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Using a fan while riding indoors, if my main goal is weight loss?
No.
Weight lost by sweat is water weight. Your body needs water, and you should replenish lost water as you ride and/or immediately after. People have reduced their weight through sweating to meet an ...
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Does a bike exist that is both very light and does not need to be ridden in a hunched over position?
Here's what you need! Lightweight and upright --
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Does a bike exist that is both very light and does not need to be ridden in a hunched over position?
Consider trying a recumbent. They fail on your "light" requirement, with weights well above a diamond-frame.
However for a crook back, sitting in a comfy armchair is magical compared to being on a ...
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Is it worth buying a lighter bike? If so what kind?
IMHO, it's not the weight that is hurting you the most. While weight makes a difference and a lighter bike would be much better, it's too common in cycling world for people to use weight as a proxy ...
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Could you reduce the weight of a Santa Cruz Chameleon down from 12.82 kg to 10kg (2018 model)?
Breaking the rules with a kind-of non-answer and personal opinion, but...
1) Mountain bikes should be heavier than a cyclocross bike. It's got a suspension fork and frame and wheels need to be ...
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belt vs chain for what matters performance only
First things first: A belt is probably slightly less efficient than a properly installed clean chain. The test you link already indicates that. Probably with the tension Gates requires you'll loose a ...
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More speed or more distance for weight loss?
Most important - Well done in losing weight, what you are experiencing is very normal, don't let it put you off.
A word of warning - despite the common perceptions, most people do not lose weight ...
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Using a fan while riding indoors, if my main goal is weight loss?
My answer is essentially the same as Adam's, but phrased a bit differently. The less adequate your cooling, the lower the power you'll be able to sustain. Power directly correlates with calories burnt....
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Do fat cyclists bonk?
Bonking occurs when your body cannot metabolise stored fat (and muscle protein) fast enough to replace the glycogen reserves, you deplete the reserves in your muscles and liver, and eventually you run ...
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How much faster will I be if I lose 10kg (from 100kg, all else equal)
According to BikeCalculator, assuming you drop 10 kg while everything else remains the same (power output, etc.), you would travel 0.3 km/hr faster over a 50 km ride, on the average. In other words, ...
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Bicycle weight limit (carrying capacity) increase
On a non-folding bike, I'd look at the wheels, and probably replace them with 36 spoke touring wheels and reasonably wide, tough tyres (e.g. 35mm). The tyres absorb some of the shock loads.
However a ...
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Which part(s) has the greatest slope of price per pound(kg)?
The full answer is long and complicated but the short answer is almost surely 1) the proper air pressure at zero cost (meaning, zero slope in terms of price/kg); followed by 2) latex tubes (at a ...
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How does weight influence your speed when descending?
The heavier person will present more area to the wind, but this is mitigated by two factors: The bicycle presents a fixed area to the wind and the area presented by the heavier person is not ...
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Max weight of child, for rear bike seats - why is it always (seemingly) 22kg?
While Criggie's answer explains the reasoning behind the limit, the reason why the official limit is almost always exactly 22kg is simple: that's the standard.
The 22kg limit comes from the European ...
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Could you reduce the weight of a Santa Cruz Chameleon down from 12.82 kg to 10kg (2018 model)?
Bontrager's Law states parts can be light weight, durable, or inexpensive you only get to pick two characteristics. The only time it makes monetary sense to replace a part with a lighter one is if ...
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Using a fan while riding indoors, if my main goal is weight loss?
No, it does not mean that. Losing water is not weight loss, unless it's the night before a fight (judo, boxing) and you need to get your weight into your weight class, then happily gain it back.
Your ...
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Hybrid vs Touring weight carrying capacity
Other points - you've assumed that from this pair, all steel bikes have lower load limits than aluminium ones.
a. This is a sample of two, and we can't be confident that either represents the "...
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Is it worth buying a lighter bike? If so what kind?
I would recommend you wait for one reason Covid. In most parts of the world bikes are in limited supply. Prices even on used bikes are 50% to 75% higher than comparable bikes a year ago. I think you ...
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Are the benefits of light, high end equipment (such as carbon fiber frame) defeated by wearing a backpack?
Per your comment you are currently riding a very cheap bike. Upgrading to a more decent bike will bring a lot of benefits, not just lower weight.
Weight is most important when going uphill or when ...
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Are the benefits of light, high end equipment (such as carbon fiber frame) defeated by wearing a backpack?
I also commute, and my standard carry does not require anything more than jersey pockets. That's ideal.
However there are days where I need to move a laptop. On days with a road bike, that means a ...
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What is the weight difference between frame sizes?
According to the Weight Weenies.com web site listed weight can differ from actual weight by as much as 10-13%. One thing you should be aware of is there is some variations between identical frames due ...
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What is the weight difference between frame sizes?
The important thing to remember is that on a modern road bike, the frame is actually a small percentage of the overall weight of the bike. This frame, including the fork, is advertised at 3 pounds, ...
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Is the real world experience of riding a light bike understated by physics-based calculators?
The physics model of cycling power and speed has been validated in the real world. Two examples are this and this. The model embedded in Analyticcyling.com's online calculator is based on these two ...
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Does a bike exist that is both very light and does not need to be ridden in a hunched over position?
Many of the (continental?) European "every-day" bikes have a relatively upright and straight back position (you basically get a continuum there from sportive strongly forward tilted position to ...
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Bicycle weight limit (carrying capacity) increase
tl;dr: if you want a sturdy folding ebike, you need to have a sturdy folding bike.
Even if the bicycle statically/dinamically can stand more than the declared weight (at your own risk), the (expected)...
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Which part(s) has the greatest slope of price per pound(kg)?
Do also consider durability - it is a common misconception that more expensive things last longer, and while that may be true comparing mid-range to cheap stuff, the top-end parts tend to have a ...
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How would one determine if enlarging the loadbearing screw holes for the bike rack is a good idea?
To get the canned advice part out of the way: it's pretty common for problems with broken rack bolts to come after the bolts have spent some time loose under a heavy load. It's possible that going ...
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More speed or more distance for weight loss?
In the end it's all about calories in vs calories out. Cycling longer or at higher intensity will both increase the amount of calories you burn. However, the most important factor is what suits you ...
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Best way to strengthen a wheel?
When the spokes break, do they snap at the J bend? Or elsewhere?
If the little mushroomed cap is gone at the hub end and there's a spikey "claw" then your spoke tension is low which is stressing ...
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Does a bike exist that is both very light and does not need to be ridden in a hunched over position?
Does something already exist? Probably not. Could something be custom-built for you? Definitely.
Super-light bikes are generally only in the "hunched over" aggressive positions, because generally ...
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