bikejournal.com

[Kalidurga]

I'd seen bikejournal.com (http://www.bikejournal.com/) mentioned in a couple of threads here and checked it out a few weeks ago. For anyone who hasn't found the site yet, it's a great way to track your progress. I had a hand-written log that I had created, but seeing my monthly and total averages at bikejournal.com is very motivating. It's also cool to check out my stats compared to other riders, and to see how Team Estrogen ranks (#6!).

Thank you to the ladies here who mentioned the site recently! It's just one more example of the cool stuff you can pick up at this forum.

[mimitabby]

yes, that tracking AND giving my miles to teamestrogen has actually gotten me on my bike more than once when i wouldn't have otherwise ridden.
and after a big ride, it's thrilling to see how much you jump ahead in the ranks!

[DDH]

Wow, I had started this too, I didn't know I could give my miles to anyone. How does that work? I guess I haven't played with it enough, I don't know how to do the stats thing either.
I basically just go in and log my rides so I can keep up with my miles and progress.

[mimitabby]

yeah, DDH, mess around with it a bit, it's pretty complicated.
but somewhere it has clubs and which clubs you want to give the miles to.
then YOUR miles help TE! :)

[kelownagirl]

I love bikejournal too!

Has anyone signed up for the premier membership? ($20 year I think). I want to use some of the filters (ie how many miles etc on which bike) but you have to be a member. Is it worth it?

barb

[mimitabby]

I love bikejournal too!

Has anyone signed up for the premier membership? ($20 year I think). I want to use some of the filters (ie how many miles etc on which bike) but you have to be a member. Is it worth it?

barb
my husband bought it for us; yes. I wouldnt' have myself...
but if you are into all those details, absolutely. but its not necessary.

[tulip]

I love bikejournal.com. I have premier membership. I don't use the filters, but I figure it's worth supporting Sean in his efforts.

I log my miles with my local club, not with TE, but eventually I think they'll work it out so that you can log with two clubs.

[DDH]

So what do the clubs get when you give them your miles? Just prestige of having lots of miles from different members?

Does it put them on top or something so more people see them?

I'm just curious.

[Bikingmomof3]

Thank you for the reminder. I keep forgetting to add my miles.

[Geonz]

I also sent $20 for the effort involved. Premier members can put "view my journal" on their profiles (mine's been viewed 40 times... probably 20 of them m3 :-)) and I get to see that I'm ranked the #1 female in Illinois for mileage (tho' that might be temporary, since another rider has been "on a biking tour" for over a week and might just put in 1000 miles when she returns).
No prizes ('cept that monthly giveaway), it's all "honor system," and I had to discipline myself to stick to progress towards my goal instead of moving ahead in the ranking, which could become a misplaced priority...
and yea, add those miles :) Gotta get to that goal! about 75,000 miles to go...

[cherinyc]

I have been on bikejournal.com since I started, but didn't have a club. I am happy to say that have now named Team Estrogen as my club affiliate - I was #200. WOO HOO!!

[Bike Goddess]

The BikeJournal is a great place to keep track of mileage, speed, elevation gain (if you climb at all on your rides) PLUS it's a great place to find other riders in your area. I've ridden with about 10+ people that I've met on the Bike Journal and all of them have been wonderful to meet.

Yesterday when I was out on a ride with two other women, we stopped at a large office building in Fremont, CA so I could make a phone call to my partner Dave (he works just a few blocks away, and I thought we might stop by). Anyway one of the other riders had on a Bike Journal jersey. A fellow who was standing on the sidewalk in the lot where we were noticed her jersey. Turns out, he's a member too! Here out of nowhere in the most unexpected place! That was very neat.

When I was on the Marin Century this past weekend (Veronica's big win for her triple crown award), I saw a guy in a Bike Journal jersey. Turns out he's someone from my area who I knew about but had never met.

