Everest Challenge in one day....
06-14-11, 09:52 AM
#27
Portland Fred
Yer nuts. It's a brutal ride, and the cold and darkness won't make the descents more fun. What kind of gearing to you intend to ride?
One thing that I find possibly even more impressive than doing crazy things like this or the 508 on a fixie is that you seem to be able to consistently do things that exceed the design specifications for the human body by a huge margin yet you don't report chronic injuries.
One thing that I find possibly even more impressive than doing crazy things like this or the 508 on a fixie is that you seem to be able to consistently do things that exceed the design specifications for the human body by a huge margin yet you don't report chronic injuries.
06-14-11, 01:20 PM
#28
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains
Posts: 6,169
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
I know this gentleman is doing it: https://windinmyface.diglloyd.com/index.html he has some info on his website.
06-14-11, 01:49 PM
#29
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 15
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I'm officially in awe - having done EC myself last year I have no idea how one can do that ride in ONE day! Good luck, i'm certainly looking forward to getting the details and seeing photos.
06-14-11, 04:19 PM
#30
Señor Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 3,744
Bikes: 2018 Lynskey R380 Ti | 2011 Hampsten Travelissimo Gran Paradiso Ti | 2001 De Rosa Neo Primato - Batik Del Monte, Genius | 1991 Eddy Merckx - Motorola, TSX
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 36 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 14 Times
in
7 Posts
Vireo, please keep this thread updated.
P.S. You are insane--that's coming from a cyclist.
P.S. You are insane--that's coming from a cyclist.
06-14-11, 08:26 PM
#31
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
06-14-11, 08:37 PM
#32
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Posts: 903
Bikes: 2008 fetish illustre
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
1 Post
06-14-11, 08:46 PM
#33
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
06-14-11, 08:48 PM
#34
Climbing...
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Santa Monica
Posts: 547
Bikes: SuperSix Evo, R3, F29
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I'm so excited to read the ride report! Bring your cold weather gear, it's going to be cold in the dark!
06-14-11, 08:51 PM
#35
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Yer nuts. It's a brutal ride, and the cold and darkness won't make the descents more fun. What kind of gearing to you intend to ride?
One thing that I find possibly even more impressive than doing crazy things like this or the 508 on a fixie is that you seem to be able to consistently do things that exceed the design specifications for the human body by a huge margin yet you don't report chronic injuries.
One thing that I find possibly even more impressive than doing crazy things like this or the 508 on a fixie is that you seem to be able to consistently do things that exceed the design specifications for the human body by a huge margin yet you don't report chronic injuries.
What you're saying is that I consistently do crazy some might say stupid things to my body and I haven't come up lame yet
I do most of these things with less than 300 miles a week and usually less than 200 miles. I work 7 days straight every other week and then I work 5 days straight. I am lucky I guess. I don't have any chronic injuries to speak of. I don't know what I would do if I ever had an injury that would keep me off my bike.
06-14-11, 09:21 PM
#37
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Day 1 https://connect.garmin.com/activity/50505346
Day 2 https://connect.garmin.com/activity/50847755
Had a little HD trouble so I don't have my SRM files...need to recover them off my HD ...if I want to pay the money to get that done. Anyway, I will download the TCX files and put them into Training Peaks and post after dinner
06-14-11, 11:16 PM
#38
Portland Fred
Gearing will be 53/39 11/28.
What you're saying is that I consistently do crazy some might say stupid things to my body and I haven't come up lame yet I do most of these things with less than 300 miles a week and usually less than 200 miles. I work 7 days straight every other week and then I work 5 days straight. I am lucky I guess. I don't have any chronic injuries to speak of. I don't know what I would do if I ever had an injury that would keep me off my bike.
What you're saying is that I consistently do crazy some might say stupid things to my body and I haven't come up lame yet
I do most of these things with less than 300 miles a week and usually less than 200 miles. I work 7 days straight every other week and then I work 5 days straight. I am lucky I guess. I don't have any chronic injuries to speak of. I don't know what I would do if I ever had an injury that would keep me off my bike.Have you decided when you'd like to do this? I don't know what it's like there, but the snow in the PNW has been deep this year so I was wondering when the roads will be passable along the EC route. Seems like it would be desirable to do this as close as possible to the longest day of the year so you could use the light. Otherwise, the spectacular scenery will look like the photo below when you are riding...
