Bike Log

[mlctvt]

Originally Posted by marcski

46 miles on Saturday with the fatherinlaw. Not that speedy, but I had to take it a bit easy on the old guy. LOL. He is amazing, 60 and ill with the big C, but still rides up the hills. He did 46 with me on sat and then another 50 yesterday.

I was "on duty" with the kids yesterday, so didn't get out, but did get out for my regular ride this morning. 28 miles, 1900' of climbing, 17.0 mph. Got some new rubber for the road bike, Continental Grand Prix 4000's. Felt nice and smooth out there today.

You'll love those GP 4000s. I've been using them for the last 2-3 years and they're the best road clincher ever. Since my wife and I switched to these we only had one flat between the two of us and that was by hitting a rather large rock. We must have ridden at least 8000-10000 miles using this brand. Keep your inflations up and you should get 2500+ miles out of them if you don't hit anything.

[bvibert]

Got out last Friday for a ride in the woods after work. I rode for about 1:15 I think. I had a couple of hours Sunday morning to get back out, 1:50 or so of riding. It was a little nippy Sunday morning.

[marcski]

Originally Posted by mlctvt

You'll love those GP 4000s. I've been using them for the last 2-3 years and they're the best road clincher ever. Since my wife and I switched to these we only had one flat between the two of us and that was by hitting a rather large rock. We must have ridden at least 8000-10000 miles using this brand. Keep your inflations up and you should get 2500+ miles out of them if you don't hit anything.

I hope to get more than 2500, I got about 2200 on the stock non-reinforced Michelins that came with my bike. They definitely feel smoother than my last ones.

[marcski]

Got out for the regular 28 mile road ride on sunday...and that was after camping on sat night....not such an easy feat for this 40 y.o. lol.

Then got out this morning in the woods before work for about 1:15. Great ride in some nice cool weather. Planning on getting back in the woods tomorrow morning.

[bvibert]

Got out for an hour in the woods after work today. Fairly mellow pace overall, but I did push it a bit in some sections..

[marcski]

Just got back from being out again this morning in the woods with 2 buddies. Great riding weather. We rode pretty hard for a good hour.....and now I must head to work. I would have much rather spent another hour or 2 in the woods!!!

[marcski]

1:15 in the woods again this morning before work. Great...riding weather lately. Although, it's getting warm again.....I think I'm going to head out on the road tomorrow morning after being in the woods the last three mornings.

[bruno]

by the end o' october i'll have about 9000 mile for the year.

[marcski]

Welcome back Bruno....Been a while...was wondering where you've been.

9000 is a nice number. I think I'll have about 3000 on the road and I don't really know how many miles in the woods. I'll have to think about it and try to come up with a decent approximation of my woods mileage.

[marcski]

Just got back from my usual road ride. 28 miles, 1900' of climb and 16.6 mph today. I ate too much before the ride...slowed me down some..and I"m hurting now!