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That's what cycling really is. I love riding, that's my only main of transport, and I don't see the point of races with so much assistance (technology, teammate

That's what cycling really is. I love riding, that's my only main of transport, and I don't see the point of races with so much assistance (technology, teammates, food, material, ..), and also the environmental aspect (consider all the vehicles, helicopters all the logistic, material for competitors, staff, organizers, spectators, ..). Let's come back to the real essence of bicycling, it's practical, useful in all senses, healthy (endurance, good for joints, heart, lungs, everything), federating, help train to surpass yourself. We should stop consuming entertainment, but do it in our day to day life, as part of our lifestyle (I mean not take your SUV to go to gym), let's get rid of all those useless technologies, watches, GPS etc, it's not useful, listen to your body and feelings

agumonkey 5y ago
just took biking again after a personal chaotic hiatus (11km to go to work) my body is as capable as a plastic chair right now but it's still feels great to ride (I was surprised how good biking is for knees, my heart has a different opinion on that but still) no traffic, no detour, no stress of other drivers, almost zero risk of accident (I don't go fast enough for that yet), no pollution with covid there's quite a few more bike lanes and it's already a great pleasure, you can envision if everybody took their bikes more (for jobs or else) how cities would be leaner, cleaner, freer it's probably coming soon ps: I also agree a bit that we should drop a lot of "tech" and go a bit wilder more often
- 11235813213455 5y ago
  Nice, agreed. At least Sunday's should be car-free, stuff like that, and reducing more and more car traffic, that would definitely help promote bicycles For the heart, maybe don't push too hard, I used to push myself to the limit in the hills every sunday morning. But nowadays I ride slow, long distances, but slow, timeless, I would grab some figs here and there to refuel myself, or buy (fruity) food sometimes (+ stuff like lentils and greens). Normally with frequent riding, you'll get a low resting heart rate (below 50 bpm), a low breathing rate, as a result sleep is easy and good quality
  - agumonkey 5y ago
    I was reading about car-free day, apparently it's been made official since long (1996 in EU). And yeah we should push it up a bit more. Maybe preps some bike stock to make new people come to the party for a day and see. Also have more cargo bikes. I can't push my heart anyway or I suffer consequences, I'm maxing out below 10mph just to let things come back. Even at those slow speed it's already having intense effect on my cardio.

agumonkey 5y ago

just took biking again after a personal chaotic hiatus (11km to go to work) my body is as capable as a plastic chair right now but it's still feels great to ride (I was surprised how good biking is for knees, my heart has a different opinion on that but still) no traffic, no detour, no stress of other drivers, almost zero risk of accident (I don't go fast enough for that yet), no pollution with covid there's quite a few more bike lanes and it's already a great pleasure, you can envision if everybody took their bikes more (for jobs or else) how cities would be leaner, cleaner, freer it's probably coming soon ps: I also agree a bit that we should drop a lot of "tech" and go a bit wilder more often

11235813213455 5y ago
Nice, agreed. At least Sunday's should be car-free, stuff like that, and reducing more and more car traffic, that would definitely help promote bicycles For the heart, maybe don't push too hard, I used to push myself to the limit in the hills every sunday morning. But nowadays I ride slow, long distances, but slow, timeless, I would grab some figs here and there to refuel myself, or buy (fruity) food sometimes (+ stuff like lentils and greens). Normally with frequent riding, you'll get a low resting heart rate (below 50 bpm), a low breathing rate, as a result sleep is easy and good quality
- agumonkey 5y ago
  I was reading about car-free day, apparently it's been made official since long (1996 in EU). And yeah we should push it up a bit more. Maybe preps some bike stock to make new people come to the party for a day and see. Also have more cargo bikes. I can't push my heart anyway or I suffer consequences, I'm maxing out below 10mph just to let things come back. Even at those slow speed it's already having intense effect on my cardio.