BikeJournal.com speed

[SadieKate]

A while back when we had the flurry of posts about bikejournal.com there were comments about the slow speed. Just thought I'd let you know that this thing screams now! I clicked the button to download my journal and immediately clicked on my email link -- file was already there. Faster than the speed of light!

I think the owner now has all the pages re-programmed and it really moves fast. He's got some kind of "premier" membership option coming. It will be interesting to see what it is.

[CorsairMac]

Speaking of: we need to find our Team Captain and have her increase the miles. We've already posted over half her guesstimate and spring isn't really here yet for some of us. I'm thinking 25,000......30,000??

[nuthatch]

That would be me - I was just thinking the same thing. We are closing in on our goal in no time and it's not even the high season yet. What do you think, maybe 50,000? We've reached almost 6000 in a month. That's assuming we don't have new team members (com'on y'all, join up!!!)

Should we have a team logo? Anyone have any picture you'd like to upload (without violating registered trademarks)?

[CorsairMac]

That would be me - I was just thinking the same thing. We are closing in on our goal in no time and it's not even the high season yet. What do you think, maybe 50,000? We've reached almost 6000 in a month. That's assuming we don't have new team members (com'on y'all, join up!!!)

Should we have a team logo? Anyone have any picture you'd like to upload (without violating registered trademarks)?

I wondered about 50,000 too......my problem was if we were close, I'm a middle child.....I'd kill myself to try and complete it! (no competition Here!) As for the team logo......maybe the Amici Veloci gals will let us use theirs??....make it a TE Team logo???

Sadiekate etal....would that be ok?

[nuthatch]

I like SadieKate's avatar - maybe we could change the "Libra" to "Cycle" and use it!

[SadieKate]

I would be happy to help out, but since we are called Team Estrogen, let's ask Susan. After all, we are doing some free marketing for the TE folks. What do you think? Maybe she'll let us be the Team Estrogen CycleChix or something or other.

[nuthatch]

Great idea! How do we contact her?

[SadieKate]

Probably just call TE sales and ask to speak with her.

[nuthatch]

I checked with Jeff (I think?) just now and trademark issues come into play here, so maybe we can come up with something unique to us. Everyone here is so creative, it should be easy!

[SadieKate]

I was just cruising around the site. Where would a team logo go? There is already a link to the forum web site, the "club website."

[SadieKate]

I just figured it out by looking at the Amici Veloci team stuff. Since I am the admin, I can see where you can add a logo.

[administrator]

How about using the TE "Rider Girl" instead -- this is clip-art that we've licensed and modified a bit. I can even resize it, give it whatever background color you want, give her different clothes colors, etc.

The rider girl is on our waterbottles, tattoos, jersey, etc: http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=6692

Thanks,
Jeff

[nuthatch]

Thanks, Jeff!! She's perfect! Maybe like she is on your temporary tatoo (with the website address as a plug!) It would be fine as it is unless you need to change the colors to vary the image from your original artwork. Would it work to e-mail her to me? susan1221 at yahoo dot com. You guys are so nice!

[CorsairMac]

That Rules!!! Thanks Jeff et al @TE.....that is so perfect since we all came together coz of this awesome site to begin with!.....

and here here for Nuthatch the captain!!.....Keep up the good work cap'n!!

[nuthatch]

Aw, shucks!! :o

Glad to see you and snowtulip will be tearing up the trails together down there! Have fun!

Jeff, I copied the TE girl image from the photo of the temporary tattoo on the website - no need to send me an image. Hope this is okay - if not, just holler.

[CorsairMac]

Aw, shucks!! :o

Glad to see you and snowtulip will be tearing up the trails together down there! Have fun!

Jeff, I copied the TE girl image from the photo of the temporary tattoo on the website - no need to send me an image. Hope this is okay - if not, just holler.

I know.....I think snows offer is amazing! I'm getting really stoked about trying MTB'ng.

Did you get the image posted?....I was there earlier and didn't see it...but I wasn't really looking either!

[SadieKate]

I just checked and it shows that the photo is under review. Slantz keeps a sharp eye on the images - must only allow a certain type of porn to appear.

Thanks, Jeff, for your help!

SK

[snowtulip]

Ok, I'm going to give this a try. Do you count your indoor trainer miles or outdoor miles only. I'm not sure I have enough discipline to keep track of miles, but I'll try and turn a new leaf. CorsairMac, when we go out you might have to remind me to keep track of miles.

Also, do you all set monthly goals like Veronica? Does it keep you motivated?

Enjoy!

[MomOnBike]

Good going, snowtulip. I think you can log whatever type mile you have. Just go there and poke around, I think there is a way to differentiate. You realize, of course, that my total lifetime indoor trainer miles are probably under 10, so I'm not much help there.

As for motivation, just watching my relative rank on BJ is enough to keep me logging the miles. I'm trying to stay above #1000, but that might get tough once the weather warms up and I wilt while everyone else is riding centuries. :(

Goals? Yep. Weekly, monthly, yearly, all that. Most are confidential, though. I like breaking the ceiling of goals, so I set a bunch for myself.

