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First century I completed started as only a 40 mile ride. Go close to home and thought I should just send it. Proceed to reach the farthest point, turn round, full headwind. Could barely hold 12mph and was bonking so hard I was cross eyed. I Found a little pizza stand with sodas. Bought 3 coca colas and a slice that maybe saved my life lol. Got home, ate half my cabinet, and then slept for 4 hours. Got up, ate dinner, slept to 10am the next day.
HOLY MOLY!
Fuck yeah!
Quality bonk story. Love it!
I’m 65 years old , I did 35 century plus rides last year on a 1985 Schwinn tempo…Figs,dates and pistachios get me down the road..
Coca Cola saved me as well the first time I bonked.
Pro tip: Put the left shoe on the left foot...
GREAT EYE!!!!!
lol beat me to it
I was wondering who saw that?
Came here to say that.
ADHD what?!?
It’s funny how many of us saw that 😂
Great story (really about my older brother, you'll see).
This is the early 1980's. My brother just bought a new bike and wanted to ride a long ride. It was Saturday, and I was playing soccer for my high school team and had a game that morning. Around noon, my brother wanted to do an "epic ride." My brother is a Type 1 diabetic. He's literally a genius (IQ off the charts with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering now) but has a problem with common sense. I tried to stop him to get organized but he was leaving "right now." I felt I had no choice but to ride with him because I didn't know if I'd ever see him again if he went solo. We start and my brother is hammering some high gear. I'm on my 40 pound Huffy ten speed and I'm just drafting behind him. It didn't dawn on us that we were going so fast BECAUSE WE HAD A STRONG TAILWIND! We made it around 30 miles and stopped to turn around.
Note: we had no food, water or money since he had to go "right now."
We turned around and we are barely making 12 miles and hour due to the HEADWIND. He's now drafting me and I'm totally cooked since I PLAYED A SOCCER MATCH THAT MORNING and riding a Huffy for this long is TOUGH. We made it about 10 miles and my brother was starting to act funny (diabetic, low blood sugar is some scary shit, especially on a bicycle). We stopped at a dive bar on the road home. We had to beg the bar owner to 1. let us in the bar since we were underage and 2. borrow a dime to call our Mom to come and get us and 3. give my brother a free coke so he wouldn't pass out.
Mom was not happy when we called but I told her that we had no other option. She saved us as mothers always do.
A True Tail of Legend!
The production value of these videos is INSANE!!! Keep it up!
You just validated my 80 hr work week..LOL
Best in the biz 💯
Bonking story: Day 1 of 4 bike packing from the Columbia River at Beverly WA to the Puget Sound along the Palouse to Cascade trail. Constant 2-3% up for 12 miles in sand and gravel in 90 F and sun depleted all my water and food faster than I thought, it was meant to last the 40 miles of the whole day. Managed to make it out of there, just. Taught me to be careful about under-biking (had the wrong tires for sand and loose unpacked gravel) and to bring way more water and calories for long climbs in the wilderness.
I once did a 100mile skateboard ride that was not planned. I had done several 50mile trips, but on this particular trip I felt so good once I got to 50 I just pushed on. Mind you I built up to this, was going through a bad break up at the time and spent my nights skating around town, regularly covering marathon distances and bombing hills with a head lamp on. Skating a century was Literally one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, the last 10-15miles were pure agony with every push, out of food, out of water and dark outside. I couldn’t walk straight for a week, but it really unlocked some doors in my mind to what I was truly capable of. I’ve carried that mindset and the physical pain and mental tenacity of the day with me. Since then I’ve went on to do several more ultra distances a 75mile skate, and a 111mile ride on a beach cruiser. My last feat was a 150 mile ride on my gravel bike dedicated to my mother in law who was diagnosed with lung cancer. I’ll continue to push myself as I believe it builds strength and resiliency. I often think if I did that than surly I can do -fill in the blank-
dang thats an awesome story and an impressive feat. What type of wheels were you using for the 100 mile ride?
@@jacobtokarz2889 wheels were Orangatang Kegels, and the board was a loaded poke
@@brianagee4620 ANYONE who skates 100 miles has my utmost respect.
