Extra Century Coaching- Cruising Velocity Will increase – BionicOldGuy

As I discussed in a current put up, I’ve been disenchanted in my cruising pace on my recumbent, and thought my rear thorn-proof tube might need one thing to do with it. So I changed it with a daily tube. I additionally seen my entrance tire was a bit low so pumped it up. What a distinction! On one among my longest rides thus far, my common pace was 14.8 mph, or about 1.6 mph quicker than it’s been. That might lead to a century in lower than 7 hours as a substitute of nearer to eight hours. That’s extra prefer it!

I did one other out and again to Hellyer park and checked out the velodrome as a result of on Saturday mornings they’ve newbie coaching, the place they allow you to hire a observe bike then train you the fundamentals. I’m going to muster up the nerve to strive that sooner or later. It’s not the velodrome that worries me, its banking just isn’t too extreme so I haven’t been nervous on it earlier than or common bikes. It’s the observe bike, no brakes and no freewheeling. That might take some getting used to.

The following day I bought an opportunity to do a journey with a recumbent meetup. It was enjoyable driving with equally bizarre bikes. We began on Steven’s Creek path in Mountain View and rode out and again on the Shoreline and Baylands trails to Palo Alto. The Baylands path had some unpaved packed gravel sections and surprisingly my ‘bent did simply tremendous. It was enjoyable going previous bystanders who would snort and wave at our little parade of autos, maybe they thought the circus was coming to city!

I completely loved the journey with one exception- the Steven’s creek path has some pedestrian overpasses with tight hairpin turns. Sluggish pace dealing with on ‘bents is notoriously dangerous so I felt very uncomfortably wobbly, and needed to get off and stroll one among them. The trikes had no drawback, they’ve Ackerman steering similar to a automobile and remarkably tight turning radii. The opposite ‘bent rider did higher than me additionally. He was on an uncommon Cruzbike entrance wheel drive recumbent. You may hold pedaling proper via a flip as a result of the pedals flip with the deal with bars. You may even steer them together with your toes and journey no fingers, however that takes getting used to! Anyway, for me it’s security first, when unsure get off and stroll.

That brings up an fascinating interchange I’ve with Karen once I’m going for a journey. First some background: When my Mother or one among her three sisters have been going out on dates of their youth, my grandma would inform them “have enjoyable! Be protected!”, and my grandpa would say “make up you thoughts”. So I advised Karen about this, and each time I depart for a journey she says “have enjoyable! Be protected!”