[nuthatch]

I'm certainly counting indoor miles although I think purists don't. This fall I'm going to try to ride later in the season but there are daylight/safety concerns for the daily commute that the mommy in me just balks at. I set goals, especially indoors, because it's so boring and I need the cardio work. I just try to enjoy when I'm riding outdoors and it seems like my mileage is always higher (than indoors) each week because I'm having fun! Trying to keep my OCD tendencies under control! :rolleyes:

[CorsairMac]

Ok, I'm going to give this a try. Do you count your indoor trainer miles or outdoor miles only. I'm not sure I have enough discipline to keep track of miles, but I'll try and turn a new leaf. CorsairMac, when we go out you might have to remind me to keep track of miles.

Also, do you all set monthly goals like Veronica? Does it keep you motivated?

Enjoy!

As several of the BJ threads have discussed - you can track whatever miles you want. Indoor, outdoor, both, tri!......it's a personal journal so You decide how to track it. I set an annual goal and then worked out how many miles a week I needed to fulfill that goal. Since I am now Woefully behind that, I will have No problem reminding you to track miles coz I"m gonna take all the miles I can get!!.......(trying to figure out the perfect bribe to maybe get some of V's miles!!)

[nuthatch]

I'm not half as smart as I thought! Our team logo (TE girl) is gigantic and fuzzy on the bikejournal.com website. I've asked Jeff if he can get me a higher quality image to use. Wouldn't want the other teams to laugh at us! :eek:

[CorsairMac]

I'm not half as smart as I thought! Our team logo (TE girl) is gigantic and fuzzy on the bikejournal.com website. I've asked Jeff if he can get me a higher quality image to use. Wouldn't want the other teams to laugh at us! :eek:

Visual: bunch of lil kids standing round in bike jerseys laughing and pointing at the TE girls! (think Little Rascals) and yes she is big and fuzzy - just like the hearts of everyone here!

[maggieH]

Where did you see the big fuzzy photo? I went to the BJ club page and saw an "under view" space. Has this issue been resolved? I love the TE Jersey's gotta get one (soon's I lose another 30 pounds).

on another subject, I stopped counting indoor miles because of the Virtual RAAM Challenge - I wanted them to be all outdoors. For me this had a good side-effect. Not counting indoor biking miles shifted me to an eliptical trainer on rainy days and so I get in a weight-bearing workout.

[SadieKate]

I think she removed it. Used to look big and fuzzy like the logo for Amici Veloci that is still on bikejournal.com. One of these days I'll try resizing it to see if that fixes it.

[maggieH]

I doubt that resizing the tatoo image would help -- it's small to begin with. otoh if you use http://www.teamestrogen.com/images/products/TE-120_fabric_lrg.jpg this image which is large, you could downsize it and it'd look fine. But is that a copyright problem?

[nuthatch]

Jeff, here at TE was extremely kind and e-mailed me a higher resolution image, so our problems are solved. Slantz has to review each image, so we won't see the new image for a day or so.

I think the image looks big and goofy on our team homepage but it will look normal to anyone browsing the team from the outside -if you go to the list of teams and pick one you know has a logo, it looks smaller and better on that public "billboard" for the team. This is just a guess. <<sigh>> Shouldn't I be doing laundry instead of playing with this? ;)

P.S. Maggie, thanks for joining the team and thanks for the suggestion - that fabric girl is crystal clear!!!

[SnappyPix]

Finally got my stats uploaded to BJ.
Must make it part of my routine to put in my bulk weekly mileages.
Keep my own stats in a spreadsheet, and always forget to upload to BJ!

[nuthatch]

Thanks, Snappy!! We'll have to increase our BikeJournal mileage goal once again! :D

[CorsairMac]

Finally got my stats uploaded to BJ.
Must make it part of my routine to put in my bulk weekly mileages.
Keep my own stats in a spreadsheet, and always forget to upload to BJ!

*grumbles to self: she only did that coz I was startin to catch up to her - meenie*

who wuvs ya snappy?? you know I'm gonna have to go look now - see where I am in relationship to you. Of course, we had snow here so I'm probably out of the top 10 now and will have to claw my way back up to the feet of the Bike Goddesses out there!

[nuthatch]

Man, Snappy, you're smokin' us!!! Thanks for the inspiration!

Corsair, surely we can catch her - you have three bikes and I'll soon have two! If I pull one behind the one I'm riding, can I log double miles? :D

P.S. Our little TE girl looks great!

[CorsairMac]

Man, Snappy, you're smokin' us!!! Thanks for the inspiration!

Corsair, surely we can catch her - you have three bikes and I'll soon have two! If I pull one behind the one I'm riding, can I log double miles? :D

P.S. Our little TE girl looks great!

Only if I get to log triple miles if I can figure out how to ride 1 and pull 2!! or maybe bribe some friends here to ride em for me??......*insert evil cackle here*

and yuppers: our TE mascot looks awesome now nut.....well done cap'n!

[SnappyPix]

*grumbles to self: she only did that coz I was startin to catch up to her - meenie*

who wuvs ya snappy?? you know I'm gonna have to go look now - see where I am in relationship to you. Of course, we had snow here so I'm probably out of the top 10 now and will have to claw my way back up to the feet of the Bike Goddesses out there!

