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Originally Posted by NoRacer
It was pretty slow going on the trail. Maybe I wasn't recovered from the 70+ miler two days ago, but I found that the rolling resistance of the trail surface started getting on my nerves. I was thankful to be off of it once I got back to Paper Mill Rd.
The time you did was very good considering the route, time of year, etc. I plan to do a similar ride, but starting in Parkville and going to York. I would be delighted if my time is anywhere near yours, but doubt it will be. |
That's a long day. The NCR can get on your nerves real fast. With me, its the monotony of the grade and the fact that you are stuck in a valley. The view barely changes. Once you have cycled that trail it's a bore. Plus, all that seated pedaling gets to my bum after a while. I much prefer climbing in and out of the Gunpowder valley or riding the roads on along the parallel ridges (Old York/Troyer and even the shoulder of Rt 23 east of the river are nice).
Me and my buds have a route through southern PA that is 85 miles and takes us 4.5 hours with water stops. With four good riders it's a ball and relatively flat. The only real bad climb is Coon Club just southwest of Hampstead. We take the standard way out of Towson - up Park Heights, over to Dover and north into the outskirts of Hampstead, then we continue on 'till we pop out on Rt 27 and take the shoulder east to Manchester. We stop at the Sheetz store, then go north for a bit and then east on Lineborough which just cuts into PA. Lineborough Rd. is a hoot because there is almost always a tail wind and it's flatish. From there we head south west on 851 through New Freedom and pick up Old York for a hammer session all the way in to Rt. 23. By then somebody is blown and we will have to slow. From there it's south through Loch Raven and home on Providence Rd.
Originally Posted by NoRacer
The baro in the iBike does that, too, but it doesn't seem to count it as climbing. It seems to just count it as baseline.
Both GMAP and RouteSlip get their data from the USGS. The climbing numbers they present are highly dependent on the number of data points you place in the map. ========== Well, I attempted the ride from Essex to Glen Rock, but I ran out of time on the road. I was afraid that I'd get caught out with no headlights, so I stopped at the big 'Welcome to New Freedom' sign on the outskirts of New Freedon, PA. [mile 54.5 according to my CatEye Double Wireless--battery died in the iBike...grrrr!] It was pretty slow going on the trail. Maybe I wasn't recovered from the 70+ miler two days ago, but I found that the rolling resistance of the trail surface started getting on my nerves. I was thankful to be off of it once I got back to Paper Mill Rd. On the way home, the climb starting at Warren Rd up Bosley Avenue looked ominous, but I was over it in better shape than the last time I rode over it. It was a slow grind (I was in a carb-depleted cloud, but I think my speed was 4-6 MPH). I'm sure that repacking the bottom bracket bearings and replacing my wheel bearings with ceramics contributed to the feeling of less effort for this climb and all of the climbs I've been doing since making those changes. Average speed was pretty slow, but considering that I was dressed for mid-40s F weather and that a good deal of the riding was on a crushed gravel trail, I think I did ok. Final tallies--2 x 8 oz cups of coffee, 1 bowl of oatmeal, 2 x 20 oz bottles of Gatorade, 1.5 CliffBars, and 1 x 20 oz bottle of water yielded 106 miles in 6:54 @ 15.3 MPH avg speed. I don't know what the climbing is, but it shouldn't be too far off from the RouteSlip number of ~6,237 feet (with consideration given to the recent thread of discussion) minus about 6 feet from the sign to the highest point on my map for New Freedom. It's all downhill from there to Glen Rock. I have 16 more miles to do to reach 10,000 for the year. |
Originally Posted by Galen 52657
The only real bad climb is Coon Club just southwest of Hampstead
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Originally Posted by galen_52657
We take the standard way out of Towson - up Park Heights
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Originally Posted by staehpj1
I'm confused. I didn't think Park Heights went any where near Towson.
Here, I mapped roughly what Galen was talking about. Yeah, its going to be a long day at work. |
Thanks for the clarification. Now that I read his original post again it makes sense. I had no idea what "the standard way out of Towson" was since I never start in Towson, hence the confusion.
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Originally Posted by staehpj1
What tires are you using? I find that with my skinny road tires it is very slow, but better on my touring bike with 27X1-1/4.
The time you did was very good considering the route, time of year, etc. I plan to do a similar ride, but starting in Parkville and going to York. I would be delighted if my time is anywhere near yours, but doubt it will be. |
That sounds like a nice ride. I may have to join you guys one of these days.
Originally Posted by galen_52657
Me and my buds have a route through southern PA that is 85 miles and takes us 4.5 hours with water stops. With four good riders it's a ball and relatively flat. The only real bad climb is Coon Club just southwest of Hampstead. We take the standard way out of Towson - up Park Heights, over to Dover and north into the outskirts of Hampstead, then we continue on 'till we pop out on Rt 27 and take the shoulder east to Manchester. We stop at the Sheetz store, then go north for a bit and then east on Lineborough which just cuts into PA. Lineborough Rd. is a hoot because there is almost always a tail wind and it's flatish. From there we head south west on 851 through New Freedom and pick up Old York for a hammer session all the way in to Rt. 23. By then somebody is blown and we will have to slow. From there it's south through Loch Raven and home on Providence Rd.
