Not getting any faster, but not really bothered

[MaxInc]

You don't necessarily need to go faster to improve, you can just go further.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

You don't necessarily need to go faster to improve, you can just go further.

But then you are pushing yourself in terms of endurance.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

This is it for me, and the reduction in CO2. (not that I believe in such things)

Oh, I think the Co2 I save by not running a car equals to the Co2 emission increment I cause by ordering stuff online

 

[dan_bo]

All that said, i'm really rather enjoying ripping the back out of it at the moment.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

You don't necessarily need to go faster to improve, you can just go further.

Which is pushing endurance - ultimately the precursor base to everything else you could aim for/aim to improve.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I think it's impossible to not be getting any faster as long as you are still pedalling. It may take longer than those who train hard or constantly challenging themselves but your body will adapt nevertheless and will become faster with time.

I get what you are saying to an extent but ultimately Old Father Time will cause stagnation and then degradation of performance - cannot be avoided. Things like muscle mass and cardio-vascular* systems all ultimately diminish in terms of performance as they age. If your body's component parts didn't diminish in performance then no one would die and we'd see Octogenarians competing in the Olympics etc.

Best to hope for is to go as fast and efficiently as you can at any point in your life's timeline - as long as you want to that is.

* I read that there is research that shows that middle age hearts get bigger to push blood through narrowing arteries and can in fact be more efficient than younger hearts at moving oxygen around the body - hence the often better stamina of older people. In the end though it does become less and less efficient as time passes.

 

[RWright]

I just want to be able to do wheelies on my road bike like Peter Sagan does.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I just want to be able to do wheelies on my road bike like Peter Sagan does.

Who ...

 

[RWright]

Who ...

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Nope don't recognise him

 

[Rob3rt]

Nope don't recognise him

Get out....

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Get out....

Serious don't recognise him, is there a reason I should

 

[RWright]

Serious don't recognise him, is there a reason I should

He is a young pro rider, has a lot of talent and potential, one of the more colorful characters on the tour. He can be very polarizing. People either like him or hate him. He pinched a podium girl's ass while she was kissing the winner recently. It was one of the stupidest things I have seen on live TV, also one of the funniest. I like him BTW.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

He is a young pro rider, has a lot of talent and potential, one of the more colorful characters on the tour. He can be very polarizing. People either like him or hate him. He pinched a podium girl's ass while she was kissing the winner recently. It was one of the stupidest things I have seen on live TV, also one of the funniest. I like him BTW.

Mean nothing to me I just ride.

 

[RWright]

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Everyone has different goals and some have no goals at all. To each their own.