BONKING! I've bonked plenty, but the experience I learned the most from was on the Thunder Mountain Trail near Bryce Canyon. Halfway through I bonked out of my noggin, super dizzy, felt so weak, there was no way I could press on. BUT! I had the foresight to pack a bit of food. A short breather, a ziplock full of craisins and almonds, a banana and some water, I was right as rain. Completely righted me from bonk limbo. The experience nailed home the fact that even a little bit of fuel will right the ship, and I'll never be caught dead without some fruit and nuts.
The best bonk stories are always punctuated by “didn’t see it coming!”
My bonking story happened in your backyard. 2017 STP (Seattle to Portland for those of you not from the PNW, 206 miles) in one day. Crossed the Columbia and made my way up 30 trading turns with another solo rider. Had to climb the hill up to the St. Johns Bridge, then they routed us through a million stop lights that were all red. I could barely unclip at the lights, then it took all I had to get started again. The last 6-ish miles were pure hell.
Oh man I feel like I’m gonna have flash backs of your struggle when I ride over the St John’s Bridge now.
I remember it's yesterday, I went 5:20 am to make a 150km ride, with the last 50kms around 1,800meters elevation, in a fixed gear with 48x16 ratio clipped and brakeles... the rest you guys can imagine how hard I bonked
20 mile mountain bike ride in Gatineau park. Add one 12 ounce water bottle, one orange and extreme humidity and heat equals extreme nausea and the shakes. Fortunately after one or two bites of the orange everything stabilized and was back in action. Oh I miss my 20s resilience. Loved the cell phone cut movie. So creative.
Great work with the video production. Can tell a lot if work went into this video.
Using the word bonking to non cyclists is always fun. 😂
LMAO You are so right!
My first century was supposed to be a 130 miler, I made it 110 albeit very slowly because I was with bonking all afternoon in a headwind out on the coast near Monterey, CA. I had to stop before the campground finish because it was getting dark and the wifey had to leave camp to come rescue me. Still haunts me ten years on lol
However, the worst bonk I every experienced was a trail running race in the alps in February. Snowing at -15° C and not properly clothed nor nourished...worst three hours of my life. 24km later, I couldn't eat, didn't want to talk and was basically just numb. We had a get together with friends that night and that was when my appetite came roaring back and I devoured ALL the food ! 😅
Great video as always, love you content. Thanks Dustin
I'm at 10-12 miles a day on a normal day-- 20 to 30 miles a day on a heavier day. It really gets easier the more you do it. I am working a decently stressful job and volunteering with my free time, but if my job took up fewer hours or if volunteering dried up, I think I'd be interested in centurying then.
Bonk story:
First MTB ride of the year, thought I was just gonna go do like 10 miles and head home. I think I skipped dinner the night before and had a very minimal breakfast, huge mistake. On the trails I ran into a friendly local who showed me some of the trail system. Feeling pretty tired and mostly out of water but having so much fun riding with them I kept going. They took me alllll the way to the bottom of the trails where they left to ride home, leaving me needing to ascend maybe 400' over 1.5 miles of a climbing trail to get back to my car at the staging area. I had already emptied my camelback, had no snacks, and was not feeling it. I physically could not ride any further and found myself walking the bike, or stumbling up the hill with the bike, looking around for any plant life that looked edible (there were none). I get 80% of the way up the hill when it gets close to the main road in, ditched the bike on the trail, and started the walk back to my car up the road knowing I wouldn't make it if I had to push the bike and I physically could not ride it. Got to the car and immediately drank whatever old drink was in my cupholder, had a snack or three, then found the bike and headed to the local cafe where I ate: Halibut avocado toast (could be an entree for a normal sized person), Octopus and fried potato dish, Cheeseburger and fries, along with like 2 cocktails and a beer. I was sad they didn't have desserts (covid). I have since always carried extra water and snacks regardless of how long I think i'm going to be out for.
