How long you been riding?

+1 on the sports beans, but they're kind of pricey. Any sort of sugary snack will give you an energy boost.

I would avoid putting anything but water in the camelback things - they can be a real pain to clean out. I put water in the camelback and put the energy drink in a bottle.

You can make your own energy drink, but I forgot how.

Water, salt and lemonaide powder?

:lol3

I bought one from there.

Ironically the only thing that has gone wrong is the rear wheel (I like beer and it shows) and the front derailleur - the frame has been fine. 6K miles and counting...

Also, "sport beans" sounds like a recipe for disaster.

fig newtons, bagels with cream cheese and jam, clif bars, leftover thai food (with rice, that's key), bananas (dried or fresh), boiled or baked potatos (bring salt) etc. After a ride, I usually have a meal, it's good to eat fairly soon after a ride- helps you recover. Look for things to eat that have a mix of sugars and complex carbs, but don't overlook real food (like the above), it works great for longer rides especially.

Yeah, but use the koolade that requires sugar and use about 1/2 the stated amount. Unless you're going really high intensity or more than an hour water is really what you need.

Its been calm lately, but when the wind picks up, I like to ride against the wind on the outbound leg and return with the wind. I had a really bad experience years ago doing the opposite. It was 45 minutes out and about 2 hours back. 2 really ugly, leg cramping hours.

well, that trek is old enough that it probably has a threaded freewheel, not a modern cassette, so he's pretty much stuck with 6 speed in the rear, I don't think you can get 7 or 8 speed freewheels, can you?? (goes and check's sheldonbrown's site...)... eat my words! http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/freewheels.html#7 you can. :stoned

Since 1980.
Wasted a few too many years in college riding a lot and racing a little to no real affect.
Then got deep into work and commuting and more work and lost my spin.


I thought. Got it back a couple years ago and then last summer broke my ribs job moved locations and has done all sorts of badness to my working out.

That and now, I'm old sore and traveling for work. Bicycles don;t fit so good into that lifestyle. But, I'm not bitter.

OK, maybe a little.
The bean things don't give me heart burn and I've ridden the motorcycle for 1,000 miles with out eating anything other than five beans and a few liters of water.

I broke the hub down today, it had a cassette, with separate freewheel mech made of brass or some indestructible shit, that had to come off too- to expose a nice clean threaded hub.

It's not going to be a speeded bike anymore, it's going to be an ss for brooklyn lock up duty.

The bbs were in good shape, and larger- unlike the front hub.

The spokes where the cassette was are quite worn down though, so it may be an interesting ride once I get it on the road.

It's a little big for me, so it might be thrown to CL for a couple hundred bucks.

Wish I lived near NY, I'd take it off your hands.

Noted!

I can't wait to post the before and after pics.

It's been a real bitch degreasing (more like de-gluing_ this old dog.

How much for the handle bars?

:lol3

I think whoever owned this prior found it inside the gut of a dead whale...