Good example of a crossing. Red line runs along the trail. Horse shoe upper left area. 4 different places here, one can see several riders. Can be 1/4 mile behind in actuality and see the other rider like you can reach out and touch him.
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That looks nice! We have nothing like that down here. Our crit training circuit is the only place we can do that. It's a regular road with no bike lane so it's not the same. We take the innermost lane so we can turn to the opposite lane at each end with least interruption from traffic.
Rode about 19 miles last evening - out and back with loop. A little over 2000 ft gain a bit warm at 88F but in the shadows of the sunset.
Really tried to push and work on sprints on the flats along the lakeshore and docks.
A focus on aero position in the flats and downhill. Can only hold that so long you know?
Sprinting on several sections over rollers and down the hill really helped cough up an extra 2-3 mph top speed in between the turns . The final 3 miles is all downhill to where the minivan is parked.
Went to bed feeling gr8. Sore today recharge for tomorrow hopefully .
Really tried to push and work on sprints on the flats along the lakeshore and docks.
A focus on aero position in the flats and downhill. Can only hold that so long you know?
Sprinting on several sections over rollers and down the hill really helped cough up an extra 2-3 mph top speed in between the turns . The final 3 miles is all downhill to where the minivan is parked.
Went to bed feeling gr8. Sore today recharge for tomorrow hopefully .
Solo 20 miles. First evening ride mid week in a long time. Felt great being out in fresh air. Starting about 85 degrees but felt so cool. Using 3 headlights to light the way. Rode from the opposite direction vs last rides. Encountered very little traffic, I was surprised.
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Was able to do my route out n back plus loop despite AQI numbers .
as I prepared bike the surrounding smoke cleared out.
Got on my retired road bike 22.5 lbs 25mm tires and whipped out the ride.
Was actually surprised I could do the whole route in 36 - 28T. The 25s were fine just harsh riding with the aluminum frame. Had previously run 85PSI in the 25mm tires , last night ran 78 LBS front and rear. Seemed adequate.
Was about 3 minutes slower last night than previous ride .
Means should ride the heavier bike more?! So funny , now whichever bike making little difference over 19 miles .
Off-topic my Garmin giving consistently varying elevation data. Annoying at least.
as I prepared bike the surrounding smoke cleared out.
Got on my retired road bike 22.5 lbs 25mm tires and whipped out the ride.
Was actually surprised I could do the whole route in 36 - 28T. The 25s were fine just harsh riding with the aluminum frame. Had previously run 85PSI in the 25mm tires , last night ran 78 LBS front and rear. Seemed adequate.
Was about 3 minutes slower last night than previous ride .
Means should ride the heavier bike more?! So funny , now whichever bike making little difference over 19 miles .
Off-topic my Garmin giving consistently varying elevation data. Annoying at least.
Not surprising! Your aluminum bike is only very slightly heavier than your new carbon bike and I would assume, it's also setup to be fast. It's not going to noticeably slower than you carbon bike except for the placebo effect.
If you want to see a significant difference, add racks and hang pannier bags in them, full fenders, long and wide mud flaps, use puncture proof urban commuter tires, get the weight to about 40 lbs!
That's how my bike is setup because I can only have one bike for both utility and recreational rides. To give you an idea how slow my bike is, if we're going down minus 3% gradient, a rider on a pure road bike setup (carbon or aluminum, doesn't really matter) would be coasting (not pedaling) to maintain speeds around 22 mph. While I'm pedaling in Zone 2 and close to climbing power to match their speeds.
Advantages are mostly social in nature and also safety. Like if you're training in the city and unable to hit full speed all the time for safety reasons, a slow bike will give you the same workout value at lower speeds. Or if you're riding with a slower group, yet you also wish to work yourself hard, a slow bike will let you do that without dropping the group!
GPS signal is affected by clouds especially if you have plenty of clouds around. And also affected by terrain like when riding around mountains....Ironic right??
This is why some bike computers will also have barometer or altimeter that can estimate altitude based on atmospheric pressure if GPS signal is unreliable. The system will try to interpolate between GPS data and altimeter data which reading looks more realistic.
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Fit in a short ride between the today. Short 18 at 16.3.
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the "retired" bike is about 2.5 lbs heavier. All is relative and "it's not the bike" if I might quote BeanZ. The only real downside to that heavier bike is less comfortable & I can't enter corners as fast.
I'll ride the city-bike with the 38 semi smooth tires if I want to be slowed down.
Helps keep friends !
I think I need a better GPS or just settle with deviations in the data Or both.
Good comments cobbwheels.
I still won't enter corners any faster even if I have a much better quality bike.
I used to descend faster during my first year of being a roadie but one crash at much slower speeds taught me an important lesson that I'm not invincible! I regard my bike handling skills as above average. I have plenty of experience riding over loose surfaces gravel or wet roads, off road, emergency braking, breaking traction during a turn and maintaining control during a brief slide or drift.
Yet things are lot different when you break traction at high speed during a turn. The transition from grip to no-grip is way more sudden and not progressive at all and the bike will react so quickly that if you're not anticipating it, your reactions would be too late. I have managed to do a few times and luckily without losing control and crashing. "Luck" is the key word here. I won't push my luck anymore!
Only did 15 miles yesterday in the city loop. Dark clouds came in and unfortunately, didn't beat the rain. I also encountered 40+ mph headwinds! The rain drops were coming in so fast it literally felt like pea shots on my face, it hurts!
