Southern California - So Cal needs a long thread "What's Up?" type thread!

so you guys are really averaging 24mphs?....damn....no riding with you guys....is it all flat?

cause on our east county ride i only average about 17.8-18.4 ish....that's over about 65 miles and 2800'ish of climbing...you guys are speed demons.

so you guys are really averaging 24mphs?....damn....no riding with you guys....is it all flat?

cause on our east county ride i only average about 17.8-18.4 ish....that's over about 65 miles and 2800'ish of climbing...you guys are speed demons.

Who? What guys? :rolleyes: I'm not a "you guys" - I'm struggling to keep up with these people. Sheesh! I rather like the speeds you list above, myself. :D

:eek: Say it isn't so!

Well, I could say it isn't so, but that wouldn't necessarily make it true... :rolleyes:

Who? What guys? :rolleyes: I'm not a "you guys" - I'm struggling to keep up with these people. Sheesh! I rather like the speeds you list above, myself. :D

cool....we need to have a let's go slow ride..

cause on our east county ride i only average about 17.8-18.4 ish....that's over about 65 miles and 2800'ish of climbing...you guys are speed demons.You're way faster than me. On my hammering rides of 50 miles, my highest average is still below 17 mph, and that's with much less climbing as well. :cry:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Or was it the lazy dog that silently slithered under the jumping fox?

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Looks good so far.

We'll see what happens when the stuff that got under the keys dries up. :lol:

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Or was it the lazy dog that silently slithered under the jumping fox?

Sorry, just testing my keyboard. I spilled coffee on it.

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Looks good so far.

We'll see what happens when the stuff that got under the keys dries up. :lol:


Uh...didn't you just post this in my kneecap thread? :rolleyes:

so you guys are really averaging 24mphs?....damn....no riding with you guys....is it all flat?

cause on our east county ride i only average about 17.8-18.4 ish....that's over about 65 miles and 2800'ish of climbing...you guys are speed demons.


Sunday we skipped Palomar and did that 56mile loop I took you guys on July 4th, our average was 16.8 and 4800ft of climbing. We made up speed on the DH and didn't go up "Mt Murder". My buddy broke a spoke 30 some miles into the ride which sucked( that bumpy DH coming down Rainbow to the 76).

Uh...didn't you just post this in my kneecap thread? :rolleyes:

Yeap... I thought i was in this thread when i posted it. :lol:

Fret not, i deleted it from your kneecap thread. :D

thanks for the kind words:D to me the numbers are deceiving though compared to other yrs. Doens't help when I had 2 jobs for most of the yr either. That really cut into my riding time. But that will all change next week.

Don't feel bad I may be catching you but I am still behind you.

Ok, for those of you who have some kind of color fashion sense, i need some halp...

Orange framed SS/fixed cross bike. What color bar tape and rims would look funky but still cool? I'm thinking lime green rims but am unsure what bar tape color i should go with... I already did pink. Blue perhaps? Or even celeste green? :D

Don't feel bad I may be catching you but I am still behind you.


I havn't checked the club stats in a while, I figured I was near last LOL We can form our own club, the low milage club:D

Ok, for those of you who have some kind of color fashion sense, i need some halp...

Orange framed SS/fixed cross bike. What color bar tape and rims would look funky but still cool? I'm thinking lime green rims but am unsure what bar tape color i should go with... I already did pink. Blue perhaps? Or even celeste green? :DOlive green rims.

I am such a stats geek....it's ridiculous...my computer pooped the bed for a couple of days and it was driving me crazy...although the last crit i did all i had was HR...no cadence, no speed no nothing...

I love numbers too, but it's oddly refreshing to ride my Allez once in a while, where there's no cyclocomputer. On a trainer, I'll count pedal strokes and watch a clock to determine cadence and calculate wattage, but out on the road, I don't wear a watch.


Anyway, people who write buggy scientific software should be shot. :mad:

Ok, for those of you who have some kind of color fashion sense, i need some halp...

Orange framed SS/fixed cross bike. What color bar tape and rims would look funky but still cool? I'm thinking lime green rims but am unsure what bar tape color i should go with... I already did pink. Blue perhaps? Or even celeste green? :D

Electric blue.

I am such a stats geek....it's ridiculous...my computer pooped the bed for a couple of days and it was driving me crazy...although the last crit i did all i had was HR...no cadence, no speed no nothing...

I just ride w/ a low level HRM, most of my rides I've routed on Bikely.com already so I know roughly the milage. I just ride as fast as I can at a comfy HR for as long as I can. Been helping me ride at my LT longer on the climbs before blowing up. I'm still outa shape, so when I blow up I get massive side cramps.
I think it was related to all the booze I drank in the summer months bowling.

I plan to do alot more road racing next yr, not only crits this time around.

My LT is much higher than when i get "uncomfortable" and i oddly carry a really high HR most the time when riding...resting is really low, something like 39-42bpm...but i'll cruise at 155-165 without hardly working...on climbs like long climbs i'll be over 172ish for like an hour at a time.

