Tour de Habitat Charity Ride Write-up

Nice writeup Steve! You had a truly beautiful day for the ride. Were
you able to relax enough to enjoy the fall foliage?

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Props Steve for your new long distance mark!
Gotta love chamois butt'r for those rides.

Thanks for the writing, stories ending with free pints are my
favorites.

P.S.: I found electrolyte tablets to be the best thing for me to
completly avoid cramps and really ease muscle recovery.

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capuni said:

Nice writeup Steve! You had a truly beautiful day for the ride. Were
you able to relax enough to enjoy the fall foliage?

Thanks, Perry - the foliage was a good distraction for some of the
worse hills.

vincelemay said:

Props Steve for your new long distance mark!
Gotta love chamois butt'r for those rides.

Thanks for the writing, stories ending with free pints are my
favorites.

P.S.: I found electrolyte tablets to be the best thing for me to
completly avoid cramps and really ease muscle recovery.

Thanks, Vince. Yeah, Butt'r and free pints rock!

Maybe I'll give those electrolyte tablets a try my next long ride.

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One pic so far. End of the ride, very tired. Brew pub behind me,
holding two icy cold beers for me. Take the picture already, so I can
get a beer!

[image: http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/Tour50mile20070923/TdH_1.jpg]

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'grats on the long ride! It's a pleasant surprise when one pushes his
limits... and finds it wasn't a limit after all!

steveyo said:

Maybe I'll give those electrolyte tablets a try my next long ride.

I, too, have had great results with electrolyte tablets.

One thing I didn't notice in your write up was any mention of
stretching... how do you fit that in with your riding? I find that if
I stretch about 1-2 miles into the ride, and again at every rest stop,
that my legs and I get along much better...

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maestro8 said:

'grats on the long ride! It's a pleasant surprise when one pushes his
limits... and finds it wasn't a limit after all!

I, too, have had great results with electrolyte tablets.

One thing I didn't notice in your write up was any mention of
stretching... how do you fit that in with your riding? I find that if
I stretch about 1-2 miles into the ride, and again at every rest stop,
that my legs and I get along much better...

I don't stretch nearly enough, but I actually did a few good thigh
stretches at the 28.5 mile checkpoint. Mostly because I was afraid my
quads were about to lock up for good.

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Steveyo, way to go! A PB on distance with some good climbs mixed in!
Isnt it great to spend hours on the 36er, you can really put in some
miles, and see some country. Congrats again on the ride, you are a
better human being now. Keep up the hard work🙂

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aspenmike said:

Steveyo, way to go! A PB on distance with some good climbs mixed in!
Isnt it great to spend hours on the 36er, you can really put in some
miles, and see some country. Congrats again on the ride, you are a
better human being now. Keep up the hard work🙂

Thanks, Mike. I may be better, but my legs feel worse! 😉

It was truly a beautiful day and a great ride.

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Steve, congratulations on the new personal best! A really great ride,
and great write-up. You've already established yourself as a climber
to be reckoned with, so it was only a matter of time before you joined
the Half Century Club. Welcome!

It's too bad about the one negative with the biker. Her attitude aside,
she was absolutely wrong...you just don't pass on the right without
very loud and clear warning. Hopefully one of her posse straightened
her out on that so she doesn't continue to represent a hazard.

Glad also the UPDs ended up injury free. Back in May, I busted my big
toe via one of those "toe jam" falls on a steep downhill, and I'm now
forever paranoid about a repeat injury. Those steeps can get pretty
hairy, especially with the bicycles whizzing by you at close range
while you're working like crazy to keep your balance and avoid any
swerves. I love doing the distance events with bikes, but the steep
downhills are definitely my least favorite part. Better the uphills,
where the natural order is restored, and Unicycle passes Bike. 🙂

I'm sure JC would join me in saying we're glad to hear you had some
espresso associated with your distance ride, even if only in the form
of an energy gel. Sometimes you have to take what you can get, and you
made up for it by quaffing the two pints after the ride.

I brought my 36-er along on vacation this summer, and got to do some
riding on the back roads of upstate NY. Some of the terrain was
probably pretty similar to the outskirts of your ride...really pretty
country. Perhaps if I pass through again next summer, we can figure out
how to make a ride intersect.

Congrats again, and pedal on!

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tomblackwood said:

Steve, congratulations on the new personal best! A really great ride,
and great write-up. You've already established yourself as a climber
to be reckoned with, so it was only a matter of time before you joined
the Half Century Club. Welcome!

Thanks, Tom. You're definitely one of the folks who inspire me.

tomblackwood said:

...I love doing the distance events with bikes, but the steep downhills
are definitely my least favorite part. Better the uphills, where the
natural order is restored, and Unicycle passes Bike. 🙂

Indeed, that's why I do all those uphill events.

tomblackwood said:

I'm sure JC would join me in saying we're glad to hear you had some
espresso associated with your distance ride, even if only in the form
of an energy gel. Sometimes you have to take what you can get, and you
made up for it by quaffing the two pints after the ride.

Yeah, the farm country where we rode has a coffee shop defecit. The
Clif gels have a pretty hardcore espresso flavor and boost and made me
think of yours and JC's espresso ride. The fresh, brew-pub pints,
well, that was the best part!

tomblackwood said:

I brought my 36-er along on vacation this summer, and got to do some
riding on the back roads of upstate NY.

Where were you?

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Great ride Steve! Thanks for sharing the write up. Sounds like another
epic ride. Glad the weather perfect. 50 miles is an incredible
distance.

Nice rolling!

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Chrashing said:

Great ride Steve! Thanks for sharing the write up. Sounds like another
epic ride. Glad the weather perfect. 50 miles is an incredible
distance.

Nice rolling!

Thanks, Ken. I'm sure you saw 'the thread about the All Hallows MTB
Race in Sch'dy'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64522), right?

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steveyo said:

Thanks, Ken. I'm sure you saw 'the thread about the All Hallows MTB
Race in Sch'dy'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64522), right?

Thanks for point that out Steve,I actually missed that post. This ride
had me going until I read, 'That's right, 100% singletrack, with rocks,
roots, stairs, log crossings, bridges, and steep up and downhills.' Oh
man, I'm just not that technical. Reminds me of that cyclocross event
where I met you and we "raced" (I was left in the mud while you roared
off from the starting line).

OK, I won't write it off yet. It would be fun to join in another uni
event, even if I'll have to run with the wheel.

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Steve,
What an accomplishment. Congratulations ! I read the write up and
enjoyed.

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Chrashing said:

Thanks for pointing that out Steve, I actually missed that post. This
ride had me going until I read, 'That's right, 100% singletrack, with
rocks, roots, stairs, log crossings, bridges, and steep up and
downhills.' Oh man, I'm just not that technical. Reminds me of that
cyclocross event where I met you and we "raced" (I was left in the mud
while you roared off from the starting line).

OK, I won't write it off yet. It would be fun to join in another uni
event, even if I'll have to run with the wheel.

Ken, there's a few obstacles, but most of the trail is just winding,
smooth dirt track through the woods. Much of it was really not that
technical, with just a a few parts where even bikers walk, no shame in
that. You'd have a blast!

rem48 said:

Hey, thanks!

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Fantastic steve.

I enjoyed the write-up. Nice details re the cycle shorts etc. 🙂

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cathwood said:

Fantastic steve.

I enjoyed the write-up. Nice details re the cycle shorts etc. 🙂

Thanks, Cath. I had friends who asked me to leave out the part about
cycle shorts next time.🙄

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