Did you ride today?
06-23-10, 12:16 PM
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Barrettscv: Thanks for that wonderful report of the Hilly Hundred. I live in Minneapolis and I have been thinking that I want to do that ride one day, but I'm not yet ready for it.
Yesterday I did the local club's weekly Gears, Tears, and Fears ride. I think it's about 1200' of climbing over 32 miles, with about 8 climbs in S Saint Paul. You have to work hard to design a route with that much climbing in these parts. It was my first time on the ride and it felt wonderful. I really like to climb - too bad for me I live in such a flat place. I'm eager to do it again next week.
(As others around here have mentioned, I need to go over to SW Wisconsin to do some riding on some better hills.)
Also, I rode to and from the ride for an additional 8 miles and I had a quiet 13 mile ride with my daughter in the morning, so it was a 53 mile day.
Yesterday I did the local club's weekly Gears, Tears, and Fears ride. I think it's about 1200' of climbing over 32 miles, with about 8 climbs in S Saint Paul. You have to work hard to design a route with that much climbing in these parts. It was my first time on the ride and it felt wonderful. I really like to climb - too bad for me I live in such a flat place. I'm eager to do it again next week.
(As others around here have mentioned, I need to go over to SW Wisconsin to do some riding on some better hills.)
Also, I rode to and from the ride for an additional 8 miles and I had a quiet 13 mile ride with my daughter in the morning, so it was a 53 mile day.
06-23-10, 12:25 PM
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Moderators: Isn't it time this thread be made a sticky?
It's a perennial and permanent part of the forum, no?
06-23-10, 12:41 PM
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Thanks for the props, Minn Man.
I had not ridden a hill of any size, but was able to finish the HHH with one day of local riding and some good strategy suggestions from a few HHH vets.
If your willing to take it slow, you can finish. My saddle time was 5 hours, 35 minutes for 72 miles.
Michael
I had not ridden a hill of any size, but was able to finish the HHH with one day of local riding and some good strategy suggestions from a few HHH vets.
If your willing to take it slow, you can finish. My saddle time was 5 hours, 35 minutes for 72 miles.
Michael
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06-23-10, 04:59 PM
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Well yeah but not far, I started out and felt sort of weird and realized I forgotten my helmet. I thought to keep going but it looked like a storm was brewing so I decided to be safe and head back in.
Went for a drink and no water bottle, forgot that too, left it on the counter-top.
I am thinking it was some sort of sign that I should not ride without helmet or something. All told 5.25 miles.
Oh yeah it was 94° too.
Went for a drink and no water bottle, forgot that too, left it on the counter-top.
I am thinking it was some sort of sign that I should not ride without helmet or something. All told 5.25 miles.
Oh yeah it was 94° too.
06-23-10, 06:53 PM
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Twas hot today but I commuted about 10 miles. got home and had an invite on the table to a Mexican restaurant tp meet the family. I had done overtime and they came home after I left so I got about 2.5 more miles today. I only run about ten a day four days per week. Recover one day and get maybe 25 to 50 miles on Saturday. Then I take Sunday off. Maybe I'll do a 15 to 20 miler on Friday and then 50 or more on Saturday this week. We'll see. Blues Frog
06-23-10, 07:36 PM
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60 miles, warm, slight breeze. Went over Santa Fe Dam to Hwy 39 and back. Since i quit taking a radio i have been doing better on my rides. Lots of people out today, groups of teens on assorted bikes, from fixed gear to pink old style balloon cruisers to a few on road bikes.
06-23-10, 08:05 PM
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38 miles this evening after the thunderstorms. Rode with two buddies and one of my sons, it was a great ride.
06-24-10, 10:56 AM
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50 miles this morning before the mid day sun. It was in the low 70's at the start and 82* when I pulled up the driveway. Forecast for tomorrow will be the same before the scorching 90's arrive for the weekend.
