outdoors Outdoor Cycling

[Shawn]

Are any of you into outdoor cycling at all?

I'm an avid road, mountain, and gravel cyclist. When it's nice outside, I usually ride about 50 to 100 miles a week.

Here are a few pics of me on my bikes. Sadly, I don't have that long of a beard anymore, LOL.

 

[Harsh World]

Are any of you into outdoor cycling at all?

When we first came back to Japan, broke and barely able to afford a bike to begin with, cycling was our main method of transportation. We would cycle everywhere, with just a typical bike, from getting groceries to just going out with the spare money we could use.

Here are a few pics of me on my bikes. Sadly, I don't have that long of a beard anymore, LOL.

Glad you lost it.

I tried doing a longer beard like that, thinking it would grow in full and whatnot, but it was a total mess. It's now more upkept, like in the other two photos of yours.

 

[Shawn]

When we first came back to Japan, broke and barely able to afford a bike to begin with, cycling was our main method of transportation. We would cycle everywhere, with just a typical bike, from getting groceries to just going out with the spare money we could use.

Where are you actually from?

 

[Pete Griffin]

Outdoor cycling? Isn't that just cycling?

I have not owned a bike for about twenty years. Sometimes I think about getting back in on the saddle, but the roads around here can be very dangerous. Small, tight, fast country roads. Idiotic drivers. An old fella like me isn't bouncing back from a collision with a Land Rover Discovery.

 

[Shawn]

Outdoor cycling? Isn't that just cycling?

Yeah, true.

But there is all sorts of cycling indoors post-COVID.

 

[Yama]

I don't do cycling, I don't know how to ride a bicycle.
But I like walking, hiking, and trekking. Some of my treks have taken me to an altitude of 5000 meters.

 

[Shawn]

I don't do cycling, I don't know how to ride a bicycle.
But I like walking, hiking, and trekking. Some of my treks have taken me to an altitude of 5000 meters.

Walking and hiking is a good activity to do as well Since you're going slower on foot than on bike, you're also seeing more stuff!

 

[Pete Griffin]

Walking and hiking is a good activity to do as well Since you're going slower on foot than on bike, you're also seeing more stuff!

I read that there is very little difference between walking (briskly) and jogging in pure cardiovascular terms. Is this correct?

 

[Ashake]

When we first came back to Japan, broke and barely able to afford a bike to begin with, cycling was our main method of transportation. We would cycle everywhere, with just a typical bike, from getting groceries to just going out with the spare money we could use.

I can totally relate to your experiences on using cycling as a primary mode of transportation. Where I lived, I also cycled everywhere because I found it as a way to explore my city for real. Did you really explore your community with cycling or do you just use it as a means of moving from one point to the other?

I have not owned a bike for about twenty years. Sometimes I think about getting back in on the saddle, but the roads around here can be very dangerous.

That's another point right there! Road safety becomes very crucial especially when you are cycling in cities where there are so many cars moving so fast. But when you ride in local communities, it is always safer. As a matter of fact, I cycled everywhere in my community with no fear because it's safe there.

 

[Shawn]

I read that there is very little difference between walking (briskly) and jogging in pure cardiovascular terms. Is this correct?

I'm not so sure. I'm not a big runner. I've tried but I'm pretty sure it looks like I'm having some sort of medical emergency when I run LOL.

I would think though, whatever you're doing to get your heart rate up would be best. That's (typically) when you're doing good for your cardio.

 

[Yama]

I read that there is very little difference between walking (briskly) and jogging in pure cardiovascular terms. Is this correct?

I think yes, there is not much difference between brisk walking and jogging in "cardiovascular terms" but when you actually do it there is a lot of difference