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05-27-24, 11:16 PM
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05-27-24, 11:18 PM
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Montour trail
05-28-24, 07:52 AM
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Of course! My friend there is a couple years younger and 50 pounds lighter and he is on an e-bike. He has a-fib worse than I do so he needs the e.
He is also carrying a ton of stuff. It was 40+ miles between water sources and he had a spare battery in one of his cages so he brought the backpack. It was in the 50s most of the day so water wasn't a problem.
He is also carrying a ton of stuff. It was 40+ miles between water sources and he had a spare battery in one of his cages so he brought the backpack. It was in the 50s most of the day so water wasn't a problem.
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05-28-24, 05:19 PM
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San Francisquito to Dry Gulch to Lake Hughes road (where the pic was taken) to Liz Lake road to San Fran to Spunky and down Bouquet. Sun came out around Lake Hughes, which is full, as is Lake Elizabeth. Tailwinds for most of the climbing until the turn south on San Fran where that little 10% climb is. That's where I wanted another gear.
A beautiful day, actually, and a satisfying ride.
A beautiful day, actually, and a satisfying ride.
05-29-24, 06:50 PM
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Distant cloudburst in the Owens Valley
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05-29-24, 11:31 PM
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05-31-24, 11:44 PM
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Crappy pic, so use your imagination. Seattle with Olympics mountains in background
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06-01-24, 07:09 AM
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Seen on today's ride on the grass median between a MUP and adjacent highway. No carcass observed in the vicinity.
06-01-24, 11:42 AM
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06-01-24, 05:22 PM
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06-02-24, 08:53 AM
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06-02-24, 09:01 AM
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Finished the Eastern Sierra Double on Saturday … my first longish ride in a couple of years. Beautiful!
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06-02-24, 11:08 AM
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Oil Creek State Park
06-02-24, 01:34 PM
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You know you’re in the boonies when there isn’t enough traffic to wear the graffiti off the pavement.
06-02-24, 02:25 PM
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Looks like the party spot. Growing up in Oakland there was a turnout on Thornhill drive that was pretty notorious. Hard right on a steep uphill. You had to swing out wide otherwise your tires would break loose and billow smoke. The trick was to head straight at the crowd piled up in the turnout and make them scatter. Not much brighter than the sideshows these days.
06-02-24, 06:56 PM
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06-03-24, 10:11 AM
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Yea, I rode with Ron Iseri. He was on our RAAM crew back in 2018. It was a comeback double for him too ... first one in a long time.
The ride started out a bit ominously. The Sherwin Grade is always a grunt, but this time, we had to do it into some pretty stiff headwinds (15-20 MPH). I am used to headwinds there (the colder air at higher altitude spilling down the slope), but this was unusually windy.
I was concerned that it was going to be headwindy all the say to the 100 mile mark at Lee Vining, but in truth, the winds behaved themselves. The only headwindy section after that was the ride up 203 to the Mammoth Lakes Village. After that, it was actually mostly tailwinds.
I finished pretty strong, but felt beat up pretty good at the end of the day.
The ride started out a bit ominously. The Sherwin Grade is always a grunt, but this time, we had to do it into some pretty stiff headwinds (15-20 MPH). I am used to headwinds there (the colder air at higher altitude spilling down the slope), but this was unusually windy.
I was concerned that it was going to be headwindy all the say to the 100 mile mark at Lee Vining, but in truth, the winds behaved themselves. The only headwindy section after that was the ride up 203 to the Mammoth Lakes Village. After that, it was actually mostly tailwinds.
I finished pretty strong, but felt beat up pretty good at the end of the day.
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06-03-24, 10:42 AM
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06-03-24, 11:13 AM
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Yea, I rode with Ron Iseri. He was on our RAAM crew back in 2018. It was a comeback double for him too ... first one in a long time.
The ride started out a bit ominously. The Sherwin Grade is always a grunt, but this time, we had to do it into some pretty stiff headwinds (15-20 MPH). I am used to headwinds there (the colder air at higher altitude spilling down the slope), but this was unusually windy.
I was concerned that it was going to be headwindy all the say to the 100 mile mark at Lee Vining, but in truth, the winds behaved themselves. The only headwindy section after that was the ride up 203 to the Mammoth Lakes Village. After that, it was actually mostly tailwinds.
I finished pretty strong, but felt beat up pretty good at the end of the day.
The ride started out a bit ominously. The Sherwin Grade is always a grunt, but this time, we had to do it into some pretty stiff headwinds (15-20 MPH). I am used to headwinds there (the colder air at higher altitude spilling down the slope), but this was unusually windy.
I was concerned that it was going to be headwindy all the say to the 100 mile mark at Lee Vining, but in truth, the winds behaved themselves. The only headwindy section after that was the ride up 203 to the Mammoth Lakes Village. After that, it was actually mostly tailwinds.
I finished pretty strong, but felt beat up pretty good at the end of the day.
06-03-24, 11:52 AM
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how long (time) was the double ?
even at a decent clip a double gonna require some signif time in the saddle
add more time for climbing of course
even at a decent clip a double gonna require some signif time in the saddle
add more time for climbing of course
