went for a bunch ride with cadel evans and about 150 others north of melbourne. got dropped!!
― jon goin hamm (haitch), Sunday, 20 December 2009 05:35 (fourteen years ago) link
nice job with cadel!
i had my last autumn ride of 2009: a solo 40 miler with a few climbs thrown in. i'm pretty out of shape (took the last 6 weeks off basically), tho surprised i could handle the small climbs no problem but i was a downshifting machine on the 5-10 minute suckaz. tried to keep around 20mph but towards the end i was sinking into more like a 17-18mph, might have been the wind... right????
― quiet and secretively we will always be together (Steve Shasta), Monday, 21 December 2009 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Not able to ride at all at the moment: there's just too much ice out there (and following my crash and not keen to take any risks).
The massively exciting good news is that 17th December saw the first anniversary of the start of my spreadsheet logging my rides. Annual total = 3,384 miles (150 rides, average 22.6 miles). And the fun doesn't stop there: in less than a fortnight I can find my total for 2009. Oh joy.
― FIFA Brutish & Short (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 21 December 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
two 3 hour rides on the rollers this weekend :/
― crazy shituations (cutty), Monday, 21 December 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Took a wee fall on an insanely icy road tonight. My arm bore the brunt and is now giving me grief, but hopefully it's just a minor knock and temporary troubles that will sort itself out.
― krakow, Monday, 21 December 2009 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
No such luck. I have a potentially fractured right elbow. Morning in A&E, arm in sling, appointment at fracture clinic next Tuesday morning to investigate further once fluids and swelling have had a chance to die down apparently.
:-(
― krakow, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
:( sorry dude, that sucks
I still can't believe how icy it is out there; fffffffuuuuuuuuu glasgow council
― thurman merman (cozwn), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
That sucks. Hope you heal soon.
Pittsburgh seems to have a no ploughing policy, although heavy on the gritting. Takes a while to take effect. Riding to the supermarket on sunday was a somewhat dicey and not improved by some dick of a runner running down the middle of the dry line on the wrong side of the road. A loud excuse me didn't shift him so I had to swerve onto the ice to avoid hitting him. Not a work from the guy.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 15:09 (fourteen years ago) link
ate it hard twice last night :(
― deej--nuts, butthurt, and yelly (gbx), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/IMG_3286.jpg
~8 miles on an el cheapo rental mtb from downtown santa cruz to the marine research center and back. radical!
― caek, Sunday, 3 January 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
krakow, take care and good luck with that. elbows are tricky.
― nostragaaaawddamnus (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 January 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks Hunt3r. I'm off the bike completely at the moment, as the elbow is most definitely not right, even if it isn't broken. It seemed to get better quickly, but is now regressing, if anything, which is worrying & depressing me. Along to the Dr again on Thursday...
― krakow, Monday, 4 January 2010 08:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Ouch. I suppose if you're going to be off the bike, this time of year is the best time for it.
― FIFA Brutish & Short (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 4 January 2010 09:13 (fourteen years ago) link
-9F on the way to school today iirc
― dome plow (gbx), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
that is -23 to you brits
― dome plow (gbx), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy fucking crap. -3 here (aka 26 degrees F) and I made the mistake of leaving the house sweating through my bald head. Ice cream headache!!
― Mark C, Monday, 4 January 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i am still cold
― dome plow (gbx), Monday, 4 January 2010 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't even conceptualise -23C. I assume that as soon as you step outside your eyeballs freeze and you turn into a statue until the spring.
― FIFA Brutish & Short (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 4 January 2010 15:03 (fourteen years ago) link
my tears froze, eyes were all frosted up
― dome plow (gbx), Monday, 4 January 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
yesterday was the first day my beard rimed up as my breath froze. Not nearly as cold as MPLS.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i may ride the bus tomorrow u_u
― dome plow (gbx), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
shot out on the new bike after work for some rolling hills hidden in the middle of the city - beautiful low 20s temp and sunny
sry guys
― pyramid of geezer (haitch), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link
heavy snow this morning, I ordered some knobbly tyres.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
david foster wallace and i on the rollers, 2 hours
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't ride the bus, still shivery
― dome plow (gbx), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit guys i looked over my tire last night cuz of my recent flatsand seriously found 18 different spots with slivers of glass lodged into the tirechicago is covered with tiny glass shards!only like 3 of them actually made a noticeable mark on the inner surface of the ultra gator skinsbut whoa dude: 18?no flats today tho
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man chicago is the worst with the glass
― dome plow (gbx), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
went big game hunting on beach rd. why do people not wanna roll turns when a big group gets together?? kinda found myself dropping off the tail of the pack to get more of a workout. also had to cut away from the coastline due to triathlon - touring thru wealthy suburbia has its own attractions i guess.
nicest bike seen all morning = blue master x-light with the old deep-section shamals!!
― the lyin' and cheatin' of flanders (haitch), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
BONKED hard on a 95 miler trying to keep up with some dudes who are out of my league. haven't felt like this since i started. fuck.
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
95 miler!!!!!
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah and i have a crit tomorrow. i'm pacmanning tylenol, eating a big steak and falling asleep around 9pm. i r fuq'd.
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
california, man, what a trip
a crit in MPLS right now would be a horrorshow
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
lol shasta, you don't do 95 miles before a race!
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
good luck
the race is not very serious (early bird racing, i get points just for showing up), it was so nice i was just planning to do 40 miles but then ran into this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Skilbeck who is a super interesting dude to talk to and the next thing you know, I was way over my head and hadn't been eating and i b-zonked. i had to get off the bike, slammed a redbull, gatorade, two brownies and i was back in biz. dying tho.
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Did the Santa Ana River Trail today from Corona, CA to Newport Beach. 63.2 miles round-trip, which makes it my longest ride yet. The actual map: http://bit.ly/8rrPEC
― naus, Monday, 11 January 2010 07:46 (fourteen years ago) link
With a slight thaw here and my arm significantly recovered, I'm cautiously back on the bike after my pre-christmas accident. Going to ease in and take it very easy, especially with the weather still pretty hairy, but it's good to be out there again.
― krakow, Monday, 11 January 2010 08:21 (fourteen years ago) link
rode home from work in fucken 42 deg celsius heat
― the lyin' and cheatin' of flanders (haitch), Monday, 11 January 2010 09:11 (fourteen years ago) link
trade u
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Monday, 11 January 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
yo shasta wtf is a crit?
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Monday, 11 January 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moa3LgTvgHE
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Monday, 11 January 2010 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, it's a road race with many lapsshasta: did you make that vid?
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Monday, 11 January 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not a road race.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TFqK59gXaw
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
see those guys at the back? they will never see the front of the race.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
see those guys at the back? that's what I try to do....
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
ive not ridden any bike from thanksgiving to this weekend. ive done 3 35 mile rides since saturday, solo, and i'm pretty much wrecked. just overall total fatigue.
there is something of an inverse law that applies to low category racing-- see 98% of those guys on the front the first 50 minutes? they will never see the front in the last 5 minutes.
― nostragaaaawddamnus (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Monday, January 11, 2010 6:10 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
oh my bad it's a street race
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
no, it's a criterium!
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
ok cutty
― Meteor Crater (jdchurchill), Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link