Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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I did my longest outdoor ride ever yesterday (infosec.pub)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/bicycle_touring@lemmy.world

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It was much slower than I usually go due to a lot of wind, some "barely a path" roads along the way, the bike being a citybike meant for daily shopping, as well as the fact that I was carrying 50kg (110lbs) of luggage on my back the whole way 😄

Excuses for being a slowpoke aside, it was a good challenge for my general health and fitness journey, and a very pleasant ride 😁

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Btw, this is my longest (in terms of both distance and duration) ride on my exercise bike so far:

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

200W for almost six hours is pretty damn impressive. Your legs must look like tree trunks!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

Thanks 😁

I've been on the exercise bike every day (with very few exceptions, such as the day before yesterday where I did this outdoor ride in stead), so I now have quite muscular legs and a resting heart rate of 55 down from somewhere in the 80s if not 90s before I started 😁