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Matsu
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2021-03-24, 10:06

I've started biking! The kids were after me to take them on longer rides. I like it. Really puts a little extra pump into the quads, hamstrings and calves, and to the extent that you can stand on the pedals, gets a little tone in the upper body too. I bought a mid-entry level mountain bike mainly for comfort, but at best it will be a gravel cross country device when it's not a street or path. I think I might get a trainer for it rather than go with a stationary bike for the basement. I was lucky to find an XXL frame, and as usual, may do a couple of mods to facilitate my desire to tinker with all things mechanical. Probably change the bars to something more bike-packing friendly, and add rear rack and panniers so I can take my camera out to the nearby rural areas. I think a suspension seat-post may be in order too, my ass needs a few extra mm of compliance if I'm going to do some longer rides.

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