Amazing what a jersey sighting will do! I figure one of these days the Amici Veloci jersey will have similar experiences. :D :D :D :D

[mimitabby]

I have been on bikejournal.com since I started, but didn't have a club. I am happy to say that have now named Team Estrogen as my club affiliate - I was #200. WOO HOO!!
you're not #200 in the mileage ranking, very cool you're doing great.

[caligurl]

i love bikejournal.... i makes it really easy to find stats when you need them in a hurry! or when you want to compare two rides you've done.... or see the stats for a ride you did last year the you have coming up... etc

yes.... i'm a premier member... as is hubby....

[Bikingmomof3]

Any idea why my mileage refuses to change from 88? It has been driving me nuts.

[CorsairMac]

you might want to check your parameters mo3, it could be you've set them for indoor miles only or something........I"m not sure. If you still can't get it to work, email slantz - he's a really neat guy and he'll help you all he can.

as for the premier membership: I've been one since day one so I don't really know what the difference is between the 2......I do know you do Not have to have a premier membership to post there. I did it mainly because this was started by one guy to help him keep track of his miles against his buddy when the 2 of them moved apart. For awhile slantz was doing this basically out of his home and maintaining all the servers et al by himself. I think he has some help now from ppl on the board, but I still help him however I can.

[CycleChic06]

I like bikejournal too, one of the first things I do after a ride is log my miles on there. It's great for tracking how I'm doing.

Every once in a while I also check out their forum, but I usually get kinda annoyed by some of the men who post there, typical male roadies! Too much testosterone and machismo.

[mimitabby]

I like bikejournal too, one of the first things I do after a ride is log my miles on there. It's great for tracking how I'm doing.

Every once in a while I also check out their forum, but I usually get kinda annoyed by some of the men who post there, typical male roadies! Too much testosterone and machismo.
Cyclechic
I agree with you completely. There is such a different atmosphere there.
Very challenging. So many times i will be reading a post and think; this guy is
really exaggerating, how annoying. You just don't get that macho bragging stuff here. The gals that do well don't have to embellish or challenge each other
and instead, are supportive. I have always been in male environments (Where I work there are 7 men to each woman) and at home (husband, 2 sons)
so i can't tell you how pleasant and comfortable this place (TE forum) is to me.

[Pedal Wench]

I feel bad - I haven't been keeping up this year - I forgot to enter anything. Would it be bad to just take a reading off my odometer for the year?

[mimitabby]

you can do that Pedalwench..
it's bulk miles or something like that.
then keep track after that.

[chickwhorips]

after i come back from a ride i log my miles there too.

it makes me feel good that i'm actually tracking miles and helping out TE's ranking at the same time.

[Bikingmomof3]

you might want to check your parameters mo3, it could be you've set them for indoor miles only or something........I"m not sure. If you still can't get it to work, email slantz - he's a really neat guy and he'll help you all he can.

Thank you. I will double check my settings.

[makbike]

I love BikeJournal. It is a great motivational tool and keeps me riding even when I would rather sit on my couch. Someday I hope to catch Bike Goddess! Everytime I get close she takes off again, the gap opens up and I feel the need to get back on my bike. I hope she does mind me chasing her!

Marcie

[nuthatch]

You guys please let me know when I need to up the mileage goal for the club. I'm the administrator, but I only wander over to BJ every few weeks. Looks like we have some busy legs this summer!

I'd encourage folks to add route maps to the club area, too. I know we're spread out but some areas of the country have clusters of TE board members who don't necessarily ride together and are looking for new routes in their area.

[nuthatch]

nuthatch, how do you post a route map? Is there an example of one?

It's pretty simple - just log in and go to the Team Estrogen club area. You'll see "add a route" down there.

The more complicated part is preparing the route to post (we're talking about either a text-cue sheet for a ride you've done or an image of a route map, like a PDF or JPG file). You either have to know where the route is stored on another website OR create the route on Google Maps (which will require you to have a Google ID to create and save the route map, I believe).

