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Hey, been singlespeeding for a month now around woburn - after the session my legs are completely done in and I am finding it hard to pedal any further (normal session = 1.5-2 hours). The following days though my legs are fine and doesnt feel like I have done anything. I can feel my fitness levels increasing but think that the lack of leg ache the following days - there is something up.
Thoughts/suggestions welcome!
Same here. After yesterday I should be shredded, but no real aches or pains. Something must be wrong 😯
There is only one thing that can describe this: you are awesome
well I know that... just wondering if others have found Singlespeeding painfull during the ride but ok afterwards..... or do I need to revert back to a geared bike!Mantastic - Member
There is only one thing that can describe this: you are awesome
Are you actually enjoying the rides or does the pain intervene every time? Chronic pain while cycling, caused by climate, ground conditions, gearing or whatever is a sure way to lose the cycling bug. You definitely don't want that to happen.
Double post!
Chronic pain is indicative of the fact you're actually riding hard enough. 😉
I don't know what the area is like but I'm guessing that being on single speeds you have quite a high cadence and you are not pushing big gears. This would increase your cardio performance, but would probably not push the muscles enough to build?
Getting chronic pain whilst cycling - that must be a hell of a long ride. 3 months +?
chief - fair point. My legs are hurting by the end of the ride but my ability to talk to my biking buddies is severely diminished - so maybe this is just a long cardio workout....
I will decrease my rear cog and see how it goes. If this is a lot of pain I will curse you Chief! 😉
legs fallen off...?
I'd keep your cog the same, 1T less can feel like quite a jump on the steeper hills. Woburn's pretty SS-friendly imo apart from a couple of the main steep + open ones after the church-side cheekies, maybe try carrying on as you are until you're riding 3-4hrs and feeling ok if the gear feels right generally? Great thing about a SS is the way it forces a mix of really high-effort for 5-10% of the ride and a lot of spinning (recovery) for much of the rest, seems a good mix for building endurance and power.