Weekend Cycling Ride Reports - November19/20
11-19-11, 04:28 AM
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Weekend Cycling Ride Reports - November19/20
Tell us about your cycling ... or other sports ... this weekend. Did you get out for a ride or two? Did you participate in other sports?
What's it like where you are?
Friday - Rowan and I got out for a 35 km ride in the evening ... it's really nice having the extra daylight hours so we can ride longer in the evenings.
It was also quite a hot day (31C/88F) so the evening ride was cooling.
Saturday - Rowan and I got out for a 44 km ride in the afternoon. Friday was a hot, muggy 31C ... Saturday reached a high of about half that and rained all day. So ... we rode in the rain. Fortunately we have the clothing for that, although I'd like to get rain chaps.
What's it like where you are?
Friday - Rowan and I got out for a 35 km ride in the evening ... it's really nice having the extra daylight hours so we can ride longer in the evenings.
It was also quite a hot day (31C/88F) so the evening ride was cooling.Saturday - Rowan and I got out for a 44 km ride in the afternoon. Friday was a hot, muggy 31C ... Saturday reached a high of about half that and rained all day. So ... we rode in the rain. Fortunately we have the clothing for that, although I'd like to get rain chaps.
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11-19-11, 07:54 AM
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My scheduled ride will be a Sufferfest on my trainer. Swimming in mucus, so the rainy 40deg day group ride has been vetoed by the three brain cells I have with a little wisdom.
11-19-11, 11:56 AM
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34 miles under damp skies. 45 to 50f, light sprinkles, 10 to 20 mph winds. One hour, fifty minutes.
I was glad to get outside.
"The powerful winds which swept the Chicago area Friday, producing gusts above 50 mph at a number of locations, spill into a second day Saturday. Gusts are to top 35 mph at times by afternoon and continue until a windshift in Sunday's pre-dawn hours when velocities will finally ease.
Friday's gusts were formidable in a month which has produced 12 days with double digit average wind speeds. Some of the strongest reported Friday included a 59 mph gust off Chicago's shoreline at the Harrison-Dever Crib and 54 mph gusts at WeatherBug sensors in Joliet and Pontiac. Waukegan Airport was hit with 53 mph gusts while Kenosha and Marseilles logged 51 mph peak velocities.
The 45 mph gust clocked at O'Hare Friday afternoon was the strongest to occur in November at the Northwest Side site in 5 years. The day's O'Hare average of 18.5 mph through late afternoon ranked the 3rd strongest to occur in a midnight to 3 pm period this month. It was the 12th day this month to produce a double-digit average wind speed".
By Meteorologist Tom Skilling
This sums up my month so far :-(
I was glad to get outside.
"The powerful winds which swept the Chicago area Friday, producing gusts above 50 mph at a number of locations, spill into a second day Saturday. Gusts are to top 35 mph at times by afternoon and continue until a windshift in Sunday's pre-dawn hours when velocities will finally ease.
Friday's gusts were formidable in a month which has produced 12 days with double digit average wind speeds. Some of the strongest reported Friday included a 59 mph gust off Chicago's shoreline at the Harrison-Dever Crib and 54 mph gusts at WeatherBug sensors in Joliet and Pontiac. Waukegan Airport was hit with 53 mph gusts while Kenosha and Marseilles logged 51 mph peak velocities.
The 45 mph gust clocked at O'Hare Friday afternoon was the strongest to occur in November at the Northwest Side site in 5 years. The day's O'Hare average of 18.5 mph through late afternoon ranked the 3rd strongest to occur in a midnight to 3 pm period this month. It was the 12th day this month to produce a double-digit average wind speed".
By Meteorologist Tom Skilling
This sums up my month so far :-(
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11-19-11, 12:12 PM
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Sat,19th,Gaps loop-Bright-Rosewhite-Tawonga-Bright,110kms with 4 of 6 preparing for the Tour of Bright including an A grade rider who took it very easy on us.We got rained on half way around and onwards.Today is still drizzling so I may have to resort to the trainer.
11-19-11, 01:19 PM
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Got out for 16 miles this morning in the SW burbs of Chicago. Temp was 45º, 20mph sustained winds, gusting to 26. Would've like to do more, but that was about my limit in those conditions. Maybe as I get more miles under my belt...
11-19-11, 06:05 PM
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Right now, in this part of Victoria, it is sunny but a bit windy and cool. We'll be heading out shortly for a practice ride for an event we're thinking of doing in December.
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11-19-11, 06:51 PM
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did a little 30 mile ride this morning. Really easy pace on the small ring, just spinning throughout the entire ride. I am losing a ton of fitness which made me sad, there's one hill in the neighborhood which i can normally take in 39-23 but today i was completely beat when i got to it, had to shift down to 39-25 2/3 of the way up... Next spring i'll try and train to fly up that hil. Weather was pretty bad, there was some fog in the rural parts and it couldn't have been more than 10 degrees. I did manage to stay reasonably warm throughout the ride though due to another extra layer that i really appreciated, now i just need to get full fingered gloves, my fingers were freezing the first 10 miles.
11-19-11, 07:19 PM
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You dang Australians with your spring time in November! I'm jealous.
11-19-11, 07:44 PM
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Today (Saturday) 50 miles with 4 other club members. Temps in the 40's. Sunny with some wind approx 15MPH.
Not that it matters, but I am told our average speed was 17.7MPH.
100% fun.
Tomorrow, more of the same, another 50 mile club ride.
Not that it matters, but I am told our average speed was 17.7MPH.
