TE on BikeJournal-International ladies unite! [Archive]

crazycanuck

01-18-2007, 01:46 AM

The International ladies are taking over...:D
LPH, Light, mel1976, thistle(?) & Roadraven..:D

Must I remind you it's winter where most of you are, nyah nyah..:rolleyes:

May the best hemisphere win..:)

Get on yer bikes n ride..

YOu know i'm taking the mickey,right?

mimitabby

01-18-2007, 05:51 AM

not sure what taking the mickey means, but you're going to have to work hard to beat LPH

GO TE!

Pax

01-18-2007, 05:56 AM

My real name is Mickie...where are you taking me?? Someplace warm and fun I hope! :D

BleeckerSt_Girl

01-18-2007, 08:32 AM

It's been like 10-20 degrees F here...just way too cold, or else I'd be adding more miles too! :( I'm just getting over stomach flu, but it's now 30F and if the sun comes out at all this afternoon, I'm going to try a SMALL ride, just to add something and get my muscles moving a bit again.

RoadRaven

01-18-2007, 10:14 AM

Woohoo!!!
I hadn't looked at those stats yet... I will conveniently ignore the fact that the weather is more favourable here and do a happy dance...

;) :D :p

Thistle

01-18-2007, 11:42 AM

i'm here cc....

Sunny canberra, 35 C today. another scorcher..... but rain last night :D :D a whole 3 mm :p

thought about posting pics of my riding in the heat... but that would be a really really bad thing to do :eek: :eek:

loved the snow riding pics under "brrr".. whatya mean brrr .. it's boiling :p

Thistle

01-18-2007, 11:44 AM

am "hollysmum" on BJ :p

lph

01-18-2007, 12:21 PM

not sure what taking the mickey means, but you're going to have to work hard to beat LPH

No, no, crazycanuck is way ahead of me :)

I like seeing all your names over there, makes it feel just like home!

light_sabe_r

01-18-2007, 01:23 PM

GO TE!!!

I haven't logged my Kms for this week even!!! And that's just commuting!!!! lol

Although it's going to take a lot to catch up to LPH, You're leading in the 2500mile race too!

(Psssssst: To all those confuzzled by some Aussie Slang taking the mickey is just nice words for taking the p*ss... Both mean the same thing. "I'm JOKING")

Popoki_Nui

01-18-2007, 06:45 PM

:( Haven't done a single kilometer for the cause (TE) this year. Rain and flooding, snow, bitter cold, wind, bronchitis, and now torrential rain again.
:(

Hanging my head in shame.... :(

Geonz

01-18-2007, 07:49 PM

Woops, when I added the commuting club I accidentally moved my miles there... they're back to TE.... winter? Did you say winter?

kelownagirl

01-18-2007, 08:12 PM

:( Haven't done a single kilometer for the cause (TE) this year. Rain and flooding, snow, bitter cold, wind, bronchitis, and now torrential rain again.
:(

Hanging my head in shame.... :(

I've only got 12 miles on the trainer Popo - weather's been bad here too. Don't worry, all those southern gals can ride for us for how. We'll pack on the kms soon enough I figure. :D

crazycanuck

01-24-2007, 12:05 AM

Hey lph & Roadraven...what's happened? It seems as if Geonz & are the only ones biking...look at the stats!!! :eek:

http://www.bikejournal.com/club_stat.asp

Lph..you're normally right behind me! What are we going to do when the Northern Hemisphere summer rolls around?:eek:

Get on yer bikes n ride! (Unless you're hurt or something bad like that..:( )

c

lph

01-24-2007, 01:58 AM

Hiya canuck, nice to be missed :)

Nah, not hurt, but we finally finally finally got SNOW! We've been waiting for it for weeks, if not months, and griping, and worrying, about our unusually warm winter.

But now it's cold and white, and like all good Norwegians I'm going out skiing instead :)

(Ok, I gotta admit - yesterday morning it was -13 C, 8 F and I just plain wimped out. Monday and today I'm going skiing. Tomorrow I'm headed for the mountains. Next Monday I should be back on my bike).

KnottedYet

01-24-2007, 06:07 AM

Oooh, I got a big ol "0" on Bikejournal! (My miles go to Bicyclists With Biceps)

Hope to change that today. <crosses fingers>

LBTC

01-24-2007, 06:15 AM

I wish I could count my walking commuting miles, my snowshoeing miles, and be able to convert my kickboxing time into miles....then it would look like I'm actually *doing* something!

Go girls of TE!!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

Tater

01-24-2007, 06:35 AM

Hey lph & Roadraven...what's happened? It seems as if Geonz & are the only ones biking...look at the stats!!! :eek:
c

Hmmm, seems I am right behind you in the standings, CC! :D I gotta help Geonz in keeping the mileage rolling in from those of us in cooler climates!

lph

01-24-2007, 07:23 AM

Oooh, I got a big ol "0" on Bikejournal! (My miles go to Bicyclists With Biceps)

Hmpf. I saw that club and thought "Oooh, rock climbers!"

