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01-25-20, 01:48 PM
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01-25-20, 01:50 PM
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I’m not big on the KOM function of strava, but this little segment is right outside my house. When I first started it would take me 90 seconds or longer to get up the hill. I’ve been slowly making it to up the ranks. Jumped to number 6 today.
01-25-20, 01:59 PM
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When it doesn't look good.
01-25-20, 02:00 PM
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01-25-20, 02:16 PM
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Vain, But Lacking Talent
Ok, so some minor details. I finished pretty well, but just wasn't really in a large, competitive group. I got 12th overall, about 16 minutes behind first. A couple of guys got in just under 2 hours. Got second in my age group, which I got beat by something like 10 minutes.
So yeah, it sounds good but it's also only like 60 or so people that did the short route and I'm sure a good chunk of them were just joyriding. But for me, who has not been back on a bike consistently for a long time, to finish strong after only about a month of riding again feels like a big accomplishment.
I should mention that in the past I did these events and blew up big time early on just to crawl through the second half. I think it might have been rjones or laj that might have pointed to the fact that I needed to learn how to fuel on the bike. This was ages ago on an addiction thread. I did work out a system and I credit my ability to maintain the effort to that big change.
But the biggest thing for me was digging deep and still managing to have a really fun ride. I was worried going hard would just sap the fun out of it, bit it was quite the opposite.
Now if I can keep improving power and take off some of this weight, I might just be able to start training for longer rides and try to do well in some 100k events.
So yeah, it sounds good but it's also only like 60 or so people that did the short route and I'm sure a good chunk of them were just joyriding. But for me, who has not been back on a bike consistently for a long time, to finish strong after only about a month of riding again feels like a big accomplishment.
I should mention that in the past I did these events and blew up big time early on just to crawl through the second half. I think it might have been rjones or laj that might have pointed to the fact that I needed to learn how to fuel on the bike. This was ages ago on an addiction thread. I did work out a system and I credit my ability to maintain the effort to that big change.
But the biggest thing for me was digging deep and still managing to have a really fun ride. I was worried going hard would just sap the fun out of it, bit it was quite the opposite.
Now if I can keep improving power and take off some of this weight, I might just be able to start training for longer rides and try to do well in some 100k events.
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01-25-20, 02:17 PM
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01-25-20, 02:23 PM
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Also, is it even possible to be in the threshold heart rate range for 1 hour and 37 minutes, or are my HR zones incorrect? I already have them set pretty high because I used to get to 195+ on max efforts in the past.
01-25-20, 02:24 PM
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On the bagel front: when I am in NYC for work, I usually hit up Absolute Bagel on the upper west side. How does it actually rank among locals? They are always busy.
01-25-20, 02:32 PM
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Civilization is overrated, but good pizza . . . . not.
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01-25-20, 02:35 PM
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Lazy boy type seats, and only 24 to the bus, instead of 44. Some of them have servers, who bring food and drink, like on an airplane.
01-25-20, 02:38 PM
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I would also like pizza recommendations in NYC. Most i found were pretty average. I usually go to Sal & Carmine, also on the upper west side, but I feel like there could be better pizza than that.
01-25-20, 02:39 PM
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01-25-20, 02:45 PM
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01-25-20, 03:09 PM
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01-25-20, 03:23 PM
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Warm afternoon, so I set out for a ride with minimal kit - no tights, no jacket, no vest, no gloves... And about 3 seconds in to my ride, my bare palms felt a sharp poking... datlas can guess what it was. 
01-25-20, 03:24 PM
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01-25-20, 03:28 PM
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Keep in mind that datlas is a waif. I'll get 2-2.5k out of the rear with a good performance tire. With some hard-wearing tires that aren't as fun to ride, you could probably double that up, but life's too short.
01-25-20, 03:32 PM
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01-25-20, 03:45 PM
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In addition to avoiding the extra work of dismounting/remounting the front, there's also frugality and vanity at play - I want to get my money's worth out of the tires, but I like to try different tires and I don't like being mismatched on the bike, so 1f:2r is the best compromise for me.
01-25-20, 04:04 PM
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That's the way you should do it, but with tubeless I just leave the front on and change the rear. 1 front to 2 rears is about right.
In addition to avoiding the extra work of dismounting/remounting the front, there's also frugality and vanity at play - I want to get my money's worth out of the tires, but I like to try different tires and I don't like being mismatched on the bike, so 1f:2r is the best compromise for me.
In addition to avoiding the extra work of dismounting/remounting the front, there's also frugality and vanity at play - I want to get my money's worth out of the tires, but I like to try different tires and I don't like being mismatched on the bike, so 1f:2r is the best compromise for me.
01-25-20, 04:30 PM
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Crap! Just catching up after a busy week at work. Sorry it happened. I hope you heal up quickly.
01-25-20, 05:00 PM
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Happy Year of the Rat, everyone! 24-hours post mousing and my knees have upgraded to riding condition. But it's too cold today, so I earned a walking achievement.
Walking along the main road, I see three cars backed up, which is kind of unusual there. Then I see the reason--a cyclist taking the lane.
As he approached I hear a weird noise. When he passed I looked and on his rear rack he had a small gas engine running. wut
01-25-20, 05:02 PM
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