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Getting Up There!

I sure hope I\’m as happy as this lady when I get to be that age. And I hope I\’ll still be pedaling happily away! But being a senior citizen cyclist isn\’t the same as being a twenty-something cyclist, I\’m sure. I didn\’t start riding until I was 51 so I don\’t speak from personal experience; but it\’s easy to figure out. Older cyclists have special concerns such as osteoporosis. Or arthritis. Here are some articles I\’d like to share about cycling for those of us who are no longer spring chickens: Five Things Athletes Need to Know… Cycling for Seniors Benefits of Cycling… Biking for Seniors It\’s hard for me to realize that I\’m a \”senior\”. I sure don\’t feel like it 🙂

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Should I or Not?

Should I, or not?  You know those days when you just don\’t feel like riding? Some days you\’re tired; or you didn\’t sleep well. Or you even feel like you might be coming down with something. How do you know whether to ride as usual; take it easy; or to take a day off? The part of this article headed, \”When Stop Does Not Mean Go\”, is helpful. I keep a printout of it with my weekly ride plan, where can easily refer to it. There certainly are days when I need to ease up the efforts; even when I planned to ride hard. One day about two weeks ago, I had force-development exercises on the agenda. Maybe I got into a gear that was a bit too hard; or maybe  I was actually too tired for such attempts. It was a \”should I, or not\” moment. I just didn\’t seem to have the legs; so I decided to forget about force and ride for the fun of it. And what about the training schedule? Another article I read about training says, keep your plan \”etched in clay\” so that you can mold it as needed; it shouldn\’t be \”chiseled in stone\” so that you use it to beat up on yourself. Planned to ride hard today, but it simply isn\’t going? Ease up. There\’s always tomorrow.

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WELCOME!

  Welcome to SpokEasy! This web site is a continuation of  my former site, www.threewheelstwowheels.org. You may follow my adventures as I progressed from an adult tricycle to a road bike. See the Archives page for descriptions of my early efforts at adjusting to two wheels; including a brief YouTube video! Along the way, I rode a century on the tricycle; and in fact, I wore out that trike! When I got it, I never expected to ride as much as I did; but I was hooked on pedaling before I completed my first mile. For a long, long time, it was a rare day when I did no riding at all. And I thought I was just buying a way to get to places more than a mile or two from home! Eventually I rode centuries on the hybrid and the road bike. Maybe, one of these days, I\’ll do a 100-miler again. It\’s hard to train up properly, though, when your riding time most days is limited. I sometimes dream about doing an Adventure Cycling Epic Tour. Or maybe I should call that pipe-dreaming. Those tours are about three months long; and the cost is beyond my budget! Once again, Welcome to SpokEasy!

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