Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Fifty Plus (50+)
Reload this Page >

precepts of early season riding

Notices
Fifty Plus (50+) Share the victories, challenges, successes and special concerns of bicyclists 50 and older. Especially useful for those entering or reentering bicycling.

precepts of early season riding

Old 04-08-13, 09:09 AM
  #1  
rck
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
rck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: monroe (sw) wi
Posts: 1,344

Bikes: cannondale 400st, dean el diente, specialized hybrid

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 20 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times in 5 Posts
precepts of early season riding

Robert's precepts of early season riding:
1) All molehills are mountains when riding up them. The obvious corollary being that all
mountains are molehills when riding down.

2) All winds are gale force. The only exception occuring when said wind is at your back
at which point the existence of wind becomes an unproven theoretical concept. (I would point out that this precept
extends well into the regular season and according to some is in effect always.)
rck is offline  
Old 04-08-13, 12:31 PM
  #2  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bristol, R. I.
Posts: 4,340

Bikes: Specialized Secteur, old Peugeot

Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 663 Post(s)
Liked 496 Times in 299 Posts
There must be something to that precepts thing. I am not in awful physical condition, since I've been on the bike a good amount of time this winter. Today being a fine warm and sunny day, I was out for a nice ride in my favorite area that has many quite country roads. The original intention was to begin building some distance, about 40 miles was the plan, but only did 30. I'll just have to build up to longer distances more gradually, same as every year.
berner is offline  
Old 04-08-13, 12:51 PM
  #3  
www.ocrebels.com
 
Rick@OCRR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Los Angeles area
Posts: 6,186

Bikes: Several bikes, Road, Mountain, Commute, etc.

Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 83 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times in 2 Posts
We did a ride Sat. wherein the mole hills weren't that bad, but then the climbs began to hurt more as the day went on. Luckily it was a beautiful day and the wind was at our backs about half the time.
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/294230885

As you can see from the elevation graph, it was up and down all day. They called it a 16 pass ride, but I only count 14 on the graph.

As Robert's precepts go, it wasn't that bad.

Rick / OCRR
Rick@OCRR is offline  
Old 04-08-13, 12:57 PM
  #4  
Senior Member
 
GFish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 649
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by rck
2) All winds are gale force. The only exception occuring when said wind is at your back
at which point the existence of wind becomes an unproven theoretical concept.
(I would point out that this precept
extends well into the regular season and according to some is in effect always.)
So true....

A co-worker and I both commute. He, travels northeast, I ride southwest, basically opposite directions from each other. Wind direction doesn't seem to matter, we often claim to have more headwind then the other, while still making decent speed and time.
GFish is offline  
Old 04-08-13, 01:10 PM
  #5  
Senior Member
 
GFish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 649
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Rick@OCRR
Excellent ride....... hope to work up to that by the end of the summer.
GFish is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
OldsCOOL
Fifty Plus (50+)
11
06-14-15 12:29 PM
Podagrower
Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg)
9
12-01-14 09:57 AM
stapfam
Fifty Plus (50+)
8
04-08-13 10:32 AM
flippin_bikes
Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg)
6
05-01-11 09:10 PM
j-law
Pacific Northwest
23
03-07-10 09:31 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.