Sorry Corsair, thought you needed a little competition! Starting to really find my pedals! My new Specialized practically rides itself (yeah, right, I wish!).
I only have two more weeks of my job to work, then I'm a lady of leisure for a while, before my I head for NZ, so hoping those miles are gonna stack up ... :cool:

[spazzdog]

Corsair... bungee cords baby! bungee cords!


run seat rails to handlebars------- chain them miles together :D

[CorsairMac]

Corsair... bungee cords baby! bungee cords!


run seat rails to handlebars------- chain them miles together :D

wait wait wait......where's Sarahfixenit??....Shes got some kind of tow gear for her bike......yo Sarah??....can I borrow your tow gear???

Corsair "gone looking for Sarah" Mac

[Bike Goddess]

All right, already. I finally figured out how to post my miles. Now shut up and get on your bikes my fellow team members :p :p

[SnappyPix]

<<Sound of ego being crushed>> :( ... Sigh, story of my life - had my 20 nanoseconds of glory, then back to the drawing board!
Nancy, you're an inspiration to us all! I shall, as you say, get on my bike - in the vein hope that one day I will whup your a$$! ;) Hee hee!

[CorsairMac]

All right, already. I finally figured out how to post my miles. Now shut up and get on your bikes my fellow team members :p :p

I have chosen not to look - that which I do not see...does not exist!

Corsair "Queen of De Nile" Mac

ok - I can't stand it anymore - I have to go look. In my next life I wanna be the oldest or the baby - this whole middle child (I'm NOT competitive seeee,,,I can't even Spell the word) thing really sucks! ;)

[nuthatch]

Wow! You really are the Bike Goddess! I'm a doubter no more - lead us on to ever more dizzying heights, BG!!! And thanks for joining our club!

[MomOnBike]

It's raining buckets here in Nebraska. We had our first tornado warning yesterday. I'm stuck inside with much work.

I CAN'T RIDE!

I refuse to look at Bike Journal. :mad:

Thank you for listening. I feel much better now. (wiping tears of frustration off keyboard...)

[SnappyPix]

Snappy Pix - you better get going- I'm going to log on another 55 today! :D

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, sob sob :(
(Snappy repeats mantra to herself: "Must get out on bike tonight, must get out on bike tonight"...)
I think BJ is going to be the death of me!

Corsair, I'm the youngest child, but can feel my competitive edge holding out the bike, plonking me on the saddle and pushing me off into the distance with a "go get 'em" triumphant wave!

[nuthatch]

(Snappy repeats mantra to herself: "Must get out on bike tonight, must get out on bike tonight"...)
I think BJ is going to be the death of me!

Surely you've got the stinkiest weather of all, Snappy. Do you log any inside miles or is it outside all the way for you?

:o Whoops, didn't mean to insult your weather, I just figured you probably have many windy, cool/cold, rainy days to contend with. I listen to BBC4 at work and I'm always listening with half an ear to the shipping forcast and the gale warnings - seems like the UK has more gale warnings than anywhere on earth!

Or would that honor go to the Kiwi girls here?

[SnappyPix]

Surely you've got the stinkiest weather of all, Snappy. Do you log any inside miles or is it outside all the way for you?

:o Whoops, didn't mean to insult your weather, I just figured you probably have many windy, cool/cold, rainy days to contend with. I listen to BBC4 at work and I'm always listening with half an ear to the shipping forcast and the gale warnings - seems like the UK has more gale warnings than anywhere on earth!

Or would that honor go to the Kiwi girls here?

Nuthatch - you've stumbled across the Brits' favourite pastime - talking 'bout the weather! Thankfully we don't get the extremes you guys seem to get - but that usually means that we have one season really - as you described: windy, rainy, cold! Here in the northeast, it's particularly unpleasant - gales and cold temperatures for large parts of the year! Beautiful countryside, but mainly because no-one wants to live here!
I've yet to sample the NZ weather, still can't get my head round the fact that I'm going to be going straight from our summer to the middle of winter, in the space of a couple of hours - but I think that it'll probably be warmer in Auckland! The average summer temperature where I live is 15 degrees C(59 degrees farenheit!). Whoopee! Time to peel the armwarmers off!
Makes us more hardy - I wear my shorts for around 9 months of the year - just to scare the locals really! :eek:
We Brits like to complain that it's too cold (if around freezing) or too hot (above 59 degrees). If it's an inch of snow it's treacherous - and our local forecaster likes to warn us about "pesky winds" (30 mph gales).

My miles are all outdoor ones, as I don't have a turbo trainer - commuting clocks around 45 miles a week, which is a boon! :rolleyes:

[nuthatch]

I wear my shorts for around 9 months of the year - just to scare the locals really! :eek:
We Brits like to complain that it's too cold (if around freezing) or too hot (above 59 degrees). If it's an inch of snow it's treacherous - and our local forecaster likes to warn us about "pesky winds" (30 mph gales).

My miles are all outdoor ones, as I don't have a turbo trainer - commuting clocks around 45 miles a week, which is a boon! :rolleyes:

You're an amazon, kid! I think your miles should count double, at least! Of course, all your summer duds will probably still be warm enough for the NZ winter... :D

[DirtDiva]

...still can't get my head round the fact that I'm going to be going straight from our summer to the middle of winter, in the space of a couple of hours...

A couple of hours? :eek: Are you going to teleport there or something? She's putting on a brave face, girls - takes nearly 24hrs just for the flying part, let alone all the airport crap. It's pretty hideous, even if you don't mind flying. Still, it's the only way to get there...

