your daily bicycle log

last years mid march trip came 1 day after a big dump; if it hadn't, we would have had to walk a bit of the trip in and out. as such i'm a little apprehensive about the trail at lower elevations. this trip is a week later than last years.

maybe i'll start a "i love to do some other shit off season" thread.

oh, and yesterdays ride was great--25 degrees, but i rode the cx bike out on a road ride, but left the ritchey speedmaxes on there. about 8 miles out, i saw some singletrack along the side of the road and remembered that there was a trail system there, although not open to non highlands ranch people. couldn't resist, poached it. rode in there for 45 minutes, perfectly buffed winding and hilly singletrack, some dry packed snow in the shade, with great views of the mountains and a couple of shallow water crossings with still running water. a perfect cx ride. not a single person there.

^^^ JEALOUS

last years mid march trip came 1 day after a big dump; if it hadn't, we would have had to walk a bit of the trip in and out. as such i'm a little apprehensive about the trail at lower elevations. this trip is a week later than last years.

maybe i'll start a "i love to do some other shit off season" thread.

-- Hunt3r, Friday, November 23, 2007 9:26 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

well, when i lived in aspen it seemed like early april/late march produced biblical dumps, usually after the lifts had closed. so you might get lucky.

no biking yesterday, contemplating taking out my dad's tank-like trek 830 MTB from the late 80s just for shits

I was in Denver 4 years ago when it snowed 3 feet in 48 hours in March (and the US invaded Iraq). Happy days (although no cycling was involved, only trudging through puddles and drifts in unsuitable footwear).

i was on the last plane that got out of denver that day (7:30 flight). had we not got out, we would have been there for 3 days as the highway in and out of the airport was blocked as well. happy days indeed.

That's a cold headwind out there! Brrrsh.

most excellent ride today.

took out dad's classy old MTB (Trek 850) and putzed around the back forty. gravel road down to the river, railroad bed along the shore, old and overgrown trail uphill, bush-whacking through the woods (awesome!), gravel road out to the main road, 100 yards of pavement, into the next-door gravel pit for extra-awesome feats of derring-do down piles of gravel and along 4-wheeler paths, back through the woods to the house.

totally sweet, and enhanced by doing it on a 20 or so year old tank-like mtb and in jeans, a sweater, work gloves, and decaying adidas gazelles. accompanied by parent's 100+ pound 10-month old puppy, who, unlike my old dog, did not feel compelled to stick his face in the spokes.

think i'll head out again, but with camera this time.

what kind of dog is that?!

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the big kind

this is him at 6 months!

Evans, there is a giant wolf at my house! He weighs 130 lbs and has floppy pointed ears and a white muzzle and the biggest head I have ever seen on a dog.

snot rocket saturday

same nyack trip as last week but colder. 62 miles in 4 hours. nice hill intervals on the return. i've got the chill in my bones and need a hot shower!

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hee hee

hai guise: http://velog.com/

it's no "your daily bicycle log"

More trainer work. God I hate it.

its not that bad! were you watching tv?

rode 1.5 hours on cx. mix of road, single track with some packed snow, and dirt road. the dirt road was washboardy and high speed downhill for about 4 miles, which made my assfat hurt. i need to lose assfat. anyway, it was about 38 deg, sunny and perfect.

neon and wool rollneck- a man to bridge yesterday and today. but im not sure which is which.

Maybe I am pushing too hard - I reckon I'm at 95% of capacity basically the whole time. But really I get so BORED, even if I am watching telly, yeah.

95% capacity? do you have an HRM?

i mean, i'm not doubting your perceived exertion, but 95% is like a sprint!

3 hours today at prospect park HQ--

did more of those 60RPM intervals in Z3 (8x4 minutes) and i am truly feeling it in my legs right now. i'm going to try not to do ANYTHING today or tomorrow but consume protein, smoke weed, and play video games (newly unemployed)

Oh rats, was that expected?

newly unemployed led to my second best season. sorry to hear it tho, if it werent yr plan, cutty.

Cutty, sorry, I forget I'm speaking to people who actually do measure these things! No, all I meant is that I cycle at very close to my limit in terms of consistent speed/input/whatever you call it. Short bursts obviously I can near double my effort

Hmm, didn't mean to press enter there. Best to just ignore me - I think all I meant is that I might be putting in too much effort in a short space of time.

Rides like gbx's back 40 is what I'm talking about. If I had gone home instead of Ohio for tgiving I could have done that. Jealous.

are what I'm... >:(

New to these bike threads. I went on two rides over Thxgiving weekend in the hills west of Boston, around twenty miles each. My toes froze in my SIDIs.

23 degrees this morning, had to bust out the swix ear warmers (which i highly recommend, as i dislike hats for riding). still ridin in my work trousers, undershirt/dress shirt, and light windbreaker tho. if it gets colder than that im wearing somethin thermal on top, i think im at the limit.

why do legs not get cold? mine at least.

50 degrees, moist ground, 2 hrs, easy easy hardly hit Z2. feel like i'm still recovering from sunday.

legs don't get cold because they're working....right?

cold and sunny and crisp today. good riding. think that sh33na my dispatcher is sweet on me.

i think my bike is too quiet.

i was passing this guy on the left and i'm around him and then he floats out to the right and bars me on my hip and then goes "woah, sorry!" kinda dusky, so maybe a little dark but he sounded genuinely surprised.

dont wanna ride home at 9 at night bleah.

i nearly did that to someone today, on the ride home.

passed some dude on a LOUD mountain bike, going over one of chicago's "hills" (overpass). i'm being conservative on the downside (LOL NO BRAKES), and hear the clickety-click of a freewheel coming up on my right, fast. move over to the left, a little confused (who passes on the right?), and nearly check some turbo who's overtaking me. no harm, no foul, but motherfucker was red october compared to the dude i had passed.

gaaaaaaah the streets this morning were lousy with morons. i must've yelled at like 20 people in a 30-minute ride. FUCK OFF, FUCK OFF FUCK OFF. (that is not what i yelled.)

My rear wheel has developed a bit of left-right movement, maybe 3mm. This is bad, right? What is the problem? I have Zinn but it's at home and I want to know if I need to pick up parts on the way home.

I went to the Condor shop at lunchtime. <3 <3 <3

i want to go to the condor shop!

did 2.5 hours in central park

I HAVE BEEN TO THE CONDOR SHOP

FACT

i mean, i think.

it was in london, anyway.

LDN, btw, is A++ fun traffic riding

If you like a challenge it is. And by and large people in central London drive quite well, since it's usually their job. I'd be a lot more nervous about *accidentally* being knocked off my bike in, say, Peckham.

I should clean my bike this weekend, and try and book it in for a service. As I've *never* had a bike serviced before - is it okay for me to say "can I have a full service please, and can you also try and sort out the ticking noise in the bottom bracket and return my brake/gear lever blocks ("flight deck"? Is there a proper word for the bit you hold on to?) to their original positions since they've slipped a lot thanks to banging into things"?

Is "LDN" all Lily Allen's fault?

you can blame dizzee

Blocks? Flight deck? Now I'm confused.

Are you sure it's a bicycle you've been, er, "riding"?