06-24-10, 07:28 PM
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97°, 13-21 mph winds and 34% humidity let me go 28 miles with equal top speed of the month, go figure.( I think I had help with a tailwind though)
It is hot out there. Ride safe and smart.
It is hot out there. Ride safe and smart.
06-24-10, 08:10 PM
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44 miles this evening most of it doing 2 x 40 minute Z3 intervals of crit practice in a local cemetery. My wife even brought her road bike out and rode the course for 1 hour providing an obstacle for our group to race around.
06-25-10, 09:14 AM
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Yesterday I rode my regular 17 mile RT commute. It hit 100F today and I took my cheater bike (cross bike with BIONX assist kit). That worked out very well since the trip home was into 15 - 20 mph headwinds with strong gusts that tried to pull the helmet off my head and pushed the bike around. I made it home without burning up in the heat.
Today I took my PedalForce carbon frame and, while hot, the humidity is lower and it was a pleasant commute to work.
Today I took my PedalForce carbon frame and, while hot, the humidity is lower and it was a pleasant commute to work.
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06-25-10, 09:23 AM
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6/23 35 miles with the D on the West Orange Trail. Heat index 101 degrees. 
6/24 30 mile evening ride with the D trying to avoid the heat. Heat index 87 degrees.
30.9 miles 6/24 with my daughter
523.9 miles this month
3409 miles this year
108 ride days TY vs 110 ride days LY
4090 miles needed to hit 2010 goal (7500 miles)
I am @ 45+% of goal. I need to be @ 66.6% (5000 miles) by the end of August
336 miles ahead of this date last year
Wild life count 88 Sand Hill Cranes. I have never see more than 6 or 8 on any ride before. I think we found the lake where they all nest at night.
6/24 30 mile evening ride with the D trying to avoid the heat. Heat index 87 degrees.
30.9 miles 6/24 with my daughter
523.9 miles this month
3409 miles this year
108 ride days TY vs 110 ride days LY
4090 miles needed to hit 2010 goal (7500 miles)
I am @ 45+% of goal. I need to be @ 66.6% (5000 miles) by the end of August
336 miles ahead of this date last year
Wild life count 88 Sand Hill Cranes. I have never see more than 6 or 8 on any ride before. I think we found the lake where they all nest at night.
06-25-10, 03:25 PM
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Only 15 miles to the LBS, had a strange "lite crunching" sound coming from the rear wheel?? I guess I might have used a bit "too much" degreaser and some worked it's way into the hub, now it's all better. Humm, I don't even have a hose, I live in a one bedroom apt. and use a "bug or weed" jug with a "hand pump", can't see how that would have enough presser to get pass the seals for the hub or the cassette, oh well it's ready to ride for tomorrow! 
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06-25-10, 08:14 PM
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In preparation for my flight physical, I have upped my commute to 20 miles per day, 100 miles per week. Today, it felt perfectly natural even though temperatures have been close to 100.
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06-26-10, 11:23 AM
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Only 15 miles to the LBS, had a strange "lite crunching" sound coming from the rear wheel?? I guess I might have used a bit "too much" degreaser and some worked it's way into the hub, now it's all better. Humm, I don't even have a hose, I live in a one bedroom apt. and use a "bug or weed" jug with a "hand pump", can't see how that would have enough presser to get pass the seals for the hub or the cassette, oh well it's ready to ride for tomorrow!
06-26-10, 01:34 PM
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Started training for the RTC Century in October. 26 miles with 2754' elevation gain. 50% dirt, 4 hours-I am dying, sure glad we put in a pool.
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06-26-10, 01:58 PM
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06-26-10, 02:55 PM
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35 nice, smooth and easy miles with my son. We both have races tomorrow so there were no father/son pissing matches today.
06-26-10, 04:46 PM
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I rode the Little Park Loop today here in Grand Junction, Co. My legs were fried from 3 days in the car driving here. I suffered up the the east side of the Monument road in the sun but it was cool up top and through Glade Park. 25 miles and some good climbing.
