Overweight and wanting to start riding but where???

hugo said:

Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London Ontario
area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to start
biking. I gotta lose weight.
thanks

I don't know any specific places. But in general you should start
looking at thrift stores, pawn shops and yard / garage sales.

Ken
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new cycling shorts: $39
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Ken C. M. said:

I don't know any specific places. But in general you should start
looking at thrift stores, pawn shops and yard / garage sales.

Also local newspaper and posting board at grocery store.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Will said:

Ken C. M. said:

I don't know any specific places. But in general you should start
looking at thrift stores, pawn shops and yard / garage sales.

Also local newspaper and posting board at grocery store.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's a good suggestion.

I've seen used bikes advertised for sale on posting boards
at laundromats as well.

cheers,
Tom

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hugo wrote:
:: Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
:: Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
:: start biking. I gotta lose weight.
:: thanks

It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free and you
can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you need to find a
suitable place to ride. This might not be the best approach for someone who
doesn't have much money.

Good luck!

"Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Will said:

Ken C. M. said:

I don't know any specific places. But in general you should start
looking at thrift stores, pawn shops and yard / garage sales.

Also local newspaper and posting board at grocery store.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's a good suggestion.

I've seen used bikes advertised for sale on posting boards
at laundromats as well.

Police auctions.

http://www.craigslist.com ??

Roger Zoul said:

hugo wrote:
:: Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
:: Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
:: start biking. I gotta lose weight.
:: thanks

To add to other suggestions I'd try just asking anybody you know if
they know of someone with a bike they want to get rid of. There are a
lot of decent bikes lying around in garages that you might be able to
have, even for free. Also you might want to sign up with London
Freecycle
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleLondonOntario/. A posting
there might help.

Quoted message said:

It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free and you
can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you need to find a
suitable place to ride.

Uh, what's wrong with riding in London? Nice city, not too many hills,
well almost no hills. I commuted by bike for the 3 years that I lived
there, and did it on the Cdn$10 bike I bought at a police auction.

A bike has a lot of advantages if you don't have much money - like
cheap transportation. A regular adult bus ticket in London is Cdn$
2.50 and a regular monthly pass is Cdn$ 74.00.

An inexpensive bike can save a person a lot of money, give him/her
healthy exercise and expand horizons.

While walking is good exercise, walking speed is roughly 5km/hr vs.
cycling (relatively slowly) is 20 km/ hour. It also makes it easier to
shop for bargins since the rider can get to places fast and cheaply.
I figure if someone is willing to spend half an hour traveling, he/she,
walking has access to about 20 sq. km. of a city[1]. Cycling this
jumps to 300 sq. km

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

1. Standard pi R^2 calculation

Roger Zoul said:

Quoted message said:

Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
start biking. I gotta lose weight. thanks

Quoted message said:

It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free
and you can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you
need to find a suitable place to ride. This might not be the best
approach for someone who doesn't have much money.

I think bicycling is the better way to get exercise because walking
doesn't readily get aerobics working with increased pulse rate. To get
that would require jogging or running, which is hard to do when
overweight. Bicycling, in contrast, is a smooth activity that can
achieve any level of power output on the level as well as on hills.

This come to mind when I see joggers slogging along in apparent
discomfort, dripping in sweat for lack of wind for cooling that comes
naturally when bicycling.

Ride bike!

Jobst Brandt

Quoted message said:

Roger Zoul said:

Quoted message said:

Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
start biking. I gotta lose weight. thanks

Quoted message said:

It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free
and you can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you
need to find a suitable place to ride. This might not be the best
approach for someone who doesn't have much money.

I think bicycling is the better way to get exercise because walking
doesn't readily get aerobics working with increased pulse rate. To get
that would require jogging or running, which is hard to do when
overweight. Bicycling, in contrast, is a smooth activity that can
achieve any level of power output on the level as well as on hills.

This come to mind when I see joggers slogging along in apparent
discomfort, dripping in sweat for lack of wind for cooling that comes
naturally when bicycling.

Ride bike!

Jobst Brandt

Good points, I just want to ad, with a bad knee, I find biking lower
impact compared to walking. Plus, I heard that simply riding bike
offers more calorie burning potential since you are constantly using
stablilizer musles to balance.

later,

tom @ www.How-To-Lose-Pounds.com

Someone said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
> Ontario area? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need
> to start biking. I gotta lose weight.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is
free and you can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic
and you need to find a suitable place to ride. This might not be
the best approach for someone who doesn't have much money.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I think bicycling is the better way to get exercise because walking
doesn't readily get aerobics working with increased pulse rate. To
get that would require jogging or running, which is hard to do when
overweight. Bicycling, in contrast, is a smooth activity that can
achieve any level of power output on the level as well as on hills.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

This come to mind when I see joggers slogging along in apparent
discomfort, dripping in sweat for lack of wind for cooling that comes
naturally when bicycling.

