WhyFi

It's very unlikely that he's eating too much - a ride like that is probably going to expend something on the order of 4,000 calories and, when you figure in base metabolic rate, you're looking at ~7000 calories to break even for the day. I find that, on my 80+ mile days, I can't force myself to eat enough to break even. This, though, is a far cry from slow-rollin' 50 miles with pastry breaks every 12 miles or so.

datlas 

Staying with my sister in Florham Park, NJ. She does not have coffee so I went to DD. I ordered a large and the lady told me they are giving out free donuts today. I chose to be good and said no thank you.

She looked at me in shock.

phrantic09

you didn’t miss much

datlas 

Hey Velo Vol my musician daughter wants to know if you mean to transpose the entire piece down a note?

She said your question is way too vague. But here is her advice:

yeah i’m just confused if it’s just one note or the whole piece

if they’re playing alone either should be fine

i’d do whichever they are more comfortable with, keeping in mind though that different notes sit differently on trumpet so that could come up if you lower the whole piece by a step

same if they’re talking about just one note, if it fits in the chord it shouldn’t be a problem

if they’re playing with other people then everyone else would also have to change their music which wouldn’t be ideal

big john

Oh I agree but pigging out on those short rides can be fun. I was in Solvang, a tourist town north of here, and 3 of us went into Svenhard's Bakery for coffee and a Danish. They bring a tray with a dozen of the things fresh from the oven and leave a pot of coffee. They were so good I had 2 and my other friend had 2 which left 8 for Mike and he finished all 8. We left there and Mike sought out every steep hill he could find and dropped us on each of them. Of course, he was riding over 20K miles per year then.

indyfabz

I cannot remember the last time I had a donut from anywhere.

When I go to the Reading Terminal I see a good number of people with boxes of Beiler's. Some of them have the lids open and are eating them while they walk around.

Our Doughnut Menu | Beiler's Doughnuts (beilersdoughnuts.com)

Velo Vol 

55 on the interstate is normal?

A few days ago I was mocked for going 55-60. So it goes.

genejockey 

The first organized ride I ever did was something called the "Tour de Peninsula", where the LONG ride was about 30 miles. It wasn't intended for serious cyclists, but more for those folks who drag a bike out and ride on the pedway on Sunday, or around here drive their bike over to Canada Road on Sundays. There were a couple climbs that to me were SERIOUS hills, and yeah, a lot of folks were walking up those. A year or so later, I was using those climbs for hill intervals.

This was in the first year after I started riding as a grownup, so about 1995 or so. And I had not ridden that far yet. It seemed an enormous distance, partly because the longest ride I'd ever done as a teenager was 30 miles. I was exhausted by the end of the ride! It felt like a major accomplishment!

Velo Vol 

Playing with the piano, but the music is in a program and I could go down a couple steps with just a few clicks.

It's more than one note. Quite a few times at the top of my comfort range. Toward the end I start to get tired.

Basically boils down to what I said earlier: going big, or playing it safer.

Another Velo Vol dilemma.

Mojo31

I had that exact same experience at Svenhard's! Except, I wasn't on a bike and I might have had three.

Mojo31

In the situation I was in I would call that normal since the times at 55 mph were due to traffic congestion. When free to roam, we were at 60-70.

LesterOfPuppets

Yeah, the original definitely needed a white saddle, and a silver stem.

I concur that if the heritage livery one had white tape, white stem and saddle would also be in order - white hoods and headset spacers too.

LesterOfPuppets

Been a while for me too. I might be done with donuts. sad.

genejockey 

Either you don't want us to see the lousy job you did taping, or you don't want us to see that you took our advice and it worked.

Eric F 

If I recall from my days doing the Solvang Metric and a road races in the area, ALL the hills out there are steep.

indyfabz

Also cannot remember my last slice of pizza. I need to get to change that.

genejockey 

Donuts are natures most perfect food, in the sense that it has everything nature tells you to eat as much of as you can possibly get, because our ancestors rarely got so much of any of those. That's my hypothesis anyhow, that humankind never evolved an off switch for cravings for starch, sugar, and fat.

Mojo31

Or took your advice and still did a lousy job. The possibilities are endless.

Velo Vol 

Maybe you're an unsafe driver? The roads are filled with maniacs.

Not really, they're overrated.
I did wrap the tops backwards because I don't think it's possible to wrap that kind of tape the proper direction.

DougRNS

it's not easy being Vol.

big john

My second organized ride was a century called "Tour de Turkey" because it was around Thanksgiving. I had only done 75 miles once and I was sick during the ride and I was coughing the whole time. I was miserable and didn't think I could finish, it didn't seem humanly possible to me. The ride was flat, about as flat as anything I've done and I eventually finished. At least then I knew it was possible.
My second century was the Solvang Century in 1989. It was freezing at the start and I broke a spoke on Santa Rosa road and when I stopped to look at it I almost fell down because my feet were so numb. I was using clips and straps. I finished without further incident and went back 8 more times for the century.

big john

All the hills close to town seem to be steep. On the century route, the one people remember is "The Wall" on Foxen Canyon.

Velo Vol 

DougRNS is starting to get it.

There's hope for all of you.

Velo Vol 

Time for lawn mowing activities.

Strava not available.

Eric F 

It's been a very long time, but I still remember "The Wall" pretty vividly, too.