Where are you cycling ... for fun ... this weekend?
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Saturday -- Rowan and I cycled our November Century! We have designed numerous routes in northern Tasmania and the longest route is our 600K randonnee called Hint of Hadspen Hike.
Because we wanted to check various parts of the Hint of Hadspen Hike before we ran the event, we decided to create three shorter routes out of the sections of the Hint of Hadspen Hike. So the Hint of Hadspen Hike I, II and III were created.
Today's ride was the Hint of Hadspen Hike I. It is a beautiful out-and-back ride, mostly along the north coast of Tasmania ... ocean vistas and roaring waves most of the day!
But both times we've ridden it, the wind has been a challenge. And there are some challenging little climbs as well ... no Mt Wellington or anything but a few steep pinches.
We're a little out of shape this month, and I'm recovering from dental surgery. My stitches are out now, and it's healing well, but in addition to the aches and pains of being out of shape, my jaw is sore!!
Nevertheless, we made it! And even though it has its challenges, it's great to spend a whole day on the bicycle
Distance: 162.3km
Elevation: 1,477m
Moving Time: 8:27:21
Elapsed Time: 9:58:21
Speed: Avg: 19.2 km/h | Max: 47.5 km/h
Because we wanted to check various parts of the Hint of Hadspen Hike before we ran the event, we decided to create three shorter routes out of the sections of the Hint of Hadspen Hike. So the Hint of Hadspen Hike I, II and III were created.
Today's ride was the Hint of Hadspen Hike I. It is a beautiful out-and-back ride, mostly along the north coast of Tasmania ... ocean vistas and roaring waves most of the day!
But both times we've ridden it, the wind has been a challenge. And there are some challenging little climbs as well ... no Mt Wellington or anything but a few steep pinches.We're a little out of shape this month, and I'm recovering from dental surgery. My stitches are out now, and it's healing well, but in addition to the aches and pains of being out of shape, my jaw is sore!!
Nevertheless, we made it!
And even though it has its challenges, it's great to spend a whole day on the bicycle Distance: 162.3km
Elevation: 1,477m
Moving Time: 8:27:21
Elapsed Time: 9:58:21
Speed: Avg: 19.2 km/h | Max: 47.5 km/h
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Rowan and I cycled our January Century yesterday, on Australia Day ...
The story is here:
https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dist...l#post20132686
The story is here:
https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dist...l#post20132686
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Wherever I cycle its for fun.
Terrible week though .... went to the store Monday, and not another ride until Friday.
While I am sure Australia is a holiday in the Far Antipodes ... I am pretty sure it is a crime in America. I'd be afraid to celebrate it.
Grats on the century .... nice to see you doing a short ride.
I will have to read the story later.
Terrible week though .... went to the store Monday, and not another ride until Friday.
While I am sure Australia is a holiday in the Far Antipodes ... I am pretty sure it is a crime in America. I'd be afraid to celebrate it.
Grats on the century .... nice to see you doing a short ride.
I will have to read the story later.
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Big one coming up this weekend - I almost forgot!
Unless something crazy happens in my household (which is entirely possible), I'm planning to join a group for the Whitehall English Century - which, for this area, is actually a pretty easy ride. Since I live ~15 miles from the start, and I'm planning to ride to and from, it will put my day ~130 miles. I might add a few extra to get to 100 + my age, depending on how I feel
Unless something crazy happens in my household (which is entirely possible), I'm planning to join a group for the Whitehall English Century - which, for this area, is actually a pretty easy ride. Since I live ~15 miles from the start, and I'm planning to ride to and from, it will put my day ~130 miles. I might add a few extra to get to 100 + my age, depending on how I feel
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Big one coming up this weekend - I almost forgot!
Unless something crazy happens in my household (which is entirely possible), I'm planning to join a group for the Whitehall English Century - which, for this area, is actually a pretty easy ride. Since I live ~15 miles from the start, and I'm planning to ride to and from, it will put my day ~130 miles. I might add a few extra to get to 100 + my age, depending on how I feel
Unless something crazy happens in my household (which is entirely possible), I'm planning to join a group for the Whitehall English Century - which, for this area, is actually a pretty easy ride. Since I live ~15 miles from the start, and I'm planning to ride to and from, it will put my day ~130 miles. I might add a few extra to get to 100 + my age, depending on how I feel
Sounds great!!
