Great Lakes - Did you ride today?

By the way, how is work Gary? Are your eyes being opened to the ignorance of the general, non-cyclist public yet?
Has anyone come in looking for used bikes, or $60 Huffy's?

I am learning real quick. It makes things interesting.

2 hours today. It was supposed to be tempo, but I was tired from yesterday's 50 minutes at threshold. Averaged about 220 watts and 19 mph for 40 miles.

Had my annual crash today. Glad to get it out of the way so early in the summer :) Typical abrasions on the elbow, hip, calf, and ankle. Good news is no broken bones and no concussion.

I'm trying out transparent waterproof bandages, kind of like saran wrap. We'll see.

you will be amazed how well those transparent dressings work.....they are kind of expensive but your wounds will heal twice as fast if not faster compared to gauze dressings. I am a nurse you can trust me on this :p

3-26-09 Did the commuting thing on my SS Bianchi. Already feeling a million times stronger than I did in '08 by this time. Pushing that 30lb+ beast up the hills between my house and my workplace is relatively easy already. All that running I did during the winter along with the hours on the trainer are paying dividends.

PSI gave me a call at 3:45 telling me i should leave work and meet him out in geneva with his team. I decided it was a good idea, but at 4:20 i was still over an hour away. I turned around...did my boring 20 mile ride at home.

BooHoo...

I had an eventful ride today; it was my first day of real training (I decided to wait 300 riding hours before I went into "I hate riding" mode) I did 3 minute intervals, and I raised my winter bar by 30 watts, and after burning 1900kJ (1900 calories), I did my last interval and it was a few watts above my previous record. So it was a good day. I'm goign to try and get a short ride in tomorrow before my 14 hour shift.
I ran into another one of my old teammates, "Lionnel", we chatted for a while and a few hundred feet from his house he broke a spoke on his real wheel, which effectively crippled it.
After I turned around I caught the draft of a motorcycle and drafted at 35mph for two miles, much to the amazement of the cars behind me.

Later I rode past a ride from a local team with a month in it's name, and not realizing he was still behind me, sprinted to catch the same motorcycle rider as before who just passed me. Apparently the cyclist thought I was trying to race and launched a full-out attack on me. So I caught him after he bogged down and he continued to press the pace. It felt foreign, but familiar to be deulling it out in a breakaway-type co-op.
Then it happened. We passed him.
We passed Mike. At first I didn't think anything of it, but my brain caught up with me and I thought "Oh sh*t".
Mike is maybe in his late 60's, early 70's, skinny as a wire, rides a lot, looks like a Fred, but can drop most local riders like nobody. I first met Mike three years ago before I started racing, and even though I was pretty fast, he could drop me. The guy perplexed me.
So yeah, the rider who launched the "attack" backed out and said "man, I gotta save up to get home" which really meant "I'm not worthy of his draft".
So I chatted with Mike briefly before he turned off.

31 miles commuting

26 mile commute today....pretty uneventful.

I tacked on another 3 miles in commuting. Just following the trend.

32 on the MTB today. I'm ready for Mohican Wilderness this weekend.

end of quarter, wind and basically being a wuss the past week:no miles 'cept on my trainer each day.

TODAY- I rode. A nice 21 miles, but I got to ride...
Hope to get in 40 tomorrow before the rain.

I ran into another one of my old teammates, "Lionnel", we chatted for a while and a few hundred feet from his house he broke a spoke on his real wheel, which effectively crippled it.

Scott CR1 with a PT?

31 m.....Hope weather cooperates for a longer ride tomorrow.

35 miles....windy and chilly......made the mistake of stopping by work and I found a few things I had to do.

41 miles. weather was pretty decent

41 miles. weather was pretty decent

Nice job on the 6th place Cat 3/4 finish Scott. How about the hills? You forgetting about them already? My brother-in-laws GPS showed about 800' of climbing/lap.

Nice job on the 6th place Cat 3/4 finish Scott. .

:thumb: Great job Scott!

Nice job on the 6th place Cat 3/4 finish Scott. How about the hills? You forgetting about them already? My brother-in-laws GPS showed about 800' of climbing/lap.


yea, there were some nice rollers. it was nice seeing you guys down there!

