Sorry, man...the 24 Hour Race kicked my butt. (I did some support laps) My legs feel like little logs of lit kindling. Next time for sure.

Riding around Atlanta at 4:00 a.m. in 33 degree weather will teach you how to spin for warmth.;)

Anybody here go to the races?

I'm impressed, that race is tougher than I could handle. I was riding to pizza from the Stomp & Chomp and saw some riders go by. It was around 7:30pm outside of Little Five and they were flying.

I went last night and this morning and did some spectating. Some serious riders (over 170 entered, 30+ teams) putting in some tight times for an urban route; the best I heard was 28 minutes for a 10 mile route--and that includes punching a lapcard at 5 checkpoints.

Dang - on any intown route, that's impressive!

Jake - a bunch of us do the Melton's ride on suspension bikes, so you don't have to worry about the roads as much, or swerving to avoid a pothole. I only did it on that bike once, and it was Halloween, so it might have been an especially slow-paced night, but I think I'll be able to keep up on a regular basis. If you stay with a group, you get that safety-in-numbers factor, and the cars will see you. It's fun, so think about it.



Look!!!!!!!!!! Seven pages, and still talking about rides!

Just got home. I went to ATL for the 24 hour race with 4 friends from Tallahassee...that cold shreds your lungs. All 5 of us were fixed with no brakes so we didn't stand a chance against the squids but we pulled in 30 laps. I'll be sleeping in tommorow for sure.

It's my wife I need to convince about night riding, I kind of enjoy it. Are you guys riding tomorrow? If so, I might try to talk my way into the ride.

90% chance of rain tomorrow night. Might not be riding it this week. Tell the wife to come on out next week if the weather's good. It's a nice group.

NO!!! No one told me about it. Sounds like I missed a good time. :(

yeah, probably not going to be a big turnout tomorrow night. there will be *some* crazies out there, but maybe just 4 or 5 people. It looks like the Thursday ride will be a nice ride though, reasonable temps and no rain, but it's a little faster and hillier, though you shouldn't have a problem. I'm going to do my best to rearrange my work schedule to get Thursday night off.

What do you think for Thursday - winter road bike or mountain bike with slicks?

I'd say mtn bikes are okay for tuesday, but the two hills at the end on thursdays would be much easier on a road bike

Dang --- I assumed it was going to rain all night, so I agreed to work late. Now I see the chance of rain at 7pm is down to 30%. Oh well. See y'all next week.

it'll probably still be nasty out though, I'll leave it for the die-hards

I had my rainsuit and new winterbike all ready to ride with y'all after voting, but I was too late.

Nobody was there.:( So I went to Publix and loaded up the bike with cereal and soymilk (sale on Cheerios!).:)

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Hey...where did everybody go???:(

I'm here!

We're all here. Just enjoying the splendid weather. :beer:

I'm here. Enjoying my cheerios and soymilk too. Need to pack up a bike for shipping over the weekend. Anyone know where I can get some corrugated sheets of plastic? I want to reinforce the cardboard box.

Hey Brandon - I saw that Longhorn's has Pomegranite Margheritas!

Pomegranites are taking over! They've gotta be stopped!

The shipping dump at America'sMart or any retail mall store will hook you up.

Crazy midnight ride/race tonight in the city of Atlanta.

Check http://www.fastermustache.org for details. It will be a cold and fast ride, so prepare accordingly.

Hey I didn't know about this thread!

We've been here having a good time while you've been spending WAY TOO MUCH time on SS/Fixie forum. ;)

Any Atl locals want some FREE DH / mtn bike gloves? LG Ergoair, size XL. Worn twice.
Similar to first picture (all black) but with velcro wrist closure like the gloves in second picture.
I bought them last spring thinking they would be good for days when the temperature was ~45F - 55F and a full finger glove would be nice. They aren't very warm. I guess they are designed for protecting the hands from bushes, branches, etc when mountain biking.

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I had some great rides this weekend. Rode to Palmetto then back through the Hill Country on Friday. And up to Dunwoody on Sunday to hear a talk by a birder from Panama. Great weather all around and I got to explore some really neat roads in the city. I was dreading the ride up to Dunwoody, but there's actually a really easy route with nothing bigger than a state route on it.