Coming back to riding after years off

So I am rebuilding my legs after years off the bike. My garage burned down in 2014 and everything inside was destroyed, including my lovely Turner Burner (OG 4 bar). So after much rebuilding and spending of money, I finally found a deal on a Demo Flux. Great bike. Snapped that bad boy up. Now I just need to build up the motor. Motor has noodles for legs right now.

 

Was that posted on STR? I remember reading that story, and seeing the pictures you posted... Either way- Glad to have you back on the bike, and there is at least one other fellow Turner enthusiast in here, @Cougar .

 

Yeah, I haunt that every once in a while.

 

Welcome back, both to the trails and the Turner family hehe

 

Right? DT makes a bad ass bike. And I love me some USA products. I had the OG 4 Bar Burner back in the day. I pushed it to 120 mm, so the flux is basically in the same ballpark but with bigger hoops. 28.5 lbs of goodness.

 

Just keep turning the pedals, and the burn will fade.

 

So sorry to hear about the Garage fire! Certainly glad you are back to our awesome sport. And a warm welcome to imtbtrails Ted...

Mikie
imtbtrails
Frazier Park

 

Hey, Tedroy, glad to see ya on the bike and on the boards. Rubber down, pal, ride on.

 

Welcome back into the fold! Glad to hear it - and glad you landed here too. Looking forward to your reports. (waving smiley)

 

Good deal! You know it's the way and the truth!

 

Shouldn't take very long to build back up to your former fitness in the matter of weeks/months. It's a good time to start planning out your routines, as you have a clean slate for setting up habits, and you might want to avoid making bad ones, unless you plan on being the super flexible adaptive type that is a jack-of-all, master-of-none.

Check out the lights and nutrition/hydration (Tailwind) threads to help yourself along. Don't forget to work on your core and upper body strength as well. Speaking of developing habits, maybe do push-ups as a warm-up before biking and do sit-ups while brushing your teeth or whatever. The push-ups and sit-ups translate to more confident descending in the attack position.

 

Yup. I remember it too.

 

Ah-hem.... Another Homer here. And I had my 5-Spot before Cougar was born!!

Welcome to this side TedRoy. Looks like STR burned down too.

 

I'm not that young/you aren't that old

 

You are not....but she sure as hell is.

 

Watch it or I'll breathe on ya - you know, old people breath!!

And before anyone jumps down my throat I've been around old people all my life...so there.

 

Double Burn!

 

J's just jealous cuz he'll never look as good as me at 53!!

Hey, that rhymed...

 

He's NEVER looked as good as you, ever.......well maybe that one time he was dressed up as Princess Leia for Halloween!