How was your cycle commute?

[Virtual Blue]

Got a link for one of those? Was thinking about getting something like that.

BW® Colours 12MP HD 1080P Bicycle Helmet Sports DV Action Waterproof Camera SJ4000(Yellow) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IXGZIC8/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_xGrlub047DGRJ

This is the one I have and I wear it with a chest strap (cool vids when riding, able to see handle bars).

The pic quality is amazing.
Weakness is the sound quality (cos mic is in enclosed case).

 

[Dogsauce]

What's the best cheapo cylindrical camera (one that looks a bit like a bike light)? They look much more practical for mounting on helmets or bars.

 

[chriswill]

That's an aggressive set up!

It's far less aggressive than my other bike!

It feels pretty plush in comparison

 

[han]

No idea about quick drying but m&s and Ted Baker both do ranges that are specifically aimed at cyclists, and I'm sure there's a third high street maybe that does too, h&m?
Worth looking at for trousers to cycle in, though m&s support Israel so best avoided if possible.

Thanks for that. I like the idea of cycling to work and not having to get changed when I get there.

Incidentally, after 15 years of commuting by bike in London, I've realised that a mountain bike has become my favourite commuting workhorse. No punctures, great with potholes, rain, ice etc. So I'm using my other bikes (hybrid /road bike) mainly for weekend jaunts now.

 

[DownwardDog]

That was the main thing I disagree with. It's a great way to keep fit. Haven't got to that bit yet though so don't know why he is saying it. BigTom

Keeping fit is different from losing weight. You can get to a low level of fitness by riding around but you'd need to be riding at a high intensity, duration and frequency to lose weight from it. Not many people can or will do that on their own.

 

[han]

Yeah, losing weight is almost entirely about what you put in your mouth (or don't) in my experience.

 

[Dogsauce]

I keep dropping from the large front cog onto the small since changing the BB over earlier in the week - new BB is 118mm compared to 113 for the previous, which gives me a better line on the high gears which I ride in the most, but obviously the angle is too steep when I drop down to the lower range. I might have to put a changer on the front as stopping to put it back on the big cog with whatever suitable roadside detritus is to hand is getting annoying.

 

[BigTom]

Keeping fit is different from losing weight. You can get to a low level of fitness by riding around but you'd need to be riding at a high intensity, duration and frequency to lose weight from it. Not many people can or will do that on their own.

Is this particularly different to any other form of exercise? (I've really very little idea about this stuff tbh, these are genuine questions, I know from work that people get exercise referrals from their GP and come for cycling lessons because they've been recommended cycling and swimming, so I'm interested to know)

 

[The Boy]

I've lost two stone since the start of the year through cycling. My diet hasn't changed much.

plural of anecdote != data, obvs.

 

[girasol]

First ride for over a week after hand injury. Now officially leaving for work in the dark But at least it's still light when I get there (well, when I got here, still at work)

 

[The Boy]

I went out along the canal today. It was sunny and a quick check of the weather forecast made me think it would be a good idea to make use of the sun before the monsoon season starts in earnest tomorrow. Chose the canal as I was leaving at rush hour so the roads were obviously busy. Just ss well really as that took me past Decathlon so I could buy a long sleeve jersey and winter gloves. Brass monkeys, so it was.

And now my bum hurts cos I just kept going until I got tired so was out for about four hours instead of the planned one. That might have been me running away from college coursework though .

 

[DownwardDog]

Is this particularly different to any other form of exercise?

I don't really know enough about other forms of exercise to say. You'd probably be better off with a spinning class if the goal was to lose weight just because you'll work much harder in that than with 45m of normal cycling.

E2A: I've seen quite a few people join my cycling club with the intention of losing weight by cycling and very few do. They either don't stick at it or just don't ride long enough, often enough or hard enough.

 

[BigTom]

I don't really know enough about other forms of exercise to say. You'd probably be better off with a spinning class if the goal was to lose weight just because you'll work much harder in that than with 45m of normal cycling.

E2A: I've seen quite a few people join my cycling club with the intention of losing weight by cycling and very few do. They either don't stick at it or just don't ride long enough, often enough or hard enough.