I figured this out because a mtb trail head appeared 15 mins from my house after buying a $2,000 Mtb 8 years ago. I was upset that I wasn't able to ride all of the trails without dying. Then I found a 1980s 10 speed Schwinn in the trash. And the addiction grew, I found myself riding 15-30 miles everyday on a greenway trail 1 mile from my house. Now I lack the motivation to ride everyday. Mostly because I go super OCD and chase gains and burn myself out. But every time I get on my bicycle I remember why I love it so much. always love your videos man!
Your videos are very creative and informative. TY
Bonked on a tour from SF to Seattle during an unexpected snow & rain storm. Was rescued by a very nice human near Bend who offered us a place to stay for a few nights to wait out the storm and cooked us a much needed meal. Thank you nice human!
In summer of 1992 we headed into our favourite wood and cleared a new single track path. It was great - swoopy, fast, couple of jumps. We rode it several times, until a few weeks later, on riding in, and taking a sharp bend into a grove of denser trees, we were confronted by bonking. It was my first experience of bonking, and it didn't impress me. Even less impressed were the two people engaged in their advanced mechanics. Not understanding how to fix our bonking issue, we rode a fast as possible through the middle of their picnic blanket, which I think upset their cheese and wine. Sadly we didn't revisit this bit of single track for quite a while, such was the impact of bonking....
All your videos have been leveled up each time lately. You’ve been my favorite channel for a long time now! (Also loved the Mr.Rogers shoe change!)
I’ll be fine! 50 miles later I can’t maintain 10 mph and wonder if I can get about 10 miles back. I’ve never felt like this. Barely got back to my truck, I had driven to the start point. After a long sit I try to drive back home but end up pulling off and puking in a mall parking lot with my extremities going numb. Took awhile to get over this one. We will call it a learning experience.
Dude amazing video!!! Great tips and things to think about when riding.
My first real bonk was in the Michigan UP riding a week long tour of the South shore. On the last day we went from Munsing to Tahquamenon Falls State Park. The last half of that route is flat, slightly uphill. We had a headwind for all of it. Sufferfest. I remember having to get off my bike and literally curl up on the ground to cry for a spell before I could keep going. Ultimately, I made it. It's still my longest single ride at 112 miles. Unfortunately, it was not my last bonk though.
Man Dustin, you had me eager for every second of this video. From silly continuity errors, to inside baseball (or in this case, cycling.) to out of the box videography, entertaining in it's entirety . Thank you!
This truly makes my day.
Thank you for noticing all those details!
Was riding with a friend the whole day and suddenly nothing worked anymore. Could barely turn the pedals and was totally slow even at thinking. Nearly paralyzed. My friend thankfully recognized and understood the situation and its urgency and even climbed a near garden fence to get me some apples from a tree there. The two apples were not ripe, tasted badly and had the size of golfballs, but within minutes I was feeling better and could go on. Since then I never ride without some emergency sugar.
Thank you for bringing this up and telling people! It's an underestimated and often belittled danger of long rides. Even for well experienced and trained riders.
Me encantan tus videos, buen trabajo 👍
This was a top video, great production, great content! 10/10!
04:38 confident slipping in the wrongsided shoe is why I love this man so much
Hi, love that „work with what you got“ at 4:33 und you pick the wrong shoe 😂
dude i have to stop the video to tell you. besides the , in my eyes absolutly correct advices, the quality of the video, the cuts , the flow. its awesome. i love it.
Wow, thanks!
I love old road bikes
They’re what i started on
In HS in the early 00s
When I got into cycling in a more serious fashion. Than just riding bmx or crappy dept store mtbs asa kid.
Best vlog related to cycling
I was on an overnight ride from Mexican Hat to Indian Creek. I got stuck in snow drifts and mud up at 9k elevation. Carrying my bike through waste deep snow for 20 miles killed me. I’m not sure I bonked as I was eating plenty of food and snickers and even a few energy gels, but it still felt like mega exhaustion. By the time night hit, I was barely halfway past where I wanted to be (back down at a sensible elevation for March in Utah) and ended up sleeping in a latrine. Great story, favorite ride I’ve ever done.
