How long to warm up?

SimonAH
SimonAH Posts: 3,730
edited June 2011 in Commuting chat
On any given ride I sound like an asthmatic water buffalo for 20 minutes but then roll like cream for as long as I want thereafter. OK, I'm 40 and pollute the world with cigars but surely this is the wrong way around??
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Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

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  • SteppenHerring
    SteppenHerring Posts: 720
    Sounds about right. I need about 7-8 miles before everything starts working properly - lungs open up and breathing feels good. Shame my commute's only 9 miles.
  • puncturemagnet
    puncturemagnet Posts: 52
    Takes me about 3 - 5 miles to get into my stride, after that I can go full pelt for at least 10-20 seconds :D
  • graham.
    graham. Posts: 862
    Yep. That sounds like me. (Apart from the cigar bit.)
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    SteppenHerring wrote:
    Sounds about right. I need about 7-8 miles before everything starts working properly - lungs open up and breathing feels good. Shame my commute's only 9 miles.

    +1

    which gives me about 4-5 miles of relaxed cycling :)
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Sounds about right - I'm just about warmed up by the time I get to work - on the trail I tend to be slow for the first 3-5 miles and then I'm OK - I don't smoke now but I did up to about 10 years ago
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Yup - same as me - with cigars.

    takes about 5 to 6 miles to start feeling like everything is working.
  • welkman
    welkman Posts: 396
    For me it is about 3-4 miles in the morning unless I have had some time off the bike (half term) in which case the first commute is a truly horrid experince. In the evening I am normally straight on it.

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