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Tony V 02-24-09 10:52 PM

Birthday ride
 
I rode my age yesterday,61 km.-Great ride!

martinrjensen 02-25-09 12:00 AM

Europe right?
 
You have to be either European or Canadian. Otherwise you need to do this in miles instead of Km....

Originally Posted by Tony V (Post 8422473)
I rode my age yesterday,61 km.-Great ride!


Tony V 02-25-09 02:39 AM


Originally Posted by martinrjensen (Post 8422756)
You have to be either European or Canadian. Otherwise you need to do this in miles instead of Km....

If you look at the left hand side of the screen,you can see where I come from.

bikinfool 02-25-09 02:48 AM


Originally Posted by martinrjensen (Post 8422756)
You have to be either European or Canadian. Otherwise you need to do this in miles instead of Km....

Kilometers are only used by Europeans and Canadians...fascinating, did not know that. I thought it was just us backwards USofAmurricans not using metric...

Oh, and Tony, congrats!

kr32 02-25-09 04:08 AM


Originally Posted by Tony V (Post 8422473)
I rode my age yesterday,61 km.-Great ride!

Good job Tony V ! Oh and by the way Happy Birthday!:)

cranky old dude 02-25-09 05:52 AM

:bday::bday:

Are those 61 metric years? :innocent:

doctor j 02-25-09 07:03 AM

Congrats on good ride, and Happy Birthday!

DnvrFox 02-25-09 07:29 AM

This brings up whole new possibilities!

Can we choose the measurement we ride our age in?

I.e., could I ride my age in yards (or feet)? Or how about furlongs? Or light years?

Anyway, Tony V., either metric or miles, 61 is a great ride and congratulations!

Beverly 02-25-09 07:35 AM

:bday:

I hope you finished the ride with a birthday pie:)

NOS88 02-25-09 08:07 AM

Congrats on your birthday and the ride.

stapfam 02-25-09 12:49 PM

Not all of Europe is metric in all respects. I still work in miles per pie and not Pies per 100 kms.

Now as to whether the American mile is as long as the UK one????:innocent:

Jean Beetham Smith 02-25-09 03:31 PM

Units are just for Physics majors. 61 is 61. Happy Birthday.

Boudicca 02-25-09 03:35 PM

Just realised rather belatedly that I more than rode my age (51) in km (64) this year. This is probably a first, given the Frozen North is not that condusive to Feb. 15 bike riding. It helped that I wasn't in Toronto on the day in question.

I will be happy to ride my age in miles later in the year. Will that count?

Mojo Slim 02-25-09 06:14 PM

Nice going. Any milestone is a good milestone. No pictures?

Boudicca 02-25-09 06:43 PM

You want pictures??

Glorious downhill hill just outside Portland on two-day-old Bike Friday. Rubber duck on helmet as token contribution to the dress-up part of the Worst Day of the Year ride.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3.../IMG_1132a.jpg

The person who invented the Worst Day of the Year ride clearly didn't realize that it wasn't.

BlazingPedals 02-26-09 01:00 PM


Originally Posted by stapfam (Post 8425256)
Not all of Europe is metric in all respects. I still work in miles per pie and not Pies per 100 kms.

Now as to whether the American mile is as long as the UK one????:innocent:

I think the Imperial Mile has an extra quart in it???

Beverly 02-26-09 01:12 PM


Originally Posted by Boudicca (Post 8426047)
I will be happy to ride my age in miles later in the year. Will that count?

Of course! I seldom get to ride my age on my January birthday so I save it until warmer weather:)

Rick@OCRR 02-26-09 01:53 PM

Three years ago the Solvang double century was on my birthday. I rode 200 mi. that day, so if this birthday ride stuff is right, I should live a long time!

Rick / OCRR

Stacy 02-27-09 12:16 AM


Originally Posted by Tony V (Post 8423108)
If you look at the left hand side of the screen,you can see where I come from.

Yeah, you probably did it up-side-down too! :p

Tony V 02-27-09 02:47 AM


Originally Posted by Stacy (Post 8435171)
Yeah, you probably did it up-side-down too! :p

That's food for thought,I might try that next year!(he he).

John E 02-28-09 03:35 PM


Originally Posted by Rick@OCRR (Post 8431785)
Three years ago the Solvang double century was on my birthday. I rode 200 mi. that day, so if this birthday ride stuff is right, I should live a long time!

Rick / OCRR

I did about 68km today, exceeding my age in km by 10. My riding companion du jour has a friend who is riding his bike from north San Diego County to Solvang so that he can ride the double up there. I was afraid to ask whether he is also cycling back home afterward ...

gcottay 02-28-09 04:50 PM

Happy birthday, Tony.

10 Wheels 02-28-09 04:55 PM

Happy Birthday Tony.
Soon you will be riding 61 km everyweek.

Tony V 03-02-09 01:41 AM


Originally Posted by 10 Wheels (Post 8444728)
Happy Birthday Tony.
Soon you will be riding 61 km everyweek.

I did 61km. two days later.Tomorrow I'm doing 85km.Thanks everybody for the good wishes.

kenkayak 03-02-09 09:17 AM

Happy birthday Tony /My LindA Lee never frets about her age and chid's me because I grip about my age so 28th of March [my 69th birthday]so I think ill try to find the meanest snowcoveredest trail and forget winter 2009./Kenneth/


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