The All Things Cycling Thread

#601
#601
orange parmejohn said:
Vt it seems your LBS owner is grooming you to accept more and more responsiblity at the LBS. can only open doors for you. how would i LOVE to run a bike shop..
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The first night I talked to him, I told him it was my dream to own a bike shop... I get a key tomorrow.
 
#602
#602
dropped my bike off for a tune up. I'm taking 2 half days during the mornings and am going on 2 20+ mile bike rides. Might try to squeeze in 1 more next Sat morning or Sun afternoon.
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#606
#606
Owning a bike shop and/or tri store would be awesome.
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#607
#607
100 mile race training starts this weekend. Going to be logging some serious miles.
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#608
#608
orange parmejohn said:
pretty tall order there, jhen.
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I hope I'm up for it. The bike leg of the race is 14.3 miles. I figure if I do at least 20 miles each time it should help me prepare for the 5k run afterwards. If I ride Sun afternoon that will be my last ride before the race. Other than a short ride through the neighborhood the next week. That should allow for enough recovery time.
 
#609
#609
tri_vol said:
100 mile race training starts this weekend. Going to be logging some serious miles.
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Good luck! road or trail riding? I could prob do 100 miles in a day but the time would be UGLY...
 
#610
#610
jhen713 said:
Good luck! road or trail riding? I could prob do 100 miles in a day but the time would be UGLY...
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Trail. I will post the elevation gain one day but just imagine the marathon only worse. going to see my progress in a month and decide if I'm going to do it.
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#612
#612
21.5 painfully slow miles. Rode with two guys that hadn't ridden in almost a year...
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#613
#613
What do you consider slow? I usually avg about 15mph on a 20 mile ride. I would think that's slow to most road bikers.
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#614
#614
jhen713 said:
What do you consider slow? I usually avg about 15mph on a 20 mile ride. I would think that's slow to most road bikers.
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Our avg was 13mph. I have just stopped for dinner on my second ride of the day, solo. My avg into a headwind is 17mph over 12.5 miles. When I get home I'll have broken 50 miles on the day.
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#616
#616
Just shy of 50 miles today... I'm not good at math. But overall, my legs feel great. I love the "post-ride, shaky-leg" feeling. I just went over my EndoMondo GPS data from both rides. My second half of my first ride averaged 12.6mph over 14.22 miles in 1hr 7min* and burned 1166 kCal**. The first half of my second ride I averaged 15.7mph over 12.49 miles in 47min 50sec* and burned 1024 kCal** (into a gnarly headwind and it kept going when I stopped to help a guy change a flat).

*EndoMondo kills my phone's battery because of the GPS so I usually stop it when it acts like it's going to die. Thus, I only get half of the rides recorded. First time was because I used iMapMyRide instead of EndoMondo.

**The kCal rating is most likely not even close to being accurate.
 
#617
#617
24.5 miles Saturday morning. Probably get another 15 today.
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#618
#618
Another hour and 45 minutes. Gps crapped out. Said I was averaging 99 mph. probably did 25-30 miles.
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#619
#619
bike wasn't ready yesterday. I came on in to work. Should be ready this afternoon. Still looking at 3 20+ mile rides. (tues, thurs, sunday).
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#620
#620
once I get off the stationary bike and get outside, it's like pulling teeth to get me back on it.
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#621
#621
jhen713 said:
once I get off the stationary bike and get outside, it's like pulling teeth to get me back on it.
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I haven't been back to the gym and on the stationary since I started riding outside.
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#624
#624
24.7 miles this morning. 14.3 mph avg. Finished it off with a 1.5 mile run/walk. Felt like I had thunder thighs.:)
 
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