Road Bike Racing - 110 miles

Tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics. I realize the Zen Aspect of a 110 mile ride that starts @ 5AM would never permeate the testosterone layer that coats many of the brains here, but I can't help that.

A retro ride by a retro dude on a retro bicycle (the Ibis Ti). I certainly hope that pisses somebody off. On BF the odds of that are One Hundred Percent. Download that you SRM pinheads.

No race this weekend. Thank God.

Tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics. I realize the Zen Aspect of a 110 mile ride that starts @ 5AM would never permeate the testosterone layer that coats many of the brains here, but I can't help that.

A retro ride by a retro dude on a retro bicycle (the Ibis Ti). I certainly hope that pisses somebody off. On BF the odds of that are One Hundred Percent. Download that you SRM pinheads.

No race this weekend. Thank God.

:thumb:

No race? No racing forums post.

anyone can hammer out a century on a slow weekend, but can you recuperate for the A ride on sunday?

No race? No racing forums post.

Shouldn't you be pedaling a bicycle to amp up the Power Grid and lower the impact of rising global oil prices?

No race? No racing forums post.

I dare you to put more than one GUY in a group of cyclists and bet them to not race.

anyone can hammer out a century on a slow weekend, but can you recuperate for the A ride on sunday?

I will be doing the Nyack Ride Sunday. We'll see. I can usually sit in after a 100 mile Saturday and not get popped off the back. Sometimes I feel surprisingly chipper the next day.

I'm also doing an organized century in the morning but it will be a true feat if I can do another 60 with the hammerheads

I'm young but creaky

Tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics. I realize the Zen Aspect of a 110 mile ride that starts @ 5AM would never permeate the testosterone layer that coats many of the brains here, but I can't help that.

A retro ride by a retro dude on a retro bicycle (the Ibis Ti). I certainly hope that pisses somebody off. On BF the odds of that are One Hundred Percent. Download that you SRM pinheads.

No race this weekend. Thank God.

I got you beat. Tomorrow I will be riding the PCH (thats the pacific coast highway for you east coast kooks) to big sur for a grand 118 miles, and then ride back down the next day, probably in 80+ degree heat. But also probably the most beautiful stretch of highway in the nation.

But also probably the most beautiful stretch of highway in the nation.

Oh yes. I've driven it in a rental car. Amazing place. Big Sur looked like a Roger Dean Yes album cover painting from 1972.

http://www.slamxhype.com/images/posts/FlightsOfIcarus600.jpg

No, I was not on mescaline. That's how it looks. Less floaty, but you get the idea.

I got you beat. Tomorrow I will be riding the PCH (thats the pacific coast highway for you east coast kooks) to big sur for a grand 118 miles, and then ride back down the next day, probably in 80+ degree heat. But also probably the most beautiful stretch of highway in the nation.

Nice!! I drove the stretch from Santa Cruz to Big sur. Fuggin sweet.

I got you beat. Tomorrow I will be riding the PCH (thats the pacific coast highway for you east coast kooks) to big sur for a grand 118 miles, and then ride back down the next day, probably in 80+ degree heat. But also probably the most beautiful stretch of highway in the nation.

From where?

From where?

San Luis Obispo, to Big Sur.

Tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics. I realize the Zen Aspect of a 110 mile ride that starts @ 5AM would never permeate the testosterone layer that coats many of the brains here, but I can't help that.

A retro ride by a retro dude on a retro bicycle (the Ibis Ti). I certainly hope that pisses somebody off. On BF the odds of that are One Hundred Percent. Download that you SRM pinheads.

No race this weekend. Thank God.

:roflmao:

Ibis Ti retro? What do you have on that again? Dura Ace and Mavic ES's? Besides 110 miles is for wussy. Try 450km over Rocky Mountain passes and then we'll talk.

try racing three times in a weekend, when you utterly suck.

on the bright side, maybe ill get lapped and pulled in the crit tomorrow, so ill be the only fool fresh for the road race 15 hours later...

Hi,

I'll be waking up at 5:00a PDT so that I can do 102 miles with my club at a much-less-than road nazi pace. Hope that the temps along the coast do not get much over 90 degrees as it's supposed to be HOT. No racing this weekend for me either but a bunch next week.

Time for bed.

