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A bunch of us are planning to do the double metric. I've never done this particular route but I did their lowland 200 miler back in June. Support was excellent! ....
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09-13-2006, 07:36 AM #1
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Grand Tour Lite Sept 24th Malibu
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HI!
Anyone doing this ride??
I signed up for the lowland century...
Don't want to ride by myself though.....
http://lawheelmen.org/schedule.htm
Let me know!
Thanks!
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09-13-2006, 07:56 AM #2
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09-13-2006, 08:30 AM #3
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Not quite ready for a double metric yet!! I think your route goes down decker AND potero..yikes.. some SCARY descents!!!
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09-13-2006, 07:30 PM #4
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Karen,
You've turned into a MONSTER!!! ... in a good way
I've had to totally scale back since I don't have much time to ride... but I am doing the metric in Palm Springs in October... YEAH!!!
t~
ps. I scoped out the pics on your dirtchix site... HOW FUN IS THAT!!!!!!
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09-15-2006, 09:43 AM #5
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Hey Trac!
I hear ya....yeah this is a Sunday ride which makes it hard, BUT I took Monday off!
Anyone out there riding the century version??
Brandy (are you back on the bike yet?), Tiffiane? Caligurl?
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09-15-2006, 10:02 PM #6
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Hi Karen,
I had been thinking about doing the lowland century but I'm currently on a mission for a new saddle. Anything more than 50 miles and I'm hurting pretty bad.
Have a great time on the ride!
~~Tiffanie~~
Your biggest challenge isn't someone else.
It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside that yells "CAN'T".
But you don't listen. You just push harder.
And then you hear the voice whisper "CAN".
And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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09-18-2006, 05:51 PM #7
YIKES! i'm a durt gurl
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i finally got signed up! hubby and i will be doing the double metric!
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09-18-2006, 07:29 PM #8
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Awesome! :beer: <<<(supposed to be a beer chug)
Originally Posted by caligurl
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09-19-2006, 08:24 AM #9
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i drink wine not beer, anymore! (beer gives you a beer belly... but then... so does tommys and in-n-out and coldstone! oh... and a new one: TGI fridays!
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09-22-2006, 01:43 PM #10
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Thinking about doing this fixed
Hi gals,
I'm thinking about doing the lowland 100 either fixed of singlespeed. I'm a little concerned about doing a group ride fixed (never done it with gearies), but this would sure be a nice one.
Roadfix, have you ever done this one? Any advice? I currently run 42x16 fixed and 42x19 free.
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09-22-2006, 02:59 PM #11
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Actually, I did the LA Wheelmen's lowland 200 miler back in June on my fixed gear. I took a flip flop, fixed on both sides, running 46x18 and 46x16, front brake only. I rode the 18 cog all the way up to Ojai then flipped to the 16 for most of the down hill and stayed with that cog for the remainder of the ride. Originally Posted by Kallisti
I ride fixed with groups of geared riders all the time. There's really not much difference whether you're on your fixed or geared bike....as long as you're geared properly.
The lowland 100 is fairly flat so you should have no problem with running your fixed 16 cog for the entire ride. Are you saving the 19 freecog for the climbs and down hills?
As for this weekend's double metric, I'm taking my geared bike...
Last edited by roadfix; 09-22-2006 at 03:03 PM.
