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02-04-18, 07:29 PM
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Very nice. In Aero?
02-04-18, 07:31 PM
#5527
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Awesome mtb ride today, out at the same place we rode last week. Except this time instead of riding up the fire road and down the single track, we rode up the single track. That wasn’t my plan, I was riding with a friend who has been off the bike due work stuff and just coming back from being sick. But we met a group of people, the plan was confused and before I knew it, we were riding up the single track. My friend was ahead of me and he went with the flow and did better than me on the initial section, which is steep, loose and a little exposed.
Little did I know there was more trail beyond the section we covered last week. So we saved 2-3 miles of climbing by skipping the fire road but then made up for it by going farther. It was a six mile single track climb with around 1500-1600 ft elevation gain. Then back down, with a wee bit of climbing on the return but mostly 6 miles of down down down.
Very beautiful day, sunny with temps climbing in the 50s and descending in the 60s. Perfect. Really great company too- my friend who I haven’t seen in months, one guy I know from riding road, and 4 others I know through FB but only met today. Very chill and social pace.
And we saw bear tracks. A small group of deer bounded across the trail between riders. And very unexpectedly a small herd of 7 horses- wild? Feral? Lost? I don’t know. But it was cool to come upon tham.
The trail is so lovely up there. Open grasslands with epic views of the mountains. Dense oak forest. Pine trees at the top. Agave and yucca at the bottom.
Glad I decided not to race, this ride was more food for the soul.
Little did I know there was more trail beyond the section we covered last week. So we saved 2-3 miles of climbing by skipping the fire road but then made up for it by going farther. It was a six mile single track climb with around 1500-1600 ft elevation gain. Then back down, with a wee bit of climbing on the return but mostly 6 miles of down down down.
Very beautiful day, sunny with temps climbing in the 50s and descending in the 60s. Perfect. Really great company too- my friend who I haven’t seen in months, one guy I know from riding road, and 4 others I know through FB but only met today. Very chill and social pace.
And we saw bear tracks. A small group of deer bounded across the trail between riders. And very unexpectedly a small herd of 7 horses- wild? Feral? Lost? I don’t know. But it was cool to come upon tham.
The trail is so lovely up there. Open grasslands with epic views of the mountains. Dense oak forest. Pine trees at the top. Agave and yucca at the bottom.
Glad I decided not to race, this ride was more food for the soul.
02-04-18, 07:35 PM
#5528
serious cyclist
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Mix of hoods and drops - all I have is the S1. It is going to be aero'd up though, and finished soon; it's getting the Aeronova bar installed, then the wheel decals, then I'll show it off. Maybe spring for the TriRig brakes if I'm feeling feisty. Hed Jet 5s, Rotor aero rings, aero road bars. BBS says I should be able to do 20mph on 200w in Boulder, and hop off fresh for a thundering run. Because by then 200w might be done on 130bpm or less.
02-04-18, 07:36 PM
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02-04-18, 07:37 PM
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02-04-18, 07:39 PM
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02-04-18, 07:41 PM
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02-04-18, 07:41 PM
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02-04-18, 07:41 PM
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So it is
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Mix of hoods and drops - all I have is the S1. It is going to be aero'd up though, and finished soon; it's getting the Aeronova bar installed, then the wheel decals, then I'll show it off. Maybe spring for the TriRig brakes if I'm feeling feisty. Hed Jet 5s, Rotor aero rings, aero road bars. BBS says I should be able to do 20mph on 200w in Boulder, and hop off fresh for a thundering run. Because by then 200w might be done on 130bpm or less.
02-04-18, 07:47 PM
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02-04-18, 07:48 PM
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02-04-18, 07:53 PM
#5538
Casually Deliberate
I just want to say I'm sorry for the way the score changed and I didn't even want to watch the game in case I jinxed it but LoP's mom kind of insisted.
02-04-18, 07:57 PM
#5539
smelling the roses
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02-04-18, 07:58 PM
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smelling the roses
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How did it change?
02-04-18, 07:59 PM
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02-04-18, 08:06 PM
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I'd post my charts for today's Zwift ride but it was Z3 endurance so the graphs are pretty boring. Since the ride was in erg mode and I never shifted, my cadence graph is pretty flat with a 101 rpm average.
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02-04-18, 08:26 PM
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02-04-18, 08:29 PM
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02-04-18, 08:34 PM
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Should Be More Popular
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02-04-18, 08:34 PM
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Not really. The power/effort went up and down but since the computer is controlling the machine in erg mode, you never shift despite the effort changing every 3-4 minutes in this case. So, my only job was to pedal steady while the resistance went up and down. I actually enjoy training where the computer is doing all of the thinking.
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02-04-18, 09:13 PM
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02-04-18, 09:21 PM
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