HC203

I did 50 today, what a beautiful day for riding. Of course I had to take it easy after yesterday, Corbett Rd. is very beautiful heading up to Old York and good clmbing coming away from the NCR.

NR-Thanks, I'm quite happy with just finishing the half and finishing in my expected time. Next year I'll be nipping at the heels of the Kenyans, not, but hopefully faster. I need more training and a thorough medical work up on my cardio and respiratory capacity.

NoRacer

I agree with Harry--today was a great day for a ride.

I had to do it--went after the 215K today, since we didn't finish it yesterday.

Today's ride report; 2 parts; Part 1 - https://tinyurl.com/yzgskot and Part 2 - https://tinyurl.com/yf6erct

maxine

NR, I think I you.

My most recent Facebook status update: "Yeesh. The monsoon 24 Hours of Booty. Followed by the Shenandoah vertical rock-fest. Followed by the gale-force Seagull Century. :0 :0 I think for the next few weekends my butt is gonna be on the couch, watching football and drinking beer."

The Seagull was its usual crazy self. The feature this year was 40 miles of pretty fierce wind, most of it in the face. The temperature went from 78 degrees at 8:00 to 65 at 3:00. Rain for just a short time, right at the beginning (during which I was replacing the rear-wheel tube, which had exploded -- considerately enough, while I was in the dining hall having breakfast.)

NoRacer

The only time I did the Seagull was 2007 when I took this pic unintentionally featuring who? You, dear.

That day was so good, I probably won't do another one--just to keep the memory.



[Maxine is standing right next to the tandem in the pink jersey.]

maxine

Oh, yeah, I remember you posting that picture a while back -- of course I don't remember you actually taking it, because I don't think I had even met you yet! (At least not in person, anyway.) Pretty bizarre coincidence that I'm randomly in the background!

Yeah, 2007 was great, definitely the best since I started going in 2003.

greaterbrown

Shorty ride seems perfect.
Middle ride: I am not totally positive that you are allowed to leave your car parked in that Mt. Wash parking lot. Probably fine though.
Greenspring is a little bit difficult but no big deal.- it's a good connector here to the park.
Is the construction complete along smith ave into Mt. Washington? That sucked the last time I rode it. If it's not it's easy to re-route (7 mile to Wallis to Cross Country). Good route.
Long ride: Finally, googlemaps shows Deepdene going through to Edgevale. I would put in a warning about that super steep section of Dogwood. I wouldn't wish anyone to climb up it, but I think I dislike coming down it more. A blind curve at the steepest part. Yikes. Safe, only if you know to slow way down.

No probs with that route either. Good rides Barry. -GB

NoRacer

Playing ariound with an east side 300K from B'more to Middletown PA:

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Elizabethtown-300K

Comments? (It originally only went as north as Elizabethtown, hence the file name)

greaterbrown

That's got a lot of my "susquehanna splendor" ride in it.
https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/269220
I thought about throwing that out there too, but I feel pretty strongly about riding a confirmed route.
I don't think I've got the mental fortitude to handle 300k of riding + another 20k (or another hour) of getting lost.


Pre-rode the Point to Point today. Nice ride, but it took me a while because I was doing a lot of note taking.
The cue is much clearer now and that's good. The only crappy thing is that Fort McHenry is really not even worth visiting now. No bikes allowed on any path and at least 1/3 of the park is under construction.
I'm gonna leave the start there anyway.

The Human Car

I did the Tawneytown BBC ride today (and got caught by the "Hey you are not from around here" police, hence the corrected spelling.) Total for the day 108 miles and now sitting down to chocolate ice cream (competing for Maxine's emoticons ) Absolutely gorgeous country side out there, I really want to got out there again when the fall colors happen.

Dear Park Rd was closed so I ended up coming home on 140 between Westminster and Reisterstown. So in the midst of rush hour traffic I'm taking the truck climbing lane doing 8 mph with cars doing 60mph all around me.

GB thanks for the feed back, I'll respond more a bit latter.

NoRacer

That's what a cell phone with built-in GPS is for.

Anyway, where's your sense of adventure? Louis & Clark didn't "pre-ride" their journeys and they had much more adversity to deal with. j/k

Most of the route on the Middletown 300K I've ridden when I did the 3:30am ride start to Mt Joy [in the rain] and this past Sunday's ride. The portion up River Rd to Middle town promises to be scenic, then I'll ride a higher traffic road to Mt Joy's Prospect Rd south, head back into the Columbia area, and find River Rd on the south side of the bridge. I'd follow that road, but stay close to the river for the scenery, hence the little side trip on River Hill Rd. River Hill will get me back to River, then Holtwood where I climb out of the valley to Quarryville, take 272 south to Conowingo... yada, yada, yada. No worries!

