:37am, 7 May 2023 40,648 posts	0 Nellers Zombie thread alert! How has this thread disappeared so completely for so long? Anyway, my ride today was nice. Just glad to get ourdoors without being rained on. Question for the Hive Mind: I do a lot of my pedalling time on a spin bike inthe dining room. On there it feels like a huge effort to get my HR up into the 150s. Out on the road today I felt pretty comfortable but an awful lot of the ride was over 150. Why does the spin bike feel so much harder? It can't just be the warmer setting with no breeze can it?
Velociraptor May 2023 10:40am, 7 May 2023 63,779 posts	0 Velociraptor On the spin bike there isn't the constant adrenaline rush of wondering whether the next car that approaches will be the one whose driver is looking at their phone rather than the road.
Nellers May 2023 10:45am, 7 May 2023 40,649 posts	0 Nellers It could be that, V'Rap. Actually I was out early enough that there was very little traffic, although coming down Brock Hill (biggest hill on the route although you'd only count it a pimple round your neck of the woods) a coach coming the other way did seem to want the whole road.
Mandymoo May 2023 1:12pm, 7 May 2023 16,672 posts	0 Mandymoo Finally took the dog out today ready for our trips when in France
Velociraptor May 2023 1:16pm, 7 May 2023 63,781 posts	0 Velociraptor Aww 20 miles of road biking for me. eL Bee! came along on his mountain bike. Garmin quoted him a training load five times as big as mine.
Pale Skinny Vegan 18 Jan 5:58am, 18 Jan 2024 443 posts	0 Pale Skinny Vegan 4:30am commute at -5 degrees. I still took the scenic route along the canal and an extra loop round the nature reserve to keep my average mileage up.