Machka 

Happy First Day of Spring! Or maybe just later that same summer for some of you. Tell us about your cycling adventures this weekend ... or during the week.


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Machka 

Saturday -- it was a bit more like winter than spring today so we rode inside. Rowan did one loop on Zwift's flat route, and I did two.


Distance: 21.06km
Elevation: 122m
Moving Time: 48:30
Elapsed Time 48:30

............................. Avg ................ Max
Speed .................... 26.1km/h ........ 46.1km/h
Heart Rate .............. 132bpm .......... 148bpm
Cadence ................. 75 .................. 107
Power ..................... 92W ............... 170W

Machka 

2018 Monthly August
Walking Distance (km): 96.0
Walking Time (min): 1148.3
Cycling Distance (km): 114.1
Cycling Time (min): 317.9
Flights of Stairs Climbed Number: 116.0 * 20 = 2320 stairs
Stairs Climbed Time (min): 92.8

Totals
Total Distance (km): 210.1
Total Distance (miles): 130.6
Total Time (min): 1558.9
Total Time (hr): 25:58:56

That's it for August!!

dennis336

Did a short-ish ride of around 53 miles on Friday. Started in Deerfield, MA up through to Guilford, VT and back. For those familiar with the D2R2 gravel grinder (an iconic gravel grinder in the NE US with courses from 40 miles to 180k and KILLER hills), I pieced together portions of the 100k and 40 mile course. Probably landed at around 5,000 feet of climbing, much on steep gravel roads. And the majority of that 5,000 ft was in the first 30 miles so it took quite a bit out of this 65 year old body. I've had my eye on the D2R2 the last couple of years but didn't make it to the group ride itself so printed down the maps and cue sheets and put together a route that I was comfortable trying on my own without any support.

Was a great ride ... past farms with cows and sheep, wooded areas with wild turkeys and a black bear that ran out about 25 yards ahead of me when I was grinding up one of those long gravel climbs.

jamesdak 

Saturday - Put some modern light wheels on the Lemond GLX Gan and took it out for 50 miles. Never really felt like I was pushing it but I finished in a decent time anyway. Pretty nice out in the valley today although the smoke in the air still keeps me from taking pictures.




Getting it ready this morning.

spelger

today i cranked up my local favorite hill, gieger grade in the biggest little city in the world, reno, nv. 2000', 8ish miles. stop by some time for good eats, good local brew, the awesome milky way, and the high desert.

-scott

Machka 

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!
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

Rowan

The riding for me is hugely a benefit. I am deliberately just showing the outside distance lowly each week, but I am finding it of fine definite benefit. Since I was almost a dead man some 5-1/2 months ago because of a workplace incident, I think what I am doing now is really special and enjoyable. And moreso because it is with Machka.

Stormsedge

On the 1st I rode the 100K route of the Clarksville (TN) Sunrise Century...a relatively flat course. It was overcast most of the ride, keeping it a bit cooler (82F when I finished). Bit of a headwind been 30 and 45mi, but maintained my average. Chatted with many nice folks. A good day.

jamesdak 

Sunday - Took the Davidson Impulse out again today for a 50 mile ride. Beautiful morning in the valley with lots of wildlife out.

GuitarBob

OldTryGuy

.......I had hoped to start yesterday's ride at 12:01AM but neglected to set my phone alarm and as a result I began at 12:51AM. Not a bad night at all being a little cooler than expected at 77F and a Waning Gibbous moon at 68% visibility. The ride was progressing nicely when at just 1hr 5minutes 45seconds into the ride and 17.25 miles completed I executed a 10 score-right side TOMBAY. The 2018 Roubaix Expert was properly protected as I employed a text book impact maneuver landing on my less than 2 year old completely new right shoulder and the 68yo right hip with an added bump on the helmet AND even managed to remain clipped in with my left foot all to the amusement of a early morning driver. After a few moments of looking like a fish out of water I unclipped, got up, reset the chain and was off to complete 71 miles by the time I returned home for a shower, bite to eat and a kit plus bicycle change.
.......Refreshed and ready for more riding I returned to the road on my Giant Propel finally meeting up after 6 more miles of riding with the Saturday morning LBS Group. I increased my speed as they cycled by me and finally tucked in as the caboose rider on a 22/26mph paceline. The freight train was moving too fast for this tired older man so I unhooked after 10 miles of drafting and finished up with a total of 125.51 miles.

woodcraft

Tried for a flat ride, but it still ended up 64'/mile.

Nicely foggy on the coast with some holiday traffic but not bad. Only honked at once.

56, 3,600'



I was trying to get the glory shot w/ 350+ watts, which I can hold for about 3 seconds but snapped it too soon.

wipekitty

Saturday: Did a local gravel event - the Mini Donut Gravel Enduro, plus the usual ride to and from (which was only about 2 bonus miles this time.)

The ride started late due to a rain delay. There were several flats. As the day went on, it got warm and sunny, but remained humid. It was a darned tough ride, too - the last of the six climbs just felt brutal. As it was getting on toward 5PM, my group of three decided to cut the last section of gravel (only a few miles), reroute on asphalt, and paceline it back to town. These were some tough, strong riders, too, so I felt like less of a wimp for being cooked by the end.

My day's total: 80.4 miles, 5,279'. (My elevation total was much greater than what came out on the RWGPS map. It was recorded with a Bryton Rider GPS, and the guys who used Garmins were closer to my elevation total than the RWGPS map.)

There were, however, mini donuts!




Sunday: Planned to do another gravel event - but it was wet, and I was sore, so I stayed in bed. Instead, I took a slow roll which included some school supply recon (schools start on Tuesday.) Total: 14.1 miles, 312'.

kbarch

Just finished a recovery ride - finally. Put on my fredliest jersey, filled the bidon with milky iced coffee and headed out on the flattest route I could manage. Only 155' in 10.4 miles, and took 50 minutes to do it. Did make a point of keeping the cadence up in the 90s though, and it was pretty muggy by the time it was over.

