Weekend Rides?

[nscrbug]

My weekend riding - 80 miles on Saturday, 92 miles on Sunday, 77 miles today. We had originally set out to ride 100 on Sunday, but ended coming up a bit short and I just didn't have anything left in me to crank out those last 8 miles. We'll try again this weekend.

[chatnoire]

Hey Chatnoire, I did the same ride. I overestimated the difficulty of Russelville Road and underestimated the hills on the last third of the ride. I used EVERY gear combo on my bike except for cross chaining on that ride!

I was really afraid that Russelville Road was going to result in a 4 hr ride for me. I finished in 2 hr 45 min. I was thrilled. 36 mph on some of the downhills helped my average speed a lot

What time were you there? We started about 9:15 and finished about 12:30.

Hey Artista!
We pulled away from the start at 8:45, and got back in just before noon, for a total of 2.5 hours in the seat, 3 with breaks. What a fun ride! That last hill was a BEAR, for sure, but in lowest gear, I was able to stay in my seat and keep going, and still had the power to push through. Have you done that one before? It was my first time, and only my second sponsored ride.

[chatnoire]

My weekend riding - 80 miles on Saturday, 92 miles on Sunday, 77 miles today. We had originally set out to ride 100 on Sunday, but ended coming up a bit short and I just didn't have anything left in me to crank out those last 8 miles. We'll try again this weekend.

That is seriously impressive. You rode in a weekend what I've put on my bike since the start of may.

[Artista]

Hey Artista!
We pulled away from the start at 8:45, and got back in just before noon, for a total of 2.5 hours in the seat, 3 with breaks. What a fun ride! That last hill was a BEAR, for sure, but in lowest gear, I was able to stay in my seat and keep going, and still had the power to push through. Have you done that one before? It was my first time, and only my second sponsored ride.

Sounds like we just missed each other. At least I know now that you aren't the young woman who managed to pass me 3 times on the same ride!

Yes, that last hill was TOUGH! I had a blast going really fast on the downhills but I was down to 4mph the last time I looked at my computer on the really steep hill

This was the first time I've ridden the 1/3 century route. I did the 7 mile Elephant Rock "family" ride about 12 years ago when I was at my lowest ever fitness level. Back then even the family ride was routed over some pretty intense hills. I thought that I was going to die on that ride! Yesterday's ride was my redemption

[Irulan]

I'll play.
Two rides this weekend.
First one.. .we have some great road riding right out the front door... through farm valleys and up into rolling wheat fields. DH and I are experimenting with the route. There is a loop, but about 13 miles of it is state highway, and you can do an out and that ends up with the same mileage ( 42) and no traffic.



Second ride, my singlespeed had been whispering to me how neglected it's been feeling. I did an 11 mile loop with my girlfrind and oh what a fun time. This is my titanium SS that I built up out of an old Pro Mongoose a few years ago.

[chatnoire]

Sounds like we just missed each other. At least I know now that you aren't the young woman who managed to pass me 3 times on the same ride!

Yes, that last hill was TOUGH! I had a blast going really fast on the downhills but I was down to 4mph the last time I looked at my computer on the really steep hill

This was the first time I've ridden the 1/3 century route. I did the 7 mile Elephant Rock "family" ride about 12 years ago when I was at my lowest ever fitness level. Back then even the family ride was routed over some pretty intense hills. I thought that I was going to die on that ride! Yesterday's ride was my redemption

Hahaha, yeah, we got passed a few times by some people...including a little girl about 8 years old, pedaling furiously.....she passed my boyfriend, who then passed her, and she *growled* and passed him again!

We must have been just a few miles apart each stop. Are you doing any of the other rides in the area? We are planning on training for the 1/2 century in Boulder in September, which I did last year on my old bike (hard!!!) I was thinking about doing Venus, but my best friend isn't able to come back from Philly for the ride, so I wasn't sure about doing it alone.

[lovelygamer]

I'll play.
Two rides this weekend.
First one.. .we have some great road riding right out the front door... through farm valleys and up into rolling wheat fields. DH and I are experimenting with the route. There is a loop, but about 13 miles of it is state highway, and you can do an out and that ends up with the same mileage ( 42) and no traffic.



Second ride, my singlespeed had been whispering to me how neglected it's been feeling. I did an 11 mile loop with my girlfrind and oh what a fun time. This is my titanium SS that I built up out of an old Pro Mongoose a few years ago.

Your bikes are beautiful. Great job on the weekend rides!

[eofelis]

I rode the Little Red Riding Hood organized ride in Logan, UT on Saturday. Was any TE gals there? I rode the 50 miler as I haven't been road riding a lot lately. (I've been commuting a lot). I was there with a group of friends. They all rode 80-100 miles, so I rode by myself, which was still quite nice. It was a cool and cloudy day but excellent for a bike ride.