I ride around 165ish on normal comfy stuff, gets into the low 170's on more effort on the flats and smaller hills. I ride 182-184 pushing it on hills or 25+mph on the flats. I blow up at 188-189. I fly on the DH while pedaling at 12x-13x bpm. Long DH like GMR or Palomar I can even get into the 11x bpm range. I feel REAL relaxed on the decents even though I pedal my ass off to go 50+mph

Lately I've been trying to maintain 178-182 on the climbs for as long as I can at en effective cadence. Sunday I manage to hold 13mph (182bpm) on W lilac from the base to the school hill top, normal days I'm at 9-10mph. Helps having my buddy behind me keeping the pressure on too, knowing he can pass if he wishes.

time is going SOOOO SLOWWWW today. Gotta meet up with the DJ for the wedding after work....fun stuff i guess

time to study for my test...........ugggggggghhhhhhhhh son of a

time to study for my test...........ugggggggghhhhhhhhh son of aDo you attend San Fernando Valley State College?

Do you attend San Fernando Valley State College?

whats that? lol

I'm curious, does this forum support LaTeX?

LaTeX!?!?!

:roflmao:

DORK!

:lol: I haven't used that in 10 yrs!

Just finished an old PS2 game called God of War. It is a very brutal and violent game. :p

LaTeX!?!?!

:roflmao:

DORK!

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EDIT: guess not :(

Got caught in the dark. Luckily, I put lights on my bike. Some of the streets are just pitch black. I guess it's time to look for HID.

ugh im stuck....wtf

Hi Ovoleg

sup max!

Good morning ladies, gentleman and ovo.

Good morning! How may we abuse you today?

Good morning! How may we abuse you today?

you could start by kissing my _____...:D




Just kidding....unfortunetally i won't be around much today as i have pool training and about 10 performance evaluations to write.

Good morning ladies, gentleman and ovo.

good morning crash, I'm at home, studying for my midterm :) its at 4pm

I am at work.....blowing off the inevitable....

sippin on a white mocha....i figure hey...i burnt like 1800cal yesterday riding...so i am munching on almonds and blue berries...sippin some fatty coffee.

good morning crash, I'm at home, studying for my midterm :) its at 4pm

Oleg, you never answered my question. Do you attend SFVSC? Good luck with your midterm! :)

Oleg, you never answered my question. Do you attend SFVSC? Good luck with your midterm! :)

no i dont, I've never heard of it either lol.

Thanks :)

no i dont, I've never heard of it either lol.

Thanks :)Where do you attend college? I assumed you went to SFVSC since you live in Northridge.

Boy...this place is a ghost town. I think I just got smacked upside the head with a tumbleweed.

Oh, and my knee is killing me. I may not be riding this weekend. :cry:

Oh, and my knee is killing me. I may not be riding this weekend. :cry:

I'm sorry to hear about your knee, Mary. You need to let it rest for a while.

Have you been to a doc yet?

:( I'm on the phone with my Primary right now. They are scheduling an xray for my knee (and for my chest as I have to go see my new pulmonary specialist for a standard checkup) this Friday (I hope or else it will be next week before I can get in). I hate HMOs - HATE THEM. Unless I go to Urgent care or the emergency room, I have to take all these steps just to get stuff checked. Sigh. By the time I get the xray, the pain will likely be gone. :mad:

I hate HMOs too. The quality of service has dropped tremendously over the past 20 years. Plus I got a notice that my monthly fee is going up $200 on January 1.

I hate HMOs too. The quality of service has dropped tremendously over the past 20 years. Plus I got a notice that my monthly fee is going up $200 on January 1.

:eek: That's awful, Frank. But personally I cannot afford PPO. It is so expensive, it's shocking. But HMOs suck for service. I like my Primary (I didn't for awhile, but now I do). She's pretty matter of fact, and she is just following protocol dictated by Blue Cross. She has to see me first before sending me anywhere else. Truth is, my knee is probably just fine (I don't over-react actually and I really don't feel I need to see a specialist), but the whole "get an xray first thing" drives me nuts.

I hate HMOs too. The quality of service has dropped tremendously over the past 20 years. Plus I got a notice that my monthly fee is going up $200 on January 1.Same here. I'm hoping my Kaiser premiums aren't going up by that much......I'm already paying slightly under $700 per month just for my wife and I. If it ever did go up by that amount in a year I'm cancelling my Kaiser account and going county.

Where do you attend college? I assumed you went to SFVSC since you live in Northridge.

CSUN

CSUNSame difference...:p

Wow, health care is so expensive. I always question some doctors' tactics of asking whether you have health care or not, then deciding on the type of treatment. Some suggests useful alternatives (heal faster?) but some are seemingly useless to me (but I'm not a doc).

I used to have a dentist once that tried to hard-sell me on teeth whitening procedures. One is to file down my existing teeth and put a mold in the front, another way is to bleach it really well, and last to completely replace it... and I only went there for annual check-up! All have bad after effects. Maybe my teeth are truly nasty so he recommends taking drastic measures? :lol:

. Maybe my teeth are truly nasty so he recommends taking drastic measures? :lol:

Oh, no. I've met you. You have a nice smile and nice breath. I wouldn't let the dentist talk you into any of those procedures. :)