Rides Dec. 10th

[redrhodie]

I was wondering if you were still going out, Crankin. It's cold! I love it. I wore a similar glove combo, Ibex liner, some crazy hard core Specialized men's outer layer. I made perfect clothes choices for once. I wore my new LG Oslo tights, which I was really skeptical about when I put them on, and the chamois went north. I ended up wearing a pair of Barely There underwear underneath, and that worked great. Kept the chamois in check, felt comfortable, and now I don't have to wash the tights after every ride.

I also wore an Ibex woolie, under one of their jerseys, and my warmest winter jacket. Lake boots with wool socks. A wool buff and a wool cap under my helmet.

Just 20 miles or so, but it felt great.

[Crankin]

I've gone to my Ibex tights for this kind of riding, although they were bought for skiing. My regular fleece beanie is fine for my head and yesterday i had to wear a sleeveless base layer with a mid weight fleece lined jersey, because with my heaviest jacket (a Gore jacket I bought from Bluetree), I sweat like crazy. Today, I will wear my LS Craft base layer, though and maybe a jersey that is a little heavier. I also might wear my cycling knickers under my tights, instead of shorts.

[Tri Girl]

A group of 6 of us did our monthly Cupcake Ride. Rode 11 miles total. Had to go to the Whole Foods since the cupcake shop we were going to wasn't open for business yet. A nice, leisurely ride.

The attire is supposed to be dresses and such, but everyone wore spandex (but me). It's still a fairly new ride, so hopefully as the weather warms up, more people will dress fancy. It's not a hammer-ride, but a ride to show people you can ride in normal clothes. Oh well.

[hebe]

I'd come on your cupcake ride if I lived closer, tri girl!

I did an errand run yesterday on my Marin, only about 4 miles or so on a very chilly and bright morning. I get such a high out of not queuing to get into town, not queuing for parking spaces, not paying for parking...

[Crankin]

Rode just under 20 today; it was about 35 for the whole ride and very sunny. I used my new winter road shoes for the first time, with my heaviest socks (hiking socks) as I wanted to see what it would feel like without the chemical warmers. My toes were cool, not cold, I had plenty of room to move my feet around, and it was OK for this temperature. Closer to 30 or below I might add the chemical warmers again, as I hate wearing thick socks. The shoes are much more comfortable than wearing my regular shoes, booties, chemical warmers. I also wore my knickers under my tights, which was fine. I actually was a bit hot, after 6-7 miles, which leads me to believe my LS Craft base layers are only for temperatures less than 25 or 20. I had to undo the pit zips on my jacket.

[Catrin]

Wooot I was able to ride OUTSIDE today
12.5 miles in one hour - I pushed it the first 30 minutes and just went exploring the rest of the time on some neighborhood streets.

No neck pain during the ride, though some of that has come back over the last two days. I had planned on hiking today but there was so much sunshine and no wind...and the temps had edged up to 35 degrees. AND I've not worn my PI Amfibs before, time to ride

I decided when I started that I would only ride for an hour as I've not been able to do any riding in temps <48 this season. I wore my smartwool base layer and smartwool long-sleeve full-zip and thermal jacket. I just had on a pair of regular PI bike shorts underneath my Amfibs, for my feet had toe covers and chemical warmers. On my head I had ear warmers, a smartwool balaclava. I think I've figured out how to keep my body warm down to about 30 degrees with low winds. My feet will need a little more but I think that is working out as well. I just need full shoe covers when I can swing it

[luv2climb]

I found another nice peaceful road with extremely light traffic, which is a good thing considering how narrow the road is. It's probably one of those private roads I've seen in the area. They seem to have the best climbs, and this one was no exception. Lots of grades in the mid to upper teens and even some in the twenties. Max grade was 23%.

I mounted my GoPro on the head tube of my Sirrus for a much more stable video than the ones I've posted where the camera was mounted on the handlebars. You can see my front tire slinging around in the video, so imagine how shaky it would be if the camera was on the bars.

I had to ride the Sirrus because I am still car-free until January, so I have to take light rail to the end of the line in Folsom if I want to do any climbing. Even though my road bike is a low-end Specialized Dolce Triple, it still looks too nice to take on the train with all the shady characters I see on there.

I've been doing this every weekend since my truck got totalled at the beginning of November.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/134070153#

Here's the ride video with GPS data overlay from my Garmin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhzHYfXD6fc

Top of climb. Notice how hazy it is.

[WindingRoad]

Crankin - I have done the knicker thing under my winter tights and it works pretty good actually