As for Auckland weather, there'll still be plenty of cloud and rain/drizzle, but 15degC is more of a wintery temp up there. Check out www.stuff.co.nz/weather if you want to keep an eye on it.

[SnappyPix]

Hmm, yes - was taking poetic licence! The flight is something like 30 hours all told, with transfers and things. Good news is that if I fly via LA, rather than Singapore, my luggage allowance increases from 20kg to 64kg!! Something to do with all flights to America have an agreed massive allowance! Means that I can take my bike on the plane as a piece of luggage, yay!!

[SnappyPix]

My manners - sorry tlkiwi, forgot to say thanks for the link, I'll be monitoring it closely!
Also sorry for hijacking this thread - didn't mean to! :o

[spazzdog]

On taking your bike "as luggage"... bikes aren't considered luggage by many of the airlines, they are "special cargo". I had to pay $80 extra to fly my bike with me to CA recently... and then the airlines scratched it in a couple places while inspecting it for explosives. It would have cost me another $80 to fly the bike home AND chance more scratches, but I chose to ship it UPS. Much cheaper.

Go to the site for the airlines you're using and check for bike regulations for international travel. I'd also suggest (unless you already have one) the purchase of a hard bike case rather than using one of those cardboard boxes.

I have a Trico Iron Case, and other than the TSA agents mis-hap, my bike arrived with no extra bends in her parts. She's in her case and on a UPS truck as we speak. You might even consider using UPS for your bike...

[SadieKate]

Spazz, did you compare FedEx to UPS? The latest Bicycling reported that FedEx was about 2/3s the cost but I haven't done any research myself to confirm this.

Would you mind telling us what you paid including insurance? I'll be shipping to SLC in May and trying to decide if I want to borrow a friend's hardcase or recycle a bike box from the LBS.

From everything I have heard the friends and the shops report, shipping is the way to go - NOT the airlines. Not to mention that the airlines insurance rules are just plain ridiculous.

[Veronica]

Sarah did you think about driving to Little Red Riding Hood? All the airline hassle is why I chose to drive to Wyoming last year. It did take two days and we had the time. It might not be worth it for a weekend.

V.

[SadieKate]

Oh, yeah. I've driven to SLC more times than I can count. Only the drought in Idaho has kept us from doing the migration at least 2x a year lately. I hate the drive. If Bubba is driving we can do it in 11 1/2 hours. If Petunia and I are driving, it would be more like 21 1/2 hours. Neither of us do the really long distances in 1 day. I am a long distance sleeper and knitter. This is a case where it is the destination not the journey.

I want to have the saved time with my MIL that we wouldn't have if we were driving. She's turning 95 in July and going strong but needs help with major chores.

You gals will love this. She just went to a pain clinic because she's been starting to have a lot of pain in her hip -- after putting in 6 hrs volunteering in the emergency room once a week. :eek: My legs hurt after standing on a concrete floor for 6 hours!

[spazzdog]

Nope, no comparisons here. I don't care what it ends up costing. I went with the bike shop owners rec. He uses them regularly to ship bikes much more costly than mine. And I wanted it to go ground... if it goes on a plane, it gets opened again.

I don't want no more TSA mens running their hands over my baby. They hurt her last time. :(

As to the cost of this particular shipping I won't know til the shop gets invoiced. Then I'll get invoiced for the crankset upgrade and the shipping... But I'll let you know when I know.

Also, if you're not mechanically inclined remember the bike has to be rebuilt on the receiving end. If you're doing it, pack tools in your checked luggage. If you're not, have it shipped to the shop that will rebuild then break it down and ship it home.

[SadieKate]

Thanks, FedEx does have ground service but if your LBS said he'd had good luck with UPS that would certainly convince me. I just did an estimate on FedEx for a high end bike and it wasn't horrendous so I didn't have to pick myself up off the floor. :D

No problems with the dis- and re-assembly, I'm just concerned that I'll get it packed so that it won't get squished. I'm thinking that I might just have Canyon Cyclery at the SLC end receive and return so they can take care of any damage that might occur during shipment. Long way to go if your bike doesn't make it intact.

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Hope your baby is home soon!

[maggieH]

I went to the TE club stats page on Bike Journal and discovered that although I've journaled 385 miles on BJ, on the club stats I'm down for zero miles. The miles that I logged before the club don't count. Before I write to Slantz about this, does anyone here know anything about how to make all my miles show on the TE Club page?

The logo looks great!

~maggie

[nuthatch]

I went to the TE club stats page on Bike Journal and discovered that although I've journaled 385 miles on BJ, on the club stats I'm down for zero miles. The miles that I logged before the club don't count. Before I write to Slantz about this, does anyone here know anything about how to make all my miles show on the TE Club page?

The logo looks great!

~maggie

Hmmm....We created the club just about, what, three weeks ago? All my miles from 2005 transfered over. It doesn't display 2004 miles and, if any of your miles are indoors, you may not have your "display all miles" option clicked in your "member options" under "edit profile" under the "riders" pull-down menu. Whoops, nevermind. I can see your miles when I go to club home and click on club statistics.

[MomOnBike]

I think its a small programming bug. I've noticed that my numbers don't update on the club page unless I refresh the page. Next time, try F5 or whatever refreshes a page on your computer. (No promises that it will work)

Don't know that this is Big and Important enough to bug Slantz about, 'cause it's such an easy work-around.

