*stunned silence* breakthru or dubious achievmnt?
i heart most LG stuff.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 29 November 2007 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Today was the first day here it was too cold to ride without gloves. I must've looked funny to my (awesome) neighbor turning around halfway down the street and riding right back home like a pink-knuckled pussy.
― nickalicious, Thursday, 29 November 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
My commuting shoes - they look like regular trainers and are fine for walking in. I've even been dancing in 'em.
http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/specialized_sonoma_sml.jpg
― ledge, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh and I rode in today for the first time in two weeks. On the way back had to stop sharply for a) guy reversing on to main road; 2) guy driving on to pavement to skip queue and turn left; iii) taxi driver pulling in in front of me.
― ledge, Thursday, 29 November 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
those look perfect except for laces, where do where they from?
― Hunt3r, Friday, 30 November 2007 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
those are specialized methinks.
― cutty, Friday, 30 November 2007 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh and I rode in today for the first time in two weeks.
yeah i was wondering where you were!
― cutty, Friday, 30 November 2007 04:40 (sixteen years ago) link
You guys it's so hard to want to go to sleep once you've biked home drunk in the cold -- I am wound up in all ways. Fortunately I took tomorrow off so I can stay up and decompress.
― Laurel, Friday, 30 November 2007 05:07 (sixteen years ago) link
xp yeah weather and waking up exhausted (what the hell is that about) has been putting me off - but I haven't given up.
Shoes are specialized sonoma. Laces are not ideal it's true - looks like they've got a new pair with velcro but they look more bike geeky obviously. http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=26101
― ledge, Friday, 30 November 2007 09:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm annoyed with myself for not cycling in today. I think I'll make up for it by cycling to the football tomorrow afternoon (6 miles there, 6 miles back, meh).
― Mark C, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
k, it was 12 deg at departure, 16 at arrival. im announcing thats hittin my limits of "fun." i dint realize it but i had beardfrost and got on the elevator to stares, saw reflection looking a mess, cringed. s'alright tho no partners or coworkers on the lift.
i actually rode in a pair of reg shoes on my atacs today. wasnt that good, but maybe i should just buy flat pedals?
― Hunt3r, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
beardfrost! i am dying to know what hunter age 3, cycling lawyer looks likes
― cutty, Friday, 30 November 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7293/uh2ej6.jpg
― Hunt3r, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I lied, as soon as my body temp started dropping, I fell asleep. It took about 15 minutes.
― Laurel, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Hunter, talk me through how you psyche/warm yourself up for leaving the house in temperatures like that, knowing that within second you'll have -10 worth of wind chill in your face and that any residual heat your body has will be sucked out of it within 200 yards?
― Mark C, Friday, 30 November 2007 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
and we're back live. its 12:30 am and im still at wokr. anyway, the answwer is:
1. I have to drop 2 kids off at daycare before i ride in, so its so fediculously hectic that i dont have time to worry about it being cold.
2. Mantra a: "this is the most fun ill have all day yeah!"
3. mantra b: "IM SUPERBAD! ive suffered waaaaay more than this before."
4. pray for string of hardcore bangers on mp3 player
5. wuss out and get on the bus or lightrail with bike. (never done this due to the cold.)
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 07:30 (sixteen years ago) link
yucks at 4.
― caek, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link
kudos at 4!
― cutty, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 12:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Urg no riding since chicago, now in cairo, via new york, london and berlin. My back hurts as well, (I need to stop walking round with a heavy laptop case over one shoulder). Generally bored and in a bad mood, I'd rather be cycling.
― Ed, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 12:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Cycled to work yesterday after 5 days of inactivity and my lungs didn't much like it. It's going to rain solidly for the rest of the week so I'd better set the trainer up again.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
got re-tested today by the coach--8% increase in my lactate threshold! wooot
― cutty, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
hella snow all over
skipped work yesterday to run errands, was going to do the same today (2 days more consistent, yo), but will probably get called out for being afraid of the weather or something, which will be irritating.
― gbx, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
easy 1 hour ride in re-calibrated HR Z2
hey guys did i mention i love to ride my bicycle?
― cutty, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
since i rode home last night so late that it was this morning, i can say that ill get three rides and 42 miles in today, w beautiful weather. crazy warm.
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I have to figure out new neighborhood and what to bike to, where is LBS, etc etc. Found the grocery store, have a vague idea of stuff, but wish it was nicer weather so it wd be comfy to just cruise around looking at streets.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Where do you live now?
― Mark C, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Plz include topographical maps etc.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
11211 da WB
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 6 December 2007 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
AWSM RIDE HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT, IT WAS LATE, QUIET, SUPER COLD, THE GROUND ON THE BRIDGES WAS FROSTED...STOPPED INTO A GREENPOINT PUB FOR A PINT OF ANCHOR STEAM HOLIDAY BEER, WHICH WAS SO GOOD...I HAD 2 MORE!!!
― ddb, Thursday, 6 December 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
iwrecked this morning - broke clavicle...bro in law is lending me his trainer...what a bro
i am typing 1 handed and am lortabbed out hooray
― nickalicious, Thursday, 6 December 2007 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
NOOOOOOOOOOO. speedy recovery.
it rained/sleeted hard on me at 1:30 am on my (abbreviated 20 min) ride home. the cold the rain the street lights- when old clientele came on, i was all, EXACTLY THIS.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 6 December 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
that sucks. live strong.
