West Thompson Lake 8-24-09 RAW

[drjeff]

Got out for my usual loop about 5:30. DEFINATELY feeling the lack of energy that day 3 of my diet to "sprint down" 10lbs before I goto Hawaii for 10 days a month from now - need to better plan some of my limited calories for a bit closer to ride time than i did today.

Did my 7 miles of the Orange out to the corn field and back down to the yellow and finished with the orange in an hour and 17 minutes. Had my new toy, a garmin 205 bike computer on the stem tonight. Found out that my regular route has 1850 feet of elevation gain over the 7 miles .

Also managed to break my 1st piece of equipment on the back tonight My left pedal housing took a good hit from the support rail of a pedestrian bridge and I cracked the housing, but I stayed in the saddle and kept on pedaling! Just a decent excuse to stop by the LBS tommorrow and pick up a new set before tommorrows RAW

 

[o3jeff]

Now you also have the tough decision of going with flat pedals or clipless.

 

[Marc]

Dr. Jeff, if you want to go clipless, I'll gladly come and laugh my ass of as you fall over on ...


err, I'll gladly come and show you the best way to use and get adjusted to them... :dunce:

 

[drjeff]

Now you also have the tough decision of going with flat pedals or clipless.

EASY descision for me! And the only clip I plan on using today is a paperclip!! I most definately will still be sacrificing the pedal power transfer efficiency of a clipless system for the "oh sh$t" safety of flats!