fao beverly

Beverly, I'm curious how you are doing with your new bike? And in
particular, do you notice a speed increase with the street bike compared to
your hybrid bikes on the street? I've always been very curious as I
strongly believe that my hybrid (more mountain) I believe it has a much
lower gearing ration that is meant for climbing instead of a street bike
that is for speed.

When it comes to calorie counting, this can make a difference. I would
think that on my bike, when I outpower the bike at about 18 mph, and I'm
working pretty hard, whereas I would think on a street bike I could work
just as hard and achieve speeds greater than 24mph.

When going to a site like calories per hour, you see a big jump in cals
burned at the greater speeds. But I think that it depends on the gearing
of the bike.

But, was wondering if you have noticed this same thing or not with the new
bike

"jayjay" wrote in message
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Beverly, I'm curious how you are doing with your new bike? And in
particular, do you notice a speed increase with the street bike compared
to
your hybrid bikes on the street? I've always been very curious as I
strongly believe that my hybrid (more mountain) I believe it has a much
lower gearing ration that is meant for climbing instead of a street bike
that is for speed.

When it comes to calorie counting, this can make a difference. I would
think that on my bike, when I outpower the bike at about 18 mph, and I'm
working pretty hard, whereas I would think on a street bike I could work
just as hard and achieve speeds greater than 24mph.

When going to a site like calories per hour, you see a big jump in cals
burned at the greater speeds. But I think that it depends on the gearing
of the bike.

But, was wondering if you have noticed this same thing or not with the new
bike

I went to the website and looked at her new bike - and wondered if I should
even have a hybrid. Mine's alot like yours, it's dual-purpose but built
pretty rugged for trails. And I've had it on gravel only about 10% of the
time. But I like the way it feels, I just wonder if a street bike would be
that much better. I think I'll get around to doing some single track this
summer, but I enjoy the pavement...

det

"jayjay" wrote in message
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Beverly, I'm curious how you are doing with your new bike? And in
particular, do you notice a speed increase with the street bike compared
to
your hybrid bikes on the street? I've always been very curious as I
strongly believe that my hybrid (more mountain) I believe it has a much
lower gearing ration that is meant for climbing instead of a street bike
that is for speed.

When it comes to calorie counting, this can make a difference. I would
think that on my bike, when I outpower the bike at about 18 mph, and I'm
working pretty hard, whereas I would think on a street bike I could work
just as hard and achieve speeds greater than 24mph.

When going to a site like calories per hour, you see a big jump in cals
burned at the greater speeds. But I think that it depends on the gearing
of the bike.

But, was wondering if you have noticed this same thing or not with the new
bike


I'm loving every minute on the new bike. It's like learning to ride all
over again with the different shifters and pedals, new postion on the bike,
etc. I'm finding I do get more speed but have to put forth about the same
effort as I did on the hybrids. It seems like I have to keep a steadier
candence on the road bike more than I did on the hybrid in order to maintain
the speed. On the hybrid I had a tendency to do more coasting.

I've been on it every night this week except tonight. Granddaughter #3 had
her 16th birthday today and the family went out to eat. I don't have a bike
computer on the road bike yet - I'm hoping to get it to the bike shop this
weekend for a few minor adjustments, bike computer and possibly a kickstand.
I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a kickstand - Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them. Many road bike riders frown on
them but I noticed quite a few of the road bikes at the Saturday morning
ride had kickstands. I imagine it's the real serious riders who frown on
them.

If your bike has nobby tires you will get a little more speed by switching
to smooth tires.

I imagine the cadence has a lot to do with the calories burned in addition
to the bike gearing.

Beverly

"determined" wrote in message
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"jayjay" wrote in message
...
Beverly, I'm curious how you are doing with your new bike? And in
particular, do you notice a speed increase with the street bike compared
to
your hybrid bikes on the street? I've always been very curious as I
strongly believe that my hybrid (more mountain) I believe it has a much
lower gearing ration that is meant for climbing instead of a street bike
that is for speed.