Quoted message said:

Good points, I just want to ad, with a bad knee, I find biking lower
impact compared to walking. Plus, I heard that simply riding bike
offers more calorie burning potential since you are constantly using
stabilizer muscles to balance.

It takes no perceptible muscular activity to balance a bicycle.

Jobst Brandt

On Sat, 06 May 2006 18:27:17 -0400, Tom The Great <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Good points, I just want to ad, with a bad knee, I find biking lower
impact compared to walking. Plus, I heard that simply riding bike
offers more calorie burning potential since you are constantly using
stablilizer musles to balance.

later,

tom @ www.How-To-Lose-Pounds.com

Some of the literature I've seen in my cardio rehab program featured a
list of activities, and how much time it takes to burn 100 calories.
Walking was listed as 20 minutes, cycling at 25. I'm guessing they
were going with a relaxed speed.

Indiana Mike

"hugo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London Ontario
area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to start
biking. I gotta lose weight.
thanks

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but the best place in my part of
the world for bargains in the bike line, are police/stolen property disposal
auctions.

[email hidden] wrote:
:: Roger Zoul writes:
::
:::: Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
:::: Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
:::: start biking. I gotta lose weight. thanks
::
::: It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free
::: and you can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you
::: need to find a suitable place to ride. This might not be the best
::: approach for someone who doesn't have much money.
::
:: I think bicycling is the better way to get exercise because walking
:: doesn't readily get aerobics working with increased pulse rate. To
:: get that would require jogging or running, which is hard to do when
:: overweight.

Have you ever been overweight? Walking can get pulse rate up without the
need to run, especially if you're overweight.

:: Bicycling, in contrast, is a smooth activity that can
:: achieve any level of power output on the level as well as on hills.
::

You can do a lot with simple walking, especially on hills.

:: This come to mind when I see joggers slogging along in apparent
:: discomfort, dripping in sweat for lack of wind for cooling that comes
:: naturally when bicycling.

Walking is perfer to running/jogging when overweight. Walking doesn't
require anything extra, as does even simply biking.

::
:: Ride bike!
::

Yeah, well, I do that too. But if you're low on money, walking rules.

[email hidden] wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: hugo wrote:
::::: Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
::::: Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
::::: start biking. I gotta lose weight.
::::: thanks
::
:: To add to other suggestions I'd try just asking anybody you know if
:: they know of someone with a bike they want to get rid of. There are
:: a lot of decent bikes lying around in garages that you might be able
:: to have, even for free. Also you might want to sign up with London
:: Freecycle
:: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleLondonOntario/. A posting
:: there might help.
::
::
::: It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free
::: and you can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you
::: need to find a suitable place to ride.
::
:: Uh, what's wrong with riding in London?

Nothing's wrong with riding in London, as far as I know...but the issue
still remains that cycling on streets with cars is problematic for lots of
people. And it's certainly not the only way to lose weight.

Nice city, not too many
:: hills, well almost no hills. I commuted by bike for the 3 years
:: that I lived there, and did it on the Cdn$10 bike I bought at a
:: police auction.
::
:: A bike has a lot of advantages if you don't have much money - like
:: cheap transportation. A regular adult bus ticket in London is Cdn$
:: 2.50 and a regular monthly pass is Cdn$ 74.00.
::
:: An inexpensive bike can save a person a lot of money, give him/her
:: healthy exercise and expand horizons.
::
:: While walking is good exercise, walking speed is roughly 5km/hr vs.
:: cycling (relatively slowly) is 20 km/ hour. It also makes it easier
:: to shop for bargins since the rider can get to places fast and
:: cheaply.
:: I figure if someone is willing to spend half an hour traveling,
:: he/she, walking has access to about 20 sq. km. of a city[1].
:: Cycling this jumps to 300 sq. km

I don't disagree. But the OP used weight loss as his only argument. That
doesn't require a bike. A bike can indeed get you a lot further away from
your starting point than walking. It can also leave you there, too, meaning
that getting home can be a problem. A cheap bike can make a 10-mile walk
home a lot more likely.

