Bike Log 2010

[marcski]

I think I'm 6 days in a row. Tomorrow is a rest day for me as I have my daughter's 1st grade show in the a.m.

Thursday and Friday got out on the mountain bike in the local woods. Saturday did my regular road ride which is a bit under 30 miles but has about 1850' of climbing. Great training ride. I did it again this morning after doing some hill rides on the mountain bike on Sunday and Monday.

 

[riverc0il]

Itching to get out today but it was way too hot. It was hovering at exactly 88 degrees but the sun was about to fall behind the hills. Then at 7:30p, the temp plummeted to 85 degrees in just a few minutes and I knew it was on. I only had an hour so I took my 14.2 mile Squam Lake Out & Back Route which is flat by local standards at only 736' elevation gain round trip.

I knew it was a race against the sun to make it back while it was still light out and I felt like really giving it a go so I peddled my lungs and legs off. Made it back in 44:23 which beat my previous best by five whole minutes with an average 19.2 MPH. Time to start getting up early so I can do longer rides without worrying about the heat! Gah, I hate summer weather.

 

[o3jeff]

Finally broke a hundred miles tonight!

4-8 Case Mtn 4.98
4-11 W. Hartford Res 8.43
4-20 Case Mtn 6.11
4-22 Nass Scoville 5.07
4-24 Nass Stone 4.18
4-29 Nass Scoville 6.52
5-2 Nass Stone 8.57
5-6 Case Mtn 6.38
5-8 Grayville 6.49
5-11 Case Mtn 8.41
5-13 Case Mtn 6.31
5-15 Nass Scoville 4.87
5-17 Nass Scoville 8.59
5-20 Nass Scoville 4.89
5-23 Nass Stone 7.10
5-25 Nass Scoville 9.69

Total 106.59

 

[severine]

Finally broke a hundred miles tonight!

Total 106.59

Congrats!

I really need to get back on the bike...

 

[bvibert]

Finally broke a hundred miles tonight!

4-8 Case Mtn 4.98
4-11 W. Hartford Res 8.43
4-20 Case Mtn 6.11
4-22 Nass Scoville 5.07
4-24 Nass Stone 4.18
4-29 Nass Scoville 6.52
5-2 Nass Stone 8.57
5-6 Case Mtn 6.38
5-8 Grayville 6.49
5-11 Case Mtn 8.41
5-13 Case Mtn 6.31
5-15 Nass Scoville 4.87
5-17 Nass Scoville 8.59
5-20 Nass Scoville 4.89
5-23 Nass Stone 7.10
5-25 Nass Scoville 9.69

Total 106.59

Nice work! One more ride and you'll beat your total from last year, and it's not even June yet!

 

[BackLoafRiver]

3/17 - Hallowell Reservoir -3.79 miles
3/19 - West Hartford Reservoir - 8.49 miles
4/07 - Hallowell Reservoir - 7.20 miles
4/11 - Hallowell Reservoir - 4 miles (with fellow AZ'er Powpig2002)
4/14 - Hallowell Reservoir - 5 miles
4/22 - Saxon Hill - 5 miles
4/23 - Saxon Hill - 6.5 miles
4/24 - Sunny Hallow - 4.5 miles
4/26 - Hallowell Reservoir - 5 miles (before my chain crapped out...sigh)
4/30 - Bradbury State Park - 7.2 miles
5/2 - Hallowell Reservoir - 5 Miles
5/13 - Pine Ridge - 5 miles
5/14 - Pine Ridge - 6.5 miles
5/15 - Hallowell Reservoir - 6 miles
5/17 - Bradbury State Park - 7.1 miles
5/19 - UMaine Forrest - 7.5 miles
5/20 - UMaine Forrest - 5.3 miles
5/24 - Bradbury State Park - 5 miles
5/26 - Bradbury State Park - 7.8 miles

Total = 111.04 miles

 

[o3jeff]

Nice work! One more ride and you'll beat your total from last year, and it's not even June yet!

Completed that ride tonight, In 2 months I've already rode more than I did last year, have to see where I end up this year with another 5 months more of riding!

 

[bvibert]

Completed that ride tonight, In 2 months I've already rode more than I did last year, have to see where I end up this year with another 5 months more of riding!

I guess a bike that you really like makes a big difference!

 

[o3jeff]

I guess a bike that you really like makes a big difference!