Next week I'm doing one of my favorite rides of the year, a big loop around Santa Barbara county. two back-to-back 100+ mile days. Its going to be craaaaaaaaazy hot :o

:roflmao:

Ibis Ti retro? What do you have on that again? Dura Ace and Mavic ES's? Besides 110 miles is for wussy. Try 450km over Rocky Mountain passes and then we'll talk.

I do have to climb over the mighty Col du Kawasaki into Harriman State Park.

isn't that closed?

Pablo is riding the Montauk Century tomorrow. He is too much of a weenie to ride 110 miles solo.

Tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics. I realize the Zen Aspect of a 110 mile ride that starts @ 5AM would never permeate the testosterone layer that coats many of the brains here, but I can't help that.

A retro ride by a retro dude on a retro bicycle (the Ibis Ti). I certainly hope that pisses somebody off. On BF the odds of that are One Hundred Percent. Download that you SRM pinheads.

No race this weekend. Thank God.

pcaddy,

you're probably listening to some crap music on your ipod, pedaling away as i write this. hope you're enjoying.

tomorrow is my first century of the year.

doubt it will be as hilly as yours, actually it's a boring a puck ride (http://myshavedlegs.blogspot.com/2007/04/long-and-not-so-winding-road.html), but hey... i raced today. ;)

Back atop Mt. Cad (AKA Mt. Doom), 110 miles in my bike weenie legs and I am utter and complete Wasa.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2685854/2/istockphoto_2685854_swedish_hard_bread.jpg

Must....eat....pizza.... and... watch.... Mets....gaaammmeee.....

I have not done a 100 mile ride since....three months ago or something.

Not good. :(

The last 25 miles of that 110 mile route are the worst. The hardest climbs, when your legs are toast. Interesting observation: when you're alone, you focus on every little ache and pain. At the top of the Gate Hill Road climb (one of the tougher climbs in the area) this dude passes me, so I latch onto his wheel for the flatter section of the upper part of the climb (the tough part was behind us). He was tempo-ing pretty good, and I stayed with him for a half mile. Then I let him go because I was utter toast and I really wanted to pace myself (there was a fair bit of additional climbing ahead of me in the last 20 miles). My point is that I stopped thinking about how bad I was hurting while I was focused on staying on this guy's wheel.

Moral of the story: long hard rides are probably longer and harder when you're solo. Of course nobody else will do these crazy rides with me, so that's how it will remain. There's always the iPod to provide the Suffering Soundtrack.

P.S. The Keo pedals worked great today, zero hot spots on my feet, that was an intractable issue with the Speedplay X's.

:thumb:Double Century next year, hmmm Pcad?

I rode 110 miles. The most I have ever ridden in a day is 112 miles. I have no intentions of going beyond that. 7 hours in the saddle is plenty for me.

7 hours in the saddle is plenty for me.

...so then, make it six!

The last 25 miles of that 110 mile route are the worst. The hardest climbs, when your legs are toast. Interesting observation: when you're alone, you focus on every little ache and pain. At the top of the Gate Hill Road climb (one of the tougher climbs in the area) this dude passes me, so I latch onto his wheel for the flatter section of the upper part of the climb (the tough part was behind us). He was tempo-ing pretty good, and I stayed with him for a half mile. Then I let him go because I was utter toast and I really wanted to pace myself (there was a fair bit of additional climbing ahead of me in the last 20 miles). My point is that I stopped thinking about how bad I was hurting while I was focused on staying on this guy's wheel.

Moral of the story: long hard rides are probably longer and harder when you're solo. Of course nobody else will do these crazy rides with me, so that's how it will remain. There's always the iPod to provide the Suffering Soundtrack.

P.S. The Keo pedals worked great today, zero hot spots on my feet, that was an intractable issue with the Speedplay X's.

i'ld be your huckleberry if i could ;).

pizza is goooood.

later.

OK, that last post was oddly Gay.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

PCad, you like going long. Why not sign up for Everest Challenge this year?

OK, that last post was oddly Gay.

That's not what Big-Nose Kate said.

PCad, you like going long. Why not sign up for Everest Challenge this year?

