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Questions tagged [bicycling]

Questions about bicycle commuting, recreational biking or competitive biking.

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How far should I go on my first cycle?

I want to take up cycling but I'm sure how much I should take on with my first cycle. I don't want to be out of action for a week just because I tried to go too far on my first cycle. So how far roughly should I try cycling on my first time out?
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My Max HR declines the more I exercise

I am 49 years old and have been doing endurance type sports since age 6 and started tracking my HR on the popular devices since 2004, attending every major training coarse I can and reading a few books how to calculate (Max HR - (Resting x 80%) +…
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What is a good routine for strengthening legs for mountain biking?

I am a pretty avid mountain biker and I want to take my fitness and skills to the next level with it. When I go on rides over 1.5 hours my legs feel pretty beat and start to cramp (in quads and calves). What would be some good exercises to increase…
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What to look for in a first spin bike?

With such a wide variety of brands and functions on the market, what are the main features that should be taken into account when choosing the first spin bike? For example, a belt or chain transmission?
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What will be the impact of cycling 20 km a day in a city on my lungs?

I am planning to go my office using a bicycle. My office is 10 km away from my home. Half of the road is almost packed with motor cycles, diesel cars and buses. So I would like to know if this air pollution will make any negative impacts my lungs…
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How can you bicycle for some hours three times per week without losing weight?

I am slim enough and do not want to lose my weight but I do bicycling for some hours three times per week and cannot avoid it! How can I control my weight through doing this? I do some other sports like swimming and squash two times per week too.
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right calf and right foot pain during cycling

I started using a recumbent bike in my home to use as a life long endeavor to be fit. The problem that has arisen is that my right foot and calf hurt after a few minutes on the bike. This is entirely different than the first 2 weeks I was on it.…
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Cycling speed and fitness

I have a number of health issues (including heart) but love cycling and am determined to train for a long distance ride. I am 68 years old and a beginning cyclist. I have worked up to a distance of 20kms at an average speed of 10-12 km per hour,…
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What effects will cycling for 60 minutes a day have on my body?

I have been sedentary for most of my adult life so am looking to see what I can do to be fitter. I'm not aiming to run a marathon or enter the Worlds Strongest Man, just improve my fitness, but for a sedentary man I have a full day (three children…
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New at mountain biking

I have been biking for about a month and really enjoy it. However my legs just give out on me. I run 6 miles two days a week then bike 6-8 3 to 4 days a week. Any suggestions on how I can improve would be great. Oh, not sure if this matters but I'm…
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Exercise Bike vs. "Real Bike"

How accurately does an exercise bike simulate "real" biking? Are the statistics displayed on the screen realistic?
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Upper groin hurts when riding stationary bike (Experienced cyclist)

Not the butt or crotch area but the groin muscles, left upper inner thigh. Could be borderline hamstring. This is really weird issue for me because I have a long background in bike racing. I no longer race but still ride a lot, do some hard group…
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Road Cycling on a Gravel Path

Recently I have started cycling on a new route. About half of it is road but the other half is sort of a gravel path. It is not bumpy (I'm on a road bike here) but it is certainly not smooth like a road- it is still listed as a cycle route. How much…
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Road bicycles for weight loss

Due to an injury, I can no longer run, however, I would like to use my road bicycles to lose weight. Assuming I have the discipline, and I use a trainer for the training sessions, What type of sessions should i have? High cadence?…
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Overgrown quadriceps of legs - crunching in the knees

I'm training the spinning (cycling) and currently I have overgrown quadriceps of legs (this is the diagnoze of my doctor). He advise me that I should train different part of the legs -not the quadricpes but the two-headed muscles of legs. Do you…
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