felt dumb today, I rode a bike until I didn't care
Already did my usual 16 mile physical therapy routine, so I did it again. Haven't gone over 26 miles in ~3 years. Me and the cats, dead in a bed rn, 2 brain cells between the three of us
I would be lance Armstrong if I did this
I used to ride over 40 miles in a day, only on rare occasions though when I had nothing else planned and knew the weather should be alright.
Sadly, I wore my favorite bike out doing that, plus a couple decades of the torture of doing BMX flatland tricks. I can still ride my BMX bike if I absolutely need to, but the 43 year old frame now has stress cracks forming.. ☹️
but the 43 year old frame now has stress cracks forming..
Are you talking about the bike or yourself?
I'm 42, the bike itself is 43. So not far off either way, but luckily I've never broken any bones.
Can't quite say the same for my bike, it's a 1981 Mongoose SuperGoose. It's not exactly totally broken, but I started to take notice about 5 years ago where certain stress points started developing stress cracks.
They were made to be super tough for the riding style of the late 70s and early 80s, but I don't think they were actually designed for the odd rotational and sudden stop forces of the tailspins and other tricks of BMX flatland as they evolved in style over the years.
Sorry about the stress cracks, there is not much you can do about that one. 40 miles on a BMX bike is nuts. I carried the Felt stuff in one store in a chain, but have never gotten into BMX. I am 99% roadie and 1% enduro downhill as a vacation in the mountains with a ski lift ride to the top. I really wanted to try velodrome racing as that is what I am built for in body type, but never got the chance. I can do alright in a flat crit too. I did 33 miles each way to work for almost 2 years. And lead out the group ride on Saturdays, riding to the shop and home. Most of those rides were between 35 to 60 miles depending on the hills. I also did a dozen or so crit races back then too. I don't think I had a single week under 400 miles back around 2010-2011. That is when I lost the bulk of my 350 lbs from 2009.
Best advice I can give is to setup watches for listings on eBay and look for local swap meets. These are the primary channels for liquidating inventory in shops and stuff. In the very unlikely chance you are in Southern California, the San Diego velodrome swap meet is like THE place for real deals and stuff. I used it regularly with shops for overburden in the past, and sold 136k on eBay after my big crash.
I miss riding my bike. It's known as Silver in my city. Hell, it's been stolen three times, yet it's so well known by everyone that it's been found and returned every time.
Don't get me wrong, I still have it, I just miss being able to really ride it the way I want to, it's too risky for any more tricks now..