Baltimore May Day Roll, 5/1/11

[owlice]

Owlice, you certainly have a way with words. I am LOL.

kmehrzad, it's not so funny if you're the one behind me on the hill when I'm starting to slide backwards...!!

It's so sad. I've been working on increasing my speed so I can go on longer rides; I'd like to do a century ride as some point. In daylight. Without having to be above the Arctic Circle in the summer for the ride. It sounds so exciting when I can say I'm now 1.5 times faster than I used to be... until I confess that my average speed used to be 8 MPH. ~~~ sigh ~~~

Kalidurga, I likely will not be going on this. It sounds like fun, though, and Ikaros... mmmmmmmm!!! Please, share pictures!

[Kalidurga]

Owlice-- I haven't been around here much since last year so I don't know what methods you're using to improve, but when I began wanting to ride longer distances the recommendation I was given was to get a computer and pay attention to my cadence. Monitoring that would help me to ride more efficiently. I'm still no speed demon and have no desire to ride any centuries, but I did see a significant difference in both speed and distance within one summer of getting a cadence computer. I've now taken the computer off my bike, but can still use what I learned about how an efficient cadence feels.

And I will officially commit myself to posting photos from Sunday's ride. That'll give me incentive to get out of bed and up to B'more by 8:30am

[Kalidurga]

For your vicarious pleasure , my blog about the ride is here: http://kalidurga.blogspot.com/2011/0...bike-ride.html

Coupl'a highlight shots:












Definitely a fun ride for history buffs, and the sit-down lunch at Ikaros was fantabulous. They even had a vegetarian option (though the Greeks love their bechamel sauce too much to go vegan).

[owlice]

Oh, what a lovely write-up! Thanks very much for sharing; it sounds like a great time and very interesting ride!!