[CorsairMac]

I went to the TE club stats page on Bike Journal and discovered that although I've journaled 385 miles on BJ, on the club stats I'm down for zero miles. The miles that I logged before the club don't count. Before I write to Slantz about this, does anyone here know anything about how to make all my miles show on the TE Club page?

The logo looks great!

~maggie


Hang on Maggie - there is a way coz I transferred all my Team BJ miles to TE - brb!
They're there Maggie - I just looked up the club legend and it has you at 384.?. You got your miles transferred!......and you still have a red cross by your name - what was the update from the dr??

V: Is that YOU with the most miles logged for March??

and Cap'n Nut: we've almost topped 10,000 miles - Holy Toledo what an awesome bunch of ladies. Here's hoping we can get MM on board too. (course we might have to up the goal again - gee what a shame)

[nuthatch]

Yeah, baby! Our club is ranked 27th in miles out of 446 clubs (not that I'm gloating or proud or anything - I only feel a sisterly bond with all my fellow cycling clubs :p ) Now we just have to get MM join up.... and anyone else here at TE who would be so kind as to come on over!

[maggieH]

I wrote to Slantz. Here's his reply.


comments@bikejournal.com wrote:
> Hi Maggie,
>
> I just updated your rides to match Team Estrogen.
>
> Eventually I will have the option in the club management to move rides from one club to another when
> changing clubs... (I actually had it in there, but removed it during a recent update) But I plan to
> add it back in at some point.
>
> Thanks,
> slantz

[nuthatch]

Mystery solved! He must have done it in between when you viewed it and the rest of us viewed it so we could see them by the time we visited. Thanks for joining us, Maggie!

[maggieH]

I've been having fun reading thru the back-posts on this thread. I love SnappyPix's quote from Sir Winston Chainwheel. I also like this one.



Corsair, I'm the youngest child, but can feel my competitive edge holding out the bike, plonking me on the saddle and pushing me off into the distance with a "go get 'em" triumphant wave!

I didn't realize how competitive I am until I landed on BJ. How I would love to be able to say, "on your left" to PKQ. At one time I thought it was a possibility, but since then I've had 2 knee injuries which have really messed up the last 2 months. (my brother-in-law once referred to me as "the kind of person who knocks over floor lamps" - could it be that I'm accident prone? )

I'm going to start riding again on Saturday. On weeks I'm not away I'll need to average 100 miles/week aka 15 miles/day if I'm going to get to Atlantic City this year. I still have a goal of first 1000 on BJ. There's absolutely no doubt that on-line competitiveness has me biking more than I would have otherwise. From some of the comments on this thread it seems I'm not alone in that.

[spazzdog]

Jeez Louise!

BikeGoddess is ranked 124th among all individuals!

I'm really afraid of you now grrl!

Me with my paltry 50 miles... all done in one place on one day. Like the 25 cents my daddy told me not to spend in one place. I feel so..... pitiful ;)



spazz

[SnappyPix]

On taking your bike "as luggage"... bikes aren't considered luggage by many of the airlines, they are "special cargo". I had to pay $80 extra to fly my bike with me to CA recently... and then the airlines scratched it in a couple places while inspecting it for explosives. It would have cost me another $80 to fly the bike home AND chance more scratches, but I chose to ship it UPS. Much cheaper.

Go to the site for the airlines you're using and check for bike regulations for international travel. I'd also suggest (unless you already have one) the purchase of a hard bike case rather than using one of those cardboard boxes.

I have a Trico Iron Case, and other than the TSA agents mis-hap, my bike arrived with no extra bends in her parts. She's in her case and on a UPS truck as we speak. You might even consider using UPS for your bike...

Spazzdog, thanks for the advice - I did check with the airline twice (British Airways/Qantas) and bikes are ok, as long as you supply dimensions. I splashed out and bought a hard case to transport my baby in. The LBS were really helpful and offered to give me a demonstration of fitting the bike in the case any time. My baby will be wrapped in insulating foam, bubble wrap and have the hard shell around it, hopefully it'll be ok :(
It'll be in the lap of the goddesses/baggage handlers after that!

[SnappyPix]

This is no good. Since joining TE/BJ I have become a complete and utter nerd and utterly, completely obsessed!
I'm sure there used to be other things filling my time, but now I can't seem to recall what any of them were! Obviously, they weren't that important.

It was a beautiful spring evening last night, so naturally I thought I'd go out for a quick little spin after work ... however, Nancy's words were ringing in my ears ...


Snappy Pix - you better get going- I'm going to log on another 55 today! :D

Only managed a cheeky 26 (time restraints), but thrashed it like the devil was on my tail.
I'm now so motivated (read: competitive) and driven (read: obsessed) and my energy levels are sky high (read: wired!).
I'm sure all this can't be good for me. I'm losing weight :D My average speed is going up :cool: Muscles are starting to peek out from behind the cellulite :eek: I'm knocking minutes off my circuit time :rolleyes:

I think TE/BJ should carry some kind of public warning. All these endorphins and natural highs - can't be legal, surely?

