I have never considered myself as being particularly fit or sporty or fast at anything. My commute is 11 miles round trip and I do it 5 days a week. I second the go slow thing for a number of reasons - I don't want to get sweaty, slow feels right for me, I enjoy taking the time out between work and home and I'd rather have a good "aerobic base" (not that I've ever thought of it in those terms before) than any sprinting or other anaerobic ability. This steady effort prepares me well for bigger day rides (of up to 80 miles though no reason why I can't do a 100 miler - in fact I intend to this year).
Someone above wrote that their warm up takes ~5 miles - exactly the same for me. I often find that my commute leaves me feeling worse than the longer day rides precisely because I'm never fully warmed up. On the day rides it's after 5 miles that I start to feel really good! My approach to longer rides is to think of it in terms of running/walking - there's no way I could run all day but I could walk all day! If you are comfortable on the bike and can keep turning the pedals over at a steady pace then you can go far. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