[Artista]

We must have been just a few miles apart each stop. Are you doing any of the other rides in the area? We are planning on training for the 1/2 century in Boulder in September, which I did last year on my old bike (hard!!!) I was thinking about doing Venus, but my best friend isn't able to come back from Philly for the ride, so I wasn't sure about doing it alone.

I doubt that we'll do any other long-ish road rides this year. Our passion is mtn biking. We committed to doing the Elephant Rock with some friends last winter when June 3rd sounded like it was the distant future. DH and I had a lot of trouble motivating ourselves to get on the road bikes to train for this. In the end, we pulled this ride off with many 1 1/2 hour mtn bike rides and one 32 mile road ride under our belts. I may consider the Boulder and Venus rides if we end up doing many longer mtn bike rides this summer.

I've heard that the Venus de Miles ride is very friendly. I'll bet that you could hook up with someone at the start of the ride so that you wouldn't have to do the whole thing alone.

[Norse]

I wanted to do that ride but was too late to arrange lodging in the middle as my motorhome is inconveniently 600 miles south of me right now. Hope you have a great ride!

Thanks! Sounds like it's going to be a scorcher this year.

[Sky King]

More photos once we do the blog post but we had a terrific 3 day adventure with a group of friends - 12 riders, 105 miles, all on dirt and gravel. We had 2 fat bikes, full suspension mtb, front suspension mtb, 3 LHT's, 2 Rivendell's and a Salsa Fargo. Couldn't have ask for a better weather and can't wait to do it again next year.

[funkbunny]

Sounds like we just missed each other. At least I know now that you aren't the young woman who managed to pass me 3 times on the same ride!

Yes, that last hill was TOUGH! I had a blast going really fast on the downhills but I was down to 4mph the last time I looked at my computer on the really steep hill

This was the first time I've ridden the 1/3 century route. I did the 7 mile Elephant Rock "family" ride about 12 years ago when I was at my lowest ever fitness level. Back then even the family ride was routed over some pretty intense hills. I thought that I was going to die on that ride! Yesterday's ride was my redemption

Hi - I see you and my girl chatnoire discussing ERock. Hope it wasn't me! I can't tell you how many people I passed and then they passed me while I was waiting at the top of the hills for the rest of my "ride team" - it was an excellent game of tag.

ERock 30-ish was a great ride - looking forward to heading that way again next year! Maybe they'll have a 50 miler instead of jumping from 30 to 62.

[chatnoire]

Hi - I see you and my girl chatnoire discussing ERock. Hope it wasn't me! I can't tell you how many people I passed and then they passed me while I was waiting at the top of the hills for the rest of my "ride team" - it was an excellent game of tag.

ERock 30-ish was a great ride - looking forward to heading that way again next year! Maybe they'll have a 50 miler instead of jumping from 30 to 62.

Naw, girl, you have what it takes for the 62. True story. Just show up more than 2 days beforehand. ***


***Shhhhh - I keep telling the boy that it would be pretty awesome to have a saturday morning wedding, followed by a team riding Erock on Sunday. Matching wedding party jerseys! I didn't say this out loud though. No rings yet!

[Artista]

Hi - I see you and my girl chatnoire discussing ERock. Hope it wasn't me! I can't tell you how many people I passed and then they passed me while I was waiting at the top of the hills for the rest of my "ride team" - it was an excellent game of tag.

ERock 30-ish was a great ride - looking forward to heading that way again next year! Maybe they'll have a 50 miler instead of jumping from 30 to 62.

funkbunny, I dunno...we're you wearing all black and riding a blue and silver or black bike? I don't normally pay attention to people that I pass or those who pass me. I think that I was very aware of her, (maybe you), because I couldn't imagine riding in the heat dressed in all that black. I passed her right before we got back to the fair grounds, though. I'll bet the poor thing got overheated and slowed down

I think that they used to offer a 1/2 century route on the E Rock before the metric century distance got popular. I doubt that they'll bring the 50 miler back. We can expect the locals to be only so patient with intersection delays waiting for all of us cyclists. Besides, your secret is out. Chatnoire says that you can do the metric century!

Speaking of Chatnoire, I'll do the E Rock again if I can come to the wedding!

[chatnoire]

funkbunny, I dunno...we're you wearing all black and riding a blue and silver or black bike? I don't normally pay attention to people that I pass or those who pass me. I think that I was very aware of her, (maybe you), because I couldn't imagine riding in the heat dressed in all that black. I passed her right before we got back to the fair grounds, though. I'll bet the poor thing got overheated and slowed down

I think that they used to offer a 1/2 century route on the E Rock before the metric century distance got popular. I doubt that they'll bring the 50 miler back. We can expect the locals to be only so patient with intersection delays waiting for all of us cyclists. Besides, your secret is out. Chatnoire says that you can do the metric century!

Speaking of Chatnoire, I'll do the E Rock again if I can come to the wedding!

She can totally do the 62. She's doing one with us in July, already.