100% fun.
Tomorrow, more of the same, another 50 mile club ride.
11-19-11, 08:02 PM
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I did a 160k permanent. (Our club had a 300k brevet today, but I needed to be back early for a Thanksgiving dinner, so I couldn't make that.) I sent out invites to several people I thought might be interested, and one of the tandem couples came and rode with me. They are working on their K-hound awards as well (10,000 kilometers in RUSA rides, a local club award), so they needed the mileage. We had headwinds going out, tailwinds coming back. A couple of photos are in the "Oddball things" thread. Tomorrow, if it's not raining, I'll ride with some of the Greater Dallas Bicyclist people on a local ride.
On today's ride, coming back in with the tailwind, we were going over a (level) bridge, and the other guy says "Sprint across the bridge!" so we both took off. I got up to 37.4 mph. That's the fastest I've ever ridden on level ground, I think.
On today's ride, coming back in with the tailwind, we were going over a (level) bridge, and the other guy says "Sprint across the bridge!" so we both took off. I got up to 37.4 mph. That's the fastest I've ever ridden on level ground, I think.
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Rode just under 70 miles today. Weather here was nice. Sunny, with temps 50-63ºF, winds 13-21 mph, with occasional higher gusts. Went with a friend. We're both riding at off-season pace...nice and easy to keep the heart rate down in zone 2.
11-20-11, 06:26 AM
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26 miler on my semi-hilly route. Damn squirrels sneek out amongst the leaves and emergency braking was in order.
Gotta love Dura Ace brakes for that job.
Temp was 32 degrees, light wind, sunny.
Gotta love Dura Ace brakes for that job.
Temp was 32 degrees, light wind, sunny.
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1000 metres (3280 ft) of climbing in 100 km ... and the majority of that climbing was gathered together and presented to us in the form of two hills. Two long, steep hills.
Coolish (21C) and a bit windy.
We climbed from the bottom of the valley below on the first climb ...
Me at the top of the first climb ...
Scenery along the ride ...
Lunch stop ... (click picture for photo of the lunch
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I may have more photos tomorrow.
Coolish (21C) and a bit windy.
We climbed from the bottom of the valley below on the first climb ...
Me at the top of the first climb ...
Scenery along the ride ...
Lunch stop ... (click picture for photo of the lunch
) ...I may have more photos tomorrow.
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11-20-11, 11:05 AM
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57 miles in chilly and windy conditions. Started at 6:30am and stopped for breakfast at 9am. That coffee tasted very good.
42f, 8 to 15 mph wind, overcast with a low cloud-deck, very damp feeling.
42f, 8 to 15 mph wind, overcast with a low cloud-deck, very damp feeling.
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11-20-11, 12:22 PM
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Two weeks,with the Cadel factor the entries went in three weeks.Sunday arvo,a light 30ks spin,up to 27degrees,light wind.
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Took the Raleigh MB out for the first time since last winter. The beast is over 40 lbs and quite slow with the studded tires. Beautiful day though courtesy of a recent snowstorm. Only did 23 miles though.
Went back out this morning planning to do 50 miles. Roads were clear with no snow forecasted so I took out the LeMond to make better time. Temps were under 20f. Was having a blast until around mile 30 when I blew the front tire. Realized that the spare tube with me had the wrong size stem to fit my 30mm wheels, rookie mistake. While waiting for a ride home though a snowstorm moved in covering the roads with snow so I would have had to abort anyway. I'm not riding snow covered roads on a bike shod with Conti GP 4000s!
Oh and this is why I grow a beard in the winter.
Went back out this morning planning to do 50 miles. Roads were clear with no snow forecasted so I took out the LeMond to make better time. Temps were under 20f. Was having a blast until around mile 30 when I blew the front tire. Realized that the spare tube with me had the wrong size stem to fit my 30mm wheels, rookie mistake. While waiting for a ride home though a snowstorm moved in covering the roads with snow so I would have had to abort anyway. I'm not riding snow covered roads on a bike shod with Conti GP 4000s!
Oh and this is why I grow a beard in the winter.
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Got bored and went back out for another 23 miles between football games. This time on my CX bike that I've got setup for winter use.
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Got out for about 26 after preaching 3 Masses this morning and it was not bad for November. The wind here in Illinois has been brutal the past few days and better today. I was just glad to get out you never know when snow and ice will suddenly appear.
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41 miles around Liverpool, Texas. Cloudy and windy conditions at about 25 mph. Took video of the trip, you can see on You Tube if you like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBeUPGLGz1I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4yhF4nxnEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBeUPGLGz1I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4yhF4nxnEY
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Originally Posted by Machka
1000 metres (3280 ft) of climbing in 100 km ... and the majority of that climbing was gathered together and presented to us in the form of two hills. Two long, steep hills.
Coolish (21C) and a bit windy.
I may have more photos tomorrow.
Coolish (21C) and a bit windy.
I may have more photos tomorrow.
1 ... 2 ... Tree ..................... look closer at the trees to see ...
Bicycle shadow ...
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11-22-11, 07:39 AM
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my weekend ride was the El Tour de Tucson.. it rocked.no pics yet... still waiting on the photography... buddy who came out couldn't keep up with the bikes due to traffic... I should have a start photo... gotta look for that.
well I do have my results: (#8308)
I spent 5 minutes waiting to cross the starting line... yikes. (total rider count for the 60mi was 1319)
well I do have my results: (#8308)
I spent 5 minutes waiting to cross the starting line... yikes. (total rider count for the 60mi was 1319)
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