Help me???

[PTAPA]

Training for beginner 40 year old fat man who has just completed a first ride of 29 miles in 1 hour 50 minutes.....

 

[vickster]

I'd say that's pretty darn fast!

 

[ianrauk]

Yup, no help needed.
Just ride your bike and keep it up.

 

[PTAPA]

should i be getting a road bike to train properly? as i did this on a mountain bike but think i might now buy a road bike instead.

 

[Arjimlad]

That is rather good going.

Pour yourself a pint !

 

[cyberknight]

Ride,have fun,rest, repeat.

 

[ColinJ]

Assuming that you didn't start off from the top of an Alpine pass with a 29 mile descent, that is very good going - keep it up!

 

[Dave7]

That (average 15ish mph) is pretty damm good full stop.
What bike did you do it on ??
Please dont tell me it was a 1975 15 speed clanker

 

[jefmcg]

Wow. Good work. Time to leave beginners group.

Don't get a road bike, you'd go too fast

 

[ChrisEyles]

That's a great time, you're off to a cracking start!

Training plan.... map out a few different routes around your area. Start at your current 30 miles, and if you've got energy to spare at the end of the ride, make the next one 5 miles longer. If you can maintain a 15mph pace for 30 miles, you'll probably get up to 50 mile distance (maybe a tad slower) without much problem. Then it's time to go exploring - by trial and error you'll soon discover some favourite routes and maybe some new bits of countryside you've never been to! Don't get too hung up on average speeds and whatnot, just put the miles in and enjoy the riding, from the sounds of it you will soon be irritatingly fast

 

[vickster]

Are you sure it's miles and not kms... What was the terrain and traffic like?

 

[Doobiesis]

Training for beginner 40 year old fat man who has just completed a first ride of 29 miles in 1 hour 50 minutes.....

Sorry to put a dampener on this thread - but there's no way this makes any sense. That's the speeds I get on my road bike and I have been cycling for two years! He's looking for praise surely! 15mph avg speed is too fast for a mountain bike, especially as the OP says he's a 'fat' man and that's his first ride!

 

[Cyclist33]

Sorry to put a dampener on this thread - but there's no way this makes any sense. That's the speeds I get on my road bike and I have been cycling for two years! He's looking for praise surely! 15mph avg speed is too fast for a mountain bike, especially as the OP says he's a 'fat' man and that's his first ride!

On the other hand he could be fat and fit, or have semi slicks on the bike, or he pushed himself harder than you (or I) do.

 

[Doobiesis]

On the other hand he could be fat and fit, or have semi slicks on the bike, or he pushed himself harder than you (or I) do.

Or a motor!

 

[PTAPA]

Sorry to put a dampener on this thread - but there's no way this makes any sense. That's the speeds I get on my road bike and I have been cycling for two years! He's looking for praise surely! 15mph avg speed is too fast for a mountain bike, especially as the OP says he's a 'fat' man and that's his first ride!

Sorry that as a teenager and into my early 20's I was a very good runner and did times like sub 30 10k whereas you've cycled for two years! I think this has something to do with it.......... Plus I'm a man not a woman like you so will have much more power...........