Oh man ! I’ve learned the food and water lesson the hard way. Going on a 80km ride in Madrid with over 38 Celsius with just a bottle of water leads you to dehydration… stayed over the weekend at the hospital as my kidneys were failing me 😂. Never again
That was an incredibly well crafted video! Lots of fun to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My bonking story: I had just moved to PDX the month before my birthday, so I figured what better way to celebrate than to ride my first century. Up over the river to Washington, then along the river, and back across into Oregon went fine, but the second half was what got me. I’m from Kansas, what we call climbs are short little punchy hills, 63 miles into this ride, I experienced my first long continuous climb. Stopping every quarter mile or so I made it past the falls and Crown Point. Completely cracked and broken, I spun a 34/32 for another 200’ up before finally being able to coast a gentle slope down. I knew I was just about done, with the edges of my vision going blurry and dark, but I somehow managed to pull into a driveway with a little fruit stand where I was greeted very quickly by a woman selling the best plums I’ve ever had. She got me some fresh water and set up a chair in the shade. When I continued on home, at this point I wasn’t sure I was doing a century or just trying to not buy an Uber, I started cramping, only 16 miles from my door, so I pulled off the road at the first place I could. It just so happened to be a marina, where a very kind gentleman gave me a couple of bottles of his own water. Last hill I was cramping so hard I was stuck in a track stand for a second or two. Finally made it back home at mile 99.4, so I had to do some parking lot circles to roll it over at that point.
My main bike is a 1989 nishiki altron that I had gotten for free. Was just the frame. I was able to spec it how I wanted it to be and got it repainted. It's pretty much the perfect bike for me. Comfortable, more aggressive handling. Have easily 15k miles on it. The other bike for more relaxed rides is a 1984 Miyata Team Issue that I have set as a fixed gear.
1st time I tried a solo ride my original plan was to ride 38 miles, it was a perfect night ride so I kept going but only had one bottle of water, 1 fruit cup and by mile 64 I was toast. On the next ride, I took enough food and electrolytes and had no problem doing 102 miles. Long rides are just eating contests .
Bonking: overestimated the distance and hilliness of a new loop I'd plotted out back in the days when you used a paper map. Somewhere between halfway and tho thirds through I hit the hilly section and bonked hard. I took a 20 minute break that allowed a little energy to return and limped back home. I had a glass of orange juice as soon as I walked in the door - I'll never forget how goddamn good that juice was.
You advertised me bonking so well that I might be in need of one 😇But I always take safety precautions and do not ride too far from chimney. Safe travels!
Good to know that bonking is so common. I usually underestimate how much food I need.
I was saying consistency. I'm a 6 day a weeker also. For over a decade. Love that you open about the herb, a doobie on rides is great. And digging the thick bamboo in your garden. Looks awesome.
The glasses are killer man! Keep the videos coming!
Rode a forest trail loop in Beddgelert Wales a little hungover. Got to near the end and raced ahead to beat my mates. Went past the end of the loop without realising and up the big climb at the start AGAIN. Bonked at the top, got cramp in both legs every time I tried to pedal. No water, no food, starting to get dark. I could just about walk so picked up the bike and walked off trail through the trees towards where I guessed the start of the trail was. Luckily I was right and I arrived at the bike hire place just before they called mountain rescue. Ate a Marathon bar (now snickers) and found a nice pub to rehydrate 👍🏻
I now eat a banana & 2x 25gm bags of ready salted Hula Hoops before a ride and I always carry Dextrosol Energy tablets on my rides. Drink some water, chew a tab and drink some more. I try to eat one before I think I need one. On longer warmer rides I’ll use them more frequently. I’d bonked loads on my MTB when I was younger and felt knackered (and not known what bonking was). Now when I get home I’ll drink about another litre of water (32 oz) and have a Marathon bar (Snickers seems a dumb name here in the UK).
Also, on a nice summers day in North Wales in the 90s I was belaying for others climbing up Tryfan and one of my mates spotted I was getting early onset hypothermia as I couldn’t add and subtract simple numbers and made me a hot cup of tea with 7 sugars in it, 10 minutes later I became a functioning human again.
Great stuff. This could be said for a bunch of stuff!
