ImJackson

i did 34 miles for a video

jadmt

that is a tough ride at 26F even without a headwind.

jadmt

41 miles really nice day for this close to turkey day. was mid 30's when i started but like 42F when I finished...mild breeze is all.

Sierra_rider

Easyish ride today in anticipation of a big one tomorrow. Anyway, 17 miles and 2400' of climbing on the gravel bike. Also a few spots of hike-a-biking...I couldn't get any traction on a muddy 20% climb.

Alan K

Quite prophetic! 😉

On the topic of the thread, only 17 miles, 38F, 13MPH wind pushing on one side or the other.

diphthong

35-spot from oceanside, ca down the coast to san diego (took the train up). absolutely gorgeous, 72 degree day. really enjoyed it and was in no rush. hit zone 3 for all of 2-3 mins in the course of a nearly 3 hour ride.

Sierra_rider

73 miles, 6600' of gain, and I'm happy with the 15.5mph average. We could've rode faster, but that's always a gamble when the 2nd half of the ride is almost entirely uphill.

Nice picture of my ass:
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jadmt

70 miles in 28-32F temp. freaking cold and lots of frozen spots. not a fast ride but never remember getting this long of a ride in November..luckily my neighbor is not afraid of the cold.

rsbob 

Hit my goal annual today of 5,000 miles. Looks like I can take the rest of the year off and just feed my face fat, sugar and alcohol. What’s not to love?

But, if I can put on another 500 before year-end that would be a new record. So why not?

SpeedyBlueBiker

Got out at 7:00am this morning for my Thanksgiving Day ride. I rode 26 miles at a local park. Lots of laps but it is a scenic area. Was 74F when I left and 83F when I returned at 8:30am. Very humid out today or maybe I'm just not acclimated yet. Stopped by my local bike shop while I was out for a quick adjustment to my derailleur that must have been rattled out of its normal position on the flight over.

Troul 

92 miles before heading out back to the smoker for some thankfully smoked flying meat.

jaxgtr

It was cold this morning, meaning, I did not get up and stayed under the covers, then decided I needed to do yard work as we are looking at rain tomorrow and maybe Sat and Sun, so I got in 0 miles unless you count the 8 miles of walking I did doing 3.5 hours are yard work..... I hate cold weather, but could uses a few low 40's high 30's to stop the grass from growing.

Hope all had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving for the US based folks and for those outside the US, have a great Thursday

Troul 

i may or may not have had too much pumpkin pie with cool whuuwhip.

The rear tire is going to need more PSI for the next ride. oooof!

rsbob 

Everyone hates braggarts and one-up-mans-ship, BUT I needed to insert my non-humble brag below your wimpy miles. Stand back, but I did a whopping 14.2 miles averaging a scintillating 45 Watts, INDOORS, in a frigid 65* while watching Jan Ulrich, Lance, George Hincape and Johanne Bruneal chat about the good old days on the tour. It was positively exhausting.

Then there was a terrible mechanical while cycling, my heart rate monitor battery needed replacing. Talk about the trials of cycling.

jaxgtr

lol... I had that the other day when my power meters needed new batteries on my smart bike. I futz with it for 15 mins wondering why the power kept going in an out, changed them, poof, I had good power readings. Really put a crimp in my groove.

rsbob 

Hate that! Glad you recovered.

Troul 

IMO & based on just my experiences, riding indoors takes more dedication (craziness) per mile/minute vrs outdoors.

You keep at it you cyclepath!

jaxgtr

It took a lot of mental effort to force myself to finish my indoor ride today, I really was not feeling it after I started, but I finished with 34 miles, 1300 ft. I think going through SERE school 3rd level (Desert and Arctic versions) in the Navy, taught me how to mentally push through a lot of situations where the rest of my body is telling me to stop. Sometimes the outcome is bad, others is positive.

79pmooney

I renewed my old tradition of the Black Friday ride today. 60 miles on 44 to 50 degrees, no wind, no clouds and dry roads! On my Mooney fix gear. Easy. 42-18. But I haven't been riding much at all so that was plenty!

Magic weather. I've done this in below freezing and with the river over its backs.

rsbob 

Rode 15 and walked 5 (fortunately it was a dog walk).

jaxgtr

I am so tired of the wind... but I got in 45.2 miles and 1210 ft of climbing. I was doing a bunch of bridge loops until the cops kicked me off due to some company putting up fireworks for something they are doing downtown tonight, so I went over to the new MTB\Gravel\Cyclocross park they built on an old landfill site that has been closed for 35 years that Trek sponsored with a huge amount of money. It is fantastic. 110 ft high, over 100 acres and lots of trails. Novel idea for use of this land, nothing is flat, it is constant up and down, which makes me happy I have electronic shifting. The climb getting to the top is brutally steep, with one small area somewhere in the hood of 18% to 20%, I just do not have the background in that kind of steep, but I have the legs and gearing that will get me there, but I get off and walk it for about 40 yards. I am going to have to get over the nervousness and push through one day and then I should be good. I did about 30 mins there, it was very fun, but I realized that I had way too much pressure in my tires for that type of terrain. I was not expecting off roading today, so my tire pressure was about 45 lbs, otherwise they would have been about 30 to 35

Troul 

the temps were reporting 27F, but the headunit showed 12F. Luckily the wind stayed calm for majority of the ride. The last frosted fistful of miles was when the winds kicked up & in the face.
41 Miles. Cold temps yield less miles, but the exerted effort seems to double.

jaxgtr

Ok, I held off my ride this morning until the temps were above 50. I was cold for the first 40 mins, then it was over 60 and I started to sweat with my long sleeve base layer on.

Troul 

i mainly look at the reported weather for humor. Michigan's weather forecast = 25% accurate half of the time, only during a leap year... Next year it might have a chance!

rsbob 

So jealous.

38* and sunny at the start and 50* at the finish. Did 40 with 2K climbing. Did have some nice water views. My computer tells me to take 48 hours off the bike. My legs agree since I am about 14 days straight.


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