Thread started by Lizzard at 11.18.07 - 3:53 pm

Hey guys and gals,
Ive been thinking about taking one of the many ride posted up here but i got a few questions.

1. How long does the average ride last? I consider myself in good shape but i am not used to long rides.

2. How fast do i need to go to keep up with the group? (on average)

Thanks.

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Lizzard,

What you need to question is your liver going to survive our rides!?!?!?

Naw seriously there's all levels of rides. The party type rides are 15-20 miles and is a chilled pace. If you can do 15-20 miles at about 15 mph, you shouldn't have any trouble with the social rides.



User1
11.18.07 - 4:40 pm

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15mph ???
Alan, did you mean 1.5mph ?

At the crankmob yesterday we did 10 miles in 6 hours.
But I woke up with the worst hangover.
People kept handing me beers all night.

Original poster,
when a ride is fast it's spelled out in its description.

If something is too fast for you to handle, you'll know in the first 2-3 miles and can just turn back.



marino
11.18.07 - 4:50 pm

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SKIDMARCUS
11.18.07 - 5:01 pm

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Or, if you're at a social ride and find yourself riding circles around the bulk of the ridazz, then a fast one might be up your alley.
I found this out on the Haunted Ride when I kept switching positions from "front-to-back-to-center.
Or, keeping up on a fast-paced ride with a 26" MTB, while everyone else was sporting 700c's



bentstrider
11.18.07 - 6:23 pm

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Marino,

I didn't necessarily mean that we roll at 15 mph. It's just a standard that if most people can do 15-20 miles at around 15 mph, then they should be able to do the vast majority of the rides posted.

Yeah CRANK MOB was off the hook last night!!!



User1
11.18.07 - 9:14 pm

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try the smaller rides first if you have doubts...

Don't go to the Choppercabras events, they are brutal, people bleed.



rev106
11.18.07 - 9:26 pm

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No shit man!! Ask Eddy, he'll tell ya --->



User1
11.18.07 - 9:39 pm

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If you want a good beginner ride, go to the Toys & Mittens ride on Dec. 1st, or any of the rides sponsored by C.I.C.L.E (Ciclists Inciting Change through Live Exchange).

Toys & Mittens Ride:
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=549

This will kick of their Bikes in the City: Urban Expeditions ride series. Bikes in the City: Urban Expeditions, is a new series of monthly encouragement rides, sponsored by REI, aimed at getting people out of their cars and onto their bikes for a cleaner, greener city.

Their rides are the most beginner friendly of the rides I've been on in Los Angeles.

Eric



thinkpeace
11.18.07 - 10:27 pm

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i'd suggest starting off with social rides. the midnight ridazz rides are a great start. pretty soon 10 miles will feel like 5, 15 like 10 and so on and so forth.

after that if you feel like you want a step up, there are other medium-fast paced rides that happen late at night through out southern california. just takes research on your part.

enjoy discovering.



wolfpack307
11.18.07 - 11:54 pm

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ay, any body seen my bike? <-----NOW I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION MORE OFTEN , must be that spill, STILL--- > LMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!



eddieboyinla
11.19.07 - 1:01 am

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