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Also known as a Cyclometer or Odometer, should I get a bike computer?
I have just started Highschool this year and it is about 4-5KM from where my house is. My parents work so the only way to get there is by riding or walking and obviously, biking is the smarter choice. Basically, this means that in 10 days, I can ride 100KM but I wanted to know the REAL stats. Should I get a bike computer or not? Which models do you recommend? It is a 24" (I think) Mountain Bike if you wanted to know.
Thanks.
Answer
I would say that there isn't any point for you to get one. First of all, you are basically riding a fixed course every day, so you can measure your exact route a couple of ways, either with google maps, or by asking one of your parents to drive the route and watching the car odometer. Another reason is that high school kids can be real pricks, and there is a very real chance that your bike computer would get stolen or damaged. Another thing is that there is the very real temptation to mess with a cycle computer while you are riding, which is dangerous. Just enjoy the ride instead. Look for something new and different that you haven't noticed before each day. Getting out on a bicycle is one of the few chances people have in this modern world to take a break from technology and the modern pace of life. Enjoy it.
Instead of a cycle computer, you would be much better off spending the money on a set of road tires for your mountain bike, keeping the knobby tires on hand for weekend trail rides and whatnot. With road pattern tires, the ride will be a lot smoother, easier, faster, and more enjoyable.
Cycling is fun and liberating. Don't worry about trying to quantify every aspect of it. You know about how far you go every day, you can measure the exact route in other ways, and as it doesn't change, you can figure out your exact distances with a simple application of mathematics.
Good luck!
I would say that there isn't any point for you to get one. First of all, you are basically riding a fixed course every day, so you can measure your exact route a couple of ways, either with google maps, or by asking one of your parents to drive the route and watching the car odometer. Another reason is that high school kids can be real pricks, and there is a very real chance that your bike computer would get stolen or damaged. Another thing is that there is the very real temptation to mess with a cycle computer while you are riding, which is dangerous. Just enjoy the ride instead. Look for something new and different that you haven't noticed before each day. Getting out on a bicycle is one of the few chances people have in this modern world to take a break from technology and the modern pace of life. Enjoy it.
Instead of a cycle computer, you would be much better off spending the money on a set of road tires for your mountain bike, keeping the knobby tires on hand for weekend trail rides and whatnot. With road pattern tires, the ride will be a lot smoother, easier, faster, and more enjoyable.
Cycling is fun and liberating. Don't worry about trying to quantify every aspect of it. You know about how far you go every day, you can measure the exact route in other ways, and as it doesn't change, you can figure out your exact distances with a simple application of mathematics.
Good luck!
Friends against me having a bike?
Honeybee
I'm 20, married with no kids. My husbands family has ridden bikes forever & I want to get my own. All my girlfriends, we know how women can be, are against it bc they thinks it's too dangerous. How do I convince them it's not? It's mostly about being safe & having the right training?
Answer
Take a rider's course and see whether riding is for you or not. DON'T have friends or family teach you. They don't have a curriculum and what they don't each you might get you hurt. Worst case, what they DO teach you might get you hurt! There's also the matter of method: proper explanation and demonstration of the skills, along with close observation, identifying problems and devising solutions appropriate for that individual.
Between 41 and 42% of our student riders are female, aged between 16 and 65+. We teach about 1,400 students each year. Around 60% have no prior riding experience. Some have never touched a motorcycle. Most have never driven a standard transmission, and some have no car-driving experience either. 2 or 3 a year do not know how to ride a bicycle.
2 or 3% do not complete the course, or decide not to take the test. The overall pass rate is about 81%. Those who fail the test get a second chance (not on the same weekend, though), and about 80% of those will pass.
As I tell all of my students at the outset, it's a rare opportunity to learn a lot, have big fun and be seriously challenged, all at the same time.
There ARE some who, pass or fail, decide that motorcycling is definitely NOT for them. But they are happy to have had the chance to give it a try, and find out for themselves. Otherwise it would have forever remained one of those "paths not taken".
There is one student whom I taught about 5 years ago, who came to us with no experience at all. She is now about 30 years old. She became one of our instructors 3 years ago, and took last year off to tour the West coast of Canada, the US and Mexico. The odometer on her bike is about to roll over! She's back to teach again this year, and next year she will be off again, to ride all of the South American countries.
Take a rider's course and see whether riding is for you or not. DON'T have friends or family teach you. They don't have a curriculum and what they don't each you might get you hurt. Worst case, what they DO teach you might get you hurt! There's also the matter of method: proper explanation and demonstration of the skills, along with close observation, identifying problems and devising solutions appropriate for that individual.
Between 41 and 42% of our student riders are female, aged between 16 and 65+. We teach about 1,400 students each year. Around 60% have no prior riding experience. Some have never touched a motorcycle. Most have never driven a standard transmission, and some have no car-driving experience either. 2 or 3 a year do not know how to ride a bicycle.
2 or 3% do not complete the course, or decide not to take the test. The overall pass rate is about 81%. Those who fail the test get a second chance (not on the same weekend, though), and about 80% of those will pass.
As I tell all of my students at the outset, it's a rare opportunity to learn a lot, have big fun and be seriously challenged, all at the same time.
There ARE some who, pass or fail, decide that motorcycling is definitely NOT for them. But they are happy to have had the chance to give it a try, and find out for themselves. Otherwise it would have forever remained one of those "paths not taken".
There is one student whom I taught about 5 years ago, who came to us with no experience at all. She is now about 30 years old. She became one of our instructors 3 years ago, and took last year off to tour the West coast of Canada, the US and Mexico. The odometer on her bike is about to roll over! She's back to teach again this year, and next year she will be off again, to ride all of the South American countries.
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