Oh so lonely here in Corvallis!!!

[chick on a bike]

Hi Bug! ^^

So, how far do you ride and what type of riding do you do??? And how fast do you go?? I don't know how fast I move on my mtn bike but I seem to move pretty well (and that's on the road; my road bike isn't ready to ride yet ), I'm usually down in the hardest gear-half the time looking for more resistance....and it's a 21 speed if that helps to give you a better idea. * he he* And what about this other lady that you mentioned......


~Liz

[roughingit]

Hey, I'm in Corvy too! I just got done with working summer camp so I have a wide variety of amusing songs to sing while riding...erm on second thought, I'd probably get hit in the head with a brick for doing that...

I stick to roads on my bicycle (always happy to hike off the roads, but I have not the bike nor the balance for mnt biking)

I've thought about riding with the local bike club, but fear I'm just not fast enough, anyone familiar with them here? As for local bike shops, I think they all suck...then again absolutely none of them are very useful to tourers. (Cyclery is the only place in town that even carries front racks *but* they tried selling me three different racks that didn't fit my perfectly standard Fuji Touring and I landed up finding my rack at a garage sale instead). One of the shops in town even tried to convince me that a carbon fibre fork would be great for heavily-loaded touring......

I mostly cruise around town and go for rides that everyone I know thinks are insanely long, but experienced cyclists would find laughable lol. I usually ride about 10-15 mph depending on whether I'm riding alone or struggling to keep up with my boyfriend.

[chick on a bike]

So.......roughingit......~evil grin~

Where about's in Corvallis are you??? ~big evil grin~

I don't know how fast I go and I don't know how much fun I'll be to ride with as right now I have a mtn bike for the road (my "new" roadie isn't quite finished yet as my bf still has some stuff to do on it), but I can still hold my own on the road.

How far do you ride when you go??? i usually go about 13 to 14 miles (although for the past week and a half I haven't been riding due to sudden health problems and diet change ~just found out I'm gluton intolerant and have celaic desease-kinda the same~ so my energy level has been iffy. I could probably do just fine for keeping up at 10-15 mph at this point! *lol* My luck with health lately has totaly sucked!

But anyway, enough about me, what about you???? Oh and I doin't think you'd get hit upside the head or hit with a brick for singing! ~winks~ *lol*


~Liz

[roughingit]

Hmmmm....well yesturday I rode about 20 miles with at least 50 pounds of stuff during the heat of the day, but that was an extrodinary circumstance (coming home from camp for the final time with all my stuff). I'm normally much more prudent so a nice ten or fifteen mile ride sounds quite nice about now. Tis much too hot to be inside this week, at least on bikes we can pretend there is a breeze.

I just got this bike in the beginning of summer, but due to the lack of paved surfaces to ride on around camp, I haven't gotten much practice shifting so it's not highly likely that I would zoom off on you. My last bike was a hybrid, so I haven't gotten the hang of shifting down yet. (I tried to attack Wren Hill in my middle chainring )

Right now I am crashing up in the Winco area, but I'm actively looking for a place to live. I have an interview tomorrow with some gals that live near campus. If that falls through, then I'll be checking out the cheapy places on Circle. No point in paying rent while I was in camp. I'm surprised at the number of vacancies open though, so it looks like it shouldn't be too hard.

I'm totally up for a ride later in the week. I'll probably be heading for Salem this weekend to get my brakehoods adjusted somewhere where I can reach them properly, so I'm sticking to the flats or at least places where the big hills don't have stoplights at the bottom of them.

[drplasma64]

Hey Roughinit and Chick-

I'm going to work on my stamina so I can join you guys sometime. Right now I'm only doing about 7-8 miles a ride, averaging about 12 mph on my road bike. So I've got aways to go, but watch out behind you!

Oh..and boohoo, they cancelled the bike maintenance class this week because I was the ONLY one who signed up. They said they'd offer it again in the fall.

[roughingit]

Do you need to be an OSU student for this class? Cost? It sounds like something I would be greatly interested in too.

I'd be happy to roll along with ya just for support. At that speed I could practice my spinning some.

[chick on a bike]

Hey Roughinit and Chick-

I'm going to work on my stamina so I can join you guys sometime. Right now I'm only doing about 7-8 miles a ride, averaging about 12 mph on my road bike. So I've got aways to go, but watch out behind you!

Oh..and boohoo, they cancelled the bike maintenance class this week because I was the ONLY one who signed up. They said they'd offer it again in the fall.

Yes you need to join us. ~evil grin~ >=) We all get good enough and we can have our own ornery little riding group. >=D It'd be fun to start something! ~ornery laughter~ Once I start riding my road bike, I may have to start riding with you as I'm going to be so rediculous at it and 7 to 8 miles may be all the more I could do as the positioning is so different!! *lol* I'm using other muscles when I'm on the road bike; a little different than the ones I am when I'm on Ma Hawg, Brunhilda (the mtn bike ). You'll probably end up leaving me in your dust! *lol* ^^


~Liz

[roughingit]

Highland was *exactly* the big hill with a stoplight at the bottom of it I was thinking of lol! As for Wren Hill, it's somewhere out past Philomath before King's Valley....and someday I shall conquer it! How does Friday sound? If you guys would like somewhere to practice shifting, Camp Adair is full of unused roads that are fun to tool about on, or perhaps a trip up to Philomath for some Muchos Gracias

[chick on a bike]

Hmmmm....well yesturday I rode about 20 miles with at least 50 pounds of stuff during the heat of the day, but that was an extrodinary circumstance (coming home from camp for the final time with all my stuff). I'm normally much more prudent so a nice ten or fifteen mile ride sounds quite nice about now. Tis much too hot to be inside this week, at least on bikes we can pretend there is a breeze.

I just got this bike in the beginning of summer, but due to the lack of paved surfaces to ride on around camp, I haven't gotten much practice shifting so it's not highly likely that I would zoom off on you. My last bike was a hybrid, so I haven't gotten the hang of shifting down yet. (I tried to attack Wren Hill in my middle chainring )

Right now I am crashing up in the Winco area, but I'm actively looking for a place to live. I have an interview tomorrow with some gals that live near campus. If that falls through, then I'll be checking out the cheapy places on Circle. No point in paying rent while I was in camp. I'm surprised at the number of vacancies open though, so it looks like it shouldn't be too hard.

I'm totally up for a ride later in the week. I'll probably be heading for Salem this weekend to get my brakehoods adjusted somewhere where I can reach them properly, so I'm sticking to the flats or at least places where the big hills don't have stoplights at the bottom of them.

Well then.........~evil grin~ We're just gonna have to get together sometime in the very near future then..... This week is going to be so much cooler than it has been so it'll be nice. Once I start riding my new road bike, I'm gonna be a comic relief or either that one annoying child on a bike as the gear shifters will be below me insted "in front of me" (on the brakes)....It's going to deffinitely take some getting used to. So my practicing shifting will also be an experiance once I get my bike back (the bf has it with him up in Hilsburito as he calls it so I'm not quite sure when I'll get it back...maybe next week when I go up to be with him )

And you don't have to worry about any hills with traffic lights at the bottom of them as the only on I can think of around here would be Highland going into town.....Everything else seems to be on the flat...~ornery grin~ Luck for us. Oh and what's Wren Hill??? Never heard of it! *lol* Is it bad?? *giggles*

Just holler when you're ready!!!! I'm always ready!! ^^

Hugs and kisses!!


~Liz