But recovery from what, you may ask? Nothing major, or even the sort of riding that would normally warrant it, but ever since riding all over the place Friday, I've been wanting a leisurely ride, but I went riding with friends instead. Nothing too aggressive, but we can't help ourselves, it seems.

Friday was an extra day off, and I'd been meaning to go to the city to ride in Central Park - it's been such a long time. It was kind of a mess getting there - sections of Riverside Drive had been milled, and the route I'd planned to take to avoid that was blocked - and I managed to bend the front derailleur at one point, but it was nice. Did two full laps, and got some decent times on some of the segments - not really hammering, but spirited now and then. I don't think they'd resurfaced Harlem Hill the last time I raced there, so that was really nice. That was 43 miles, 2800' in the morning, and by the time I got home, the shop was open, so I got the derailleur fixed.

In the afternoon, I met a couple of friends here on the Jersey side, and we rode through the park along the Hudson. Not too long after we left the park, though, it started to rain, and by the time we got to State Line, it was really coming down, so we hung out at The Market for a while. We hadn't had any real plans, and since it didn't look like it would be clearing up, we decided to just head back, and take the low back roads to avoid getting drenched by passing trucks and such on 9W. By the time we got to Englewood, the rain had stopped, so I stayed with them for the climb up the East Hill before heading back home. All that was another 40 miles and 2700' So for the day, it was 83 miles, 5,500' Not epic, but enough that a rest was in order.

Instead, I joined the same two guys the next day for a slightly more energetic ride to Nyack. Again, nothing crazy - unless you count the suicidal turn onto the low end of Tweed Blvd from 9W - but I hammered my way up Tweed (beat the other guys up by 4 minutes), and was aggressive on a couple of other segments, but by the end of the ride, the younger guy was having to wait for me, as I was spent. That was just 36 miles, 2200' Saturday.

Then, Sunday, a couple whom we hadn't ridden with in a while wanted to ride, so I joined that, too, but I had them meet me down in my town - I really, really didn't want to do the 20-25 minute 500' of climbing ride just to meet up with them. We had a really nice, really social ride up to Nyack, taking the rail trail and back way up Bradley, and a really nice snack/meal at Didier Dumas. I'm glad I fueled up there, as I needed every bit of energy to keep up for the ride back. It wasn't super aggressive, but it was definitely spirited. I just made it a point of maintaining a consistent level of effort - not working too hard going up the positive grades (even allowing myself to be passed by those I normally drop like a rock), but continuing to work just as hard on the negative grades. It worked. Nobody had to wait for me at the end. 38 miles, 1,600'

Next weekend could be interesting. Only one ride instead of five, but a full century. That is if I can get from Philly back to the city Sunday morning....

bruce19

https://www.strava.com/activities/1812393153

Afternoon ride with my gf.

bikecrate

This whole week has been a rain out, so no evening rides. Saturday was traveling all day, so missed my morning ride. Sunday I rode out to Flatwoods park. The route I wanted to go was fenced off. Not sure why, but I had to double back, which added more miles. Legs were a bit sore from lack of evening rides, but did 45 miles. Sunday was feeling a bit more perky. I went on my new Lake Thonotossasa route for 45 miles. I'm pretty sick of the summer heat and humidity.

thehammerdog

spelger

Well hello there fellow Connecticution. Graduated UCONN back in '96. Never road on CT though. Enjoy the changing colors in a month or so.

Jakedatc

Sat: head cold.. took the day off.
Sun: Mountain bike with the shop group and GF. Legs felt a bit sluggish but rode pretty well after a few weeks off the mtn bike since i was doing mostly gravel.
Mon: Pre-rode a 58mi route we are doing for the Race CF Ride for life ride in a few weeks. Group of us on the team made sure the route was good and got out on a very hot ride. 92F at one point. Legs felt really good and we had a strong group so we cruised pretty quick. Did one quick detour from the planned route to avoid a beat up road and will hopefully use the alternate for the ride. Got to the end and had a enough juice left to kick out the last 4miles to make it a metric. 62mi 3200' . got home and immediately jumped in the pool to cool off.

Nice.. I did the 115k this year. I heard the 100k was definitely front loaded with the hills. 115k was more balanced i think with a few major ones before lunch then the hardest 2 after lunch. Pennel rd and Patten. ouch

kbarch

Nice! More folks from the city come over to Jersey to ride than vice versa - nice to know I'm not the only one who did it backwards and went for a ride in Central Park this weekend (Friday morning)

Machka 

Tuesday -- longest run since January! Slow run but I wanted to cover the distance ...

Distance: 5.32km
Elevation: 76m
Moving Time: 41:27
Elapsed Time 42:15
Pace: 7:47/km

sevenmag

Did an organized ride on Sunday. 101 miles.

skidad21774

9/1 picked up our anniversary presents to each other. Her... Specialized Ariel, me Roubaix Sport. Family group ride in town (flat) and then to lunch. Managed a "spirited" solo ride later in the day 23miles followed by a slow roll group ride 9/2 (another 22 miles). Metric Century on 9/3 in Hanover (62.7mi, 2.1k' elevation).

wipekitty

Monday: Missed the organized Labor Day rides, but did not miss the rain! I took a slow road ride on the gravel bike (which was helpful, as the recent heavy rains have washed a bunch of actual gravel in the roads.) The light rain and temperatures in the high 60s F felt nice! 28.4 miles, 1,332'.

On my way home, I stopped at work to make photocopies. The university where I teach started classes today (Tuesday), and I like to get my syllabi copied before everyone else comes in and breaks the machine!