That along with a clear head and being healthy. Now I just need to try and use the bike to its limits a little!

 

[MR. evil]

Now I just need to try and use the bike to its limits a little!

your getting much faster on the DHs and I was really impressed you took that drop tonight.

 

[severine]

4/1 3.4 miles West Hartford Rez, red loop (paved trail)
4/4 5.8-ish miles (GPS died 1.2 miles into the ride) White Memorial, mixture of DT and road
4/5 7.1 miles on Farmington Valley Greenway pulling ~80lbs worth of kids plus the trailer weight
4/6 6.81 miles West Hartford Rez, red loop 2 laps
4/7 10.91 miles on Farmington Valley Greenway pulling ~80lbs worth of kids plus the trailer weight
4/8 7.84 miles West Hartford Rez, red loop & woods (with an oopsie stream crossing)
4/11 7.02 miles White Memorial & back roads pulling ~80lbs worth of kids plus the trailer weight
4/12 14.0 miles on Farmington Valley Greenway pulling ~80lbs worth of kids plus the trailer weight
4/15 7.31 miles West Hartford Rez, red loop & woods (where I got a little lost and almost had a close encounter with what I thought was a rattlesnake; instead, it was probably a black rat snake doing a damn good impression of a rattler!)
4/19 11.0 miles on Farmington Valley Greenway pulling ~80lbs worth of kids plus the trailer weight
4/20 5.2 miles West Hartford Rez red loop & DT
4/23 3.55 miles White Memorial from Route 63, aka "butt kicker"
4/29 9.97 miles West Hartford Rez
5/28 5.76 miles Still Water Greenway-SLOW ride with the kids (including my son's 2nd day on a pedal bike)

Total for 2010 thus far: 105.85 miles

 

[riverc0il]

Tough day on the road today. Drove to Lake Squam for a 27 mile ride around the Lake. First half of the ride went great. Made it all the way up the Route 25B hill successfully (322 vert in .8 mile), that felt great! Heading around the northeast side of the Lake, a "cut off" route I had hope to take turned out to be dirt sending me into Sandwich, added a few unplanned miles, and sent me up a heart breaker of a hill at 100 vert in only ~.1 mile. Maybe when I was fresh, but not then! Complete bonk halfway up that hill. Soon after, flat tire. Gah. The next six miles were all up and downs and I was mentally done at that point.

Total ride was 27 miles and 2124' vert in 1:44:38 moving time, somewhat below my ability and expectations but my mind just was not into that second half of the ride, especially once that tire blew. That was the most elevation I have done on one ride this season. Given my location, I am starting to believe that looking at elevation change (or perhaps change/mile) is way more important than looking at mileage to approximate difficulty of the ride!

 

[BackLoafRiver]

3/17 - Hallowell Reservoir -3.79 miles
3/19 - West Hartford Reservoir - 8.49 miles
4/07 - Hallowell Reservoir - 7.20 miles
4/11 - Hallowell Reservoir - 4 miles (with fellow AZ'er Powpig2002)
4/14 - Hallowell Reservoir - 5 miles
4/22 - Saxon Hill - 5 miles
4/23 - Saxon Hill - 6.5 miles
4/24 - Sunny Hallow - 4.5 miles
4/26 - Hallowell Reservoir - 5 miles (before my chain crapped out...sigh)
4/30 - Bradbury State Park - 7.2 miles
5/2 - Hallowell Reservoir - 5 Miles
5/13 - Pine Ridge - 5 miles
5/14 - Pine Ridge - 6.5 miles
5/15 - Hallowell Reservoir - 6 miles
5/17 - Bradbury State Park - 7.1 miles
5/19 - UMaine Forrest - 7.5 miles
5/20 - UMaine Forrest - 5.3 miles
5/24 - Bradbury State Park - 5 miles
5/26 - Bradbury State Park - 7.8 miles
5/29 - Augusta Rail Trail - 14.25 miles

Total = 125.29 miles

 

[marcski]

4 days in a row on the road bike...5 in total.

So after today's ride...I'll have logged over 110 miles and 8000' over this holiday weekend. And that's just on the road bike.