[nuthatch]

I'm sure all this can't be good for me. I'm losing weight :D My average speed is going up :cool: Muscles are starting to peek out from behind the cellulite :eek: I'm knocking minutes off my circuit time

Ahh! The glories of summer! You will be going to NZ looking like a goddess and all those Kiwis will be weak and wan from the winter! I hope the weather is good to you over there and you can keep on riding and logging in here and telling us about your further adventures in cycling!!! :D

[SnappyPix]

Bless you Nuthatch, don't think I'll ever be described as a Goddess, but I can dream! :rolleyes: I most certainly WILL be checking into TE - I aim to get broadband as soon as I land, or find a cafe that will get me online in the meantime!

I couldn't got without getting my fix of TE now and hearing about everyone's progress and escapades!

[tatormc]

fixedgeargirl, check out the Breaking News section on bike journal. They come up with a way for you to keep track of those miles when you are pulling the trailer!

[nuthatch]

Hey, fixedgear, Slantz is thanking you personally for the idea on the homepage in breaking news!!

[Bike Goddess]

Hey Spazz- Just remember I'm the older one! Gotta catch up with the young ins! :D

124th? That's pretty amazing! But who are these people that do 360 miles in one day? Come on I have a HARD time believing that! What's the top dog say- how many miles since Jan 1st? What's he do? (I'm assuming its a guy) count miles for sleeping? :confused:

[fixedgeargirl]

Gawrsh, I've only been a member of bikejournal for a few hours, and I'm already famous ;) !!!!

[CorsairMac]

I signed up at Bike Journal!! So far I've only entered some stuff from this month. I'll have to recreate from memory some of the rides earlier in the year, as I'm not in the habit of keeping a journal. The big rides stick in memory, though (62 miles, temps in the high 30s, for instance), so those won't be a problem.

I emailed them to request they add a category for those of us who pull tag-alongs/trailers. I'm going to wait to see if they get that up, then I'll add all the miles I put in pulling my 50lb. son to the park and various events. I felt I should extra credit for when I'm pulling him around :D!!

WElcome welcome welcome!....not only did Slantz listen to ya (ain't he a Great guy) but YOU got mentioned and thanked for the idea!....Wooohooo our very own BJ celebrity!!!

And I see MM as signed up but she hasn't made her way to the TE club yet!...MM - if you see this, you can (if you so desire of course) sign up for the TE club and get your miles logged in with us.

and Now a word from Corsair "momma" Mac: just as an FYI to all of us out there, Slantz runs BJ from his home and does an awesome job. It is free but there is a $10 once a year contribution that you can make if you so choose(it is Not Required) to help Slantz support this awesome website. If ya'll get a chance, I would ask on behalf of Slantz to help support the site and get a yellow jersey by your name! (admin I apologize in advance if I've overstepped the rules of the board with this post.)
PS: if we get 50% of our members to reg - our Club gets premier club status and gets a polka dot jersey!! Yipppeeee!!!!
(only 300 miles to our first 10,000 - the TE ladies ROCK!!)

[CorsairMac]

Hey Spazz- Just remember I'm the older one! Gotta catch up with the young ins! :D

124th? That's pretty amazing! But who are these people that do 360 miles in one day? Come on I have a HARD time believing that! What's the top dog say- how many miles since Jan 1st? What's he do? (I'm assuming its a guy) count miles for sleeping? :confused:


Actually Nancy they're rando riders. These ppl do something like unbelievable miles in a Day!! :eek: they carry full boat loads of lights and all their food, they have very strict rules about support (I think they have to carry their own gear?). Anyway, I can't remember the website right now. I kinda, sorta thought You were a rando rider when your miles first showed up!! :rolleyes: The PKQ that Maggie mentioned in her post is one of them as are a few other women and then several of the high mileage guy riders. As far as I'm concerned those ppl are unattainable and are there for me to sit back and admire as I slug my way thru another 13 mile lunch ride or my 12 mile daily commute!! :D I had thought about looking into rando riding - but the closest sanctioned rides near me was a 6-7+ hr drive just to Get there let alone ride 300+ miles in one day and then come home?......not this ol lady tyvm!

[administrator]

(admin I apologize in advance if I've overstepped the rules of the board with this post.)

Not at all - Slantz deserves huge kudos for BJ. I'm sure he greatly appreciates any contributions to help offset bandwidth / hosting costs.

- Jeff

PS. Thanks everyone for the well-wishes ... I'm sure Susan's chocolate-chip cookies will have me all-healed-up in no time! :D

[CorsairMac]

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{JEF}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} good to hear from ya!!....and thanks for the assurance! Now - you work on eating those cookies and getting yerself all "heeled-up" so we can hear you're riding again. which btw.....are you and Susan signed up on BJ and part of the Team Estrogen club??....coz ya Should be!! :D

[CorsairMac]

I just learned that I had my "compare only outdoor miles" checked in my profile so I went and unchecked it and Holy Moly - our team is almost to 11,000 miles. Man oh man do we all ROCK or what??....


Corsair "stoked to ride home Just so I can log more miles" Mac

[nuthatch]

I was wondering about that, Corsair, when you mentioned we were almost to 10,000 and I was seeing we were beyond that point. Looks even better now, huh? :D

[Bike Goddess]

I'll get some more miles in the BJ tonight :D This weekend I have to work :( so my mileage won't be much- but I've got two century rides coming up and then more riding in MAY. I wonder if we are #1 for the women teams on BJ? Does anyone know? i.e. How do we find out?