Cheers, I don't know either but I bet you could say that last sentence for any form of exercise that people try in order to lose weight, which means it's not really a criticism of cycling per se, but exercise in general. I think you're right about spin classes.

 

[Orang Utan]

Keeping fit is different from losing weight. You can get to a low level of fitness by riding around but you'd need to be riding at a high intensity, duration and frequency to lose weight from it. Not many people can or will do that on their own.

Of course you do. You need to do it a lot, but that's the same with other exercise.
I have lost over a stone in weight from cycling. It's a guarantee for me. I can eat badly for a month and lose that weight in a week or two

 

[Orang Utan]

Spinning classes! Ugh! What a daft thing to do!

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, losing weight is almost entirely about what you put in your mouth (or don't) in my experience.

Exercise is equally important. I exercise so I can eat what I like.

 

[girasol]

Spinning classes! Ugh! What a daft thing to do!

I tried them once and I have to say I concur. However, some people love it. I didn't, not one bit

 

[colacubes]

I love them and think they're ace I also love just normal cycling. They are 2 very different things.

 

[The Boy]

Exercise is equally important. I exercise so I can eat what I like.

Better to be overweight and fit than maintain a 'healthy' weight purely through calorie control, imo.

 

[Orang Utan]

I love them and think they're ace I also love just normal cycling. They are 2 very different things.

Fair enough. Horses for courses n that. I just don't see the point of an inside bike that doesn't go anywhere. And you have to go to a gym and do it with a bunch of other twerps led by another twerp with a mic and some dreadful music. Getting on a bike is so much more fun, easier and the scenery changes. And you can choose your own music.

 

[Dogsauce]

I don't see the point of indoor bikes either. I get scenery, fitness, and best of all I'm not giving fifty quid a month to those cunts at First Bus.

 

[Virtual Blue]

Guys, my Whyte Dorset has arrived.

I not ridden a bike with disc brakes before but how much should the pads rub to the disc?
Mine seems quite excessive.

 

[colacubes]

Fair enough. Horses for courses n that. I just don't see the point of an inside bike that doesn't go anywhere. And you have to go to a gym and do it with a bunch of other twerps led by another twerp with a mic and some dreadful music. Getting on a bike is so much more fun, easier and the scenery changes. And you can choose your own music.

The bloke who does my class does an excellent selection of late 90s house and garage which suits my tastes (and age ) immensely I wouldn't stick with it if I didn't like the music.

 

[Orang Utan]

I would love that but not at a gym surrounded by others. I get my motivation from doing it on my own. In fact, other people are a demotivating factor. I appreciate that it's the other way round for some.

 

[fredfelt]

Spinning classes! Ugh! What a daft thing to do!

I sometimes find myself going to spin classes in the winter. I cycle to the class, obviously!

 

[DownwardDog]

Guys, my Whyte Dorset has arrived.

I not ridden a bike with disc brakes before but how much should the pads rub to the disc?
Mine seems quite excessive.

Not at all, ideally! I recall that weepiper's counsel was to remove the TRPs and replace them with BB7s.

 

[girasol]

So, I saw this bike at our bike cage at work this evening and I really really want it, except it had no 'make' on the frame. I can't remember what it said on the seat, in red I zoomed in on the photo but it's too blurry.

Any ideas? The detail on it was amazing. The bottle holder, the pedals, the racks, mud guards, the Dutch handlebar. Probably costs a small fortune But I don't even know where to begin to search for it. Maybe it was made to order.

edit: oooh found this article on Dutch bikes http://dutchbikeguy.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/dutch-bikes-the-many-advantages-they-offer-over-inadequate-british-commuters/
And it looks like this one even has gears encased in a hub. So must have been built with Dutch bikes in mind! I guess I will start search for Dutch commuter bikes.

 

[Orang Utan]

Have you considered writing a note to the owner?



Or failing that, nicking it? (joke)

 

[girasol]

The ones I found so far look nothing like that

 

[girasol]

Have you considered writing a note to the owner?

Or failing that, nicking it? (joke)

First time I have seen it, and yeah, if I see it again I shall write a note! But I must know now!