100 miles in today, I under dressed and was cold the entire way, but I didn't get snowed and I wasn't stuck on rollers, so I really can't complain

View of Lake Michigan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/mx416/Bike/IMG_2748.jpg

The deer were really skiddish seeing a biker
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/mx416/Bike/IMG_2752.jpg

Nice job on the 6th place Cat 3/4 finish Scott. How about the hills? You forgetting about them already? My brother-in-laws GPS showed about 800' of climbing/lap.

wow! a brush w/greatness! congratulations, Scott!:beer:

Scott CR1 with a PT?

Is that even a question? He's a ncie guy and I consider him a friend, but man... that bike....

Gary, can you get me in some Serotta decals at all?

Gary, can you get me in some Serotta decals at all?


Ill take a look but I am not aware of any lying around.

Ill take a look but I am not aware of any lying around.
Do you know if you can order them at all? I'm in need of two of the downtube decals and the headtube decal.

Do you know if you can order them at all? I'm in need of two of the downtube decals and the headtube decal.

I "THINK" they need a serial number for the bike they are being ordered for. I will check for sure.....

yea, there were some nice rollers. it was nice seeing you guys down there!

It's never too late to join up and become part of the fold. Guys change stripes all the time.:innocent:

23.6 miles. Cold-wind-rain, the trifecta. My right hand was numb from being cold and wet. I did NOT wussy out and call my husband for a sag, though I thought about it;)

20 miles at the Mohican Wilderness race :)

3/29--35 miles. Waited until 4pm and it was good.

20 miles at the Mohican Wilderness race :)
how was it?

Pretty much unridably muddy at points, mainly the climbs. Was interesting to say the least.

I "THINK" they need a serial number for the bike they are being ordered for. I will check for sure.....

I figured as much. I'll be by the shop whenever I feel like leaving the house.

25 miles earlier today. Cloudy and chilly but overall a nice ride. Mostly a easy spin. Just didn't feel like digging to deep today....

35 miles. Chilly ride. Couldnt go any longer because im Mr. VonWussy -McColdFingers.

My son and I went out to the valley met another rider, warmed up and attacked the Everett Road Hill 4 times. My lungs are now clear of any impurities and cookies.

54 miles down into the valley. Beautiful sunshine...

3/31--10 miles. 45 degrees with light rain and 17 mph winds with gusts up to 28.

I even took the lane in front of a school bus for a short period.

30 miles with the infamous Hickeydog today.

67 miles. Not hard. I had no real direction today. I saw Garysol1 and that Mike guy I mentioned on Sunday.

67 miles. Not hard. I had no real direction today. I saw Garysol1 and that Mike guy I mentioned on Sunday.

I also passed Nocondorfox (Scott) during my ride.

03.01.09

Car odometer - 109032

Car miles - 851
Bike miles - 70

A sad month of February, but the sun is out in force and I can commute without getting killed. Hopefully I will start turning things around in March.

03.31.09

Car odometer - 109492

Car miles - 1311
Bike miles - 235

Still loosing ground, but not as fast. I will be bold and say April will start the turn-around.

28 mile commute. Saw some dude on a pedalforce rebadged as a serotta HSG.:roflmao2:

28 mile commute. Saw some dude on a pedalforce rebadged as a serotta HSG.:roflmao2:

funny stuff there Andre.....

First Spin shop ride of 09 is tomorrow at 6:00ish.....

if its not raining i may give it a whirl

I'll probably be there. Hopefully nothing bad comes up tomorrow. I'm off of work until Friday for personal issues.

6 of us rode out of Valley City yesterday evening. In about 40 miles, got washed, blowed dryed, rinsed, blow dryed, then pushed back home by a big South wind.

31 miles. first half directly into the 20 mph wind. i never topped 15 mph. second half with the tailwind i never dipped below 20 mph. good times. later.

56.06 miles with the Spin WednesdayNight group. It wasn't really a hammerfest, but it was a pretty good pace and I was able to test my legs against some other riders.

27ish miles with the SPIN B group. Nice group of people but a overly relaxed speed till the last 5 or so miles.

Did some last minute spinning with ColorChange up in South Barrington. Nice ride. Feeling OK.