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[julbee]

Hi All!

I have a question about this....

Is it helpful for "newbies" who may not log a high number of miles to join or does it "mess up" the team stats?

I'm willing to help, in the sense of keeping the percentages of paying members up; yet, I don't want my doing so to mess up team stats somehow?
I'm going to be low mileage! (Hill slug!)

Thanks for your honest replies!

[SadieKate]

Julbee - don't worry about how your mileage affects the team. This isn't about team stats other than just for fun. The intensity of rides for each person is different, such as a mountain biker or a roadie who lives in the mountains. The miles for these rides may be low but require a huge effort per mile. Look to your own goals and celebrate your accomplishments. The team stuff is just icing on the cake! We're the Ladies' Mutual Aid and Admiration Society for any goal you choose.

Personally, I've got to get back to practicing my wheelies.

Thanks for paying up and supporting Slantz. He puts in an incredible amount of time babying that site.

SK

[LBTC]

Personally, I've got to get back to practicing my wheelies.

and if your sensor is on the front, your mileage will be extremely low!

I've got to work on wheelies *and* jumps! heehee

Namaste,
~T~

[SadieKate]

and if your sensor is on the front, your mileage will be extremely low!

I've got to work on wheelies *and* jumps! heehee

OMG, how long can you hold a wheelie? Mine certainly don't last long enough for the front wheel to slow down!

You suppose we can get Slantz to add a column for number of wheelies per ride?

[LBTC]

OMG, how long can you hold a wheelie? Mine certainly don't last long enough for the front wheel to slow down!

You suppose we can get Slantz to add a column for number of wheelies per ride?

giggle
I was refering to your wheelie skill, dear! Actually, I'm not good at holding them for long, but I am good at teaching them...on a mountain bike. heehee I taught 2 newbies to wheelie for a pedal stroke after 5 minutes of instruction. I cracked the code!

Namaste,
~T~

(but I am seriously out of practice and do need to practice both wheelies and jumps!)

[SadieKate]

I cracked the code!
(but I am seriously out of practice and do need to practice both wheelies and jumps!)

The code -- that's truly what it is. When you find that sweet combo of power stroke and position

Jumps -- with my wrist injury, I'm being a good girl. I didn't even attempt air once while we were in Oregon last month. Unlike Smurf, I kept it on the ground on my favorite ditch crossing. I even slowed down on Phil's Canyon to be sure it wasn't just a reflex. Sniff, it was so painful to be the little old lady bringing up the rear.

Mom - re the mile, but of course! My first century was on a tandem in horrible winds. Geez, we were in pain at the end. I think it was 2 laps around the parking lot before the odometer clicked over to 100 and we could officially cross the line.

[jobob]

You crazy ladies might enjoy this site :

Team Bikeaholics

- jobob, who hopes to do a double metric this year, and maybe 200K & 300K brevets next year.
But don't tell anyone ...

[SadieKate]

You monster woman! Is Lee joining you in this goal? If you put any of the DBC rides on your calendar, give me a holler. Guest/bike-room is open (unless Yellow is visiting from SLC and then'll you'll have to flip for it and the sofa).

Ooh, that website looks good, jobob! I'm printing out the tandem article for lunch time perusal. I'll have to check to see if my kidney button training technique is included. If he hits a pothole without warning, the kidney button is punched (ah, not really ).

[julbee]

Thanks for the information!
I'm always happy to support the team in any way I can!
I've placed my sensor exactly 1/2 way between the front and the back wheel so... I can get either an average of both wheels ..or can add the numbers of both wheels! lol! Try it! lol lol! lol!!!

[CorsairMac]

You crazy ladies might enjoy this site :

Team Bikeaholics

- jobob, who hopes to do a double metric this year, and maybe 200K & 300K brevets next year.
But don't tell anyone ...

ok..this is scary jobob.......I had never even heard of brevet riding until I joined BJ.....now I want to BE one! I figured I better learn how to ride distance (walk) before I learn how to ride brevets (run). Plus the closest organized brevet rides to me are either CO or AZ so I would have to travel just to ride them (or maybe ride TO them - now THAT would be true bevet riding! LOL)

and Julbee: the team as a team has a mileage goal so any and ALL miles are Most welcome. Heck it's hard for me to convince myself to NOT log the tiny little - check-out-work-done-on-the-bike - rides just to help out the team goal! (plus I'm doing the RAAM route virtually so I'm taking every .10 I can get!) LOLOL.........as SK said....BJ is for you, you set your goals, you ride what you want, and have fun! and I saw your yellow jersey hun...it looked good on you!!

Nut: gosh hun...let me get to Atlantic City First, and then you can have some of my miles deal???

[MomOnBike]

Has anyone else done this? Ride around the block an extra time just to make the Miles even - or a 'pretty' number like 34.56? Or take a 'scenic detour' just for Miles? Or alter your basic ride route slightly just to get that extra .2 Miles?

{blushing} Done all of the above. DH says that Miles is a hard task master. What does he know?

Mom(riding some odd routes)OnBike

[skibum]

Yep, been there, done that many times. Just last night I did a few laps around the parking lot after a group ride to round myself up to the next mile. After getting lots of strange looks from the other riders, I made some excuse about cooling down. It felt a little weird to admit that I wanted that extra 0.2 miles.

[Pedal Wench]

Has anyone else done this? Ride around the block an extra time just to make the Miles even - or a 'pretty' number like 34.56? Or take a 'scenic detour' just for Miles? Or alter your basic ride route slightly just to get that extra .2 Miles?

{blushing} Done all of the above. DH says that Miles is a hard task master. What does he know?

Mom(riding some odd routes)OnBike

Who hasn't??? I've been known to do laps in the parking lot, laps around my house. I did a ride on a local bike trail, and I kept underestimating my distances. Rode past my car for a mile, came back and was still short, rode past my car the other direction, still short, one more loop in the parking lot... (why is a woman with a degree in engineering completely incapable of figuring out the math on the fly after 97.3 miles how far she needs to go to get her friggin' century??? I'm normally rather intelligent!)