JostRider

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• Posted in thread: Last Chance 1200K Ride Report on 10/08/2009 at 11:59AM
  JostRider....awesome post. I had recently started reading up on Brevets; as we have a qualification
  series just northwest of Boston, MA....not to far from where I live. I am far from being able to com...

• Posted in thread: Last Chance 1200K Ride Report on 10/08/2009 at 9:21AM
  September 9 – 12, 20091,200-Kilometer (754 Mile) Brevet – Last ChanceFor most people the first question I
  am asked is “what is a brevet”. The simple answer is a brevet is a long distance, unsupported ...

• Posted in thread: Furthest/Longest Rides? on 08/07/2009 at 3:37PM
  252 miles in 24 hours and 375 miles in 38 hours (I did get a bit of sleep on that).How long should you
  wait after doing once century (100 miles) ride before doing another one? Easy, as long as it take...

• Posted in thread: What was your first bike? on 07/15/2009 at 3:43PM
  The first bike I remember as a kid was my Schwinn Orange banana seat bike with a five speed shifter on
  the top tube. It got stollen the same year and I ended up with a POS from the local police auctio...

• Posted in thread: What got you into cycling? on 07/15/2009 at 3:39PM
  I started riding (as an adult) just to clear my brain and feel like a child again. Riding is such a
  freeing experience. What is just around the next corner, or over the next hill? Keep pedalling and f...

• Posted in thread: Any room for handcycles in here? :) on 07/15/2009 at 3:36PM
  Heck there is plenty of room in here and on the road. I was lucky enough to ride near a handcyclist a few
  years back in a 24 hour race. I was doing the 24 and the hand cyclist was doing a 12 hour vers...

• Posted in thread: Road vs MTB pedals? on 06/29/2009 at 10:07AM
  Personal opinion here. I like MTB pedals even on road bikes. My reasoning is I get off the bike and go
  into the quikie marts, and I don't like falling on my a**. MTB shoes can be light weight and stif...

• Posted in thread: Best Road Bike? on 06/29/2009 at 9:59AM
  The best bike (road, mountain, touring, commuting) all comes down to a few things.1) Does the bike fit
  correctly? If you are only riding 20-30 miles any old bike will do. But if you are riding long di...

• Posted in thread: Criterium? on 06/29/2009 at 9:40AM
  I just got to watch my first crit this past weekend. It was a .85 mile loop with riders broken up into
  various categories based on speed and accomplishments I assume. Each event (mens and womens) had ...

• Posted in thread: Longest Ride? on 06/11/2009 at 8:30AM
  So far this year (since Jan 1, 2009) my longest single ride is 251 miles. with breaks for lunch,
  stretching, eating more, applying sunscreen, eating more..... It took 22 hours 01 minute. Longest rider...