What could happen? Heck, if the weather is good, I might just ride that this coming weekend starting at 3:30am, again.

greaterbrown

Sunday, Nov. 1st?

NoRacer

Two weeks? I don't know if I can hold my ambition/anticipation in check that long, but I'll try if that means you're promising to come along.

greaterbrown

Got Point to Point next sunday and a visit to mom-in-law the following.

greaterbrown

<6k of climb (according to bikely) seems remarkably low for the distance and the territory.
Does that sound right?

NoRacer

Absolutely not. I'm having it recalculate it. They say check back in 24 hours for the new chart.

HC203

3:30 am??? What? You all obsessed. I can't do 300ks because my 3 other ks and my wife would leave me : )

greaterbrown

Who you calling obsessed?!

https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...9,2.469177&z=9

RacerMike

When do the pancake rides start up again? mmmm, pancakes. Sorry, I've been absent of late; it seems I've gone and gotten myself addicted to cyclocross and I'm focusing on figuring out how to do better in my races. As it turns out, being fat and out of shape is detrimental to success in this form of racing as well, geesh!

Anyhow, I haven't ridden with any of you guys this year (intentionally) so it'd be nice to get together at some point and do a ride.

Mike

Edit: November 1st is the next Pancake ride in Carroll County.

HC203

Walking huh wha? Don't get it. I just wish I had time to do a 300k. I think I just need to focus on what I'm doing now, sub 50, spin, weights, run, swim, etc.

Speaking of cyclocross, gal at the gym mentioned CX practices at Druid Hill at 5:30 Wednesday. Today is Wednesday and I may go to check it out, though I only have a mtb at this time.

balto charlie

Hey everybody: just got back from a W. VA climbing trip. Leaves are peaking in the western mnts. I was to go out there again this wknd for a camping/biking trip but weather is calling for snow We'll see what happens.

Isaias: 12K, very impressive, especially with 2.5 months to go. I hope to ride as well as you when I get to your age....oops too late

GB: hope to do the on again off again ride in Nov. I ain't going if the weather sucks. Did Trevor ever ride the C&O in a day??

Harry: I don't think they are obsessed, masochistic might be a better adjective.

Barry: you nuts, Rt 140!!!!!

What happened w/ the weather? I was wearing shorts this wknd in the mnts but this AM froze my ears off. Gotta pull out the winter garb.

greaterbrown

When I clicked over to read your post last night I had been fiddling around with that googlemaps route encircling Baltimore in a 250 mile loop and thinking- "yeah, I could ride this" I was joking because you were so right on the mark about being obsessed.

I see them out there some times. Looks like a ton of fun.

NoRacer

UGH! This weather is sucking the life out of me!

I hope this is not the prelude to a long cold winter.

greaterbrown

I wondered when one of us was gonna mention that. This week has been a real tester of the winter gear.
Many of my favorite clothes from last year have lost water repellency. Especially the Showers Pass jacket and the Foxwear pants. Wet and cold.
Yuck.
I'll try the Nikwax stuff on them.

This is the season for de-sensitization.

balto charlie

+2, 'twas a rough week commuting.

Isaias: I thought you would be riding the 300K this wknd

GB: It is important to wash water repellent clothes according to manufacturers recommendations to maintain water repellency. I think line drying is also important as oppose to hot dryers.

Just ordered some motorcycle overboots, tired of cold wet toes. We''ll see if they work. They are suppose to have open bottoms so you can use clipless.

greaterbrown

"What was it like way back then?" The this-month-in-history of the MD Peeps thread.

This time last year(2008)
We were figuring out the when and where for "Tour de Beer". (which of course makes me ask myself that question for this year). Josh and GB ride out to Frederick together, and on the return Josh thinks that the interstate might make a faster route home. So, he knocks out a few miles on I-70. NR is finishing centuries like they’re going out of style.

Year before that(2007)
NR and Barry were comparing the results of their new helmet cams- both shaky. GB's new Bianchi gets ripped off near the courthouse during jury duty. NR does not manage to keep the rubber side down during a Nov. BBC ride. He posts pics (not suitable for family viewing) of the damage to his backside. Barry also goes down on RR trx, tacoing the wheel on the original truck bike.

And the year before that(2006)-
Thread is just getting started, but there’s already activity by "old-timers” NR, Charlie, ccrider, RacerMike, Barry and Maxine. NR is rendered “car-free” because a drunk smashes into his truck while parked at his house. He is also pushing hard to hit 10k miles for 2006. (slacker ) ...and, just like this season every year, we're all complaining about the weather.

So there you have it- the this-month-in-history of the MD Peeps thread.

(ok, so yeah, it's a little slow here at work)