Surfing Waves

Hey guys long time no see, just remembered my PW . Anyway, Spring Break is coming up and I want to try riding my bike once I finish adding on a surf rack (info from this site) and the nearest spot is about 15 miles away. How bad is 15 miles on a bike since this will be my first time trekking alone to this spot with a shortboard.

Ouch - fifteen miles cycling with a surfboard will be VERY hard work

Assuming you're on a mountain bike or hybrid bike (rather than a dedicated road bike), you'll be looking at about an hour's cycling (less if you're free of traffic), but with a surfboard, if there's any wind you'll feel like you're peddling up a steep hill for an hour and a half at least

Ouch.

Give it a go though!

In a minute someone will come on saying they cycle 15 miles in 25 minutes bla bla bla. Ignore them. I used to cycle just under 30 miles a day (now I do a very hilly 18 miles a day instead) and I know how long it takes and how much luggage slows you down.

Heh so wind makes it feel like a bag of bricks on your legs? Hopefully I'll be able to make this surf rack well since the directions seems a bit confusing.

Your legs are gonna be pumped if you cycle that every time you surf

plus the wind will push you all over the place and might be hard to control but might be managable on a full day out

yea bro, a gust of wind and you're in the ditch. Be careful.

Just found out some of the spokes on my tires are broken due to not riding it all.. Guess I get those fixed before makng my surfboard rack.

if you're planning on cycling to the beach, give it a practise run without the board - seriously, 15 miles (and back again) is a long way to cycle if you're out of practise.

cycling ties me a lot..

*tires me

You think your 15 mile trek to the beach is going to be hard, the ride home after a session is going to be complete agony.