 

[Marc]

May total: 525.4 total miles, 29 dirt and 496.4 road

YTD: 1189.0 total miles, 77.2 dirt and 1111.8 road

Yesterday I did a 5 hour ride not totally on purpose. DrJeff's club QV Velo had a ride leaving from Putnam, billed a 55-65 miles. I decided to ride to the ride and then do the ride. The ride was pretty fast, esp a few parts just before meet up points the fast guys really pushed. There were a few serious road racing leg shavers and some expert cat MTB's playing roadie and whatnot; I was happy to hold their wheels when I could. Total ride was just under 90 miles so I decided to take today off.

 

[drjeff]

May total: 525.4 total miles, 29 dirt and 496.4 road

YTD: 1189.0 total miles, 77.2 dirt and 1111.8 road

Yesterday I did a 5 hour ride not totally on purpose. DrJeff's club QV Velo had a ride leaving from Putnam, billed a 55-65 miles. I decided to ride to the ride and then do the ride. The ride was pretty fast, esp a few parts just before meet up points the fast guys really pushed. There were a few serious road racing leg shavers and some expert cat MTB's playing roadie and whatnot; I was happy to hold their wheels when I could. Total ride was just under 90 miles so I decided to take today off.

Yup, those guys that go on the weekend FAST paced rides are pretty hard core! They were flipping out a bit on Saturday PM when someone hacked the server for the online forum for the club and the usual weekend fast ride crew weren't sure if they'd be able to meet up at a certain time/place for their ride :lol: My blackberry was buzzing almost non stop with new messages Saturday evening until they got the online forums fixed!

While I don't ride with that crew, many of them join in on the less aggressive group rides that my wife goes on and sh really appreciates that they both do take the time, and enjoy taking the time to dispense some of their cycling knowledge to the less experienced in the group!

 

[Marc]

Yup, those guys that go on the weekend FAST paced rides are pretty hard core! They were flipping out a bit on Saturday PM when someone hacked the server for the online forum for the club and the usual weekend fast ride crew weren't sure if they'd be able to meet up at a certain time/place for their ride :lol: My blackberry was buzzing almost non stop with new messages Saturday evening until they got the online forums fixed!

While I don't ride with that crew, many of them join in on the less aggressive group rides that my wife goes on and sh really appreciates that they both do take the time, and enjoy taking the time to dispense some of their cycling knowledge to the less experienced in the group!

Nice guys though, I really like the ppl in the group. Wayne led the ride and did a great job at keeping people together. A couple of them invited me to ride with them tomorrow out of the Fitness Factory. I'm mentally preparing myself to get dropped a lot

 

[drjeff]

Nice guys though, I really like the ppl in the group. Wayne led the ride and did a great job at keeping people together. A couple of them invited me to ride with them tomorrow out of the Fitness Factory. I'm mentally preparing myself to get dropped a lot

Ooh, the Wednesday night ride That's where they really tend to go all out (from what I've heard) as it's all about getting as many miles as possible in while there's still daylight to be had!

And yup, overall there's some really fun, nice people in the club.

 

[Marc]

Ooh, the Wednesday night ride That's where they really tend to go all out (from what I've heard) as it's all about getting as many miles as possible in while there's still daylight to be had!

And yup, overall there's some really fun, nice people in the club.

I checked out the loop they have online for it, and I know the roads well, so I'm glad about that. One of the best ways to get faster is to ride with faster people

 

[riverc0il]

37.5 Max MPH

I think I can relate to MTB'ers banking a really tight turn at high speed through the woods. I think I just set a life time max speed on a bike of 37.5 MPH. I wasn't sure weather to shit myself or laugh with glee.

Coming over the top of a hill, I knew there was a down on the other side. I had no idea it was a steep down into a tight S turn. Before I knew it and before I had time to check my six, I was going damn fast and the brakes were not helping much. Then enter the S turn. Uh oh.

I have no idea what is coming up. I take the lane, let go of the brakes, and trust in the bike, leaning into the turn. What a ride! Would have felt better about it if I had checked my six at the top of the hill. I am just damn lucky there was not a car behind me when I needed to take the lane. Lesson learned on that one. Campton loop via 3/49/175 23.2 miles in 1:20:42 for average speed of 17.3 MPH. 3 is freshly paved in places.

May totals were not much at 199.5 miles, 11,468' gain, and 11:18 moving time but I have only been going 3-4 times a week now for two weeks. I think 1000 miles for June seems likely at my current pace.