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Old 11-10-06 | 09:44 AM
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Flimflam
Raving looney
 
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Toronto, ON, Canada

Bikes: 70s Leader Precision w/Shimano 600 (road), IRO Rob Roy (Fixed)

Rode to the hospital first thing to go to my physio, so that added all of a .5-1 mile to my journey, and I went TO work this time pretty much the same way as I ride back, and I really enjoyed it - so I might switch my morning route.

32 mins, 14.4mph average (slight headwind, but I was still managing 18mph along that stretch).

Wore no fleece again this ride, as last night, had a slight chill standing still, but once I was moving, I was good - damn near perfect

Today will be the first time I've ridden 4/5 in a week I think - pretty sure I didn't make it over 3/5 in the summer, so.. woo!

Riding down Sherbourne basically catching the lights each time with a big low-loader semi (crane truck), that was kinda fun - I had him on speed and acceleration, just the lights I couldn't catch (well, maybe if I went all-out, but I don't like to be totally exhausted before work ). The low-loader flat bed had a real ****load of caked/dried mud and leaves and crap on it, the guy drove by me once, and that was enough with all the bumps the crap came off, into the air/on the road and I didn't want to be eyeing or breathing that crap in.

Made me feel a bit goofy when I stopped, as each and every time this guy (who was considerably slower) always caught back up to me - felt like a red-light racer - but it was fun, and a good workout - slight decline down there so I was getting a nice 22+mph - the stop/start/stop/start crap killed my last 5 minutes of the ride after though, damn lights!
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