Got 1300 in today with a little 9 mile ride! Boy was I slow.I am at 4800 on the month, so maybe I might actually make my March goal of 10,000.
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03-14-2007, 06:51 PM #1
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03-14-2007, 07:11 PM #2
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1300 feet in only 9 miles must've been steep! Good job. Don't worry about the speed, it will come with time and practice.
Did you have fun on the downhill ?
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03-14-2007, 07:19 PM #3
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Jobob, I hope you are right about the speed. I am not a fast rider, and I can live with that. But, honestly, today I was going seriously slow on some portions. Like 3mph in a couple places.
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1300 feet in only 9 miles must've been steep! Good job. Don't worry about the speed, it will come with time and practice.
Did you have fun on the downhill ?
We have a mountain in our back yard that goes from sea level to our ski area at 5,000 feet in less than 20 miles. The bottom portion is the hardest, with a lot of 9-10%. Right now, only the bottom 5 miles is open except the weekends, and there is still too much snow up higher, anyhow.
The downhill was fun, but COLD, and I thought I was well bundled!"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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03-14-2007, 07:34 PM #4
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But, of course I'm right !
I've been known to go 3 mph on hills. The way I see it, as long as you maintain enough forward momentum not to tip over, you're doing fine.
Keep at it and you'll be rewarded. Ask my riding buddies, they'll tell you. I go way faster up hills than I used to. Heck, sometimes I even break 5 mph !
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03-14-2007, 08:31 PM #5
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My hero! Originally Posted by jobob
But, of course I'm right !
Heck, sometimes I even break 5 mph !
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03-15-2007, 07:20 AM #6
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I better re-adjust my goals for March. Let's put the climbing goal at 21,000 feet.
But I am at over 11,000 right now and looking at my plans for the rest of the month it seems realistic.
And I think I can go 2.5 mph and not fall over.
We should have a contest as to who can go slowest uphill. Of course, I suppose a trackstand would win.
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03-15-2007, 07:57 AM #7
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I've seen 2.3 on Patterson Pass.
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