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bruno · Jun 22, 2006, 8:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bvibert

Man, you guys are making my 5-6 mile after work MTB rides feel like chump change!

duder! yer a champ anyway cuz yer ridin' a bike!!!!

Marc · Jun 22, 2006, 9:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bvibert

Man, you guys are making my 5-6 mile after work MTB rides feel like chump change!

Depending on elevation and trail technicality and all that, I'd say a 10 miles trail ride is equivalent to a 30 mile road ride.

If it makes you feel any better

skibum1321 · Jun 22, 2006, 9:42 AM

I'm always feel like I'm working harder when I'm mountain biking than road biking. I sweat more and just feel more beat up. I'm also usually riding some single track and not flying down double track.

**bvibert** · Jun 22, 2006, 10:38 AM

I know it's apples and oranges, and I know I'm getting a decent ride in by how I feel at the end. Thanks for the words of encouragment though!

All of my rides around here are at a wildlife preserve kind of a place that only allows bikes on their double track/fire road types of trails. I'm ussually hauling pretty good, except for the uphills.

Marc · Jun 22, 2006, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bvibert

I know it's apples and oranges, and I know I'm getting a decent ride in by how I feel at the end. Thanks for the words of encouragment though!

All of my rides around here are at a wildlife preserve kind of a place that only allows bikes on their double track/fire road types of trails. I'm ussually hauling pretty good, except for the uphills.

Remember what Marco Pantani said about cycling- "It never gets any easier, you just get faster."

andyzee · Jun 22, 2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Marc

Remember what Marco Pantani said about cycling- "It never gets any easier, you just get faster."

I like

and that b the truth!

andyzee · Jun 22, 2006, 6:10 PM

OK, got my monies worth out of this thread today. Got up for work at 4, started at 5:30 (server upgrades) and was a hectic day til 3:30. normally I work 9-6. When I work a shift like this, I'll usually get home and be all tired and just take a nap. That probably would have happened today, but it didn't. I read this thread and few people wrote about their rides and that gave me to incentive to get out after work. 20.5 miles @ 16.4 mph with 87 deg. and winds. Not great, but my workouts are getting better and longer. Main thing, i'm starting to get more comfortable in the saddle. If the weather holds up, I hope to get in a 40-50 mile ride this weekend.

Marc · Jun 22, 2006, 8:25 PM

Nate and I went riding again today...

28.6 miles at an average speed of 18.4 mph. We pushed pretty hard. He's the stronger rider so he probably pulled a little more than me, but it was pretty close to even, which made me happy.

Not bad the day after a 55 mile torture test through the unrelenting hills of the western Shetucket watershed.

Charlie Schuessler · Jun 22, 2006, 9:30 PM

Local climbing loops tonight 67:51; 18.9-miles; 16.7-MPH...78°F sunshine with puffy clouds and no wind...

Marc · Jun 22, 2006, 9:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Schuessler

Local climbing loops tonight 67:51; 18.9-miles; 16.7-MPH...78°F sunshine with puffy clouds and no wind...

67:51?

Jun 22, 2006, 9:42 AM	#23 (permalink)
skibum1321 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Malden, MA Posts: 1,349	I'm always feel like I'm working harder when I'm mountain biking than road biking. I sweat more and just feel more beat up. I'm also usually riding some single track and not flying down double track. __________________ Fear should be treated like fire - it's a good thing that can keep you warm but it can also burn down the house

Jun 22, 2006, 10:38 AM	#24 (permalink)
bvibert Middle Earth - 3/21/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 9,580	I know it's apples and oranges, and I know I'm getting a decent ride in by how I feel at the end. Thanks for the words of encouragment though! All of my rides around here are at a wildlife preserve kind of a place that only allows bikes on their double track/fire road types of trails. I'm ussually hauling pretty good, except for the uphills. __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Jun 22, 2006, 6:10 PM	#27 (permalink)
andyzee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Home Posts: 6,557	OK, got my monies worth out of this thread today. Got up for work at 4, started at 5:30 (server upgrades) and was a hectic day til 3:30. normally I work 9-6. When I work a shift like this, I'll usually get home and be all tired and just take a nap. That probably would have happened today, but it didn't. I read this thread and few people wrote about their rides and that gave me to incentive to get out after work. 20.5 miles @ 16.4 mph with 87 deg. and winds. Not great, but my workouts are getting better and longer. Main thing, i'm starting to get more comfortable in the saddle. If the weather holds up, I hope to get in a 40-50 mile ride this weekend. __________________ 10-18-12-16

Jun 22, 2006, 8:25 PM	#28 (permalink)
Marc I'm with psycho --> Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Woodstock, CT Posts: 4,505	Nate and I went riding again today... 28.6 miles at an average speed of 18.4 mph. We pushed pretty hard. He's the stronger rider so he probably pulled a little more than me, but it was pretty close to even, which made me happy. Not bad the day after a 55 mile torture test through the unrelenting hills of the western Shetucket watershed. __________________ Making sanity obsolete since 1982...

Jun 22, 2006, 9:30 PM	#29 (permalink)
Charlie Schuessler Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mont Vernon NH Posts: 1,096	Local climbing loops tonight 67:51; 18.9-miles; 16.7-MPH...78°F sunshine with puffy clouds and no wind... __________________ "Whenever our affairs go obviously wrong, the good sense of the people will interpose and set them to rights." - Thomas Jefferson

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