Spring In New England...
03-09-09, 01:57 PM
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Spring In New England...
After 50 miles yesterday, I ended up with a bike that looked like this...
It took several hours to clean up the bike (fenders...shmenders)...
Then we get this today...
Yes, we must have a 3 - 4' base. That is the top of an Adirondack chair sticking througth the snow...
My fluid trainer sprung a leak and is off to Saris for a replacement unit...
So today I had to do an hour and fifteen minutes of tempo intervals on these...
Time to go shovel...
It took several hours to clean up the bike (fenders...shmenders)...
Then we get this today...
Yes, we must have a 3 - 4' base. That is the top of an Adirondack chair sticking througth the snow...
My fluid trainer sprung a leak and is off to Saris for a replacement unit...
So today I had to do an hour and fifteen minutes of tempo intervals on these...
Time to go shovel...
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03-09-09, 03:13 PM
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Love it!
As neurotic as I'm known to get about keeping my bikes clean, sometimes it's fun to just ride the snot out of 'em like that. Bravo! At the end of the day, they're meant to be ridden, not polished. Just make sure you clean up all that salt & crap before you put her away!
As neurotic as I'm known to get about keeping my bikes clean, sometimes it's fun to just ride the snot out of 'em like that. Bravo! At the end of the day, they're meant to be ridden, not polished. Just make sure you clean up all that salt & crap before you put her away!
03-09-09, 03:36 PM
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Looks like my backyard. I feel your pain. Went out for a couple hours yesterday. It was cold but dry. I would rather ride on cold dry roads than warm wet (from melt) roads.
03-09-09, 04:08 PM
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Hang in there!!! I second the notion of getting a mountain bike...
03-09-09, 04:26 PM
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03-09-09, 05:46 PM
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03-09-09, 05:48 PM
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My ride on Sunday ended the same way, you might think I did a cyclecross event. So I decided that while washing my bike I moght as well wash the car, killed two birds with one stone. My Saturday ride was 99% dry, I rode up in New Hampshire on rte. 202 wide and dry.
03-09-09, 06:49 PM
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Should be delivered today (pictures when it is set up)...
What exactly is the mountain bike going to allow me to do that that my road/cross bikes can't....
Get outside in foul weather?...
It is hard to put on base miles when it is snowing out...
And I still will have to spend time cleaning it...
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03-10-09, 08:06 AM
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What jobs?
I'm actually heading to Boston for a couple interviews next week. No work here in CA that's for damn sure.
I'm actually heading to Boston for a couple interviews next week. No work here in CA that's for damn sure.
03-10-09, 08:29 AM
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I especially love riding through the hills of New England this time of year. As your cruising down large hills and hit a spot shaded by pine trees and there is a good quarter inch of ice still on the road. Navigating that at 30MPH always brings my heart rate up. 
03-10-09, 09:23 AM
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no snow for us yesterday in RI so i'm riding after the Paris-Nice stage is over 
we got 6-8" the other day but it's totally gone now and the roads are drying out
we got 6-8" the other day but it's totally gone now and the roads are drying out
03-10-09, 09:40 AM
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03-10-09, 11:56 AM
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Yup, I feel your pain. Live in MA myself, and after 20 miles on Sunday, my bike looked like I'd pulled it out of a swamp. But DAMN did I have a nice time. And as for the MTB suggestion - it's not a bad idea. I do a bit of both, and it's nice to have the option, especially in a weather-crazy region like this.
