• The_v@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    For 7 years after left my parents place my only form of transportation was a bike. I rode all through college and my first job.

    Toward the end I could do 40-50 miles a day and not even think about it. I think my record was 75 miles in a day.

    After a 20 year break I pulled my old bike out to ride 2 miles mostly downhill one evening. Holy shit I was sore. I could hardly move the pedals in my old cruising gear.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      3 days ago

      It’s really incredible how biking works an entirely different set of muscles from walking or running.

      Struggling to make it even a quarter of a mile was really disheartening, but now that I’m going 10 miles at a time I’m really starting to get into the fun stuff. There’s a bike ride fundraiser on a few weeks that I’m planning on signing up for. 18 miles over a 5 hour period. I couldn’t consider something like that last season but this season that’s looking extremely doable