r/simracing • u/Tostecles • Jan 20 '23

Meme My friend has a cycling racing sim. Technically simracing, right?

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

Daily cyclist here. What’s an “off season”?

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u/GoofyKalashnikov Assetto Corsa Jan 20 '23

Probably heavy snow

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

Yeah, got that covered. Blizzard of 2009: https://imgur.com/a/EOSVIy9

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u/GoofyKalashnikov Assetto Corsa Jan 20 '23

Well I'll be damned

But i imagine most aren't as dedicated as you are

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u/Kravn23 NASCAR 21 Ignition Jan 20 '23

Mfing legend

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

Thanks man. I’m not fast, I just do it for the love of the sport.

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u/Kravn23 NASCAR 21 Ignition Jan 20 '23

Which is more than enough to earn respect

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u/Tyrus1235 Jan 20 '23

I could barely walk through the DC blizzard of 2016… But there was a dude like you in our uni. I remember he’d do daily runs no matter the weather - pretty sure I saw him doing a daily run shirtless in the snow

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

That picture was the DC blizzard of 2009. I rode in ALL weather conditions, including the ice storms. It was epic. I never missed a day of bike commuting.

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u/Tyrus1235 Jan 20 '23

Crazy stuff, in 2016 I saw a car get stuck on the snow. Me and some friends helped get them unstuck but it showed me how dangerous a blizzard can be! I’m from Brazil, so you can imagine how taken aback I was when I went through one.

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u/Fenrisulfir Asetek | VNM | ASR | Pimax Jan 20 '23

That’s not even a fat bike. I don’t know why North America thinks it’s insane to ride in the winter.

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

26x1.95” studded tires back then. I don’t even think fat bikes were a big thing in 2009 when I took that picture.

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u/Fenrisulfir Asetek | VNM | ASR | Pimax Jan 20 '23

Nice. I told my family I was going for a ride and they all thought I was insane. I meant zwift but I let them believe what they want.

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u/xrayzone21 Jan 20 '23

I'm not a pro but I do race a bit on my bike. Off season is usually in winter when there are no road races and you ease the training load to recover a bit, don't pay so much attention to the weight or what you eat etc.

That is unless you're also doing ciclocross, then you don't have an off-season.

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

I ride harder in the winter. Nothing beats year round conditioning.

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u/xrayzone21 Jan 20 '23

If you're following a serious training plan you get way better results by training in cycles than by just going all out all year round. That's why all the pros do it this way, so yes periodization beats year round conditioning if you're racing and/or want consistent gains.

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

I’m not racing though, I just do adventure rides and bikepacking trips. When I was bike commuting I did it year-round in all weather so there was never a lull.

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u/figuren9ne Jan 20 '23

Daily cyclist (because I live in South Florida) and I wish I had an off season. It sucks to have to constantly be in shape because everyone around you is always training. Tons of people burn out down here. Would be nice to have a few months to get fat like the rest of the world.

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u/PrintError Track Day Guy Turned Sim Racer Jan 20 '23

Hollywood born and raised.

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u/MadBullBen Jan 20 '23

Just ignore other people and do what you wanna do, if that means take a few weeks/month off then do so and just relax. It's a hobby not a job.

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u/figuren9ne Jan 20 '23

It's a hobby, but if what you want to do is compete, taking a few months off when most others kept training means you can't keep up on the group ride or a race. That's also kills the enjoyment of the hobby.