But it's for people who are into weight training. It's not enough just to have biceps. Hmpf.

;)

Popoki_Nui

01-24-2007, 07:44 AM

Well! If the weather prognosticators are to be believed -a dubious proposition at best- we could actually have riding weather very soon. At least, they are forecasting the kind of weather where there is nothing in the air except...well...air. No rain, no snow, no ice, no wind, trees, fences, garbage cans, or small animals blowing by in a horizontal fashion....just plain calm, air. And maybe even a little sun! :eek: It is almost beyond comprehension.

Bikes are tuned and ready, and restless like a team of Huskies, so here's hoping I can get a little distance between causes and effects and contribute a little to the TE effort. :D

BleeckerSt_Girl

01-24-2007, 10:00 AM

Hey, it actually got up to 32F today, and I rode a measley 13 miles and managed to stay warm. The roads were nice and dry, and it was snowing big fluffy pretty snowflakes all the while I was riding. Very festive! But that's better than nothing- had been sick for a week, and have to work my strength back again- but forcast calls for in the teens over the next few days, so the 13 miles is all I could manage for now....:o I also walked 3 miles earlier this morning.

Trekhawk

01-24-2007, 11:25 AM

Hey the weather is beautiful here but wouldnt you know it I have sick kids at home and a husband away. BLAST its so nice I WANT TO RIDE.

Somebody here in Northern Cal better be out today enjoying the weather its so nice its kinda freaky for this time of the year.

KnottedYet

01-24-2007, 05:17 PM

Hmpf. I saw that club and thought "Oooh, rock climbers!"

But it's for people who are into weight training. It's not enough just to have biceps. Hmpf.

;)

It's also for those who wish they had biceps and are working on it! :D

Knot-spaghetti-arms-and-weak-shoulders

RoadRaven

01-25-2007, 05:09 PM

well - I'm 13th, but still 116km behind you CC... and some 700km behind PP!!

Doing my best, but I'm back to work this week, so trying my best not to let it crimp my style.

Trek! (sorry my brain did not register your name - doesn't matter where you live - you still belong to us :) ) So if we look at the top 20, we also have Rey from Perth and Trek from Aussie too, but currently lurking in Nevada.

But only four Australians and one NZer in the top 20... c'mon Antipodeans!!!

In the words of the immortal Freddy... "Get on yer bikes and ride!!!"

Trekhawk

01-25-2007, 05:49 PM

well - I'm 13th, but still 116km behind you CC... and some 700km behind PP!!

Doing my best, but I'm back to work this week, so trying my best not to let it crimp my style.

But only two Australians and one NZer in the top 15... c'mon Antipodeans!!!

In the words of the immortal Freddy... "Get on yer bikes and ride!!!"

Hey Im an Aussie - I might be living in the USA but Im still an Aussie.:)

Geonz

01-25-2007, 06:22 PM

But you and your bike are not in the Southern Hemisphere, so it ain't summer. For mastadon-heritage folks such as myself, it's easier to get miles in cold than HOT. I do like desert animals and crawl under rocks ;)
I *thought* BJ was going to change so you could have your miles and eat them too... it could still come.
I'm going to think this weekend and just maybe start doing exercises fro the rest of the body ... if I do it for a week I'll get on that Biceps group, too. Hey, it's kind of a "make your own rules" club, anyway. If I pick up my bicycle ten times I'd call that weightlifting.

Trekhawk

01-25-2007, 07:23 PM

Trek420

01-25-2007, 07:52 PM

It's also for those who wish they had biceps and are working on it! :D

Knot-spaghetti-arms-and-weak-shoulders

Oh no they're not weak. ;) :p

Southern Hemisphere - keep on riding.
Northern, let's hit the trainers gals.

We've fallen to 6th!!! :eek:

RoadRaven

01-26-2007, 08:53 AM

LOL - true but I was referring to Raven's line below

(But only two Australians and one NZer in the top 15... c'mon Antipodeans!!! )

To quote the immortal Toyota ad (did you get that in Aussie?)

!!Bugger!!

Huge apologies Trek, I was sneaky surfing at work and didn't look at names, just countries!!!

Am editing the (offending) post as I write!

Trekhawk

01-26-2007, 12:52 PM

To quote the immortal Toyota ad (did you get that in Aussie?)

!!Bugger!!

Huge apologies Trek, I was sneaky surfing at work and didn't look at names, just countries!!!

Am editing the (offending) post as I write!

Hey Mate no need to apologise I was teasing when I typed that. Its so hard typing sometimes to get the right feelings across.

Keep those miles coming you Southern Hemisphere girls.:)

BleeckerSt_Girl

01-26-2007, 01:13 PM

All the warm weather girls will have to do the riding for us all for now. Then when Spring hits us Northern gals we'll take over from the Southern gals who will be exhausted at that point! ;) ;) Like a giant relay race!