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The guy that sold me the fenders, rims and tires tells me the braces should be swapped front to rear to fit correctly, it was jury-rigged at the LBS and at least I have Darla home!
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I accomplished my century + to/from on Sunday! I didn't keep going to get to 100 + my age; I stopped at 132.7 miles. This was my longest ride to date, and it went really well - well enough that I got in a utility (trailer) ride today, and am planning to do a group ride this evening
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I accomplished my century + to/from on Sunday! I didn't keep going to get to 100 + my age; I stopped at 132.7 miles. This was my longest ride to date, and it went really well - well enough that I got in a utility (trailer) ride today, and am planning to do a group ride this evening
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Long time since I've posted here… but until recently it's just been the occasional commute from work, so nothing really to report.
Friday-Sunday though, BQ were running their Yarraman to Wulkuraka bike ride along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. BQ have had a long-standing relationship with Brisbane Area WICEN (Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network; think about RACES in the US or *****T in the UK). There's a few points where they realised they needed a few checkpoints where there was no road access and they found that satellite phones / mobile phones were next to useless.
Luckily, one of Brisbane WICEN's members (won't say who) has been a long-time bicycle mobile radio operator, with a second member expressing interest in equipping his bike with a radio station. So two of us were operating "bicycle mobile" on this run. So naturally, WICEN was asked if we could assist.
On Friday, I had a check-point to run at McNamara's Camp, which is a mobile phone dead-spot half-way between the start at Yarraman and the first campsite at Moore. My ride thus, began getting dropped off at the gate at Binarken and riding to my checkpoint. I arrived there about 10:30 or so, set up… reception of the repeater was dodgy (about S2 at best) at first on 2m, but evidently the problem was at the repeater end because later the repeater was romping in.
It was about 3:30 or so before the sweep came through (after about 250 riders), which I joined on the ride back to Moore.
Day two saw me just joining in the ride, towards the tail end, riding from Moore through to Toogoolawah (including through the recently opened tunnel). Smooth sailing until we got to near Toogoolawah itself where the run turned bumpy. It was a tough slog from there to Esk with lots of ballast.
I think this was the hardest 20km or so that my mountain bike has ever done.
The run from Esk to Coominyah wasn't too bad… I think my biggest mistake this day was leaving so damn late, I wound up being one of the last people in.
Day 3, we departed from Coominyah, leaving the gate about 7:30… the first stretch was a bit on the bumpy side, and so I did what many of us did: switched to the bitumen road running parallel to the trail. It was pea soup conditions for the next hour or so.
Apart from that initial stretch, the run on day 3 was pretty good. I caught up with the trailing 20% of the riders at Lowood (the bakery there made a killing)… after picking up supplies there, I resumed riding, more-or-less making a bee-line for Fernvale (the bakery there also made a killing).
Things were quiet running through the former rail stations along the line… but before long, we were starting to see less rural properties and more smaller acreage housing. Under the Warrego Highway, I blink, and find myself in the middle of suburbia… with the rail trail soon ending with the Brassall bikeway.
The run was very scenic… and while there's some rough spots such as some areas where the ballast needs to be rolled flat and a few creek crossings that need work… it's been a great run. My leg muscles are still recovering though… and I have a feeling we might get asked to help out next year in a similar capacity.
I've got some improvements to make to the bike thanks to lessons learned from that run… and a new pannier bag to purchase to replace one that decided it was no longer for this world about 20km from the finish.
Friday-Sunday though, BQ were running their Yarraman to Wulkuraka bike ride along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. BQ have had a long-standing relationship with Brisbane Area WICEN (Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network; think about RACES in the US or *****T in the UK). There's a few points where they realised they needed a few checkpoints where there was no road access and they found that satellite phones / mobile phones were next to useless.
Luckily, one of Brisbane WICEN's members (won't say who) has been a long-time bicycle mobile radio operator, with a second member expressing interest in equipping his bike with a radio station. So two of us were operating "bicycle mobile" on this run. So naturally, WICEN was asked if we could assist.
On Friday, I had a check-point to run at McNamara's Camp, which is a mobile phone dead-spot half-way between the start at Yarraman and the first campsite at Moore. My ride thus, began getting dropped off at the gate at Binarken and riding to my checkpoint. I arrived there about 10:30 or so, set up… reception of the repeater was dodgy (about S2 at best) at first on 2m, but evidently the problem was at the repeater end because later the repeater was romping in.
