I've been intending to check my blood pressure immediately after a
ride, but always forget to take the device with me. Yesterday, after I
got home, 45 minutes after the ride, my BP was 103/60, which is a bit
lower than my usual BP. I suspect it was even lower immediately after
the ride. Getting up from the Catrike's reclining position is always a concern. It's called post-exercise hypotension.
I take my time and wait for my heart rate drop back to under 90, but
as soon as I stand up it goes back to over 100 and I feel lightheaded.
I drink lots of water when riding, so hydration is not the problem. I
quickly get myself sitting on the truck's tailgate with my legs
hanging down and immediately start feeling better and then I walk
abound a bit and the heart rate continues to drop. My normal daytime
resting HR is under 60 and my sleeping heart rate is sometimes under
40.
I have an appointment with my cardiac doctor coming up and I'll ask
her about the post-exercise hypotension.
Otherwise, my medical issues are finally behind me. I have the one
followup with my cardiac doc and I'm pretty sure I'll still be cleared
to ride as much as I want.
I got out on the Suncoast Trail at daybreak yesterday to beat the 90+
degree weather. The early morning traffic at the trail's highway
crossing where the overpass is being built was horrific. Turn lanes
are closed and redirected and orange signs and baracades are
everywhere. Drivers are looking everywhere but at cyclists trying to
get accross. I felt terribly vulnerable crossing. I will avoid that
crossing until the work is done.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
I've been intending to check my blood pressure immediately after a
ride, but always forget to take the device with me. Yesterday, after I
got home, 45 minutes after the ride, my BP was 103/60, which is a bit
lower than my usual BP. I suspect it was even lower immediately after
the ride. Getting up from the Catrike's reclining position is always a concern. It's called post-exercise hypotension.
I take my time and wait for my heart rate drop back to under 90, but
as soon as I stand up it goes back to over 100 and I feel lightheaded.
I drink lots of water when riding, so hydration is not the problem. I
quickly get myself sitting on the truck's tailgate with my legs
hanging down and immediately start feeling better and then I walk
abound a bit and the heart rate continues to drop. My normal daytime
resting HR is under 60 and my sleeping heart rate is sometimes under
40.
I have an appointment with my cardiac doctor coming up and I'll ask
her about the post-exercise hypotension.
Otherwise, my medical issues are finally behind me. I have the one
followup with my cardiac doc and I'm pretty sure I'll still be cleared
to ride as much as I want.
I got out on the Suncoast Trail at daybreak yesterday to beat the 90+
degree weather. The early morning traffic at the trail's highway
crossing where the overpass is being built was horrific. Turn lanes
are closed and redirected and orange signs and baracades are
everywhere. Drivers are looking everywhere but at cyclists trying to
get accross. I felt terribly vulnerable crossing. I will avoid that
crossing until the work is done.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
On 6/26/2026 3:40 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
I've been intending to check my blood pressure immediately after a
ride, but always forget to take the device with me. Yesterday, after I
got home, 45 minutes after the ride, my BP was 103/60, which is a bit
lower than my usual BP. I suspect it was even lower immediately after
the ride. Getting up from the Catrike's reclining position is always a
concern. It's called post-exercise hypotension.
I take my time and wait for my heart rate drop back to under 90, but
as soon as I stand up it goes back to over 100 and I feel lightheaded.
I drink lots of water when riding, so hydration is not the problem. I
quickly get myself sitting on the truck's tailgate with my legs
hanging down and immediately start feeling better and then I walk
abound a bit and the heart rate continues to drop. My normal daytime
resting HR is under 60 and my sleeping heart rate is sometimes under
40.
I have an appointment with my cardiac doctor coming up and I'll ask
her about the post-exercise hypotension.
Otherwise, my medical issues are finally behind me. I have the one
followup with my cardiac doc and I'm pretty sure I'll still be cleared
to ride as much as I want.
I got out on the Suncoast Trail at daybreak yesterday to beat the 90+
degree weather. The early morning traffic at the trail's highway
crossing where the overpass is being built was horrific. Turn lanes
are closed and redirected and orange signs and baracades are
everywhere. Drivers are looking everywhere but at cyclists trying to
get accross. I felt terribly vulnerable crossing. I will avoid that
crossing until the work is done.
--
C'est bon
Soloman
That is really ok actually all good news.
I have major league blood pressure problems and have taken meds since I
was teenager. I take my BP all the time at various points and even right >after riding.
Today after my 24 mile indoor ride on trainer my BP was 132/95 about 9 >minutes after the ride. Then I took it again at about 20 minutes after
it was 115/91. That is about normal dystolic a bit high. But the problem
i have is now I just took it 2 hours after and it is 99/58. That is
pretty typical for me. Lately the BP been running high in morning when I
get up. That is to be expected with cortisol hit as we first get, but
mine too high.
I don't feel bad and my heart rate is very consistent. Today it 107
average for 92 minutes on trainer with 107 normalized power output.
The cool thing was yesterday I set my personal record riding the
catrike. I went 40 miles and average speed was 14.4. It was a good day
for weather and wind that helped. My legs are really getting into the
new spinning that the catrike requires over the regular 2 wheeler.
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