RoadRaven

01-26-2007, 09:35 PM

Yeah... I knew you were just joshing, Trek... but I didn't think to look at the names - I know you are Antipodean too!!!

Anyways Lisa... I reckon we get the better part of the deal... we get to set a beginning goal for you all... then we have a rest while you reach our mileage and set us our final goal. BUT you do NOT get a rest! You have to do it in one hit...

Then Spring arrives, we are rested and rearing to go and get to chase the "score"... woohoo!

Good relay of a kind!

light_sabe_r

01-26-2007, 10:49 PM

crazycanuck

01-27-2007, 01:57 AM

Weeell..I'll be doing my best not to melt this week whilst biking...:eek:

I only managed 10km on our camp/bike weekend...No way am i biking uphill in 35c..!!!!

CrazyC trying hard not to look at the BOM (www.bom.gov.au) 7 day weather forecast :eek:

c

crazycanuck

02-02-2007, 09:37 PM

Hey, what's happened?? Geonz, Easterbird, kaytee & pinkbike... Geonz-YOu're normally ahead of me on the TE standings over at BJ.

I am a bit worried.

Light? LPH? RR? Thistle? Rey?

If you're doing indoor km's, that's ok too :) Just want to make sure you guys are still out there!!

c

lph

02-02-2007, 11:33 PM

I'm still here canuck! Still some snow in the woods, so no biking in the weekends, and I try to squeeze in a ski trip or two during the week.

But the guys right behind me on my bike-to-work campaign stats have started smirking about how they're closing in. Nr. 3 recently passed nr. 2 on the distance stats and sent me an email with 1 sentence:

"First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin"

Hmpf.

Biking to work with skis strapped to my bike MIGHT be possible, but skiing home with my BIKE in tow sounds a bit too MacGyverish.

Thistle

02-03-2007, 12:07 AM

had tradies here all week.... and not working at uni cos the office is too damn hot (it's 30 - 34 degrees inside :eek: )... so i'm not riding in everyday.

hope to do some early morning rides this week... my km's are looking very sad :(

crazycanuck

02-03-2007, 01:18 AM

Lph-Towing your bike behind you sounds quite exciting actually. I wonder if you could actually do it. Ahhh..how I loved MacGuyver..
Skiing :)

Thistle-Hopefully the weather will cool down a bit :)

C

KayTee

02-03-2007, 08:31 AM

Hey, what's happened?? Geonz, Easterbird, kaytee & pinkbike... Geonz-YOu're normally ahead of me on the TE standings over at BJ.

I'm still here but am chomping at the bit and very frustrated. We had to cut last Sunday's rides short due to freezing rain on the road, and for same reason our indoor group spin session was canceled Thursday night (and I worked late?!). Today is GORGEOUS outdoors and where am I? Indoors at the dental office! :eek: DH is doing an emergency root canal, and no staff was available to go in with him today. I hope they'll finish up soon, maybe we can get 30 miles anyway. Sheesh.

light_sabe_r

02-04-2007, 03:36 PM

I wish I could do some indoor kms... Right now though I'm in training for the caloundra Tri on Sunday and Have to do the other diciplines as well as my rides...

did put in a nice 45km ride on Saturday though.

mimitabby

02-04-2007, 04:11 PM

hey, i'm still there, a mile behind Tattiefritter and quite aways behind badJuJu.

But it's winter here, look out... hehehe (no, i'll never catch up, you guys are great!

Duck on Wheels

02-05-2007, 08:22 AM

...Biking to work with skis strapped to my bike MIGHT be possible, but skiing home with my BIKE in tow sounds a bit too MacGyverish.

I have one word that could solve this problem: pulk!

http://www.snowboat.no/Pulkdesign-filer/image002.jpg
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00222/turklar_pr10_vegard_222890a.jpg (That's Vegard Ulvang, btw, multiple Olympic x-country skiing champ with his daughter in tow.)
http://images.google.no/imgres?imgurl=http://www.xxl.no/upload/Vintersport/Tips%2520om%2520pulk/Barn-i-pulk.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.xxl.no/xxl_templates/magasinArtikkel____38951.aspx&h=285&w=285&sz=12&hl=no&start=5&tbnid=9_RjWN-rBn5OeM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpulk%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dno%26sa%3DG

Cycling with skis in tow: lash skis into the pulk and tape the hip harness snug at the top of the rear fork. Maybe with an ingenious wheel mount under the pulk?
Skiing with bike in tow: lash bike onto pulk and wear the harness around your hips.

lph

02-05-2007, 10:16 AM

shoulda known somebody would come up with a bright idea :p

We have a pulk actually, it's the same one my dh and his brother sat in when he was small so it must be over 30 years old. We used it for our son, but he never liked it much. It was pretty beaten up and the windscreen was too short so that I think he got snow in his face.

My dh used to carry him in a "Baby Bjorn" soft harness when skiing though, I didn't dare, I was too afraid I'd fall over and flatten baby...