View Poll Results: My Riding Plans for 2015:
I'll plan a lot, actually do a few.
4
8.16%
I'll plan carefully, and do what I plan.
3
6.12%
I'll actually ride more than I plan to ride.
16
32.65%
Get real, I do what I can.
26
53.06%
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My Riding Plan for 2015...
#2
Wherever I may roam....
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Who plans to ride? If it's not miserable out, I hop on my bike and get out for a quick or long ride.
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I will take a lot more rides in the under 20 mile range. My kids are transitioning from kiddy bikes to real bikes and have a couple of C & V roadie steeds waiting for them! So when the weather turns good, we will be going for rides.
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Wanted two choices , but with Robbie's rules, and its his post, I went with the 4th choice. Actually, I'll most likely ride more than I would plan. JUst one of my many quirks, I get told I am quirky all the time, too.
Happy New Year, Top R, thanks for everything you have shared here.
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Happy New Year, Top R, thanks for everything you have shared here.
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I want to ride more than I planned, but some days rides just don't happen. I plan some rides out, and I'll ride those, but more often than not I wake up and life has given me something else to do.
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I've learned to "go with the flow," and selected the last option, "Get real...!
This is mostly because I have no control over winter weather and winter darkness. I also have no control over when certain events related to my profession can interrupt times planned for rides, i.e. funerals, emergency hospital visits, weddings, family crisis, etc. So I hope for the best and ride as much as I can manage.
The one aspect of riding that I've found helpful in order to cope with the unknown interruptions, is to do ALL of my maintenance and building in the winter. This way, if something breaks, all I have to do is park the bike and pull out another. Short of air in the tires and a quick dusting/polishing, I can be back up and riding in about 5 minutes or less. This past year this proved to be a really useful philosophy.
Between now and the end of March, I'll ride when I can. But if I don't, there's plenty to do in the shop! So all is good in my bike world!
This is mostly because I have no control over winter weather and winter darkness. I also have no control over when certain events related to my profession can interrupt times planned for rides, i.e. funerals, emergency hospital visits, weddings, family crisis, etc. So I hope for the best and ride as much as I can manage.
The one aspect of riding that I've found helpful in order to cope with the unknown interruptions, is to do ALL of my maintenance and building in the winter. This way, if something breaks, all I have to do is park the bike and pull out another. Short of air in the tires and a quick dusting/polishing, I can be back up and riding in about 5 minutes or less. This past year this proved to be a really useful philosophy.
Between now and the end of March, I'll ride when I can. But if I don't, there's plenty to do in the shop! So all is good in my bike world!
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Yes, I plan to ride in 2015.
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I'd like 15-18 hours/week.
We'll see.
I will be visiting family in Germany this summer. I'd like to get a few rides in. Not a lot of rentals near their hicktown.
We'll see.
I will be visiting family in Germany this summer. I'd like to get a few rides in. Not a lot of rentals near their hicktown.
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I've got a few plans for next year but I want to beat them. I find planning a few tours, trips, events really helpful because I have to get in shape to do them!
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It's tough with kids and work (and competing hobbies). I'll book two or three events that will force me to do some decent training rides, but otherwise, I'll get in what I can get. Luckily wife's joy of bike riding is going through a Renaissance and my youngest is now 11 and loving riding, so it may be a good year.
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All of my riding is basically spur of the moment decisions... I do have an unwritten rule to put riding before wrenching (which sounds sorta okay in theory, but means I often ride with some annoyances on my bike, like less than ideal shifting).
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5,500 miles.
Gravel, mud, country roads, fire roads, mountains, boulders in Moab, going to work, ride around Lake Superior, you name it.
I can do it.
Gravel, mud, country roads, fire roads, mountains, boulders in Moab, going to work, ride around Lake Superior, you name it.
I can do it.
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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"Plan his work and work his plan" - Bobby Valentine.
My plans never work out as I planned them. Why should 2015 be any different?
My plans never work out as I planned them. Why should 2015 be any different?
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"A failure to plan is a plan for failure"
I really like the above quote, so this season I'll try and plan more carefully and follow through.
Last season I met a couple of guys on a charity ride and these guys do a lot of planning, and they seem to follow through when they can, so I'm hoping to be right there with them. I will hopefully do my first century with them.
But....it all hinges on work and hours! Arrrgh, I want to retire already!
I really like the above quote, so this season I'll try and plan more carefully and follow through.
Last season I met a couple of guys on a charity ride and these guys do a lot of planning, and they seem to follow through when they can, so I'm hoping to be right there with them. I will hopefully do my first century with them.
But....it all hinges on work and hours! Arrrgh, I want to retire already!
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I enjoy planning and I enjoy riding, so I expect I'll do a lot of both. But once I'm on the bike, plan in mind, I rarely accomplish the ride as planned. Is that one of the choices in the poll?
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My plans are simple. Improve my personal TT's before age becomes an issue. Ride hard, ride fast.
When I'm too old to make any further speed improvements I will see how far I can go.
This year my plans are to gain another 1.5 mph on the flats and jump back up into the top 10 of a local 14mi Strava course.
When I'm too old to make any further speed improvements I will see how far I can go.
This year my plans are to gain another 1.5 mph on the flats and jump back up into the top 10 of a local 14mi Strava course.
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If commuting counts, then I plan for every day that is not raining and above 40. Rain in the afternoon is fine.
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I've actually planned more than ever, mainly because mrs non-fixie is starting to enjoy the C&V scene. Flanders in June and Tuscany in October are already in our diaries.
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Our area is very scenic, hilly and lots of lakes with villages and towns every 6-7mi or 20mi to the "larger" small towns. So, this strongly favors UN-planned, spontaneous "where will we end up" kind of rides.
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Personal health issues have plagued me for a few years, so my plans are minimal. Ride at least 4 days a week shooting for 100+mi. Push for a metric century in each summer month. Ride with other folks occasionally. Better tires.
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Man, some of you guys are monsters. Personally I hope to do a few more miles but slower. The main thing to me isn't how fast/far/frequent but just that I'm having fun.
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I'm with @Wildwood on at least one metric century in each of the warmer months. I may be literally with him, if he comes over and uses the couple of nights credit he has at the hotel I run. And on the topic of Metric Centuries, you're all invited to this thing.
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