I know, I know, this sounds complicated, but once you have it down, it's not too bad. Especially if you know another website (like your local cycle club) that has a route posted. Then you just pop that web address into the "add a route" slot and share it with the team!

If you're still having trouble, but really want to share your route, just PM me and I can try to help. Anyone else here who has more info on this, just chime in! :p

P.S. For an example, go to the home page and scroll down to Routes - just click on "View Routes" and it will show you all the routes posted for your neck of the woods (if you told them where you live when you registered).

[hurleygirl]

I've been a member ever since May of 2003. I became a premier member as soon as I realized that I loved the site and wanted to help support it.

I use the same handle over there - so anyone can view my journal and witness how pathetic my year has been so far:

http://www.bikejournal.com/journal_public.asp?rname=hurleygirl

I'm obsessive about tracking my mileage. This was the first year that my mileage hasn't increased over the previous year, so I've had to adjust my mindset and just be happy that I'm still riding and track the small accomplishments, like my improving speed up hills. That's the drawback of tracking everything - when I'm not improving it really gets to me.

I bought one of their jerseys when they first came out. It's one of my favorites.

[caligurl]

I bought one of their jerseys when they first came out. It's one of my favorites.

the orange and blue one? i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hurleygirl]

the orange and blue one? i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup! That's the one. I had the elastic taken out of the hem, though.

I think I actually pre-ordered it, back when they were still deciding if they had enough interest in the jerseys.

[caligurl]

we pre-ordered ours too!!!! remember when he did the contest.. forget what the prize was... but you had to send in pics of you with/on your bike with your bf jersey? hubby and i went out for a ride a took a bunch of fun pics! lol! (i didn't have my ruby yet! so it "matched" my dolce!)

http://caligurl.com/bikergurl/wp-content/BF tricross ride/bj2.jpg

http://caligurl.com/bikergurl/wp-content/BF tricross ride/bj4.jpg

[hurleygirl]

Great pics! I entered the contest too. Had a really hard time getting a good picture of me. Tried to get an "action shot", but my husband was having a hard time with the digital camera's delay between pressing the button and taking the shot. We got a lot of shots when I was only partially in the frame - and I was riding as slowly as I could without falling over.

Then I tried posing with my bike, kinda like your first shot. But when I looked at the shots later, my shoulders were hunched up by my ears in every one. I finally used a little "candid" my husband took with me and my cat. It's on my profile on the bikejournal website.

[Cassandra_Cain]

caligurl - great photos, cool outfit and nice bike :)

As for bikejournal, ok I bit, joined up. Not too many riders from this neck of the woods, but at least one familiar face :p

[CorsairMac]

Would it be bad to just take a reading off my odometer for the year?


only if it puts you ahead of me in the standings.......................:p

[CorsairMac]

caligurl - great photos, cool outfit and nice bike :)

As for bikejournal, ok I bit, joined up. Not too many riders from this neck of the woods, but at least one familiar face :p


oh oh oh - would that be me?? lolol

[Cassandra_Cain]

oh oh oh - would that be me?? lolol

Um yea :)

You are only like, what, 2.56 million miles ahead of me? No worries, your lead is very, VERY safe with me :D

[CorsairMac]

Um yea :)

You are only like, what, 2.56 million miles ahead of me? No worries, your lead is very, VERY safe with me :D


Really?? 2.56 million??.....wow - maybe I need to name my new bike The Enterprise! ;)

[Geonz]

When I joined in April I just stuck my miles-so-far on there. Otherwise it wouldn't be accurate.

MOre miles for teamestrogen, eh? Yea!!!

Wot's yer name over on Bikejournal, CorsairMac?

[Cassandra_Cain]

Really?? 2.56 million??.....wow - maybe I need to name my new bike The Enterprise! ;)


Well seeing as you are riding the enterprise, any chance I can talk to Captain Kirk? He used to be cute in his day you know. Aboard the Enterprise naturally...