rosefarts

It was my first. Great ride. Amazing how hard the easiest climb of the day (Vail Pass) feels when I've already got 90 miles on the legs.

I think in the future I'll pay for a shuttle. It sucked trying to coordinate my wife, mother in law, dog, and baby to somehow find me at the end of a ride and I didn't have a phone (that thing is heavy!!) and hers wasn't working due to some unlocking Verizon/Crickett scuffle.

Every time I ride a long ways, I always wonder how the heck the pro's do that nearly every day. I'm talking about the butt, not the legs.

BarryVee

Rode four (out of five) passes of the Tour of the California Alps Saturday with my daughter, her husband & a friend. Here's our ride profile from where we began between Woodfords and Turtle Rock Park with out & backs over Monitor & Ebbitts Passes, (about 93 miles). There was plenty of water and fuel choices, super volunteers and the huge vistas that make this one of the best and well supported in the State. Here is a huge thank-you to everyone working so hard to make it happen. It's a big event, ours was a very fun ride. Even got an afternoon thunderstorm on Ebbitts to cool us off. We did miss the cutoff time to climb Carson Pass, but just as well as there was an even bigger T-storm over there.

woodcraft

Impressive how few mechanicals you have, running all those bikes.

Hope you feel better.

50PlusCycling

20km around the Minato ward in Tokyo, mostly flat with a couple of climbs. Temps were 35 degrees C, and very humid. I kept up a 30 kph pace, not fast, but not bad considering my lack of conditioning. I'll repeat the ride tomorrow, though it's supposed to be even hotter.

Machka 

Congrats!!

That's one I considered doing many times when I lived in North America.

San Pedro

I work at an International Preschool/Kindergarten. I'm a teacher/administrator for the company. All my students that I teach can speak with me in English

I'm in Aichi, where were you placed?

San Pedro

I recommend not much climbing in the heat we're having... Going to be near 40 degrees here, it will probably over on the pavement in Tokyo.

puma1552

Not too far away...I was in a little coastal town called Hamasaka (officially shinonsen-cho) in the very very very northwest corner of Hyogo. Did that for two years before moving down to Himeji with a private eikaiwa, where I lived for another year or so. Loved my time there.

jamesdak 

LOL, oh I'm constantly working on them. This one for example still has the freewheel on it from the Fuji I got these alloy wheels from. Can't use the largest cog. No big deal unless I forget and try to shift to it.

Then the Prologue RD shifter won't index so I run it in friction mode.

I finally fixed the ghost shifting on the Maillot Jaune that's been going on for a year.

Still have to replace the headset on my 89 Centurion. Once I adjust for no knock, movement it's too tight. And I've got a flat on the rear of the Cabestany. All minor stuff but I do spend time keeping everything going. Part of the fun for me.

Carbonfiberboy 

Did our last tough group ride this past Sunday. 115 miles, 7300', 2 passes. The first pass was cool, only 65°-75°. but then we were in eastern Washington where it was 90°-106° for the next 5 hours, a good bit of it over 104°. I went through 6 liters of water, did fine in the heat except for being slow on the last pass. My power drops off about 15% on this long of a ride and climbing in this kind of heat. Lots of good heat training, anyway. My bright yellow and skin-tight Pactimo jersey was wonderful. I can only wear it this time of year without feeling well, protuberant. Funny story - I wetted out my poly hat and sun sleeves when it got hot. They were still wet at the finish, as was my jersey - no exogenous water added.

TimothyH

101 miles
16.8 MPH
48x16 fixed gear

50PlusCycling

The city is hot, but not so bad if I keep moving. I have a 2.5km loop here which runs from Midtown, and through the Aoyama cemetery, it has no stops, so I can get in some decent distance in a short time. I sometimes take a big loop through the city, from here to Asakusa, then out to Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ebisu, and then back home. But I spend as much time waiting at traffic lights as I do riding.

I used to live near the coast in Chiba, which is a great area to ride. But in the summer the bugs are thick, and the traffic along the beach is heavy.