Cycling, CPAP and Sleep.

Bike is full dura ace except for the carbon FSA cranks. Seatpost and bars are carbon. Wheels are Mavic ksyrium. When I got the bike I swapped out the cassette to a 12-27 which helps me on the 'hills'. I could use maybe one more gear or a motor. The pedals are Look keo carbon. Its way more bike than I need, but it's a powerful motivator having my wife threaten to kill me if I don't ride it.

This area is actually continuous rolling hills, you are always going either up or down. But it's not Colorado. I would definitively get a triple if I had to actually climb something that took more than a couple of minutes.. Having a long way to go to be good again is, in its own way, also good. Cycling is about the journey, right?

carbonman wrote:

elader wrote: Carbonman - my poser bike:

You know...now that I look closer.....your perception of your cycling is aimed far above poser.
Full carbon.....nice....I'm a carbon man, too.
A double crank....oh, yea, no "real" hills or altitude where you're riding.
I'm an old guy , riding hills and altitude, I need that triple.
.....and are those carbon bottle cages ......NICE!
I can't tell from the pic....Look pedals??

...yea, that ain't no poser bike.

My Vision is 7 years old and currently naked. That is she does not have her seat on, the seat frame broke. I ordered the parts and they should ship tomorrow. Current pics are on my blog. At some point I will take pics of her fully loaded. I mean with fenders, lights, day bag, Camel Bak, etc. After the retro fit with the replacement parts she will be a Vision/Volae. Vision went out of business and I can only get Volae parts with an adapter kit to fit a new seat frame to my bike. The Volae geometry and Vision geometry are almost identical. In fact when Vision went out of business a lot of the designers went to work for Waterford Cycles. They manufacture the Volae frames. Volae is the house brand for a bike shop called Hostel Shoppe in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

DSM, have you considered a Green Speed Trike? I know they are built in Australia. I am sure they are less expensive there then they would be here in the U.S.

elader wrote:Bike is full dura ace except for the carbon FSA cranks. Seatpost and bars are carbon. Wheels are Mavic ksyrium. When I got the bike I swapped out the cassette to a 12-27 which helps me on the 'hills'. I could use maybe one more gear or a motor. The pedals are Look keo carbon.

That is a SWEEEEEET! bike.

elader wrote: Its way more bike than I need, but it's a powerful motivator having my wife threaten to kill me if I don't ride it.

.....whatever it takes.

elader wrote: Cycling is about the journey, right?

Cycling is life, the rest is just details.

I'm a lapsed biker. Used to kick out 20-25 mile road rides or 2 hr. mountain bike rides. My longest one day ride was 54 miles
I haven't been on a bike in 2.5 yrs except to cruise around the park across the street.

In my case it wasn't OSA that got me off my bike, but a combination of realizing my life-long dream of getting a horse and moving to 5280' where there are real mountains (grew up in Michigan).

Now some co-workers have convinced me to do a team triahalon, so I'm going to be riding my bike around Arvada in July. Wish me luck.

Elader- It hasn't been that long that I don't recognize that you have a darn fine bike.

Here's mine, currently gathering dust in the garage until it warms up. A custom steel Kirk road bike with Campy parts, Paul brakes, paint job by Joe Bell, etc.

SheZAAM,

Good for you - but, I do hope you add any impressions about how biking interacts with your therapy & sleep.

Cheers

DSM

I liked your blog. I too am an avid biker and CPAP helped.
Here is my bike.
It is a recumbent with a hybrid power source for hills.

I am pretty fortunate that I live really close to a bike trail. I'm a recreational biker. I tried last year. Went on a tour with a few friends and did the Napa Wine Country thing. That was very nice. We get to stop several times for wine tastings and lunch.

My brother talked me into doing a group ride last October (right before I started cpaping). Half a block out, one of my tires got caught in the tracks and I went down ... hard. I pushed on ... not wanting to quit and go home after only half a block. 12 miles later, I found that I couldn't lift my arm. Took a while, but I found out I had a partially torn rotator cuff. Not fun.

Shoulder's still stiff. Today, I went on my first ride. Ended up going only about 5 miles since I decided to tow the dogs (2 of them, about 25 lbs. each in a trailer) to the doggie park. It was a good day.

I wanted a comfy bike when I bought mine a few years ago. Ended up with a hybrid. The thing sure is comfy ... like a Buick. Rides like one too. All heavy and clunky. I'll probably get something lighter and sexier eventually ... but for the time being, this is probably good training for my legs.

Linus

That bike is a treat

Love it

PS in a moment of weakness I wondered about a 300 watt electric motor hub to get me up the steep hills but have since solved the problem by just getting fit - now am griping about how few calories I now burn on the trip home

DSM

I go to a meeting in Keystone every year in spring. I can baely walk up a flight of stairs at 8000 feet. I see people riding bikes. I assume they have acclimated

Your bike is really nice. I yearn for a more custom ride..

SheZAAM! wrote:
In my case it wasn't OSA that got me off my bike, but a combination of realizing my life-long dream of getting a horse and moving to 5280' where there are real mountains (grew up in Michigan).


Here's mine, currently gathering dust in the garage until it warms up. A custom steel Kirk road bike with Campy parts, Paul brakes, paint job by Joe Bell, etc.

elader wrote:I go to a meeting in Keystone every year in spring. I can baely walk up a flight of stairs at 8000 feet. I see people riding bikes. I assume they have acclimated

Why don't you bring that poser bike out to Co in July.
This is the highlite ride of the summer.
This will by my third year.

http://www.teamevergreen.org/node/16

Linus wrote:I liked your blog. I too am an avid biker and CPAP helped.
Here is my bike.
It is a recumbent with a hybrid power source for hills.

Very nice BIKE E. Unfortunatley like Vision they too went out of business. Too bad, they made a decent recumbent for folks who do not intend on riding long tours. They are a perfect around town 'bent. How much more does yours weigh with the motor? Can you tell the differance when you are on a flat? How long does the battery charge last for?

Cool! Another 'bent head!

Here's my primary commuter rig:



And an old one of me on my "club ride" bike:



And a head-on shot of me (with a friend), doing RAIN a few years ago. 160 mile day, with average rolling speed of 20 or so that year (beat it last two times, too).

t-bone wrote:Cool! Another 'bent head!

Here's my primary commuter rig:



And an old one of me on my "club ride" bike:



And a head-on shot of me (with a friend), doing RAIN a few years ago. 160 mile day, with average rolling speed of 20 or so that year (beat it last two times, too).

Is your "club ride" bike a Volae? How do you like the 26" wheels in both the front and rear? I prefer the 20" in the front and the 26" rear wheel. Also by the end of the week my Vision will be morphed into a Vision/Volae on account of replacing the seat and seat stays.

This is turning into a gallery of eccentric cycles

What it is like riding the horizontal cycle up a steep hill ?, I would imagine visibility might be a problem ?

DSM

FreemasonCyclist wrote:Please read my blog post about Cycling, CPAP and Sleep and tell me what you think.

Link; http://johnsbicyclinghobby.blogspot.com/

I'm a convert to cycling for my commute. I'm now back to cycling to work again after just 2 weeks of CPAP. I had previously been too tired to cycle for the last two months.

someone from cnn interviewed me a while back http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/30/findin ... index.html

cycling to work is much better than a stressful and dangerous trip in my car. I even cycle when its 115 degrees luckily for me they have showers at my work.