Oh gaud, bonking.. love the work.
Bedankt
No bonking for me. I just over eat day before a long ride and morning of and don’t ride too hard; simple! 🚴🏻♂️
1987 fresh out of Navy Boot Camp and assigned to Norfolk VA, one weekend took the bus to downtown bought a brand new Green Cannondale sort of like (Bianchi color) and rode all the to way VA beach, once I stepped of the bike, I passed out, woke up in a car straight back to the base, I had no water no food during the ride, it look closer on the map than what it was, completely bonked out, luckily I had my ID and people figure it out!
Your artistic talent is much appreciated Mr. D.K.
Recon I can relate to the skate punk vibe. Love the attitude. Love to hear a complete tirade or 3 as well.
Maybe a “defund me Monday” 😂
BONKING!
I tried bike orienteering once, without any brackfast. After 4 hours I was completely bonking and ate pretty much everything I can find in wild nature (rowan berries was soooo good, it's strange, but in the rest of time I sonsider it not eatable), sometimes I just lay because phisically could not move.
I was 20 these days. Good times.
First time bonking was at mile 90ish if my first ever century. Managed to crawl at like 10mph until the next convenience store, where I housed a bag if gummy bears and a Coke. Chilled on the ground for 15 minutes or so and the second wind came like magic
Love it!
Almost like you were bonking while editing this. I love it!
First time I bonked was on a 150km group ride to a festival at around 130kms. We ate several times, but I had 30kg of camping gear on the bike, so I miscalculated. Luckily we found an convenience store. I remember the entrance, then it gets hazy until I found the monster energy and drained the first can before we even reached the cashiers. I could literally feel the windows start up sound as my brain came back online. A second can and a lot more sensible food ensured I was almost up to normal in like 20min. Lesson learned, these days I always have enough back up snacks to last a day more than necessary.
Hmm, I also rode an 80s bike from Greece to Istanbul back in 1990.
BTW, a couple of guys rode this year's Unbound on beach cruisers from Walmart.
Northern Ontario cycle 20 km to get to trail cycle 20km on trail fast ...bonk hard . Lay down feed clouds of black flies . Learning experience
After finishing Iceman last year, I crossed the finish line all happy, I stopped. Then I started to shake, had no idea where I was, why so many people where there and I thought I just blinked but I guess I blacked out because like 15min passed and a friend was in my face asking if I was OK.
What are those glasses they are incredible!? Great video too, subbed
Oh damn 😯 Great creativity and quality. Nice job
🤜❤️🤛
0:29 Nice clothing changes ! missing a rush or just a "for the nerd things" ? hahaha as always, much appreciated !
"never not have enough food" is real. Saturday I was giving away food, Tuesday I had a mini bonk before I ate everything in my pockets. Right as I finished my last gel, a buddy asked me if I had something for him to eat. Since I didn't, I asked the rest of the group and someone gave him some blocs. Gotta eat! Eat to ride.
I find it impossible to ride after meal, i'll get fatigue and tired. Ate only one meal a day most of the week in the evening and I ride almost everyday 20miles commuting.
First time I bonked I was riding by myself and only had a small bottle of water for a 30km ride, decided to go further down. When I noticed I was 70k away with no water I decides to turn back. On the way back there was this massive climb. I was basically seeing white and couldnt even think clearly. When I finally made it back, my jaw hurt like never before, and the next day my dentist told me I had clenched my jaw so hard I had misaligned my wisdom teeth and had to get the removed (mind you I was 25 and they had never bothered me before).
Very fun.
First serious bonk was in the southern Arizona backcountry on a 60 mile cross country ride through the mountains. Felt like I was dying around mile 25ish. Kept pushing and just dug the hole deeper until I hit rock bottom. I eventually pulled the plug, bailed back to Patagonia on a fire road, and ate a solid meal with some ice cream and soda. Far and away my scariest ride and, sad to say, I was a pretty experienced rider when I made this mistake...lessons learned
I think people should ride every single day. For just TWO minutes, seven days a week. For me this adds up to 100+ miles / week. Which I realize this sounds like im really bad at math. but the idea is, as long as you commit to just a 2 minute ride around your block, then 95% of the time, you will enjoy the 2 minute ride and end up going on a 15-20 mile ride. It rarely fails. The hardest part of anything is just putting your shoes on. I learned this from the "two minute rule" in Atomic Habits by James Clear.
