New PB!

BT Humble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

BTH

Well done! Keep it up and you'll be down to 30 soon enough! :-)

Commute (n.). Individual time trial.

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In aus.bicycle on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:16:48 +1100

Bean Long said:

BT Humble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

BTH

Well done! Keep it up and you'll be down to 30 soon enough! :-)

Commute (n.). Individual time trial.

I don't know wether to bust a gut on the commute on the idea it will
get easier, or go easy and just keep the heartrate elevated but not
pounding.

I'm slowly getting better, but it is slow.

Zebee

Bean Long said:

BTHumble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Quoted message said:

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

Well done! Keep it up and you'll be down to 30 soon enough! :-)

I'll probably crack 30 minutes for the trip home long before I do it
for the morning run. Lots more downhill going home!

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=647215

BTH

Zebee Johnstone said:

Bean Long said:

BT Humble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

Well done! Keep it up and you'll be down to 30 soon enough! :-)

I don't know wether to bust a gut on the commute on the idea it will
get easier, or go easy and just keep the heartrate elevated but not
pounding.

I'm slowly getting better, but it is slow.

I don't like to point this out Zeb, but you're a few months older than
me. :-/

I'm not putting a speedo on this bike, because that just makes me
ridiculously clock-watching competitive with myself. I doubt I'll
ever get the time down to 30 minutes, there are just too many road
crossings along the cycle track and not enough on-road cycle paths to
cover the whole distance that way.

BTH

BT Humble said:

I'm not putting a speedo on this bike, because that just makes me
ridiculously clock-watching competitive with myself. I doubt I'll
ever get the time down to 30 minutes, there are just too many road
crossings along the cycle track and not enough on-road cycle paths to
cover the whole distance that way.

30 minutes cycle time. Try calculating your ride time excluding stops
at lights etc. if you want to get an idea of whether or not your speed
is increasing. I have my cycle computer set to 'automatic' so it stops
when I stop.

--
Bean

"I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it" Pink Floyd

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On 29 Jan 2007 17:49:52 -0800, "BT Humble" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I'll probably crack 30 minutes for the trip home long before I do it
for the morning run. Lots more downhill going home!

and a better carrot.

In aus.bicycle on 29 Jan 2007 17:54:05 -0800

BT Humble said:

I don't like to point this out Zeb, but you're a few months older than
me. :-/

I keep telling myself that a woman over 40 and more than 30kg overweight
who hasn't done much in the way of aerobic exercise for over 10 years
is going to take a while to get fit.

I've done about umm.. 2500km so far according to the bike speedo, most
of that on the ride to work. Which is more like interval training
than anything else. Either climbing or coasting. It might not be the
best way to improve. The ride to the new place will have a lot more
flat work, so might be better for me.

I'm not pushing myself, as in I try to keep the heartrate down. THe
average is slowly creeping up, was 16.25km/h average a month ago, I'm
regularly doing 16.75 now, without pushing.

Still heartbreaking to be passed all the time though.

Except downhill, me coasting is faster than other pedalling unless
they are pushing hard! Gravity is my friend sometimes at least.

Zebee

TOO many variables tho!
(he presumes???)
lights, etc do not make for consistent timings.

Always amazes me how some new commuter olympian (yeah! they are commuting 😄) 'tears' past me at lights/runs-red-lights/does-dumbarse-manouvre to 'fly' past only for me to stay 10m(ish) behind
(cos you know once you can't see someone they are 'gone' 🙄 ).

AND THEN roll up next to 'em at next lights.

Case in point...

tonight heading east up collins st (HATE this ride...shuddup...)
Captain Wally rides thru cars (2), runs 3 sets of red lights (at start of sequence/s), generally rides like ijiot, and STILL i'm makin same progress as him?!?!?!?!?

Pull up at corner of Spring/Collins and say
"Wow! 3 red lights and all those manouvres thrown in and your still here? You must REALLY be SLOOOOWWW".

Oh, PS BT that was a frivolent rant and it's good your feelin the difference.
Feeling is good. lack thereof is baaaaaaadd....

Flying"tortoise-mode-engaged"Dutch

flyingdutch said:

TOO many variables tho!
(he presumes???)
lights, etc do not make for consistent timings.

Always amazes me how some new commuter olympian (yeah! they are commuting 😄) 'tears' past me at lights/runs-red-lights/does-dumbarse-manouvre to 'fly' past only for me to stay 10m(ish) behind
(cos you know once you can't see someone they are 'gone' 🙄 ).

AND THEN roll up next to 'em at next lights.

Case in point...

tonight heading east up collins st (HATE this ride...shuddup...)
Captain Wally rides thru cars (2), runs 3 sets of red lights (at start of sequence/s), generally rides like ijiot, and STILL i'm makin same progress as him?!?!?!?!?

Pull up at corner of Spring/Collins and say
"Wow! 3 red lights and all those manouvres thrown in and your still here? You must REALLY be SLOOOOWWW".

Oh, PS BT that was a frivolent rant and it's good your feelin the difference.
Feeling is good. lack thereof is baaaaaaadd....

Flying"tortoise-mode-engaged"Dutch

That's it - you got me started. I tried St Kilda Rd for the first time in the afternoon peak southbound the other day. I used to wonder why cyclists have such a bad relationship with other road users, now I know. Red light runners, wheelsuckers, not-give-wayers, non-signallers, queue jumpers etc etc... all the bad habits seen several times in just a couple of km. Here is a hint - if you wobble around slowly on your commuter, don't roll past all of the stopped bikes at the red light, through the red light and then continue on wobbling and getting in everyone's way further down the road (Grrr).

Ritch

BT Humble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

BTH

I would post PBs for my daily commute but I keep on changing the route
I take...and because of that even my average speed is not comparable
between different routes. Still, if I may be allowed to brag, I
scored a 30.1km/h the other day (admittedly, the route taken was
mostly flat...)

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Quoted message said:

BT Humble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

BTH

I would post PBs for my daily commute but I keep on changing the route
I take...and because of that even my average speed is not comparable
between different routes. Still, if I may be allowed to brag, I
scored a 30.1km/h the other day (admittedly, the route taken was
mostly flat...)

i scored a polaris heart rate monitor to use for a while and it makes for
interesting commuting. You can see if you are getting a good workout or not.
Frightens you a bit too on the hills. Also can annoy colleagues by keeping
it on at work and checking your pulse when someone interupts you or
otherwise raises your stress levels...

On 2007-01-31, Bugbear (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

BT Humble said:

37:52 for my 16km commute.

Yeah, I know it's not terribly impressive, but it's a big improvement
over the 45 minutes it was taking me for the first week.

I would post PBs for my daily commute but I keep on changing the route
I take...and because of that even my average speed is not comparable
between different routes. Still, if I may be allowed to brag, I
scored a 30.1km/h the other day (admittedly, the route taken was
mostly flat...)

I posted my PB commute here a few months ago, but only because I was
amazed that a commute could possibly score over 40km/h avg. Gotten
close once since.

Ridden a lot less since then. Looking forward to autumn!

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TimC
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