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No one can give you a meaningful answer to this, as we don't know how efficient your bike is, how much and what you eat, the details of your genetics, how hilly your area is, etc.
The short answer is, "in amounts sufficient to burn more calories than you take in (when coupled with your resting metabolism and incidental physical activities you undertake throughout the day)."

ebola
 
I think that it is more essential to exercise on a regular basis. riding 10km each day will be more productive than 30km a week. I just use my bike as my main form of transportation, so I have to ride it all the time :)
 
I guess I started losing weight at the 10 hour a week mark (150-175 miles of hills?), but I like to eat and drink (like...a lot...like near or over 4k kCal / day), and I wasn't too large to begin with.

ebola
 
AlwaysHighandMad said:
Ive been driving down to carter road,super fun.I highly recomend if you're close to central florida,but yea look it up.#CENTRAL FLORIDAAA BIKER lol but ive been riding my bike alot more lately saves gas and is fun
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I heard that theres a group of bmx dirt jump riders with some riding area in Dunedin.
I use the Pinellas trail as Im in Clearwater Florida.
Where are you in central Florida?
 
If anyone is in or close enough to Austin, TX there are some nice trails in the Walnut Creek area. They also have a place where you can do the BMX jumps. I only know b/c my husband goes a lot. Biking works for him to keep him slim but he's one of those fast metabolism types anyway.
 
ramblin_rose said:
If anyone is in or close enough to Austin, TX there are some nice trails in the Walnut Creek area. They also have a place where you can do the BMX jumps. I only know b/c my husband goes a lot. Biking works for him to keep him slim but he's one of those fast metabolism types anyway.
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Hi, Your name caught my attention earlier when I was...trying to spot my Bluelighter status friends. The list of members "online" is located at the bottom of tour screen when on the front page.
Austin tx recently hosted the x games! Did you attend? In 2016 it will be held in Aspen Colorado.
Your status has changed from greenlighter to bluelighter! Youve made over 50 posts on bluelight. And you are now allowed to post in Lounge. Why not introduce yourself?
 
 
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beagleboy said:
Hi, Your name caught my attention earlier when I was...trying to spot my Bluelighter status friends. The list of members "online" is located at the bottom of tour screen when on the front page.
Austin tx recently hosted the x games! Did you attend? In 2016 it will be held in Aspen Colorado.
Your status has changed from greenlighter to bluelighter! Youve made over 50 posts on bluelight. And you are now allowed to post in Lounge. Why not introduce yourself?
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Hey-
No, I didn't go to tge X games. I was still rehabbing from a surgery. I know someone who went and they said it was awesome.
I didn't know about posting in the lounge, I'll have to check it out, thanks.
 
sober2 said:
How far do u have to ride to lose weight
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That's not the question.

To lose weight you must be in caloric deficit.

And in your cardiovascular workouts you should keep 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. Fat burning zone.
 
Fat burning zone.
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This actually doesn't matter much. If you burn a greater amount of calories via glycogen, newly circulating glucose from recently ingested food, etc., you will run the same caloric deficit, and if you don't eat more than usual, that caloric deficit will have to come out of bodyfat. Some strength training is helpful, as increasing muscle mass is the only way to reliably and significantly increase basal metabolic need (mitochondria are concentrated in muscular tissue) (well, your metabolic needs go up with body weight increase in general, but that's not really desirable). I'll note that I find strength training too boring to do. :P

ebola
 
Ive been having some trouble with my chain slipping its more noticeable when going uphill, is there anything i can do?
 
glitter_kiss said:
Ive been having some trouble with my chain slipping its more noticeable when going uphill, is there anything i can do?
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Check the tightness of the chain, check it hasn't stretched, check both the chain and casette aren't worn, and check there isn't any misalignment going on. As a stopgap, cycle in lower gears so you're putting less force through the chain.
 
glitter_kiss said:
Ive been having some trouble with my chain slipping its more noticeable when going uphill, is there anything i can do?
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Your chain should never EVER slip.

1) How many speeds is your bike? 1 or 7, 24 etc?

2) Are the shifters ( the thing on the handlebars that makes the gears shift ) working?

3) are all the shifter cables still on the bike? To your best knowledge have any of the cables been removed?


You said that the chain slips when going uphill. It sounds like your derailers and shifters need to be adjusted, which isnt that hard to do.
**Im going to guess that while shifting gears to ride uphill the chain fell off the sprockets and wedged into the wheel? You poor baby! Ill try and help you adjust your derailer.

Respond to my questions as best you can and tonite I will post a video link instructing you how to fix your chain from slipping glitter kiss.
 




Made these snow & ice tires in 2010 and they were great! Cost me $49 total for 2 new tires and 800 screws. Took me 8 hours to make. I had to use a table saw with a sandpaper cutting wheel to shorten up the screws. I ran a liner in between the tire/screw heads and I used tbe Slime brand tubes that are very thick.
These are comparable ( read better ) than a single tire being sold through a retailer for $90 with only like 100 studs in it.
 
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