vickster
Squire
Perhaps it really was a case of "ask a silly question" here - I suppose what it boils down to is - getting out on it whenever I can and the rest will come![]()
Ride more, eat less (and especially drink less booze and sugary crap)

Perhaps it really was a case of "ask a silly question" here - I suppose what it boils down to is - getting out on it whenever I can and the rest will come![]()
Wrong, it gets easier, and you get faster to a point, then has been mentioned you really have to work at it, I manage 15.5-16.5 on most rides, and I am 50.Heard a quote recently 'cycling doesn't get easier you just get faster'
I average around 14mph (on rides of 20-50 miles) which is slow by decent rider standards but I am the wrong side of 45 years old and only started cycling again last January so I'm reasonably happy with that.
Heard a quote recently 'cycling doesn't get easier you just get faster'
I average around 14mph (on rides of 20-50 miles) which is slow by decent rider standards but I am the wrong side of 45 years old and only started cycling again last January so I'm reasonably happy with that.
The ride leader of the slow mercia club run just turned 70 , and one the leaders of the medium run is mid 60s and apart from hills he can still turn a fair lick .Wrong, it gets easier, and you get faster to a point, then has been mentioned you really have to work at it, I manage 15.5-16.5 on most rides, and I am 50.
I ride a Viking, though its noting like it was when I got it, its just the weight that really lets it down now, and as I don't have n+1 it has mudguards on all the time and a rack a good chunk of time too, but I managing about 16mph on a 38-40ft/mile ride, well thats what pretty much what I did tonight 15.8mph over 19.16 miles and 39ft/mile not bad to say I have had two weeks off one of them in bed, I have managed 17+mph on rides but these are pretty flat, to be honest I was quite pleased as I didn't do much in Aug either, just need to get out a bit and get my HR down abit now.The ride leader of the slow mercia club run just turned 70 , and one the leaders of the medium run is mid 60s and apart from hills he can still turn a fair lick .
Its more about keeping the H.R. down than going slow, as you become fitter you can maintain a higher speed at a lower HR, losing weight helps with this as you don't need to work as hard, so whilst you will always lose more fat at a lower HR it doesn't mean you can't go faster as you increase in fitness and still lose fat at the same rate.Going fast and burning fat/losing weight doesn't go hand in hand. Studies show that riding at a lower effort and for longer periods burns fat for fuel. Doing faster but shorter rides burns sugar.
Apparently, you can't do both at any one time.![]()
Its more about keeping the H.R. down than going slow, as you become fitter you can maintain a higher speed at a lower HR, losing weight helps with this as you don't need to work as hard, so whilst you will always lose more fat at a lower HR it doesn't mean you can't go faster as you increase in fitness and still lose fat at the same rate.