Great Lakes - Did you ride today?

10/2...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 30 cold and blistery miles. It was actually a nice ride though once I warmed up. Ducked into the parks and looked at the leaves changing color. The leaves with the dark clouds really drove home the point that summer is done...

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10/2 = oh yeah for 31 miles.

a cold and windy ride this morning. better then working though. wait, i was working. never mind. later.

22 miles last night on the IPP with Elmhurst bike club (on hybrid),nice evening ride with lights.The day before 18 cold miles on road bike.

every day a long trip.

10/2...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 30 cold and blistery miles. It was actually a nice ride though once I warmed up. Ducked into the parks and looked at the leaves changing color. The leaves with the dark clouds really drove home the point that summer is done...

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What time were you out at? I was out from 12-2 in the Parks so I probably just missed you.

Anyways, today was the hardest ride I've ever done. I went slow. It was impossibly hard. In fact, I had to stay in the small ring most of the time.

35.39 miles for just under 2 hours. Base training is going to suck.

What time were you out at? I was out from 12-2 in the Parks so I probably just missed you.

I was at Spin at 10:30 and back at the house by 11:30.

Cool, just missed eachother.


I realized soemthing on one of my numerous zone-outs today; even if I had a CX bike, I wouldn't be racing it. I've had a long season. I need a break, and cyclocross would only disrupt that break.

I realized soemthing on one of my numerous zone-outs today; even if I had a CX bike, I wouldn't be racing it. I've had a long season. I need a break, and cyclocross would only disrupt that break.

Dan and I are riding around 10:00am tomorrow if your interested.....weather permitting. Scott....your also invited of course.....and who ever else :)

10/2- 32 miles of cold miserable riding. 18.4 avg. and all i thought about was getting home to defrost myself.


Gary- I'd be interested, where are you meeting up?

Scott, mitch and gary, 10:30 at the trail head or my house, either is good. Gary you have my # and I'll call you at say 9 to see what has been desided. or you can call me before if something changes. DAN

trailhead?? we are talking a road ride right? the elyria one where we started the july group ride?

trailhead?? We are talking a road ride right? The elyria one where we started the july group ride?

correct

see you there at 10:30!

see you there at 10:30!

Unless it is wet...see ya there!! http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_pidu.gif

Looking good this morning. We will be at the trail head parking lot in Elyria 10:30 to 10:40.

10/3- 48 miles with Dan(leinad) and Gary (garysol1)- they got more mileage riding to the meet-up spot.

After the 30 second debate whether to go armwarmerless or not I made the right decision to wear them, and we were off. Gary already agitated by a flat on his front tire on the way to the ride, decided to test his tube-changing skills again when a nice piece of HOLE took out his rear.

We ate at the international house of pancakes ( minus the 'house of pancakes'), and devoured a reuben, giant stack of pancakes, and some french toast. After getting back outside, it became apparent to us that it was infact autumn, demonstrated by my turtle crawling back in its shell. It was cold! We made one more stop, and Gary fell in love with the lady at the bike shop.

On the way back we took it easy, and went down some pretty cool roads by the vermillion river.

Dan won a couple sprints, Gary crushed me, and I am now learning its best to befriend these older guys. Dan can save me .55 cents on my next meal when he graduates mid-life and receives his buckeye card!

10/2 - 24.8 miles
Rode to Romeoville / Plainfield area. Most likely last real ride til Monday since i'm working tonight, Sat. and possibly Sun.. Might check out the Plainfield Dirt Jam at the new bike park after work tomorrow.

Scott(nocondorfx) is being generous about the sprints, I won one! The rest where stealth sprints, as in they didn't see the signs, LOL, that way I don't get shut out.

The weather was brisk for 10/3, great company though makes it worth the cold feet!

Two more years and I'll have that buckeye card, then it's party time!!!

DAN

My version of the todays ride.....
Met Dan at his house around 10:15. While waiting for him to get ready I was just riding circles in his driveway when I hear a click click click sound. I look down to see a High School letter pin sticking out of my tire. I pull it out hoping the pin is short and did not hit my tube......of course not. Tube #1. Being that I had my Carbones on I had to prep a new spare tube before we left. Prepping a tube for a deep wheel consists of removing the stem adapter from the old tube, Teflon taping the valve stem on the new tube and installing the extender before sticking it in my seat bag. With that done we ventured the 2 miles to meet Scott. There is a small climb just after we leave the parking lot so I figured why wait :) and put the hammer down. Everyone came along and we were off. Lots of cold head winds greeted us but we held a steady 20-22mph into them trading off pulls. Scott took the longest. So we all had are heads down and were pedaling away whe it happened. I was 3rd wheel and missed the sign move to left ... .Bamm....Hit a pot hole and took out my 2nd tube. Fixed that and we were off again. Had a nice lunch stop in Vermillian OH where we stopped at a LBS for me to get and prep another tube. The *****y lady behind the counter acted like we pissed in her lemonaide. What a freaking attitude. Got my tube and I was so mad I forgot about buying a spare CO2. The ride back was uneventful. We had a few yellow sign sprints and I think we all got a few.
In the end my stats were 51.87 miles at just under 20

17+ miles of commuting. Temp was 38F when I left this morning and I had to break out the long sleeve stuff. It was a little much on the way home, which is why riding this time of the year is so screwy. Felt good to ride though

10/03 - 20 miles at Springbrook.

patester242002, Hopefully I'll see you out at the Dirt Jam tomorrow.