It was about 3:30 or so before the sweep came through (after about 250 riders), which I joined on the ride back to Moore.
Day two saw me just joining in the ride, towards the tail end, riding from Moore through to Toogoolawah (including through the recently opened tunnel). Smooth sailing until we got to near Toogoolawah itself where the run turned bumpy. It was a tough slog from there to Esk with lots of ballast.
I think this was the hardest 20km or so that my mountain bike has ever done.
The run from Esk to Coominyah wasn't too bad… I think my biggest mistake this day was leaving so damn late, I wound up being one of the last people in.
Day 3, we departed from Coominyah, leaving the gate about 7:30… the first stretch was a bit on the bumpy side, and so I did what many of us did: switched to the bitumen road running parallel to the trail. It was pea soup conditions for the next hour or so.
Apart from that initial stretch, the run on day 3 was pretty good. I caught up with the trailing 20% of the riders at Lowood (the bakery there made a killing)… after picking up supplies there, I resumed riding, more-or-less making a bee-line for Fernvale (the bakery there also made a killing).
Things were quiet running through the former rail stations along the line… but before long, we were starting to see less rural properties and more smaller acreage housing. Under the Warrego Highway, I blink, and find myself in the middle of suburbia… with the rail trail soon ending with the Brassall bikeway.
The run was very scenic… and while there's some rough spots such as some areas where the ballast needs to be rolled flat and a few creek crossings that need work… it's been a great run. My leg muscles are still recovering though… and I have a feeling we might get asked to help out next year in a similar capacity.
I've got some improvements to make to the bike thanks to lessons learned from that run… and a new pannier bag to purchase to replace one that decided it was no longer for this world about 20km from the finish.
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Long time since I've posted here… but until recently it's just been the occasional commute from work, so nothing really to report.
Friday-Sunday though, BQ were running their Yarraman to Wulkuraka bike ride along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. BQ have had a long-standing relationship with Brisbane Area WICEN (Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network; think about RACES in the US or *****T in the UK). There's a few points where they realised they needed a few checkpoints where there was no road access and they found that satellite phones / mobile phones were next to useless.
Luckily, one of Brisbane WICEN's members (won't say who) has been a long-time bicycle mobile radio operator, with a second member expressing interest in equipping his bike with a radio station. So two of us were operating "bicycle mobile" on this run. So naturally, WICEN was asked if we could assist.
On Friday, I had a check-point to run at McNamara's Camp, which is a mobile phone dead-spot half-way between the start at Yarraman and the first campsite at Moore. My ride thus, began getting dropped off at the gate at Binarken and riding to my checkpoint. I arrived there about 10:30 or so, set up… reception of the repeater was dodgy (about S2 at best) at first on 2m, but evidently the problem was at the repeater end because later the repeater was romping in.
It was about 3:30 or so before the sweep came through (after about 250 riders), which I joined on the ride back to Moore.
Day two saw me just joining in the ride, towards the tail end, riding from Moore through to Toogoolawah (including through the recently opened tunnel). Smooth sailing until we got to near Toogoolawah itself where the run turned bumpy. It was a tough slog from there to Esk with lots of ballast.
I think this was the hardest 20km or so that my mountain bike has ever done.
The run from Esk to Coominyah wasn't too bad… I think my biggest mistake this day was leaving so damn late, I wound up being one of the last people in.
Day 3, we departed from Coominyah, leaving the gate about 7:30… the first stretch was a bit on the bumpy side, and so I did what many of us did: switched to the bitumen road running parallel to the trail. It was pea soup conditions for the next hour or so.
Apart from that initial stretch, the run on day 3 was pretty good. I caught up with the trailing 20% of the riders at Lowood (the bakery there made a killing)… after picking up supplies there, I resumed riding, more-or-less making a bee-line for Fernvale (the bakery there also made a killing).
Things were quiet running through the former rail stations along the line… but before long, we were starting to see less rural properties and more smaller acreage housing. Under the Warrego Highway, I blink, and find myself in the middle of suburbia… with the rail trail soon ending with the Brassall bikeway.