Still in the middle of monsoon rain season so I'll probably have to do more indoor training than outdoors..
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Each person their limitation. I'm not looking to get broken up or dead , but like a brisk ride. Might I say that ribbed corsa gives a road feed back compared to the slicks I'd run, it just strait talks to you in a audible and harmonic sense. (but I'd not run the GP 5000 for compare) just the cheap chines copies of them. Not saying I'm not going down . Sure I'd over run a corner ect and lost my line a few times hitting stones almost going down . Still missing some flesh from last year .I still won't enter corners any faster even if I have a much better quality bike.
I used to descend faster during my first year of being a roadie but one crash at much slower speeds taught me an important lesson that I'm not invincible! I regard my bike handling skills as above average. I have plenty of experience riding over loose surfaces gravel or wet roads, off road, emergency braking, breaking traction during a turn and maintaining control during a brief slide or drift.
Yet things are lot different when you break traction at high speed during a turn. The transition from grip to no-grip is way more sudden and not progressive at all and the bike will react so quickly that if you're not anticipating it, your reactions would be too late. I have managed to do a few times and luckily without losing control and crashing. "Luck" is the key word here. I won't push my luck anymore!
Only did 15 miles yesterday in the city loop. Dark clouds came in and unfortunately, didn't beat the rain. I also encountered 40+ mph headwinds! The rain drops were coming in so fast it literally felt like pea shots on my face, it hurts!
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There will always be that loose corner with sand , oncoming car deer fox ect .
One thing for sure my reaction times have improved since re engaging cycling.
I'll not go any faster than I been going on these local runs at least. Barely even topped out my new bike !
Tomorrow Am got an early riser to hammer out before the labor day crowd drives home.
Someday an indoor trainer.
There were few times I went across a bumpy part of the road at 35 mph during a descending turn. Both tires got airborne very briefly. I was nowhere near losing control and the tires instantly gripped the road upon landing. Yet it scared the **** out of me! First time, I was unfamiliar with the road. Second time was pebbles on the road forced me to that bumpy part again. 3rd time around, I just took the turn slower.
One reason I avoid riding in the dark is more active wildlife. More likely to come across one. I know daylight sucks during summer but it's safer.
Labor day ride , got on my heavier bike and rode a stretch thru the mayamaca's range that is a nightmare on weekdays when sun is up.
The road simply has no shoulder in many parts , most of the climb(s). About 28 miles 3200ft of vertical and pretty slow. Pretty as the sun rose. Just a handful of cars on the .
The garage might be one of California's oldest The store in rear build in 1875 I believe.
The road simply has no shoulder in many parts , most of the climb(s). About 28 miles 3200ft of vertical and pretty slow. Pretty as the sun rose. Just a handful of cars on the .
The garage might be one of California's oldest The store in rear build in 1875 I believe.
Mountain rides here are a nightmare 24/7 even on holidays! So many cars all the time, never letting up. Many people here work on night shifts because clients in USA 12 - 15hr time difference and many have gotten used to driving past 12am midnight all the way to the early morning hours to beat the lot worse traffic during the day.
I wear mask when I ride all the time to help reduce the particulates I inhale from vehicle exhaust. I wear mask when training indoors to simulate restricted breathing when I ride outdoors with mask.
I have so gotten used to restricted breathing I can still breathe easily and be able able to talk easily at FTP effort if I remove the mask.
I wore a mask all last year riding at might. With the group then going soli, I saw so many particles in the air with my lights, I decided to keep it on.
I wore a mask all last year riding at might. With the group then going soli, I saw so many particles in the air with my lights, I decided to keep it on.
Night, solo, many particles... Pollen? Road dust kicked into the air by vehicles in front of you?
In our city crit circuit, there's very few vehicles early morning weekends. But LOTS of riders. The circuit never gets sweeped and I can only assume plenty of invisible sand (silicate) particles kicked up by the riders. So I wear mask in the circuit even if there are few vehicles.
Tiny silicate particles from gravel or road dirt getting into the lungs can cause "silicosis" that eventually causes permanent damage to the lungs reducing lung capacity and makes breathing difficult. Silicosis can also increase probability of getting lung cancer since it's a type of chronic inflammation.
The symptoms take 10 to 30 years to develop. Stealthy disease. Next time you do a group ride in dry gravel....
Imagine the Pros doing dry gravel sections in Paris-Roubaix stages, breathing hard in those clouds of silicate dust without wearing many mask!! Occupational hazard!!
Construction workers who deal with lots of silicate dust from working with ceramics for example wear N99 air filtration device as required by law. Yet no such law in Pro racing that involves racing in dry gravel!You can imagine N99 masks where the filtration elements would stay dry despite heavy sweating, these masks look like gas masks! No doubt these masks will make you slower from higher core temperatures (we cool down a bit from breathing hard), breathing restriction, and drag but will help protect the lungs in dusty conditions.
I wore a mask all last year riding at might. With the group then going soli, I saw so many particles in the air with my lights, I decided to keep it on.
When I wiped brown particles off my frame during ride switched from neck gator to n 95. I too wore masks during COVID. Trained for my first 5 k in 2022 in a mask. No fun but got a strong diaphragm. I believe the masked training - even neck gator or nose n mouth affected my vo2 numbers. They are simply projections , an algorithm of sorts ( garmin) No comparison to a cardiologist and tech assisted treadmill measurement protocol. But masked the vo2 plummeted. Hmmm
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