A lesson that should be learned here.

Yes. Same setup as every other ride. It was my first ride with the Rival shifters and rear derailleur though. I don't care what anyone says, there is a difference in Red and Rival shifters besides the weight.

Hey LowCel,

Do you ever ride up to Nitro?

I ride pretty much all around Nitro but have only ridden in Nitro a time or two. It's not the most cycling friendly area. I ride on roads around Charleston, Saint Albans, Poca, and Cross lanes on a pretty regular basis.

Does it still smell like someone detonated a chemical WMD there?

Yes. Hence the riding around and not in.

He seems to be pandering to the MTB hippies a bit much in this vintage vid. I think I am losing my man crush.

When I was very young (~1 year) we briefly lived somewhere near there. Once when I was in grade school we drove back through there and the odour was quite strong.

Come to think of it, spending time in that toxic atmosphere when I was in a developmental phase may explain a few things.

I did see it. IMO 10 bucks is a reasonable charge for 90 minutes on the computrainer. The 25 bucks I was charged seems a bit high.

Too bad you couldn't draft the other folks riding, that was half of the fun of my session, working together and taking turns at the front.

I think the place I went to does give a discount if you sign up for a bunch of rides, but it's still like 20 bucks/session so I don't think I am going to sign up. I don't mind riding the rollers when the weather prevents real riding.

So what was your final w/kg?? I was kinda happy mine was 2.5 as my teammates were both 2.3....although I suspect for a 90 minute ride 2.5 w/kg is nothing spectacular.

bobke with hair.

this is back when he was a pro MTB racer?

are you guys playing cycling computer games?

^Tell me more.

Sort of. The computrainer translates your workout into a video display, you can draft others and it keeps track of your speed, watts, cadence, % grade, etc.

I would still rather ride on the road. But it's an interesting diversion when you can't.

1993, so yes, second year of MTB I think.

I had a love hate relationship with my computrainer. It was great as far as trainers go but it was still a trainer, so it still sucked. I do wish I hadn't sold it though.

The training sessions where we suffer and get yelled at by a coach, work out to around $20 per session. The package I bought includes 5 free open spins, and 2 anaerobic threshold tests. $20-$25 for just the open spin seems high to me too.

It was enough for me to try to keep up with the couple that were in front of me, and to not get caught by the people behind. I'm just not focused enough to push myself in any way when I ride by myself.

I didn't actually look at my average w/kg, since I've only really focused on the watts, my HR, and cadence. My average watts always come out to embarrassingly low. (I suck at this sport, but that's the point of taking the class, it can only get better.) Most of the men in the group today were around 170-185. The women were from 86-140. I was in the middle-ish.

I'm still trying to figure out how I stay in zone 5 for my HR for 90 minutes though. (Based on my AT test zones) I know I asked about this before, and was told it was probably doing some good, but I keep getting into arguments with the Mr. about him wanting me to be in zone 2/3. Eff me, I'm slow as it is, to get my heart rate that low I have to be barely moving.

Yes. It's been pretty interesting, and a good learning experience so far.

Srsly.



It's not even completely covering the grass.

(My 4" estimation was based on the depth on the driveway... this looks more like 2-3")

BF is a gold mine of examples for logical fallacies.

I am still attempting to figure out the most common ones, but so far it looks good for:

Perfectionist
Appeal to Authority
Poisoning the Well
Ad Hominem

I could do without another Snowmageddon.

happy happy joy joy face

what brought this on?

nice scarf.

I'll never tell.

Thank you. I made it.