― caek, Thursday, 6 December 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
holy shit nick. i like your gusto with the trainer though. don't let clavicle bring you down like it did ddb!
today:
Gym - after a good warm up 20' on spin trainer at 90-100RPM, do this circuit of exercises 4 times, with as little time between machines as possible, so to make a good aerobic workout too:
1. Leg Press (possible a 60 degrees inclined): 22 repetitions with 90-100lbs load on machine.
2. Incline Board Sit-Ups. (body weight)- 20 repetitions.
3. Back extensions. (body weight). Perform 18 repetitions.
4. Leg extensions: 20 repetitions with light weight (try the machine, I suppose 30kg of load is ok for you on the average machine)
5. Leg Curl: 20 reps with light weight (70lbs should be ok)
6. Spinning. Pedal for 3', with a cadence of 95-100 RPM, keeping your Heart Rate around 130 beats/minute.
After the gym, if possible do 30mins on spin bike, or 1hour easy on the road.
― cutty, Thursday, 6 December 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Thats very similar to my core routine. I'd arguably bag leg extension and add lunges with 25-30 pound 'bells. 4 sets of 20 each side. if you do them right, it has the benefit of huge quad and core workout, plus good for balance/proprioception, plus huge cardiovascular (i was able to blow myself up doing a long set of these, they're brutal). theyre also safer and easier than step up squats.
high rep seated rows are also a good core routine (most people don't do these even remotely correctly tho).
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 6 December 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
thank you sir i will throw in some lunges too
― cutty, Thursday, 6 December 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll be ok, I should be healed up soon. I can't NOT ride now though, that's what THEY'D want. Also I'm finally feeling vaguely healthy for the first time in years; it wouldn't take but two weeks of buttplantery to fall all the way back - I am a champion class layabout.
I'm going to look for some 1st person video of rollercoasters or somethung for trainering.
― nickalicious, Friday, 7 December 2007 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link
why not watch races? that works REALLY well
― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF CUDDLER...I WAS BACK ON MY BIKE AND SKATEBOARD AFTER 2 FUCKING WEEKS. I ALSO ATE VIOLENT SHIT ON THE SKATEBRD 2 WEEKS AFTER BREAKING MY COLLARBONE!!
NICK IF THE DR. TELLS U TO GET IT PINNED...GET! IT! PINNED!!
MY COLLARBONE IS FUCKED!!!!!!!!!!
― ddb, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
you were depressed and crying
― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I WAS FUCKING NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― ddb, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
IF ANYTHING I WAS BUMMED BECAUSE BITCHES BE TRIFE.
― ddb, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
ALSO...SHIT IS PAINFUL.
― ddb, Friday, 7 December 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i love u
― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
SWOON!
― ddb, Friday, 7 December 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
pinning is cool. some time in the mid 90s rebecca twigg broke her collarbone 11 days before worlds. she had it plated/pinned, then won a gold medal and set WR in a her pursuit race. badass.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, 1 hour this morning EASY spins, nice and cold out
― cutty, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
MY RIDE THIS MORNING WAS PEPPERED WITH A SWEET ALTERCATION WITH A LIVERY DRIVER WHO TOLD ME THAT HE SHOULD RUN ME OVER...THEN I CAUGHT HIM AT THE LIGHT AND CALLED HIM A FAT PIECE OF SHIT....WHICH WAS NICE.
― ddb, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
No pins...I was kinda looking forward to being part man/part machine haha.
― nickalicious, Friday, 7 December 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
awesome day yesterday:
-- woke up a little hungover (a first since i've been a courier) -- the streets were remarkably dry and ridable after getting 4 inches overnight -- was late for work, but the dispatchers all love me now so it doesn't matter -- CHEESEBALL, BUT: morning light on the Gehry bandshell, dusted with snow, as I'm coming down Washington Ave = v v pretty -- ended up getting lost on some delivery up norf, ended up in the middle of a residential neighborhood with.......horses? seriously, right in the middle of the hood: huge lot with large draft horses roaming around. it was o_O and awesome and perfect. -- the reason i got lost was because some streets in chicago have different, vanity/historical names. eg - Clark St., a major Chicago street can alternately be referred to as Sandberg Terrace for, like, a 5 block stretch. consequently, condo associations who want to have a more fashionable sounding address ("Clark" is so boring! THOUSANDS of places have addresses on Clark St!) opt for the alternate address, making my life very difficult. -- went to the messenger bar and actually made friends, which was nice. ended up charging up to this mexican restaurant/karaoke place in my neighborhood (about 7 miles) in a fucking paceline in a headwind, slightly drunk. these guys were "taking it easy" (cat 3 CX racers) and while I didn't get broken off, I was still totally exhausted when we finally showed up. then I had two margaritas and sang Folsom Prison Blues in front of a bunch horrified Mexicans. -- doddled home around 11.30, sat down on my couch, cracked a beer, had exactly one sip, and fell asleep sitting up and fully clothed. now i am going out to buy orange juice!
― gbx, Saturday, 8 December 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
CHEESEBALL, BUT: morning light on the Gehry bandshell, dusted with snow, as I'm coming down Washington Ave = v v pretty
Cheeseball indeed, I am looking forward to seeing that and the bean in the snow.
― Ed, Saturday, 8 December 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link