I'm So screwed

[Lewis Moon]

I went and bought a mountain bike. Me, a professed roadie. Holy crap its fun to ride, and according to Strava, I get better workouts.
...and now I'm cruising Pinkbike looking for...

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I went and bought a mountain bike. Me, a professed roadie. Holy crap its fun to ride, and according to Strava, I get better workouts.
...and now I'm cruising Pinkbike looking for...

There a lot of positive benefits such as being nice to ebikers

[fmradio516]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I went and bought a mountain bike. Me, a professed roadie. Holy crap its fun to ride, and according to Strava, I get better workouts.
...and now I'm cruising Pinkbike looking for...

How do you get Strava to show that youre getting a better workout? On a 6 miles mtn bike ride, it shows that I burn like 200 calories vs a 30 miles road ride which says i burn like a million, even though the mountain bike ride is WAY harder. Is there a way to set it to mountain bike mode?

[CMiller]

I knew you'd love the Mariachi! Keep the mariachi light and cross-country, then build up a heavier trail bike (e.g. Kona Honzo, Santa Cruz Chameleon), then you have 2 tools for different trails.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

How do you get Strava to show that youre getting a better workout? On a 6 miles mtn bike ride, it shows that I burn like 200 calories vs a 30 miles road ride which says i burn like a million, even though the mountain bike ride is WAY harder. Is there a way to set it to mountain bike mode?

Do you wear a HRM?

[merlinmurph]

Congrats! Great way to mix things up, and you'll see your bike handling skills improve immensely.

Have a blast.

[fmradio516]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

Do you wear a HRM?

i do not, i guess thats the difference there. thanks for the enlightenment.. whats a decent HRM for this purpose?

[Burnette]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

I went and bought a mountain bike. Me, a professed roadie. Holy crap its fun to ride, and according to Strava, I get better workouts.
...and now I'm cruising Pinkbike looking for...

I'm had a hard tail MTB that I use to bomb the local gravel trail on. Most other trails were really technical and a full suspension bike would have been better. I like speed and distance so I never got a full suspension bike and eventually gave the hard tail to a sister of mine.

What did you get and what kind of trails are you riding?

[avalonracing]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

and according to Strava, I get better workouts.

Methinks you were slacking on the road bike.

[Elefantino]

Man, I miss MTBs. Wish I still could.

[zzy]

I'll never understand why anyone who could ride trails wouldn't. MTB is crazy fun. Just because you own a roadie doesn't mean it's all you can do. Having trails at my doorstep is basically my #1 reason for wanting to leave The City.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by fmradio516

i do not, i guess thats the difference there. thanks for the enlightenment.. whats a decent HRM for this purpose?

I just use the basic garmin paired with my Wahoo. It's actually really good data to have.

[Ken Robb]

You are less likely to get hit by a car off-road riding.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by avalonracing

Methinks you were slacking on the road bike.

That's very possible. The thing is, a lot of the time you CAN'T slack on an MTB w/o falling over.

[trener1]

Originally Posted by zzy

I'll never understand why anyone who could ride trails wouldn't. MTB is crazy fun. Just because you own a roadie doesn't mean it's all you can do. Having trails at my doorstep is basically my #1 reason for wanting to leave The City.

Exactly, every MTB ride involves a minimum of an hour drive each way