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Possibly my last ride of 2006 was done today resulting in a total of 10,021 miles for the year.
The ride was a low-traffic/low-stress ride on the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail. I drove to the airport and started on the BWI Trail at the observation parking on Dorsey Rd. I followed the B&A Trail to Annapolis crossing the US Naval Academy Bridge and pulling over at Perry Circle, staying just long enough to gulp a few ounces of water before heading back. It was a nice day and I'm glad that I reached my goal of 10,000 miles for the year. Anyone else ride? |
Originally Posted by NoRacer
Possibly my last ride of 2006 was done today resulting in a total of 10,021 miles for the year.
The ride was a low-traffic/low-stress ride on the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail. I drove to the airport and started on the BWI Trail at the observation parking on Dorsey Rd. I followed the B&A Trail to Annapolis crossing the US Naval Academy Bridge and pulling over at Perry Circle, staying just long enough to gulp a few ounces of water before heading back. It was a nice day and I'm glad that I reached my goal of 10,000 miles for the year. Anyone else ride? I didn't get to ride. But I did almost finish cutting up the tree. I think I filled up the chain saw with gas 5-6 times. I am extremely sore and tired. Honestly contrats. I dunno how you do it. I mean 10000 is like 27 miles a day. Between the little children (3 and under 1), my job, the house, wife etc I am happy to get 27 miles a week. I think I did about 1200 miles this year, well since I bought my bike around March. Maybe once the rugrats get older... -D |
happy New year folks. I got out on Friday for a quick 30 miler to bring my years total to 4722. It's the most I have ever ridden. Seems low when I look at No Racer. 10,000 is very impressive. Today looks like a a no-bike day. I don't know if I can ever reach 5000/year but that is my 007 goal. Hope to ride with some of you this year. Charlie
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Originally Posted by balto charlie
happy New year folks. I got out on Friday for a quick 30 miler to bring my years total to 4722. It's the most I have ever ridden. Seems low when I look at No Racer. 10,000 is very impressive. Today looks like a a no-bike day. I don't know if I can ever reach 5000/year but that is my 007 goal. Hope to ride with some of you this year. Charlie
I got 15 more miles in yesterday, but I agree, charlie, it's a no-bike day today. But, I'm already going stir-crazy being pent up inside. :( |
For New Year's weekend my girlfriend and I spent the weekend in Ocean City at the Clarion - a package deal. Saturday we drove down to the boardwalk and rented a side-by-side tandem tricycle and rode it up and down the boardwalk for about 45 minutes, dodging kids on those low-rider tricycle things that turn by leaning. Surprised how crowded OC was! Sunday we went back and rented a Kent 'real' tandem. It was cool out and having no cycling stuff, I stopped at the convenience store and bought some gardening gloves. The front seat on the tandem would not go up anywhere close to high enough, but the back seat fit my girl OK. The gear shifting was really bad - if you wanted 4th gear on the freewheel, you had to shift past 4th in either direction, then shift back the other way. Once I got the hang of it, it was no big deal. The rental place (Wobbly Wheel) was on 7th street I think and we rode up to the end of the boardwalk, then went out on the road and over to the bay side. We rode all over lower OC and finally headed back south on the road to the other end of the boardwalk and back to Wobbly Wheel.
It was lots of fun riding in street cloths, no helmets or any other cycling accountrements, just noodling around fast enough to keep warm but not too warm. |
Originally Posted by NoRacer
The ride was a low-traffic/low-stress ride on the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail. I drove to the airport and started on the BWI Trail at the observation parking on Dorsey Rd. I followed the B&A Trail to Annapolis crossing the US Naval Academy Bridge and pulling over at Perry Circle, staying just long enough to gulp a few ounces of water before heading back.
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Originally Posted by galen_52657
We rode all over lower OC and finally headed back south on the road to the other end of the boardwalk and back to Wobbly Wheel.
It was lots of fun riding in street cloths, no helmets or any other cycling accountrements, just noodling around fast enough to keep warm but not too warm. So, you didn't hazard the trip up to Delaware. Someday, I'm going to bike up to the ferry and take it over to New Jersey, bike Jersey for awhile and come back. |
Originally Posted by BillK
Nice ride (& Happy Birthday). I try and ride the B&A/BWI Trails almost every weekend during the Spring/Summer/Fall seasons, although I start at the Annapolis end. I have a BikeForums kit on order, hope to see you on the trail soon.
