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Another impromptu bike ride? - Page 5 — Brooklynian

Another impromptu bike ride?

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  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    WhyFi wrote: [quote=Christina]Yeah, kinda like us. You'll fit right in.
    I also found a good way of avoiding that hill: biking clockwise in the park.
    But, but, but - if you go in a circle, you have to end up at the same elevation as where you started - you're just trading a longer, less steep hill for the one you'd normally have.

    Clearly you need to join us for the drinking part in order for this to make sense.
  • mougar
    mougar
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=Christina]Yeah, kinda like us. You'll fit right in.
    I also found a good way of avoiding that hill: biking clockwise in the park.
    Y
    But, but, but - if you go in a circle, you have to end up at the same elevation as where you started - you're just trading a longer, less steep hill for the one you'd normally have.
    So from a physics perspective, you're doing the same total work, but don't have to generate as much peak force.
    That assumes our legs' energy efficiency is independent of power output. I think we had a similarly nerdy discussion about this with respect to batteries after a previous midnight ride.
  • mougar
    mougar
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=WhyFi][quote=Christina]Yeah, kinda like us. You'll fit right in.
    I also found a good way of avoiding that hill: biking clockwise in the park.
    Y
    But, but, but - if you go in a circle, you have to end up at the same elevation as where you started - you're just trading a longer, less steep hill for the one you'd normally have.
    So from a physics perspective, you're doing the same total work, but don't have to generate as much peak force.
    That assumes our legs' energy efficiency is independent of power output. I think we had a similarly nerdy discussion about this with respect to batteries after a previous midnight ride.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    whynot_31 wrote: Clearly you need to join us for the drinking part in order for this to make sense.
    Heh - I've been commuting via bike the last few weeks and I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    whynot_31 wrote: Clearly you need to join us for the drinking part in order for this to make sense.
    Heh - I've been commuting via bike the last few weeks and I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    WhyFi wrote: ...I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
    Dude, you've seen us before, right?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    WhyFi wrote: ...I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
    Dude, you've seen us before, right?
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=WhyFi]...I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
    Dude, you've seen us before, right?

    True! "Extraneous" is the key word - I've got about a 15 mile round trip a day, right now (4 or 5 days per week, crossing the Manhattan bridge each way - oy), and my legs need the recovery time. I'm hoping that it'll start getting easier, soon...
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=WhyFi]...I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
    Dude, you've seen us before, right?

    True! "Extraneous" is the key word - I've got about a 15 mile round trip a day, right now (4 or 5 days per week, crossing the Manhattan bridge each way - oy), and my legs need the recovery time. I'm hoping that it'll start getting easier, soon...
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=WhyFi]...I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
    Dude, you've seen us before, right?

    I take my prior post back: whyfi doesn't need to drink with us
    ....beer googles are clearly already being worn.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=WhyFi]...I'm not in good enough shape for too much extraneous riding at this point. Soon, though.
    Dude, you've seen us before, right?

    I take my prior post back: whyfi doesn't need to drink with us
    ....beer googles are clearly already being worn.
  • hexatron
    hexatron
    i'm in pretty bad shape, and i can attest that everybody takes their time on these rides. i barely broke a sweat.

    no excuses people! this is not a fitness thing. it's a thinly veiled excuse to drink. the way it should be.
  • hatemail
    hatemail
    This guy is coming to the next one.

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  • hexatron
    hexatron
    when is the next one, btw ftw?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Hexatron wrote: when is the next one, btw ftw?
    Tonight, 11pm.
  • nomad
    nomad
    Would like to join you, but am out and about in Manhattan. If I'm back in time, I'll post to let you know.

    BTW I second what Hexatron wrote:
    Hexatron wrote: this is not a fitness thing. it's a thinly veiled excuse to drink. the way it should be.
  • christina
    christina
    Sorry, I'm out too.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Slackers!

    You do not need sleep... you need to bike around the park.

    (and at least one of us needs a job)
  • mougar
    mougar
    serious slackness going on here, just come on out
  • christina
    christina
    Well I was out until just now... can't make this in time, sorry.
  • christina
    christina
    BTW Friday is the last day for the Coney Island fireworks this year...just sayin'
  • spnder
    spnder
    For those that like to plan ahead, Sept 11- BK Critical Mass.
  • carmen
    carmen
    spnder wrote: For those that like to plan ahead, Sept 11- BK Critical Mass.
    oh god.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Anyone up for a ride tonight?
  • mougar
    mougar
    i may be able do a late ride, like 11 or 12, depending on when i get back in
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    We'll see how I feel when I get back from Gotham ;)
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Mougar wrote: i may be able do a late ride, like 11 or 12, depending on when i get back in
    I'm "off tomorrow", so sure.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Let's say 11pm?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    works for me
  • arches
    arches
    I'll probably swing by for the ride...not sure abt the drinks yet. Anyone else? We need some new faces!! Uh, no offense to the existing faces.
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