An indoor cycling competition for fun and prizes, sponsored by Century Cycles, Raleigh Bicycles, Kinetic Trainers, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and the Winking Lizard Tavern.

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The announcement of the final overall winners for the highest wattage and longest distance pedaled, plus drawings for the winners of the Men’s and Women’s Raleigh Special cruiser bicycles.

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I want to turn my bicycle into a stationary bicycle but i don’t know weather to buy a trainer or a roller. Whats the pros and cons of both? which would you suggest for me to buy? price is also an issue for me

That’s a good question.

I myself have a set of rollers, which I find work well for myself. I had a high end Cyclops and didn’t ride it much.

Rollers are great for learning how to ride smoothly and most importantly a straight line. They require a little more concentration, I think they are fun.

The rear mount trainers like a Cyclops are good overall for power, and require a little more mindless, since you can peddle with your eyes closed.

The price differences for rollers are mostly going to result in noise reductions, rollers can have a good hum, especially on hard surfaces or if ridden upstairs. Price difference of trainers are going to be for the resistence mechanisms, wind, magnets, fluid.

You can buy adapters for fork mounts for your rollers, making them more stationary.

Whichever you choose, just make sure of one thing, USE IT! People ask me why I drag mine to the local Y when I can ride at home. But at home there are too many distractions, at the Y with the hassle of transporting it there and people watching I tend to ride longer and with no breaks to change the volume on the radio/tv, move the tv, turn on a fan. . .etc.

Now get out and ride!

Christian Vande Velde talks about how the CycleOps Indoor Cycle helped him train for the 2009 racing season.

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I am currently exercising at the gym to lose weight and I mainly go on the treadmill, cross trainer and bicycles. I want to tone my legs but I don’t want ’short, bunched muscles’ (if anybody knows what I mean), I just want to make my legs and thighs THINNER and more TONED. Does anybody know any exercises or ways to avoid bunched muscles except for pilates?

Ballet helps create lean legs, not bulk. That is, if you have proper technique.

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p/s: i know this is long and boring. but pls read and help me out pls?

hi im 13 and am learning how to cycle today i used the bicycle with 2 trainer wheels at the back for A LITTLE WHILE, then went to try the normal bike.

my problem is that once i start pedalling, AND BEFORE I EVEN FINISH ONE COMPLETE PEDAL, my bike will slant to the left and my right feet (or both) will NATURALLY get down and touch the ground.

i then start pedalling on the bike all over again and the vicious cycle continues =_=

so, i did not get anything done! sighs.

my sis’s bf kept telling me to pull the handles into a balanced position in the centre, or make the bike turn right when that happens. i tried endless times and my attempts were disappointingly futile

can give me advice on this?

i know many people are going to tell me to continue using the trainer wheels. yea im going to do that. so can you also tell me how to see when is the right time i can try the normal bike? as in how do i tell if my cycling has matured to a time when i can "promote" to a normal bike?

thanks!
to mr happy: heyyy my sis’s bf also used his guitar problems to analyse like this! freaky

if u keep trying training wheels, see how long u can ride without either of the training wheels touching the ground. also see if you can start pedaling with out the training wheels hitting the ground.

eventually the training wheels will have to come off the bike, so dont be shy about taking them off. when you do take them off, you will have balance problems at first. thats what the training wheel are supposed to help u with, they give u a chance to learn of to balance without falling on ur face a Immediately.

also check ur bike see if the back wheel rubs against the bike when spinning. this can cause ur bike to want to slow down or tip over and might screw u up.

anyways it takes practice, but once u figure out how to ride ull never have to figure it out again, i gets stuck in your head.

ur probably better off without training wheels. instead u should wear padding and let ur self fall to the ground when ur bike tips, until u figure out how to counter it. don’t put ur foot down. resist the urge!!

I’m 17 and want to start exercising on a cross trainer or exercise bicycle when I’m bored at home. My goal is to get a bit slimmer and gain more muscle but in a casual way by summer.

I’d say I’m slim but a bit chubby, not fat and not thin and I’m average height.

I just want to do a session nearly every day after school, starting for around 15 minutes then reaching a longer amount of time after a while.

I’m also planing to drink protein milk before, during and after my exercise session to help gain muscle. Although I am a vegetarian, I am sure I get enough protein in my meals. I am more muscular than other guys my age who don’t work out too, but want it to show.

The main parts of my body that I want the muscle to show is my chest and arms.

Before you ask, I’d prefer to exercise in the comfort of my bedroom than in a gym. If you think I should ask a professional trainer for advice I may go to a local gym to do. But remember I want to do this casually not seriously, it’s not like I need to loose weight and gain muscle, I just want to do it because I’d prefer to look slimmer and more muscular.

Anyway, my question is:

Which would be better, to get a cross trainer or exercise bicycle? Also which one is easier to use and burn calories quicker etc. or suitable for my age etc.

I used to ride a bike a lot and really enjoy it, think I should get a exercise bicycle or would I prefer a cross trainer?

Technically, the cross trainer is a more dynamic exercise and incorporates more muscles groups and will on average burn more than a similar time and intensity on the bike. The cross trainer is also more effective and achieving all body tone by utilizing more muscles than the bike.

However, it’s essential that the exercise you do is NOT something you find boring or think you have to do, if you enjoy the exercise you are doing you will be much more likely to continue and hopefully achieve your goals. As a trainer i would never put someone on a machine they did not like using because ultimately they would just not use it.

I would play to your like and dis-likes, you’re the one thats going to be on the lovely machine for 15 to 30 minutes a day so make sure your enjoy it, at least to some degree.

Another thing is to ensure that whichever exercise machine you choose to use that you work at a moderate intensity and stay within the fat burning zone. If you are finding the exercise difficult or find it hard to catch your breath then the chances are you are working past the fat burning zone. What does this mean? if you work to hard you will burn more carbs than fat and if you want to lose excess body fat this will take longer to achieve working at this intensity.

Id push your session up to 30 minutes if you can as you should only be working lightly this should be OK. It’s also beneficial to workout in the morning rather than evening to give your metabolism a kick for whole day.

And……if you are going to go out and buy a lovely cross trainer or bike, pick up a couple of 1 and 2kg dumbbells to help with the toning, exercise such as biceps curls and triceps extensions could be done while exercising on the bike and get two birds with one stone, doing this might evan be as good as using a cross trainer

Hope this helps and best of luck

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these are needed for my grandaughter who has a vision problem and needs extra balance, any ideas on where these could be available or how to make some up.

I did a web seach and found some. for 24" wheel bike they are heavy duty to handle the extra weight of a larger kid. Here’s one site I found: http://www.fatwheels.com/

There are more out there too.