Anyway, I made up for yesterday by biking today from Essex to Rock State Park using this route: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...-Park-Out-Back It was slow getting there with a headwind out of the north and west. But, it was pretty cool biking up the closed road that leads to the picnic area on top where the "King and Queens Seat" rock outcrop is located. The climb was an 11-13 percent grade. On the top, I followed some guy on a mountain bike down to the outcrop. He joined a couple of other guys who were rock climbing the south face with ropes and all. It was slippery getting back to the parking lot. The 21mm tires were not thick enough to get a good grip on the leaf and gravel cover in a few places and I thought that I may need to walk the bike back up, but I was successful getting back without stepping off of the bike. I topped off the earlier climb with a quick but cautious decent hitting just over 40 MPH back down. If I would have pressed the speed, I'm sure I could have gotten another 8-10 MPH more out of it, but I wanted to remain cautious...this time. The ride back to Essex was uneventful but quicker averaging 2 MPH faster than the outbound direction. The one remarkable attribute of the ride back was that I got caught out with no headlight. By the time I got back to Essex, dusk had passed, and the only thing that kept me from getting in trouble with motor vehicle traffic was that I did have a taillight, reflective piping on my wind breaker, and reflective ankle rings. Tomorrow is my last day away from work. I need a 'recovery' ride so, it's back to the B&A Trail. EDIT - My CatEye computer says I got 93 miles during the ride. I always use the CatEye for logging my mileage. But, Bikely shows 91 miles. |
Dang NoRacer you a tough dude! I ride through Rock State Park all the time but have never ridden up the hill to the King & Queen Seat.
Originally Posted by NoRacer
I made up for yesterday by biking today from Essex to Rock State Park using this route:
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...-Park-Out-Back It was slow getting there with a headwind out of the north and west. But, it was pretty cool biking up the closed road that leads to the picnic area on top where the "King and Queens Seat" rock outcrop is located. The climb was an 11-13 percent grade. |
Originally Posted by NoRacer
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Anyway, I made up for yesterday by biking today from Essex to Rock State Park using this route: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...-Park-Out-Back ... I notice your route goes though a wooded area starting at Martin State Airport that goes from Eastern blvd to rt 40. Is there a trail of some kind in there? |
Originally Posted by NoRacer
it was pretty cool biking up the closed road that leads to the picnic area on top where the "King and Queens Seat" rock outcrop is located. The climb was an 11-13 percent grade.
On the top, I followed some guy on a mountain bike down to the outcrop. He joined a couple of other guys who were rock climbing the south face with ropes and all. Most of the relatives are gone(2 sons still home for the rest of the week) so back on the bike. Cold but felt good today. Back into the daily commute. As I grow old, routine feels right. Charlie |
Originally Posted by angelo
Cool.
I notice your route goes though a wooded area starting at Martin State Airport that goes from Eastern blvd to rt 40. Is there a trail of some kind in there? |
Originally Posted by angelo
Cool.
I notice your route goes though a wooded area starting at Martin State Airport that goes from Eastern blvd to rt 40. Is there a trail of some kind in there? |
Originally Posted by galen_52657
Dang NoRacer you a tough dude! I ride through Rock State Park all the time but have never ridden up the hill to the King & Queen Seat.
BTW, I used an iBike to measure the incline. One of the set-up parameters is to do a tilt test so that the iBike "knows" what is 0 percent grade in relation to how it's mounted on the handlebars. I'm pretty confident that the incline reading that I saw were correct (11-13 percent). |
Originally Posted by balto charlie
happy b-day, I rock climb there as well. Was the guy riding the bike named Steve?? I've climbed RSP w/ a BF member that also bikes up there. That ride to the PL is a steep one. Did you watch them climb? Climbing and biking are excellent sports to combine. One works the upper muscles the other the lower muscles.
Most of the relatives are gone(2 sons still home for the rest of the week) so back on the bike. Cold but felt good today. Back into the daily commute. As I grow old, routine feels right. Charlie |
Originally Posted by galen_52657
Looks like NoRacer is riding the shoulder of newly opened MD Rt 43.
There is a bike path on the south side of MD-43 East, but it doesn't go all of the way to Route 40/Pulaski Hwy, so I ride the shoulder instead. Time to head to BWI for another easy excursion to Annapolis. Later! |
Here is the route me and my buds take to do Rock State Park
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Rocks-Tour |
Originally Posted by galen_52657
Here is the route me and my buds take to do Rock State Park
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Rocks-Tour Cromwell Bridge? I hate the guard rails and traffic on that road. Too many motorists taking chances with more than just their lives. |
Originally Posted by NoRacer
Cromwell Bridge? I hate the guard rails and traffic on that road. Too many motorists taking chances with more than just their lives.
Originally Posted by NoRacer
I'm pretty confident that the incline reading that I saw were correct (11-13 percent).
I imagine Morgan Mill must not be as steep as I thought. Anyone know what percent the steepest portion is? BTW: I have enjoyed reading about your rides. |
Rock State Park – Cool, It looks like I have a new place to try and get to that I haven’t been to before.
Cromwell Bridge – It’s sad that road used to be very bike friendly country road, I really hate it when we lose roads to traffic like that. NoRacer excursion to Annapolis – I would not mind joining you. |
Originally Posted by The Human Car
NoRacer excursion to Annapolis – I would not mind joining you.
The next time that I ride the entire distance, I'll "drop you a line" first, ok? ---- Well, this morning, I'm back at work. The time off went so fast. But, it was sort of comforting being back on my bike commute route this morning. Nothing new. Nothing seemed to have changed. |
If y'all are looking for some steep stuff come to Catonsville. There's 25-30 mile route that goes up all the really steep stuff in the patapsco river valley. Illchester is the killer...18%, bring your granny gear.
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