When it comes to calorie counting, this can make a difference. I would
think that on my bike, when I outpower the bike at about 18 mph, and I'm
working pretty hard, whereas I would think on a street bike I could work
just as hard and achieve speeds greater than 24mph.

When going to a site like calories per hour, you see a big jump in cals
burned at the greater speeds. But I think that it depends on the
gearing
of the bike.

But, was wondering if you have noticed this same thing or not with the
new
bike

I went to the website and looked at her new bike - and wondered if I
should
even have a hybrid. Mine's alot like yours, it's dual-purpose but built
pretty rugged for trails. And I've had it on gravel only about 10% of the
time. But I like the way it feels, I just wonder if a street bike would
be
that much better. I think I'll get around to doing some single track this
summer, but I enjoy the pavement...

det

The road bikes do best on paved trails or streets. Their narrow tires don't
do well on gravel, etc. I prefer the hybrids over mountain bikes as you can
get more speed out of them with the same amount of effort. They'll do the
dirt and gravel trails but definately won't take the jumps, etc that a
mountain bike is capable of doing. At 61 I'm not into jumping or anything
near that on a bikeg They hybrid was recommended by the LBS a few years
ago based on the type of riding I did at the time. Now that I'm doing more
riding and longer rides the raod bike suits me better.

Too bad you don't live around here - I may have a couple hybrids for sale.
I'm running out of room in the garage!

"determined" wrote in message
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"Beverly" wrote in message
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I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a kickstand -
Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them.

I have a Gary Fisher, made by Trek, and I had to "special order" the
kickstand. I sure do use it!

det

I'm going to get one for mine, too. I like to "stop and smell the roses"
when I'm out riding and I don't want to have to be hunting a place to lean
this bike all the timeg

Beverly

"Beverly" wrote in message
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I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a kickstand -
Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them.

I have a Gary Fisher, made by Trek, and I had to "special order" the
kickstand. I sure do use it!

det

"determined" wrote in message
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"Beverly" wrote in message
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I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a kickstand -
Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them.

I have a Gary Fisher, made by Trek, and I had to "special order" the
kickstand. I sure do use it!

det



My Trek and my Fugi do not have kickstands. Non of my "adult owned" bikes
have had kickstands. I just don't use them. I'm used to not having them.
DS's bikes do have stands and I find that when i ride his, it can get in the
way.

"JayJay" wrote in message
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"determined" wrote in message
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"Beverly" wrote in message
...


I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a
kickstand -
Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them.

I have a Gary Fisher, made by Trek, and I had to "special order" the
kickstand. I sure do use it!

det



My Trek and my Fugi do not have kickstands. Non of my "adult owned"
bikes
have had kickstands. I just don't use them. I'm used to not having
them.
DS's bikes do have stands and I find that when i ride his, it can get in
the
way.

The kickstands I've seen on the road bikes fit much farther back than the
normal placement of a regular one. They're way behind the pedal range.

"JayJay" wrote in message
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"determined" wrote in message
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"Beverly" wrote in message
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I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a
kickstand -
Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them.

I have a Gary Fisher, made by Trek, and I had to "special order" the
kickstand. I sure do use it!

det



My Trek and my Fugi do not have kickstands. Non of my "adult owned"
bikes
have had kickstands. I just don't use them. I'm used to not having
them.
DS's bikes do have stands and I find that when i ride his, it can get in
the
way.

I don't know about mountain bikes but both my hybrids (Giant and Jamis)
came equipped with kickstands. I can see where it might be a safety factor
on the mountain bikes. It's probably more of a weight issue on the road
bikes. Someone told me since the road bikes were so light that they have a
tendency to tip over on a kickstand if there is any weight such as loaded
bike bags, etc on the upper portion of the bike.

On Thu, 13 May 2004 03:05:41 GMT, "determined"
wrote:


"Beverly" wrote in message
...


I was a little suprised when I discovered it didn't have a kickstand -
Trek
doesn't equip any of their bikes with them.

I have a Gary Fisher, made by Trek, and I had to "special order" the
kickstand. I sure do use it!

det


My Trek hybrid, purchased last year, has a kickstand. I didn't
special order it, but I wonder if it's something the shop added.

Chris