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<blockquote data-quote="Miklo" data-source="post: 458859" data-attributes="member: 92118"><p>Hi Steve</p><p></p><p>Some excellent techicall advice given already and to add to that I would say on a practical basis firstly start off on a pretty easy flatish run generally cylcling does not use that much unless you push the gears or are hill climbing.</p><p></p><p>I commute on a Brompton into town to purchase odds and sodds from home bargains and fill a ruck sack and numerous other bags strapped around me on the way back. The total round trip is 10mile in busy traffic the way in easy and lower my dose by 2 units into the stomach after carrying the bike round town weighing 11kg and loading the shopping I consume a full bottle of lucozade sport and 3 digestives and on the way home I jump red lights and chase any cyclist thats ahead of me. I do this all year round and my readings are usually between 4 and 8 when I get home I should take my meter with me but I use Jedi methods and rely on experience but you should be ok if you start out slow and test and take your blood meter with you to test on the journey home if unsure warning signs when on a road for hypos is decision making if you notice it is impaired stop immeadiately and test and eat I say that with 35 years of cycling with Type 1. Always carry fast acting glucose and be carfull of traffic as there are some idiots out there get safety equipment and I recommend reading Richard Ballentines City Cycling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Miklo, post: 458859, member: 92118"] Hi Steve Some excellent techicall advice given already and to add to that I would say on a practical basis firstly start off on a pretty easy flatish run generally cylcling does not use that much unless you push the gears or are hill climbing. I commute on a Brompton into town to purchase odds and sodds from home bargains and fill a ruck sack and numerous other bags strapped around me on the way back. The total round trip is 10mile in busy traffic the way in easy and lower my dose by 2 units into the stomach after carrying the bike round town weighing 11kg and loading the shopping I consume a full bottle of lucozade sport and 3 digestives and on the way home I jump red lights and chase any cyclist thats ahead of me. I do this all year round and my readings are usually between 4 and 8 when I get home I should take my meter with me but I use Jedi methods and rely on experience but you should be ok if you start out slow and test and take your blood meter with you to test on the journey home if unsure warning signs when on a road for hypos is decision making if you notice it is impaired stop immeadiately and test and eat I say that with 35 years of cycling with Type 1. Always carry fast acting glucose and be carfull of traffic as there are some idiots out there get safety equipment and I recommend reading Richard Ballentines City Cycling. [/QUOTE]
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