Did You Ride Today?
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I thought the 5-Borough Tour was 100 miles? An old friend (long deceased, sadly) from LonGisland used to try and get me to come up and ride that one. Never did.
Just 21 miles yesterday in between the rains. I popped a front spoke on the TREK Emonda...****ing **** Bontrasher chicom wheels don't even have 3,000 miles on them yet. SAPIM CX aero spokes match the OEM spoke dimensions, but all I can find online are the smaller CX-Ray aero spokes.
Try...just try...finding 250, 284 and 286 length J-head, black finish 1.4 MM x 2.8 MM aero spokes. My local TREK dealer will try and score me some OEM spokes, but I'm not hopeful. I ordered some of the CX-Ray's (0.9 MM x 2.2 MM) from http://www.bikehubstore.com/ just to get the wheel back on the road.
Try...just try...finding 250, 284 and 286 length J-head, black finish 1.4 MM x 2.8 MM aero spokes. My local TREK dealer will try and score me some OEM spokes, but I'm not hopeful. I ordered some of the CX-Ray's (0.9 MM x 2.2 MM) from http://www.bikehubstore.com/ just to get the wheel back on the road.
Man...I feel all worthless & weak even posting these sissy short rides after the Randyknees guys post theirs!
Another little 22-mile jaunt. Pretty flat at around 700' of climbing. It was overcast and gray all day and the ride was in the same conditions. It was a nice 59 degrees when I took off and after two days of on & off rain the air was damp and there was still water running across the roads in spots.
Another little 22-mile jaunt. Pretty flat at around 700' of climbing. It was overcast and gray all day and the ride was in the same conditions. It was a nice 59 degrees when I took off and after two days of on & off rain the air was damp and there was still water running across the roads in spots.
I may take up knitting. I don't have the time or legs to go the mega miles. Maybe I can train younger.
https://www.biketheboros.org/nyccentury
Maybe he was referring to this one? It wasn't a ride for road cyclist, it was a soft peddlers event.
I managed to crawl out for 17.72 miles tonight. It was one of those cool, quiet, windless nights that had me wishing I had lights with me to stay out longer but an easy 75 minutes spin was what was needed. Saturday's ride was harder than I thought. Training Peaks has it as my hardest ride this year by far even though it was not the longest. It was an over 800 TSS day. Trying to decide whether to subject my bag of bones to a 600 KM with 36,000 feet of climbing north of Ashville and into Tenn and SC and back. check it out. Am I crazy to even consider it. yes.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/9035962
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/9035962
Call Brian Toone. Not only will he ride it with you, he'll ride back to Huntsville, Alabama after he's done.
36K of climbing?! That's wild. How many riders attempt and/or complete an event of that length and difficulty?
I think U rode this one: http://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/ .
I looked at your link and that may be the one my old bike messenger friend, Judah Apsell, wanted me to ride. I remember it being a very large event with something like 10,000 entrants. 100 miles around condensed civilization? No thanks!
I looked at your link and that may be the one my old bike messenger friend, Judah Apsell, wanted me to ride. I remember it being a very large event with something like 10,000 entrants. 100 miles around condensed civilization? No thanks!
The wife was out of town this weekend and I was left responsible with the kids. I took them to a nearby trail system that has a few easy singletrack sections. My seven year old was determined to be good at off roading:
I think 19 or 20 riders have successfully completed the Southern Appalachian SR600. I might be able to succeed but weather would have to cooperate. The climbs are pretty long but only 9-12%.
The Big Savage SR600 is another one but it has only been done by three riders if my understanding is correct. The fellow who wrote this report is RAAM qualified and has done like 500 miles in 24 hour races and it seems this ride almost took him down and he is a real beast. I calculated that my power to weight ratios was not good enough for so many 15-20% climbs whereas the Southern Appalachian one down in Ashville seems to have most of the climbs in the 9-12% range.....hard but doable for me.
http://www.rememberingjaron.com/2015/09/big-savage-super-randonneur-600k-ride.html
Only???
9% is going up at a decent rate and 12% qualifies as the beginning of "Yeah, this **** hurts!", stuff. And if it goes on for anything over 1/2-mile 12% is down right tough in my book.
OK...I read your link from start to finish. Not only is the author certifiably insane, anyone that attempts such nonsense is similarly nutsy cuckoo! Seriously, the ultra-marathon side of cycling has always impressed me. And I AM suitably impressed after reading that account! I have nothing but admiration for anyone capable of attempting and completing those efforts.
The author's palmares of endurance events is beyond impressive, actually.
You can see why a Walter Mitty like me wimped out. I'm insane but not stupid.
Someone like Toone would be waiting on every climb for me on the Southern Appalachian and although I would suffer like an old pack mule, I would finish and maybe under 40 hours. See, I would only undertake something like this in cold weather.....something this old turbo diesel likes. Heat and 36,000 feet might well kill me.
I'm pretty light, make just OK power and I would want an 34-32 double or a triple to tackle that terrain with a loaded for bear bike set up for two days on the road. That or a Platinum Card with enough of a limit to buy a truck to throw the bike in.
OK...the only way to catch Weatherby is to post a metric **** ton of short, girly man rides!
Just 18 miles at 17.5 MPH avg...cruisin' *****es! At a snail's pace! Only 550' of climbing and the wind was light at 7 to 8 MPH steady. It got up to 65 degrees this afternoon and I was out in shorts like a fool...after mowing.
It was another overcast day and rain is forecast fort tomorrow afternoon and for Thursday. So much for keeping up with the crop of grass I'm raising.
New wheels arrived at the house today and I got the front one mounted and installed. I'll do the rear, install a new chain and possibly a new cassette while the rain comes down.
Just 18 miles at 17.5 MPH avg...cruisin' *****es! At a snail's pace! Only 550' of climbing and the wind was light at 7 to 8 MPH steady. It got up to 65 degrees this afternoon and I was out in shorts like a fool...after mowing.
It was another overcast day and rain is forecast fort tomorrow afternoon and for Thursday. So much for keeping up with the crop of grass I'm raising.
New wheels arrived at the house today and I got the front one mounted and installed. I'll do the rear, install a new chain and possibly a new cassette while the rain comes down.
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I just rode 20 miles this morning. The weather was cold and I love riding in cold weather. I felt awesome.
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