Comments on: Back on the Bike http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/ Where geeks may dwell Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Shannon http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29371 Shannon Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:54:05 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29371 Thank you, Joel! I can't wait to rejoin you, Justin and anyone else game for putting wheels down to get our heart rates up! A very merry, miraculous Christmas and a wonderful and happy New Year to you, Michelle, David and, last but not least, Baby Nathan! Thank you, Joel! I can’t wait to rejoin you, Justin and anyone else game for putting wheels down to get our heart rates up!

A very merry, miraculous Christmas and a wonderful and happy New Year to you, Michelle, David and, last but not least, Baby Nathan!

]]> By: Joel http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29368 Joel Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:24:06 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29368 Congratulations on FELT purchase! Don’t worry too much about the pedals, after a few rides around the park the action of clipping in & out will become second nature. I look forward to riding with you two sometime soon. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Joel Congratulations on FELT purchase!

Don’t worry too much about the pedals, after a few rides around the park the action of clipping in & out will become second nature. I look forward to riding with you two sometime soon.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Joel

]]> By: Justin http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29299 Justin Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:47:06 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29299 Another sobering thing to keep in mind is how many people die each year from heart disease (high blood pressure, clogged arteries, etc.) and cancer and I'm not talking "old people" either here - I'm talking about these killers taking people out in their 30's and 40's. So, there's also a real risk associated with not exercising. Sure, there are "safer" forms of exercise than cycling, but if you get bored going to the gym or using the rowing machine at home and stop exercising...you're back to square one. Cycling, for me, has done so many good things for my health. Before cycling, I was gaining weight, feeling awful and developing high blood pressure. Like my flying and most other things in life...cycling too has it risks. So, we do everything in our power to reduce that risk knowing there is no way to eliminate it. Another sobering thing to keep in mind is how many people die each year from heart disease (high blood pressure, clogged arteries, etc.) and cancer and I’m not talking “old people” either here - I’m talking about these killers taking people out in their 30’s and 40’s.

So, there’s also a real risk associated with not exercising. Sure, there are “safer” forms of exercise than cycling, but if you get bored going to the gym or using the rowing machine at home and stop exercising…you’re back to square one.

Cycling, for me, has done so many good things for my health. Before cycling, I was gaining weight, feeling awful and developing high blood pressure.

Like my flying and most other things in life…cycling too has it risks. So, we do everything in our power to reduce that risk knowing there is no way to eliminate it.

]]> By: Shannon http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29289 Shannon Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:55:55 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29289 Merry Christmas to your family, as well, Rich! Your sentiments are received loud and clear. However, the solution to providing safer cycling for road bikers isn't to have fewer riders on the roads, it's to have more of them. <a href="http://bike-geek.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Justin's been riding regularly since March 2006</a>, including a 150-mile two day ride en masse, with no accidents and only a couple wipeouts (two on the mountain bike, if I recall, and one on the road bike.) Most bicycle wipeouts I have direct or close association with were sheer dumb luck or due to rider inexperience (like yesterdays road bike clipped-in wipeout). A few serious actual bike+motor vehicle traffic accidents were caused by drivers who were drunk or inattentive, but for the most part they occurred to bicycle commuters and solo riders, not folks like me who plan to ride in groups only and on routes motor vehicle drivers have grown used to sharing the road with cyclists. Solo riders and bicycle commuters are, by need, more experienced riders and are not easily intimidated by motor vehicle drivers... something that I cannot say of myself as someone whose riding has primarily been on trails shared with pedestrians and other mountain bikers, as well as those tall skinny things they call trees. ;) Merry Christmas to your family, as well, Rich! Your sentiments are received loud and clear. However, the solution to providing safer cycling for road bikers isn’t to have fewer riders on the roads, it’s to have more of them. Justin’s been riding regularly since March 2006, including a 150-mile two day ride en masse, with no accidents and only a couple wipeouts (two on the mountain bike, if I recall, and one on the road bike.) Most bicycle wipeouts I have direct or close association with were sheer dumb luck or due to rider inexperience (like yesterdays road bike clipped-in wipeout). A few serious actual bike+motor vehicle traffic accidents were caused by drivers who were drunk or inattentive, but for the most part they occurred to bicycle commuters and solo riders, not folks like me who plan to ride in groups only and on routes motor vehicle drivers have grown used to sharing the road with cyclists. Solo riders and bicycle commuters are, by need, more experienced riders and are not easily intimidated by motor vehicle drivers… something that I cannot say of myself as someone whose riding has primarily been on trails shared with pedestrians and other mountain bikers, as well as those tall skinny things they call trees. ;)

]]> By: RichC http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29278 RichC Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:52:41 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/1158/back-on-the-bike-2/#comment-29278 We have a friend (female) that is an avid rider and transitioned this past year from a hybrid to a road bike. Her children are now off to college and in the past five years she has never had a serious accident. All has changed this past year since moving to a road bike. Earlier in the year she had a collision that put her in the hospital with a concussion, several more from scrapes to significant bruising. The most recent is a broken ankle which has left her hobbling over the holidays. (she relayed this in her Christmas letter) So my point: This ambitious <i>and proud move</i> to a road bike needs to be considered with caution; you are now a mom and the tale of our friend is probably not the only one you have heard about people riding road bikes? BTW ... Merry Christmas to your family. We have a friend (female) that is an avid rider and transitioned this past year from a hybrid to a road bike. Her children are now off to college and in the past five years she has never had a serious accident. All has changed this past year since moving to a road bike. Earlier in the year she had a collision that put her in the hospital with a concussion, several more from scrapes to significant bruising. The most recent is a broken ankle which has left her hobbling over the holidays. (she relayed this in her Christmas letter)

So my point: This ambitious and proud move to a road bike needs to be considered with caution; you are now a mom and the tale of our friend is probably not the only one you have heard about people riding road bikes?

BTW … Merry Christmas to your family.

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