And on days where I really don't want to ride, that 2 minutes usually turns into 3-4 miles, which adds up also. If you can commit to two minutes without fail, you will become a much stronger rider.
Sage like wisdom right here!
Last year, I got down to the optimal body weight at my height for the first time in years. It was great until I hit that precise point of not having any easily accessible fat when bonking... On a 100 km MTB ride. It was the first time I absolutely **had** to stop for a burger mid ride. The legs just said "nah".
Bonked riding the bicycle leg of the 1986 Santa Barbara Triathlon. Was not gonna make it if there had not been a well placed feed station. Problem was all they had was green, and I mean hard bananas. They did the trick, but without bonking I would never have eaten them. Cheers.
Days since last bonking: 0. Literaly wasnt prepared for a longer ride, meet few guys and jumped in with them, way back home was a disaster :D
Side note for haircuts, I have the same damn haircut btw and I found texturing it with a feather brand texturizing razor fixes this exact problem.
Just putting this out there - has anybody else ever experienced the ANTI-BONK? This is when you are adding lots of electrolytes to your water and maybe have had too much caffeine to compensate for a bad night's sleep, and the more of the sugar-salt water you drink the more you feel cruddy? It shares many of the same symptoms of bonking but in extreme versions this can lead to accelerated heart rate. It doesn't feel great either!
Riding home to my college dorm across a wet narrow steel bridge in Charleston SC, bonked and dreaming of chip chocolate cookies
24? Rookie numbers kid - 41 years of mtb'ing knowledge here. ;) Worst ride experiences for me are tied to old injuries coming up on international trips.
Just start and don't get too caught up in the "perfect" bike, to get started. I started on a 600 dollar 3x8, just a few years ago and I still ride that bike, even though I have a dozen others to choose from now.
I mean, 3 dudes just did Unbound on beach cruisers from Wal Mart. Fancy bikes aren't necessary.
All future videos you make need to feature grunty bike mentor.
Like the background music for consistency,Jump on it!
Honestly mate you did a quite a lot of work making your video.may allah bleess your hard work love it ❤❤❤
Much respect ✊
“You don’t wanna die do you?” lol
🫣
I wonder if our ancestors bonked when forging the badlands for food and shelter…
Probably only once. Then they were eaten.
Learn how to fix puncture or a broken chain, replace an inner tube. These skills can boost your confidence in going further which will make you a better cyclist.
Can you send me a link to the glasses you are wearing?
A common theme to these bonking stories. Anyway mine was doing a 60 mile solo ride around the Cape May peninsula. Started out as a "lets see if I can do 30-40" type of ride, brought only a single clif bar and like 40oz of water. I was doing well right up until about mile 50, with me completely bonked sitting on a park bench in Stone Harbor. I still had a whole bridge crossing to get back to Wildwood and had no food and barely any water left. I barely got there but eventually set a goal of reaching a specific pizza shop called "Sam's" knowing they'd have the ice tea and pizza to revive me. Took me like 3 days to recover fully from that one lol
That was fun! Ride to eat, eat to ride
also, the body can do so much more than we think - I was coming back from injury, "couldn't" ride more than 50, 60K - was between events in EU on my way from Switzerland to France - stopped in Italy on Lago Maggiore for 2 nights, and new I could ride about 65K along the lake (should be flat right?) across the border into Switzerland (it's a thing, as where i come from, country borders are just too far), and then take the ferry back to where I started - so, 65k - totally doable. I stopped enroute after about 50K and had a beer and a pizza (I think this actually saved me) and kept going - super excited to cross the border and then stopped for a Coke (only time I drink full fat Coke is on rides). After that leisurely ice cold drink (it was a flipping hot and humid day) I walked to the Ferry Master and asked what time was the next ferry was, and he laughed and said, due to Covid, they weren't crossing borders. Ooops, bad planning. to add injury to insult, no trains nor busses either. Shite! So, I started riding back. Made it to the town where I had the pizza - and started to look for the train station, at which time my batter on my mobile phone died. Eventually found the station only to realise the next train to where i needed to be was another 2 hour wait. So - I pretty much had no choice, other than a very expensive taxi ride - and I rode back. I finished almost in the dark, 140Km later and an ave speed close to 28Kph. I couldn't believe it. I downed 3 beers, had a long shower and slept really well that night.
