Ibby is giving you a chance, hasn't been out cycling in the heat as he wilts and dies!
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Ibby is giving you a chance, hasn't been out cycling in the heat as he wilts and dies!
Wuss! I was looking forward to beating him in the Strava climbing challenge, so far done 1684 metres, he's done zero! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
I ran around the block, twice, yesterday night!! Was going for a third time, but then I seen this neighborhood watch guy in a red sweatshirt with a cell phone....
My new frame is the same as my bent one but the quality of the paint is much worse. I've been all over the shift bosses, fork crown and brakes with a file scratching away blobs of paint that keep parts from fitting snugly. Now that's done I have to do some touch-up with a thin layer of paint and apply some rust-proofing to the tube interiors this weekend before starting to assemble everything.
It's been too hot to ride this week, anyway.
Went for a walk while hitting balls in gopher holes. Despite taking 50 shots to complete 9 par 3 holes, i beat my friend who needed only 35. Stupidly complicated game. And not really something I'd concider a sport.
Put a bit over 19 miles in today on the BOMB. Hot as crap... 90+ the entire time I was gone.
Another 11+ miles today. We waited until later when it cooled down to about 90 degrees and humid. :) My wife joined me for the first six, and I went out and did another 5 and change at a quicker pace.
Strava had a climbing challenge for the last 8 days and I've done mostly hills all week. Today I did the route of a local sportive which is mega hilly 5,000ft of climbing in 50 miles.
Flat 111km ride out this morning. Will finally get back out on the bike now the Tour de France has finished, three rides in the last three weeks is a poor effort.
I'd have to drive too far to find enough elevation to even try that. Far too flat in this area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Well if you do three rides of that length, it's hardly a poor effort IMO. Life gets in the way of long rides and such too.Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
Are you two the harder core edge of the forum challenge riders? Just curious if there are a lot of serious bikers on here. I might have a chance if someone creates an old, fat tire mountain bike on the roads, in crazy heat category.... or I might still get stomped! :laugh:
Of the people here then I suppose so. GridGirl, myself and Gregor-y put in the most miles - that we know of.
fizzicist is also on my friends list but he seems to post here but once a year.
Ibby does more miles than that but he hasn't posted here for years.
It is always subjective!Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
For example I didn't even get close to sitting on my bike since the 9th of June! That's more then 7 weeks. :(
Best case scenario: I end the month with just 20km less than in June. Not too many reasons to be cocky about July in my case. I also had a few festive days with plenty of intake... :rolleyes:
Planning on a 25mile ride with J4MIE tomorrow :)
Logged over 24 more today with the BOMB. I am going to completely trash Ioan this month in bike miles.. well maybe... if he doesn't get on his bike at all. :)
Mark,
Please PM me the forum challenge Endo links. I'll probably get my butt kicked, but if there are any total slackers doing less miles I'll have to call them out if some old guy with a POS old mountain bike is putting in more miles!
And I am planning a "try to keep up with Mark for 25 miles" cycle tomorrow :s . Go easy on me! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Couple of category four climbs in your ride I see. On the plus side at least you have more gears to play with. :)
He did struggle a bit on the hills to be fair ;) . But Chris Froome would too if he had to push Jamie's tyres along the road, they're about a foot wide :D
Once we were on the gravel I was the one going slow
You've got to love the sound of tyre roar when you're on a mountain bike. :D Good resistance training though in some respects.
I went out and did a relatively quick 103km. Feels good to be back on the bike. :)
In this area I can't see any good choice other than fat tires and tire roar. I don't think a lot of the skinny tired bikes would last well. So it's go slower and make it home or hurriedly break something most likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
It is shocking the difference though. I was making some adjustments on the old POS the other day, and just the air flow off the fat tires was amazing. As compared to a decent road bike with skinny tires, my bike has got to be close to twice the effort at any speed over about 15 mph. 25 mph is pushing it, and that's if you have solid legs. :eek:
One year today since I restarted cycling :D . Been quite a journey in many ways since then.
Started on a Trek FX hybrid and now riding a road bike.
A total of 127 rides covering 1872miles.
I'm a lot fitter than I was and I've lost a bit of weight.
Here's looking forward to year 2 :)
Not been out on the bike for a week due to weather and working away, but I had a couple of hours on track at the velodrome today - it was only an intro session with some guys from work but first time on a track, banking, and on a fixed gear track bike. It was really fun, if a little daunting to get up onto the banking. Weather permitting I hope to get a couple of runs into work this week
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At the top of Iveston Bank. Jamie ended up having to walk up as the screws holding the cage into his pedal had gone! Hence the stop for repairs.
Haha, I spent today hardly able to move due to muscle ache and a bit of sunburn! Quite enjoyed the ride but need to do more of that distance and work on the hills... I now have a shiny multi tool that should work when I need it to as well! :s
The scone stop was a highlight though I have to say ;)
Thought you would like it, we often drive up there just for the scones ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Just returned from a week’s camping vacation. Although I (surprisingly) managed three morning runs of over 6km each during that time, most of the week involved excess intake... :uhoh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Managed only 56kms in July :s . Still have a couple of days to go though :p : .
Well... maybe August is going to be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
I've done 152km this far... which is kind of ok. The only thing that's disappointing is that I've done very few long runs (that's 18 km for me right now). I think I should quit using mapmyrun because I get a little obsessed about how much and how fast I run. I only want to lose some weight and enjoy my runs.
Well despite my best intentions I went out for a cycle last night and found the going much easier, even up a few long hills - went down to first gear but I kept going and whereas even last week I would've got off and pushed, I made it all the way :bounce:
Then I've cycled into work this morning so just need to hope the rain stays away :s
Did manage another 8km yesterday for a total of 64kms :mark: . That of course does not include the cycling that I’m trying to squeeze in between runs, and the hill-training I’m doing about once a week (where I don’t bother tracking distance or time).Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
I know the feeling :) . I'm currently happily chugging up hills (running) that gave me a hard time earlier in the year :) .Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Got my weeks worth of climbing in yesterday. 2500ft up in 5.2 miles. Not so much fun.
That's over a 9% grade. Impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by TyPat107
It does get easier quickly!Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Keep doing that and you'll be rite. PS did you get that pedal fixed?Quote:
Then I've cycled into work this morning so just need to hope the rain stays away :s
Got a couple of bolts and cut them down to size, they are far from perfect but will do for the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
460km on the bike in 12 rides plus 17km running in 5 short runs for the month of July, plus I should get another 3km run this afternoon back to the station
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Use some Locktite on them this time so Mark can't loosen them before a ride. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
I've been trying to get him to go clipless, even offered some SPD pedals for free, but no luck ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
I have a fear of ending up like this poor bloke :laugh: M74 Bike and Hike Fail - YouTubeQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Don't worry J4MIE, even a doofus like me, using SPDs for years, has never had a fail like that :laugh: .
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Originally Posted by J4MIE
:D . That's because he was pissing about and not riding properly, that's how I ended up falling off in Spain. Although it wasn't quite as comical as that :D .
SPD do make a difference though, especially with hill climbing!