The run was very scenic… and while there's some rough spots such as some areas where the ballast needs to be rolled flat and a few creek crossings that need work… it's been a great run. My leg muscles are still recovering though… and I have a feeling we might get asked to help out next year in a similar capacity.
I've got some improvements to make to the bike thanks to lessons learned from that run… and a new pannier bag to purchase to replace one that decided it was no longer for this world about 20km from the finish.
Friday-Sunday though, BQ were running their Yarraman to Wulkuraka bike ride along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail. BQ have had a long-standing relationship with Brisbane Area WICEN (Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network; think about RACES in the US or *****T in the UK). There's a few points where they realised they needed a few checkpoints where there was no road access and they found that satellite phones / mobile phones were next to useless.
Luckily, one of Brisbane WICEN's members (won't say who) has been a long-time bicycle mobile radio operator, with a second member expressing interest in equipping his bike with a radio station. So two of us were operating "bicycle mobile" on this run. So naturally, WICEN was asked if we could assist.
On Friday, I had a check-point to run at McNamara's Camp, which is a mobile phone dead-spot half-way between the start at Yarraman and the first campsite at Moore. My ride thus, began getting dropped off at the gate at Binarken and riding to my checkpoint. I arrived there about 10:30 or so, set up… reception of the repeater was dodgy (about S2 at best) at first on 2m, but evidently the problem was at the repeater end because later the repeater was romping in.
It was about 3:30 or so before the sweep came through (after about 250 riders), which I joined on the ride back to Moore.
Day two saw me just joining in the ride, towards the tail end, riding from Moore through to Toogoolawah (including through the recently opened tunnel). Smooth sailing until we got to near Toogoolawah itself where the run turned bumpy. It was a tough slog from there to Esk with lots of ballast.
I think this was the hardest 20km or so that my mountain bike has ever done.
The run from Esk to Coominyah wasn't too bad… I think my biggest mistake this day was leaving so damn late, I wound up being one of the last people in.
Day 3, we departed from Coominyah, leaving the gate about 7:30… the first stretch was a bit on the bumpy side, and so I did what many of us did: switched to the bitumen road running parallel to the trail. It was pea soup conditions for the next hour or so.
Apart from that initial stretch, the run on day 3 was pretty good. I caught up with the trailing 20% of the riders at Lowood (the bakery there made a killing)… after picking up supplies there, I resumed riding, more-or-less making a bee-line for Fernvale (the bakery there also made a killing).
Things were quiet running through the former rail stations along the line… but before long, we were starting to see less rural properties and more smaller acreage housing. Under the Warrego Highway, I blink, and find myself in the middle of suburbia… with the rail trail soon ending with the Brassall bikeway.
The run was very scenic… and while there's some rough spots such as some areas where the ballast needs to be rolled flat and a few creek crossings that need work… it's been a great run. My leg muscles are still recovering though… and I have a feeling we might get asked to help out next year in a similar capacity.
I've got some improvements to make to the bike thanks to lessons learned from that run… and a new pannier bag to purchase to replace one that decided it was no longer for this world about 20km from the finish.
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Sunday -- We weren't sure if we were going to be able to ride outside because waves of rain kept coming over. But then it cleared up a bit so we went out!
Temp: 10.7C
Feels Like Temp: 6C
Wind: SSW 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h
On our Bike Fridays ...
Distance: 11.92km ... actually Rowan's Strava shows 12.07 km!! So we did about 12 km. Yes, both of us! This was Rowan's third ride outside!
Elevation: 131m
Moving Time: 45:15
Elapsed Time: 46:46
Speed: Avg: 15.8km/h | Max: 23.4km/h
And then I went for a short run ...
Distance: 2.08km
Elevation: 13m
Moving Time: 14:48
Elapsed Time: 15:02
Pace: 7:06/km
Temp: 10.7C
Feels Like Temp: 6C
Wind: SSW 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h
On our Bike Fridays ...
Distance: 11.92km ... actually Rowan's Strava shows 12.07 km!! So we did about 12 km.
Yes, both of us! This was Rowan's third ride outside!Elevation: 131m
Moving Time: 45:15
Elapsed Time: 46:46
Speed: Avg: 15.8km/h | Max: 23.4km/h
And then I went for a short run ...
Distance: 2.08km
Elevation: 13m
Moving Time: 14:48
Elapsed Time: 15:02
Pace: 7:06/km
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