Punkawallah
Veteran
“Luxury”.
As a 22mph average cyclist just commuting with very little effort, I admit..
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“Luxury”.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I plan on an 8 to 10 mph average, to include photo stops, getting pleasantly lost and never, ever passing a cafe without having food and drink.
Strangely there are people who don't want to cycle with me.
Strangely there are people who don't want to cycle with me.
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I have my Garmin set to auto pause, so that stops are ignored. But climbing one of our local hills, I was going so slowly, that it tripped into auto pause!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- The Urban Fringe
I cycle so fast that when down to pub photons talk wistfully about doing The Speed of Drago.
- Location
- Inside my skull
My bike is fitted with an Infinite Improbability Drive , and when it is engaged, all other cyclists turn into bowls of petunias.
Shearwater Missile
Veteran
- Location
- Stowmarket
Don`t mention the word Chopper. Back in time my brother had a Chopper and I went for a ride on it. I thought that it was awful and so slow. I guessed that the tyres were holding it back. I thought that it would be a great idea to pump the tyres up with a foot pump. I rode again and thought " I`ve cracked it", only thing was 1/2 mile down the road the inner tube in the front exploded. Luckily I had just completed the down hill stretch of road and was on the flat doing a near normal speed. What us teenagers used to get up to. I got the innertube replaced and never went on it again. Lesson learnt !
Punkawallah
Veteran
Wot? No whales? Couldn’t have been an ‘infinite’ improbability drive, then.
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rogerzilla
Squire
That sounds like the 24hr heart monitor they gave me. Apparently it thought I died several times in the night (heart rate down to below 40bpm). When the nurse found out I was a cyclist, she said that was ok then.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- The Urban Fringe
I get the same. Genetically low heartbeat (my Dad is the same) plus a lifetime of cycling can put my beat down to 40, occasionally as low as 35 when Im asleep. Nurses can get a bit excited during overnight hospital stays, but I just tell them thats normal for me.
I was getting lower than that (ex marathon runner as well as cyclist) but a monitor showed my heart was missing beats and I now have a pacemaker.
rogerzilla
Squire
A couple of times in the last 20 years, I've been through months of ectopic beats (which are "failed" early beats, although they feel like missed beats), hence the monitoring. But they've gone away now. They seem to be triggered by stress or something in the environment. Not dangerous, apparently, unless they happen about every 10th pulse. They feel like a snagging sensation as you breathe and are quite disconcerting.
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Another low beat counter. Have been since a child. And always been very active in various ways. My RHB now is in the low 50’s. And I have slept with a smart-watch on a few times; and that dropped to low 40’s - if not even dipping into the high 30’s once or twice. I’m sure I even had a ‘Warning’ from the device once 🤣
I’m generally a pretty placid guy. And my heartbeat doesn’t really race; other than through exercise. I also know my Lung Capacity is very high. Helped by my height I’m sure (?) Unsure if that large capacity helps contribute to low heart beat in some way…..
I’m generally a pretty placid guy. And my heartbeat doesn’t really race; other than through exercise. I also know my Lung Capacity is very high. Helped by my height I’m sure (?) Unsure if that large capacity helps contribute to low heart beat in some way…..
- Location
- Inside my skull
HGVs turn into sperm whales