Re these 300 mile riders- hmm they must do it about 3x a week by my calculations! I'm still not completely convinced! :confused:

[Bike Goddess]

All right- We shall have 10,000 of those wonderful miles in as of tonight by my entry unless someone else beats me which just means more, more, more!

And yes, looks like some of those #1-50 riders do 300 miles/ ride. I know people that do double centuries, but past that- pretty amazing especially in the winter months. I can imagine what they'll rack up this summer while we are still going for our 50,000 (we only have 40,000 to go and its only April 15th) :eek:

[SadieKate]

Nancy, the Davis Bike Club has a large contingent of brevet qualifying rides. May 7th they have a 400km ride with a time allowance of 27 hours.

[Bike Goddess]

SK- Yeah, those brevet people,randoneurs or whatever you call them must be 1) Nuts, 2) Have lots of time in their lives to do nothing but ride. Not me! I'd rather be making cookies :p :p :p

[Veronica]

We did the Davis 200K brevet a couple of years ago.

V.

[CorsairMac]

I just posted my going home commute of 6 miles and it put us @ 11,006! Oh yeah...does that look good or what?.....as for highest ranked womens only team Nancy?...I don't know if Slantz has stats like that but he would be the one to ask. As for the rando riders being nuts: go look at the VRC thread - there's a rider named ChrisL who has already ridden across the US (virtually) and is on his way back and he just does that for fun. He commutes to work and then rides a century pretty much every night just coz he can! :eek: Now THAT"S nuts!

[Veronica]

Nancy you're 11th when you do a filter and have only women's stats. :) And 2nd when I factor in your age. You're also second out all females in CA and not too far behind. BTW I'm up and waiting for vitamin I again, so this is keeping from feeling the pain.

V.

[nuthatch]

All right- We shall have 10,000 of those wonderful miles in as of tonight by my entry unless someone else beats me which just means more, more, more!

And yes, looks like some of those #1-50 riders do 300 miles/ ride.


Hey, BG, if you click to view total miles instead of just outdoor miles, we are over 10,000 - woo,hoo!!!

I think those 300 people are just crazy - they don't work, they can't have a social life!!

I wasn't asked to classify our team as "women's" or "men's" when I set up the team, so I'd be surprised if Slantz can categorize them. I guess he could look for the word "women" in the club description but that wouldn't put the data in a database so's he could sort it that way.

[Bike Goddess]

Veronica- Of course you are my HILL model (in addition to Yellow our Hill Meister). :) Did you do this on a tandem or solo? The furthest I have ridden is 139 miles last year on the way to Porland from Seattle. I wanted to do a double metric and that was the closest I could get to the mileage I wanted. :D

Also haven't you done the DMD? That's a big one in my books as is the Grizzly Peak century.

What you don't do in mileage you do in hills- too bad we can't factor in altitudes into our overall miles. I think you would have me beat from all those Diablo trips! :p

[Bike Goddess]

V- I forgot to ask you how you were doing. Vitamins help? How long does it take for this condition to clear up?

[Veronica]

Today I rode up to the Junction on Diablo and I think exercise is helping. Certianly makes it easier to ignore. :D It seems to last between 4 and 7 days.

It was hot! Too hot for the pink cashemere I was wearing. But my arm got pawed out by a lot of men on the Riv ride. ;)

I've never actually completed DMD. 116 miles, 11,000 feet of climbing out od 205 20,000+ feet of the full ride. I don't think I'll EVER complete DMD. At some point it becomes not fun. That's when I stop. Well actually last year it become not fun about 5 miles before I actually stopped.

V.

[nuthatch]

At some point it becomes not fun. That's when I stop.

Hear, hear for stopping when it's not fun anymore! I was thinking about that philosophy (about Veronica's thoughts on it earlier in this thread, I believe) today while I was riding - about that balance between driving yourself to acheive something and enjoying it. I sure would never want riding to become tainted and joyless. But I have to think about the balance all the time because I'm a lazy slug at heart. :rolleyes:

[spazzdog]

Hi gang!

Veronica - Bike Goddess, What's the DMD?

Thanks.

spazz

[Veronica]

DMD = Devil Mountain Double. A 205 mile road ride - goes up Mount Diablo, Morgan Territory, Mount Hamilton and a few other significant climbs. All done in one day.
DMD Info (http://www.bbcnet.com/DevilMountain/devilmountain.asp)

I have ridden it to "The Junction" mile 116.

V.

[spazzdog]

Thanks Veronica! I checked out the site ref. Sounds very, uh, interesting :eek:

Is there an actual route map available? Didn't see one on the site. Anybody got an old one that's cyber worthy?

spazz

[Veronica]

I have one on a bandana. :) I'll see if it will feed into my laptop. ;)

V.

[spazzdog]

Thanks Veronica!

I'm kinda collecting routes... speaking of which;

Calling all bike history buffs (including DH, SO, friends, LBS buddies) -

I'm looking for the route map for the old (1980's) Coors Classic in Colorado, featured in the film American Flyers. I'm done exhaustive googling... even sent an email to Coors (not that I expect to hear from them).

