Should I bike everyday or should I rest if I'm sore?

Are you sore because you raced and gave everything you had, or are you sored because you are a weakling?. I'm assuming is the second part, so harden the fuck up and ride until you can get a legit rest.

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>>1011522
You don't know me.

>>1011522
this

ride 100 miles a day everyday, faggot

Go hard all the time every day

>>1011521
i never ride more than 3 days in a row

>>1011521
>Should I bike everyday
Why not? I do. I really don't get sore anymore even after really long rides Just keep riding and you will get stronger. Bike riding isn't an activity that will seriously fuck you up if you overdo it, at least in my experience.

>>1011538
This. I lost 40 lbs over the summer. I got bored being inside all day when home from work, so I actually explored my city, tried to go on little adventures and had a lot of fun.

You should rest at least one day a week

>>1011553
I think I'll rest tomorrow. My legs were pretty sore but I went out anyway. In the past two days I biked as much as I did for all of last week, so I'll rest tomorrow or do some casual scenic riding.

>>1011550
>>Should I bike everyday
>Bike riding isn't an activity that will seriously fuck you up if you overdo it, at least in my experience.

Except for the testicular cancer

>>1011576
What.

>>1011593
There are some studies suggesting that the jostling of your manly funbits from the bike seat causes cancer

>>1011596
? are you sure you arent mistaking it for erectile dysfunction? there are tons of studies about how it crushes your perineum.

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500 miles everyday or your not even biking

>>1011522
it worries me that there are real people in my life who say shit like this.

define sore. do you mean your butt is sore? your muscles?

if it's your ass, it's almost certainly 80% your body not being used to it, and 20% your form possibly putting too much pressure on sitting.

if your muscles are sore, then it's probably your gearing. too high a gear and you'll stress your muscles trying to push down through what feels like molasses.

aim for 80-100 RPM. keep riding, but ease up a bit and do fewer miles for a day or two.

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>>1011603
im new but ive gone from 80 rpm avg to 105 avg is this ok?

>>1011606
"okay" doesn't make any sense here. this is like telling me that your heart rate while exercising has gone from 110 to 125 beats per minute.

you're in the right range, so that's good. try to get to a point where you can do 100rpm on higher gears, going faster. that's the formal definition of higher power, and that's supposedly what we're all vaguely interested in.

You need to know your body better.

If you're just tired, muscle-sore, htfu.

If you're feeling the achey, deep bones/joints sore, have a rest and stretch.

bike hard everyday never rest

do it until you can't even ride in a straight line anymore

die in traffic and maybe mom won't be so disappointed in you anymore

>>1011521
Excercise does not make you fitter. The bodies recovery from excercise leads to adaptations that make you fitter and healthier. If your diet, sleep and recovery time is lacking your performance will be shit. Riding on burnt out legs doesn't make you a hard man nor a stronger rider. The hardest part of cycling is knowing when to stay off the bike.

>>1011603
>Recommending a cadence of 100+ rpm

the body self selects the most efficient cadence naturally, depending on the blend of fast twitch vs slow twitch muscle fibres you have. Provided it's above 70 your fine.

Little pleb Fred's try and emulate the high cadence style of professional cyclist such as lance, froome etc. This shifts into a more aerobic condition but is much less efficient. That's why they dope like fuck with EPO and have 100% more red blood per unit volume than Joe public. Merckx, fignon, antiquil all turned very low cadences pre-EPO cycling

>>1011783
Damn you're like the Confucious of cycling.

>>1011783
Nahhhh

>>1011528
Cycling in flip-flops. Sheesh.

>>1011951
Feels good man

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>>1011951
>gay lycrafag detected

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>>1011951
Everytime I see someone with any open toe type of footware on a bike I immediately think you are a trash human

Dont be a trash human

>>1012128
Im gonna need some context for that image

>>1012156
It's from a documentary about female persecution complex. It's called 'The Soldiers of Patriarchy and Me'.

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>>1012128
Who cares what lycrafags think. They aren't real people.

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this is a "hot girls on bikes" thread now

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>>1012365

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>>1012366

>>1012178
very cute and sex

>>1011951
>>1012128
I bike barefoot
>>1012365
Correct

Yes, I'm fine thanx. Just having a bit of a rest day.