10-4 = almost........

brrrrrrrr! its 39 degrees as i gear up to head out. stay warm today. later.

10-4 = done.

did a local bike shop ride. except i thought it would be good idea to ride over to the start. the ride home had me thinking it was not such a good idea :).

despite being cold it was calm and really a nice little fall morning for a ride. the group turnout was good, just not fast. i know this, cause when i am the fast one of the group the real studs were clearly sleeping in.

ended up with 55 miles at 19 mph clip. that puts me 21 from 3000. hey, maybe i should start a 3000 club? later.

10/4 - Stomped my TT. I amazed myself. Awaiting the results but I am very happy with how hard I pushed myself. I exceeded my goal.

A nice hard 55 miles, on a route that included as many hills as the ride leader could find. Hard to believe there are that many in Lorain County, and so close to Lake Erie, no less. Not exactly moutains but what they lack in height they make up in steep.

I dont know if I mentioned it or not. I had to drive my wife to her hair appt this AM because she has a new beautician and she could not remember how to get there. It happens to be on my commute so i remembered exactly were it is. Plus I had to drop off some stuff and pick up other etc. Anyway I threw my bike stuff in the back of the truck. My wife thought I was gonna wait for her, as she walked into the shop I asked if she had her truck keys, she did and I was off. anyway I got home after a 30+ mile ride right before she drove my truck in the drvieway. IT IS GREAT BEING ME.

10-4.........37 miles out n back into the parks....

54 brisk fall miles with my local club:)

10/4 - Stomped my TT. I amazed myself. Awaiting the results but I am very happy with how hard I pushed myself. I exceeded my goal.

you are such a tease. ;)

congrats. later.

32 miles today, with several "firsts": longest distance for me, first time I drank the whole water bottle, my arms started to get tired, I topped out my 38 front ring a couple times (I'm new), and I caught a bee in my helmet.

5th out of 27. Missed 3rd place by 3 seconds. 3rd and 4th place show same time. 3 of us in the top 5 within 3 seconds of each other. crazy.

5th out of 27. Missed 3rd place by 3 seconds. 3rd and 4th place show same time. 3 of us in the top 5 within 3 seconds of each other. crazy.

Chapeau!

:beer:

10/4 - 28.08 miles, good speed after being off the bike for almost two weeks, hotel stationary bikes are 1/3 of what my bike can do, hehe.

WooHoo.....4 days into the month and I am leading the mileage board at Bikewire :) Better enjoy my 4 days of fame cause I know I will be passed up here real soon.

10/04 - The Dirt Jam was awesome. Some folks were really ripping it up, and the little kids were a blast to watch too.

I took a pretty good digger at one point. I think I need to stick to singletrack.

only 10.5 miles tonight.

24 or so tomorrow when I go to Mohican on the MTB.

WooHoo.....4 days into the month and I am leading the mileage board at Bikewire :) Better enjoy my 4 days of fame cause I know I will be passed up here real soon.

maybe not. umd is on the IR. just keep riding. like every day dude. the BFNIC is counting on you!! :thumb:

later.

10/5- 32 miles. last road race of the season.

10/5 - 20 miles

10/5- 32 miles. last road race of the season.

and?

ohio state road race championship. I got 3rd in my category.

24 miles of the sweet, sweet, sweet singletrack of Mohican. I broke another chain today, but we managed to patch it up by dropping 3 links and limiting my gears. my friends skipped the uphill section, but I decided to do it and totally suffered. I felt wickedly fast today.

ohio state road race championship. I got 3rd in my category.

:thumb: Great job Scott

41 miles this morning,stayed dry rain didn't come untill afternoon:)

54 miles up to wauconda and back. lost my legs on fairfield rd, they are laying on the side of the road somewhere. no rain until the last two miles though

10/4 my team race in the wems 10hr of john muir. we did 10 laps in 9hr 30 min. each lap was 10 miles.
it was our first endurance race.

Rode 40 miles Sunday.One of those days where you don't know whether to put on clothes--take off clothes--wear sweat pants--wear shorts. Just a mess. Started off with sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt under a jersey. Got about 1/4 mile down the road and went back and took off the pants (had on biking shorts). Went down a little further and saw a bald eagle take off and circle. While standing there, the wind decided to rip me good. So...back to the car and put back on the pants. And as I was standing telling this lady about the eagle the sun started shining and getting hot. So....Today, though, I feel like I should have kept the pants on and did like a mother would have said; "Boy, this is fools weather. Keep all of your clothes on or you will catch your death of pnemonia (sp)!"What a day!

10/3 - 26 miles
This was an interesting ride, just about got hit by somebody pulling a boat that either didn't take into account the width of their trailer or was just being nasty. Then, when going stoplight to stoplight thru town I hooked up with a pickup driven by a guy with his girl sitting in the center seat, he kept trying to drop me but couldn't since there car in front of him wanted to go the speed limit and the girl kept looking back and making comments apparhently detrimental to his manhood. Kinda funny. Then had somebody in another truck yell something like 'slow down' to me about a half hour later on a country road. Then to top it off I had a triaxle come up behind me and give a quick happy blow on his horn when he was about 100 yds behind me to let me know he was coming around. Overall, just a strange day of interaction with traffic, usually I get nothing.

10/6 - 38 miles
What a beautiful day to be alive and living in central Indiana.

23 ish miles.....windy and chilly and dark clouds....The only description I have is BLAH

10/6- 17 spinny miles