06-14-11, 11:38 PM
#39
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Day 1 https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5275/...aa2efe77_o.jpg
Day 2 https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/...484466f9_o.jpg
Last edited by Vireo; 06-15-11 at 08:15 AM.
06-15-11, 12:09 PM
#40
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
We're all rooting for you.
Have you decided when you'd like to do this? I don't know what it's like there, but the snow in the PNW has been deep this year so I was wondering when the roads will be passable along the EC route. Seems like it would be desirable to do this as close as possible to the longest day of the year so you could use the light. Otherwise, the spectacular scenery will look like the photo below when you are riding...
Have you decided when you'd like to do this? I don't know what it's like there, but the snow in the PNW has been deep this year so I was wondering when the roads will be passable along the EC route. Seems like it would be desirable to do this as close as possible to the longest day of the year so you could use the light. Otherwise, the spectacular scenery will look like the photo below when you are riding...
06-15-11, 01:28 PM
#42
Riding Off to the Next Adventure, RIP
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 184
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
If you average 150 watts AP at maybe 10mph for the whole thing it will be around 11000 KJ, which means maybe 13000 calories. Sound about right?
__________________
"Well, folks, here's the deal: I'm the best there is, plain and simple. I mean, I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence. You know, nobody can hang with my stuff. I'm just a....just a lean, shaven, American winning machine."
"Well, folks, here's the deal: I'm the best there is, plain and simple. I mean, I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence. You know, nobody can hang with my stuff. I'm just a....just a lean, shaven, American winning machine."
06-15-11, 01:47 PM
#43
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 13,445
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4234 Post(s)
Liked 2,949 Times
in
1,808 Posts
wowsa, that sounds like quite the ordeal. I might just have to eat an extra cookie in your honor.
__________________
Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"
Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),
06-15-11, 01:54 PM
#44
Portland Fred
06-16-11, 12:48 AM
#45
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Here's something even more mind blowing - two days before I do this I will be 5k feet lower than you will be skiing enjoying the moderate temperatures at my home in Newport Beach.
06-16-11, 06:38 AM
#46
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
06-16-11, 07:31 AM
#47
pan y agua
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 31,303
Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
Mentioned: 17 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1447 Post(s)
Liked 727 Times
in
372 Posts
Your 2010 times add up to 15 hours 34 minutes. I would think that you would have to pace yourself a bit more doing both together, and then add in approximately 15 miles to get from Bishop to Big Pine.
So, you're looking at something like 17-18 hours. I know you can do it, but it doesn't sound like much fun.
So, you're looking at something like 17-18 hours. I know you can do it, but it doesn't sound like much fun.
__________________
You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
You could fall off a cliff and die.
You could get lost and die.
You could hit a tree and die.
OR YOU COULD STAY HOME AND FALL OFF THE COUCH AND DIE.
06-16-11, 03:51 PM
#48
labeled rude by nOObs
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Marcos, CA
Posts: 2,359
Bikes: Tommasini Tecno, Pinarello Tandem, Milwaukee Bicycle Co. Fixed Gear, Serotta CSI Custom, Bianchi Campione del Monde, Cervelo P3 Carbon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Your 2010 times add up to 15 hours 34 minutes. I would think that you would have to pace yourself a bit more doing both together, and then add in approximately 15 miles to get from Bishop to Big Pine.
So, you're looking at something like 17-18 hours. I know you can do it, but it doesn't sound like much fun.
So, you're looking at something like 17-18 hours. I know you can do it, but it doesn't sound like much fun.
06-16-11, 04:12 PM
#49
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains
Posts: 6,169
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
There's also the descents off the last climb that aren't in each day's profile. I'd figure at least 30 minutes for each, probably more like 40-45.
I count about 235 miles for riding EC day 1, back down, to Big Pine, EC day 2, back down, and back up to Bishop.
Ugh. I don't think there will be much competition for this record.
I count about 235 miles for riding EC day 1, back down, to Big Pine, EC day 2, back down, and back up to Bishop.
Ugh. I don't think there will be much competition for this record.
06-16-11, 08:13 PM
#50
Descends Like Avalanche
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Somewhere between Funkytown and Margaritaville, PA
Posts: 5,769
Bikes: Lynskey R240, Sportive, and a Helix Sport disc model in the works; Eddy Merckx MX Leader; Specialized Rock Hopper Comp (1988!)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post