That's in California. F California. I'm going to Greece. I'm signing up for the What the F is That Odd Moped on our Greek Mtn Road Challenge. Nobody rides racing bikes in Greece. They ride mopeds, no helmets, kids on the handlebars.

http://thebigsofa.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/moped.JPG

Tomorrow. Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics. I realize the Zen Aspect of a 110 mile ride that starts @ 5AM would never permeate the testosterone layer that coats many of the brains here, but I can't help that.

A retro ride by a retro dude on a retro bicycle (the Ibis Ti). I certainly hope that pisses somebody off. On BF the odds of that are One Hundred Percent. Download that you SRM pinheads.

No race this weekend. Thank God.

You call that a ride? HTFU, Dude!

I don't believe the climbing number--more like 9,000ft.



Dist: 149.66 mi (9:36:15)
Energy: 5200.9 kJ
Cals Burn: 4972.2 kcal
Climbing: 12909 ft
Braking: 79.4 kJ (1.5%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 150.4 632 W
Aero 0 50.2 1752 W
Rolling 6 93.1 293 W
Gravity -2014 4.0 613 W
Speed 1.0 15.6 49.1 mi/h
Wind 4.1 17.2 47.7 mi/h
Elev 268 587 1822 ft
Slope -16.2 0.07 14.7 %
Caden 1 62.7 107 rpm
Aero: 0.163; Fric: 13.37
CdA: 0.163 m^2
Crr: 0.0158
190 lbs; 5/17/2008 6:44 AM
61 degF; 969 mbar

Why would anyone ride 149 miles? That's even more stupider than riding 110 miles. You need a car.

Why would anyone ride 149 miles? That's even more stupider than riding 110 miles. You need a car.


Sometimes you just gotta do it you Road Nazi lunatics.


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I rode 110 miles. The most I have ever ridden in a day is 112 miles. I have no intentions of going beyond that. 7 hours in the saddle is plenty for me.

Fair enough. I declined the Davis Double today in favor of a mere century tomorrow. There's a difference between HTFU and "You gotta be kidding me".

Do as I say, not as I do. Then ignore what I say.

Ditto on the 'you gotta be kidding me' for any ride over 100-130 miles. That's just whacked.

Why would anyone ride 149 miles? That's even more stupider than riding 110 miles. You need a car.

Try riding on a carbon saddle for 135 miles. It was effin awesome! :thumb:

Here's a couple of pictures from the trip. These were taken around noonish. Pretty surprising huh? Winter cycling at it's finest!

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f121/ritsoccer86/BurntMountain016.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f121/ritsoccer86/BurntMountain019.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f121/ritsoccer86/BurntMountain001.jpg

Ibis Ti... vintage ?

:roflmao2:

The first century ride of the year will be next weekend and I will really be doing it in a vintage way.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/rigida7.JPG
1973 Raleigh Carlton Gran Sports

If you don't think an Ibis Ti Road is vintage, you are even more retro than Pcad.

Some crappy phone pics from my back to back centuries this weekend:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee58/joecool2727/ride.jpg?t=1211160405

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee58/joecool2727/ride1.jpg?t=1211160439

Hey, nice Cannondale dude.

Speaking of back-to-back long rides, I participated in a century on Sunday for 250 miles of weekend enjoyment.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/2503892658_8affd5f0af.jpg?v=0

Here's a link to a friend's slideshow of the ride. The first 50 miles were very wet--wet enough that the tandem turned back:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcn7/sets/72157605130876923/show/with/2503887840/

OK, that last post was oddly Gay.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

well, if one is going to be gay, then oddly is the way to go. it is so fred to be just plain old regular gay.

not that there is anything wrong with that.

later.

this post needs to be moved from the road bike RACING forum to the fred rides bikes forum

this post needs to be moved from the road bike RACING forum to the fred rides bikes forum

the boy's got a point.

this post needs to be moved from the road bike RACING forum to the fred rides bikes forum

You would you have been utterly shelled on the Tour de Fred portion of my ride, let alone the mighty Col du Gate Hill Road headwall @ mile 90.

I do have to climb over the mighty Col du Kawasaki into Harriman State Park.

:giver: \m/ \m/

Seriously I wish I had your "training bike" as my race bike.


edit: -1 for the lack of colossal cols, but +1 for the Yes/Roger Dean reference


NP: Starship Trooper