My worst bonk was back when I was only riding fixed gear and I took a longer than usual ride.My rides were usually short enough to only require a bottle of water so I was foolishly thinking, "why not crank up those numbers"🤦🏿♂. Everything was going well until the ride back, I was about 6 miles from home when seemingly out of nowhere I had no energy and I was forced to pull to the side of the bike trail and slump over my top tube. I stayed like that for probably 5 mins (but felt like 30 lol) then realizing I probably needed nutrients I force myself into limp mode and make it to the golden arcs for some much needed sustenance. It's pretty wild to think back on, I felt like that was it and then after a burger I was revived! Makes you realize how delicate we really are. Rubbersidedown and I hope y'all never !
0.29 nice continuity to the counsel couch
You notice the wardrobe 🤣
First 60 mile ride I bonked in a bad way, thank god for my sons tub of gummy bears when I got him and an hr sleep on the sofa
Did you put your left shoe on your right foot at 4:40 in the video?
GCN says Recovery is the key, so I've been setting in front of the computer recovering for the last three years & a plus is I've put on 30 lbs of fat to sustain my & fight of the 'Bonk'. I'm pretty sure 2 more yrs of recover & I'll be ready for the TDF ; -) #RecoveryMonster
I agree
Not really a super story, but I was maybe 20 or so and decided to bike 75kms on road without any food and just one water bottle. I made it back to town, but fuck, what a horrid ordeal. Stopped at a gas station and bought everything. Like, gas station pizza because I was RIP.
hit the wall so hard, and had close to zero cash on my, but just enough for a McDonalds happy meal, i went through the drive thru
I booked. picking up some puff ,!!
Stoner mistake,too embarrassing to say any more 😂
The EBD comment section doubles as a "Trust Tree"
True Dat Dustin,60 miles for a smoke on a MTB, maybe a bit far for an urban child who would get lost when you passed the last traffic lights outside town 😅😢
First time I ever rode 100 miles at once was on a $300 second (third? fourth?) hand Frankenstein bike. Did I bonk? Youbetcha! If there’s a c-store, get some sour patch kids and a little Coca-Cola. That experience taught me that most limits are just in your mind. Excuses. You’ll be fine.
My bike commute, 6 to 7 minutes there, 10 on the way back daily. Does that count as consistency??
Perfection is an illusion ❤
Winning races on my ss surly pugsley
My worst bonk was on the Chicago lakefront path as a newbie to triathlon. I went about 25 miles one direction, ran out of food, forgot my phone and wallet on the counter, and didn’t realize I had a headwind the whole way back. I actually had to walk my bike the last ten miles because it was faster than the speed I could pedal. As painful as it was it was such a great life lesson to never make that mistake again.
I bonked on my first OMTM Timber Logjam ride. A new friend gave me a Snickers. I remember he told me that he was OK with sharing his food bc being a dad made him want to look after others. I stopped at the post office in Timber and hitched a ride back to the car with some dude who told me even though he wasn't drunk at the time, he regularly drove to work at the diner drunk and had a few DUIs. He assured me that he was just high, though. It was an interesting day! I committed to consistency after that. It worked!
AWESOME - NEXT LEVEL video and of course great tips!
August 5th, I'll celebrate 60 years on the bike.
Got my first bike at 5 yrs old.
When I was in the Navy, I had my bike onboard ship.
2022, set a world record for fastest time to 10,000 miles (East coast (NY/NJ) weather conditions!)
And if I may quote the Cannibal; "Ride as much or as little, or as long or short as you feel. But ride."
#Molteni