Mike Rice said:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 18:27:17 -0400, Tom The Great <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Good points, I just want to ad, with a bad knee, I find biking lower
impact compared to walking. Plus, I heard that simply riding bike
offers more calorie burning potential since you are constantly using
stablilizer musles to balance.

later,

tom @ www.How-To-Lose-Pounds.com

Some of the literature I've seen in my cardio rehab program featured a
list of activities, and how much time it takes to burn 100 calories.
Walking was listed as 20 minutes, cycling at 25. I'm guessing they
were going with a relaxed speed.

Indiana Mike

Yes, that makes sense, the part about relaxed speed. There are limits
to speed with normal walking, before you quickly move into jogging and
running. But with bike riding, whether you are goind downhill(no
pedelling) or pumping up SF hills for fun, it's all cycling. So kinda
hard to compare apples to apples without speeds and distances to help
me understand fully.

later,

tom

Roger Zoul said:

[email hidden] wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::: hugo wrote:
::::: Anyone know where a good place to get used bikes in the London
::::: Ontario area?? I'm unemployed and don't have much money. I need to
::::: start biking. I gotta lose weight.
::::: thanks
::
:: To add to other suggestions I'd try just asking anybody you know if
:: they know of someone with a bike they want to get rid of. There are
:: a lot of decent bikes lying around in garages that you might be able
:: to have, even for free. Also you might want to sign up with London
:: Freecycle
:: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleLondonOntario/. A posting
:: there might help.
::
::
::: It's good that you wanna lose weight. Consider that walking is free
::: and you can do it anywhere. Cheap bikes can be problematic and you
::: need to find a suitable place to ride.
::
:: Uh, what's wrong with riding in London?

Nothing's wrong with riding in London, as far as I know...but the issue
still remains that cycling on streets with cars is problematic for lots of
people. And it's certainly not the only way to lose weight.

Nice city, not too many
:: hills, well almost no hills. I commuted by bike for the 3 years
:: that I lived there, and did it on the Cdn$10 bike I bought at a
:: police auction.
::
:: A bike has a lot of advantages if you don't have much money - like
:: cheap transportation. A regular adult bus ticket in London is Cdn$
:: 2.50 and a regular monthly pass is Cdn$ 74.00.
::
:: An inexpensive bike can save a person a lot of money, give him/her
:: healthy exercise and expand horizons.
::
:: While walking is good exercise, walking speed is roughly 5km/hr vs.
:: cycling (relatively slowly) is 20 km/ hour. It also makes it easier
:: to shop for bargins since the rider can get to places fast and
:: cheaply.
:: I figure if someone is willing to spend half an hour traveling,
:: he/she, walking has access to about 20 sq. km. of a city[1].
:: Cycling this jumps to 300 sq. km

I don't disagree. But the OP used weight loss as his only argument. That
doesn't require a bike. A bike can indeed get you a lot further away from
your starting point than walking. It can also leave you there, too, meaning
that getting home can be a problem. A cheap bike can make a 10-mile walk
home a lot more likely.

To complicate this, make easier to get/stay healthy, bike riding is
working for me. Being alone with my 4 year-old, chasing him around is
more like work, rather than exercise. So to get a real burn in, I
toss him in a cart, and bike ride for a while. This way we can stay
together, chat, and I can go at my pace not his.

So bike riding is easier than going for a walk with him.

later,

tom @ www.NoCostAds.com

Mike Rice said:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 18:27:17 -0400, Tom The Great <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Good points, I just want to ad, with a bad knee, I find biking lower
impact compared to walking. Plus, I heard that simply riding bike
offers more calorie burning potential since you are constantly using
stablilizer musles to balance.

later,

tom @ www.How-To-Lose-Pounds.com

Some of the literature I've seen in my cardio rehab program featured a
list of activities, and how much time it takes to burn 100 calories.
Walking was listed as 20 minutes, cycling at 25. I'm guessing they
were going with a relaxed speed.

Indiana Mike

I tried something different yesterday, kind of a cross between speed walk
and slow jog, but landing on my toes. It was different from anything I have
tried before and probably looked silly but did get my pulse up there and
was less impact than walking. My only reason for this was that I had my
almost 5 year old grandson out on his bike with me on foot and the pace was
hit and miss, too slow for my bike and too fast to just walk.
Taking a 5 year old out for supervised play time is a guaranteed workout one
way or the other.
Bill Baka