Anyway, if anyone has one, knows where I can acquire one, whatever, PM me with the info (unless anybody else is interested).

spazz aka "propeller head" aka "geek"

[SadieKate]

I'm looking for the route map for the old (1980's) Coors Classic in Colorado, featured in the film American Flyers. I'm done exhaustive googling... even sent an email to Coors (not that I expect to hear from them). This would be pretty interesting to see. You might try posting on cyclingforums or bikejournal. Cool project.

What about the old Ore Ida/HP women's stage race?

[spazzdog]

OK... I'm game. If you have it, email it over.

Hmmm... I see a new page on my site being born.

spazz (DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON! SPAZZDOG IS THINKING!)

[MightyMitre]

MM is now on board! I didn't read the thing properly when I registered club but I'm now with the TE'ers. I've logged all my milage for this year which is a looking a bit lame this year, but as I had a bad back since Dec I haven't done as much as I would have liked. Thing are looking up though.

Back now seems to be 95% better and now you kind ladies have led me to BJ (and the weather's cheering up ) motivation levels are soaring! This is great - I've always been a bit of a statto anyway. I've got a notebook with pretty much every ride in it I've ever done, with the same info I enter for BJ , so updating the website will be a breeze.

Lets get those miles in. What a top notch motivator..!!! :) :) :)

[Bike Goddess]

MM- Congrats on getting on the TEAM! MORE, MORE, MORE! We're awesome! :p :p

Now, Nuthatch- I think you should do some stats-

How many on the team, age range, geographical locations, av miles, whatever else you can think of! :)

Those of us doing the AIDS ride will rack up 600+ miles in ONE WEEK! Hey not too shabby! :D :D

[spazzdog]

OK... I just spent 6 hrs raking and bagging leaves and a winter collection of doggie doo. How many miles can I log :p

spazz (who's off to the shower)

[Bike Goddess]

Hey Spazz- How about elevation gain for all the lifting of the rake? :p

[nuthatch]

Eeek! Me? Stats? Isn't that MM's forte? Hmmm - I guess I could put it in the club news section, couldn't I? :rolleyes:

Actually you weigh the poundage of the dog-doo and plug it into a formula that calculates the amount of omni-points it represents. These omni-points can be redeemed for any pleasant thing of your choice: bike miles, chocolate covered coffee beans, new bike toys, etc. I've got two poopers who create an incredible amount of doo for their size and the picking up usually falls to my daughter who redeems her points for music CDs! :D

[nuthatch]

Well, for some reason the enhanced stats section, which allows you to see total distance broken down by age group and team, won't show me any of the 40-49 y/old catagory (which is a bunch of us). Maybe it's for the best because bikegoddess is spanking all of us and she's in one of the more mature catagories! Go, BG, go!!!!!!

Aww, Spazzdog, you put your picture up on your profile! It's so nice to see what folks look like - makes it seem more home-like around here! Thanks! :D

[Veronica]

In the 40 - 49 group of women Kim is ranked 14.

V.

[aka_kim]

In the 40 - 49 group of women Kim is ranked 14.

V.
Out of... 15? I only input my mileage every few weeks, and will do an update tomorrow when I'm on my other PC. I find BJ navigation very confusing ... where are these stats located?

[nuthatch]

In the 40 - 49 group of women Kim is ranked 14.

V.

But for some reason, it won't let me view this category with our club as one of the parameters - only for all the 40-49 group registered on the site (who give their birth year).

[aka_kim]

Finally found the enhanced stats... and Nancy is #2 among "women of a certain age"!!!! Go Nancy! Only 500 more miles to beat that pretender from AZ.;)

[CorsairMac]

Out of... 15? I only input my mileage every few weeks, and will do an update tomorrow when I'm on my other PC. I find BJ navigation very confusing ... where are these stats located?

I had a hard time with enhanced stats at first too kim - I couldn't get it to display what I wanted until I realized I had to read all the columns first and "
change" them to what I was looking for! Doh! Did I feel computer challenged!!


MM is now on board! I didn't read the thing properly when I registered club but I'm now with the TE'ers. I've logged all my milage for this year which is a looking a bit lame this year, but as I had a bad back since Dec I haven't done as much as I would have liked. Thing are looking up though.

Back now seems to be 95% better and now you kind ladies have led me to BJ (and the weather's cheering up ) motivation levels are soaring! This is great - I've always been a bit of a statto anyway. I've got a notebook with pretty much every ride in it I've ever done, with the same info I enter for BJ , so updating the website will be a breeze.

Lets get those miles in. What a top notch motivator..!!! :) :) :)

Welcome MM welcome! Glad to hear the backs feeling better! Isn't it fun seeing everyone on BJ! I've always been curious what most of you rode on the avg and now I know!....of course, I will probably always just be a Vestal (non)Virgin to most of you but I still enjoy slugging away at those miles and watching ya'll keep going up on yours!

[Veronica]

There seems to be a problem with all clubs when you try to filter on women and that age group based on my random sampling of clubs.

V.

[nuthatch]

It's not just us, then. This enhanced stats section is fairly new, so maybe it's something Slantz is still working to refine.

[CorsairMac]

It still has a wrench by it meaning it's under construction - he may not have all the parameters in yet.

So how many of ya saw our girl Melody #1 in number of rides posted for March at 52??........wtg Mel!!!

[SadieKate]

These omni-points can be redeemed for any pleasant thing of your choice: bike miles, chocolate covered coffee beans, new bike toys, etc. :DOf course, the calories don't count because you've "earned" them!