July 21 Rides

[teigyr]

We did 20 miles, we were afraid we'd be caught in the rain, so we stayed close to home. somehow we also managed to get 1700 feet of climbing in there too. (did I say we lived on a hill?)

1700?!! and to think I was whining when I did 2200' in 44 miles.

DH did his first 50 miles today I had to work so I am living life vicariously.

[bikerchick68]

I did 35 miles today... on my new saddle So far so good... the ride was a slower than normal pace as we had 2 riders with us in clipless pedals for the first time... they did great! For me, the slower pace was good recovery anyway from last weekend... I felt pretty darned good tho so I was happy!

Sounds like everyone had decent rides!

Fredwina... how far was the brevet to be? Last week when I did STP, I hit a bump and my headlight flew off my bike into my spokes Kept it upright and the pack avoided it. Stopped and picked it up... 20 miles later or so, another bump and off went the headlight... at that point I decided I'd be buying a new one... that straps on Ordered a cateye yesterday

[Fredwina]

125 miles. but I started from my place about 6 miles away (big mistake!)

[Duck on Wheels]

Did my 20-mile loop out to the reservoir and around the back side of the forest park. Decided not to "cross-train" the hills this time, but rather wait til my HR had dropped and get back on the bike. It worked

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I did 47 miles into MA and back again to NY. It was really hilly and I got pretty tired. But we went slowly and had a good time.

[DrBadger]

52 miles with my roommate and another friend with about 3000 ft of climbing. It was pretty warm and sunny, so the climbs were HOT! I went through 3 bottle of fluid, which is a lot for me. Didn't really have my climbing legs under me for some reason, but felt pretty good. My average speed ended up being 12.5 MPH. Averaged about 7-8 on the climbs, and a max speed of 40 (Wheee!).

Am still playing the saddle game. I thought I had found a winner, but it rebelled on me yesterday, so don't think that will work for my upcoming century. I might go back to the last one I tried and play a bit more with the saddle tilt.

I tried out my smith toaster sunglasses that I got last week. I have to say, I am a big fan! They fit my face really well, and for the first time on my fast decents I didn't have tears streaming down my face, It is nice to be able to see the road Also, I usually get a pretty bad headache after long rides, and yesterday it was much better. I think that part of it was the cheap sunglasses that I had been wearing.

All in all a good day. I have attached the profile of our route.