Bandit9 said:Riding the bike is the best exercise. Just ride and ride HARD every chance you get. It is the intensity in the riding that is the most beneficial.
Even at 195lbs with your gear, you are still too heavy for stock springs. Springs are only $200 front and rear. Changing your springs is very easy and you could do it in less than an hour. Your riding will improve greatly.
YFZRob said:Will it make that big of a difference? According to race tech's online calculator (which asks for weight WITHOUT gear), at 193 lbs (which I am now), I should be using a .436 fork spring and stock is a .43. In the rear I should be using a 5.26kg spring, yet stock is a 5.2 on my 05 RM. Those figures get even closer to the stock springs once I get to my goal weight of 188. The 05 RM250 was sprung stiffer than most others. So, would it really help to go up to the next spring interval? At 188, rounding to the nearest spring puts me to stock. Right now, I would round up, and be going a tad stiff on the next rate up. Also, fully suited up the rear sag when stock was only 103mm, which I have slightly adjusted to 100mm.
I definitely know that riding is the best excerise....it's just frustrating when you cannot get more than 3 laps in before fatigue starts to take over and you lose focus on your riding technique. That's when I'll end up getting hurt. :bang:
Bandit9 said:3 laps and your tired? Something isn't right with that.
Bandit9 said:3 laps and your tired? Something isn't right with that.
squeaky said:How about everyone else?
MXGirl230 said:We have mostly stopped drinking pop (or soda or whatever it is in your region!)
MXGirl230 said:Phil is also noticing improvement also. He just wants riding season to get here soon!
SPD said:The thing here is to find something you enjoy doing.
adam728 said:Yea, I just moved from Michigan (born and raised) to Georgia about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Apparently there is no such thing as pop here.
MXGirl230 said:Well my 16yr old bro. is getting jealous...he hears about us hitting the gym and he has gotten the bug. He has gone with us twice and loves it. When he starts to slack on the cardio I just remind him that working hard at cardio will help to burn his "buddha belly" He picks it up then and gets going. It's kinda fun having him there, teaching him things, and he is actually listening to me or Phil!
adam728 said:I'm supposed to be all "grown up" now, with my professional career, yet I'm still riding around on a kids bike. :yeehaw:
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