Anyone ride today? [Archive] - The Paceline Forum

Jack Brunk

09-29-2012, 07:18 PM

Did a 35 mile single speed ride in my usual place. Hot, muggy and generally a hard day when there's a lot of fast good riders around. Sorry for the same place pics but the bike's different. The Sheep actually met a twin sheep on the trail today. According to the rider there are 2 Blacksheeps in Ventura County and both were seen together today. Pretty sweet! Single speeding on single track is pretty zen for me. Good day to be alive.

AngryScientist

09-29-2012, 07:29 PM

Good day to be alive.

indeed, well said.

50 miles fixed gear today. overcast all day, just rode my usual route, pushing pretty good today. felt great. i really love this bike.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ZiYfLuO3E/UGeRuYOZ5fI/AAAAAAAAA2w/-x8-B5GwkPw/s640/IMG_1054.JPG

even had to make a pit-stop midway into the ride, i was starving!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LGxPUU0mWIs/UGeRpisU48I/AAAAAAAAA2o/uK4KYVTkpgY/s400/IMG_1050.JPG

lzuk

09-29-2012, 07:36 PM

perfect ride, great pics!

JAGI410

09-29-2012, 07:50 PM

I went down to Alexandria, MN and figured since I had my bike with me, I should explore the Central Lakes Trail.

http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/JAGI410/clt2.jpg

Fall colors, empty paths, and ample sunshine. Beautiful day to spend a behind bars.

http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/JAGI410/clt.jpg

67-59

09-29-2012, 07:51 PM

Love the stories and the pics.

I have no pics, but did a great 75-miler on a fabulous fall day. It was in the mid-50s when I started, and probably about 70 when I finished. Not too much traffic because I was mostly on semi-rural roads just on the fringe of town. Not a cloud in the sky, and only a light breeze. Like Jack said, a good day to be alive.

akelman

09-29-2012, 08:08 PM

Hot, lousy air quality, and my back, which is getting worse not better, bugged me for the whole 40 miles. Still, it was better than sitting at home, particularly given that I spent the whole ride thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't in the midst of Levi's Gran Fondo.

Jack Brunk

09-29-2012, 08:40 PM

indeed, well said.

50 miles fixed gear today. overcast all day, just rode my usual route, pushing pretty good today. felt great. i really love this bike.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u7ZiYfLuO3E/UGeRuYOZ5fI/AAAAAAAAA2w/-x8-B5GwkPw/s640/IMG_1054.JPG

even had to make a pit-stop midway into the ride, i was starving!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LGxPUU0mWIs/UGeRpisU48I/AAAAAAAAA2o/uK4KYVTkpgY/s400/IMG_1050.JPG

Good stuff AS. Doing a 60 mile road ride tomorrow that was supposed to be geared but I just broke my seat coller on my BH so the Hampsten fixie will step in to pinch hit.

Great pics of the fixie. Looks awesome.

BCS

09-29-2012, 08:50 PM

Hard to compete with Jack but did 2 hrs in Mt. Dora. Hilly (for Florida) but I wish I was elsewhere.

that guy

09-29-2012, 09:04 PM

Today was an A+

http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/5cc84d060a8511e28e3c22000a1e8b97_7.jpg

jr59

09-29-2012, 09:06 PM

yep, 10 miles in the rain, and boy was I glad. A smile a mile wide.

Broken shoulder be damned!

Very sore when I got back, but very happy too!

regularguy412

09-29-2012, 09:12 PM

54 single speed miles today -- not all in one sitting. 22 this morning then 32 this afternoon with a buddy of mine who was doing intervals on his geared bike. THAT was a challenge turning a 70 inch gear at 30 mph on 172.5 cranks -- fun though,, hadn't ridden the single since March. Sunny and cool -- 72 degrees with slight breeze from the northeast.

Mike in AR:beer:

Fixed

09-29-2012, 10:06 PM

Jack nice beach shot .
Cheers :)
With waves like that calling it might hard to resist the call of at least body surfing

Jack Brunk

09-29-2012, 10:27 PM

yep, 10 miles in the rain, and boy was I glad. A smile a mile wide.

Broken shoulder be damned!

Very sore when I got back, but very happy too!

Awesome job JR. Kick the Sh!! out of that shoulder and getting back in the game. Nice to have you back in the fold.

DavidR

09-29-2012, 11:35 PM

12 miles of single track on the sheep! Couldn't have asked for a better day. Finished it off chasing my son around the neighborhood while he rode his bike.

Life is good!!!

pdmtong

09-30-2012, 01:34 AM

went on a little outing called levi's gran fondo....great ride. maybe my best day ever on a long ride. felt strong all day.

Llewellyn

09-30-2012, 04:35 AM

My second ride since I finished building up my Llewellyn after it's respray. Quite hot but did 35 wonderful km's and just loving riding a quality bike again.

And no mechanicals, in fact everything runs like a Swiss watch.

victoryfactory

09-30-2012, 05:26 AM

Looked at the weather map sat am.
there was rain on LI but it was clear up north.
So I headed up to New Paltz
(yes I am insane and have yet to surrender to the reality
of gas prices)
It was overcast but the roads were drying up.
Get on the bike 10 miles in, it starts to rain.
Ha ha ha ha ha it's not easy to outsmart the weather!
Anyway it was too late to turn back. and after all the usual
insecure thoughts about safety, flats etc I settled in for
a wet one. Of course, the rain stopped just as I got back.
Am I complaining? No* it's a blessing to be out there,
it just rains somtimes.
VF

*well maybe a little.

terry

09-30-2012, 08:51 AM

to have singletracks like that around here-i'm losing interest in the rocky, rooty ST in New England.

xjoex

09-30-2012, 09:28 AM

I hiked in the morning but rode for a couple of hours in the evening.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yMxJc2Syaw0/UGelKyKsluI/AAAAAAAAHAc/BzH5OHaMu_M/s912/P9290026.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ykMaJMc8VU8/UGekk9yn-nI/AAAAAAAAG_4/bRJOCKbZ1QI/s640/P9290037.jpg

More singletrack on tap for today!

-Joe

jr59

09-30-2012, 10:55 AM

Awesome job JR. Kick the Sh!! out of that shoulder and getting back in the game. Nice to have you back in the fold.

Two days in a row. :banana:

Same slow pace, same route, same dodging of rain drops.
MUCH bigger smile!

ofcounsel

09-30-2012, 11:14 AM

I rode the OC Gran Fondo century ride yesterday with four of my buddies. 101 miles and about 5500 feet of climbing. The heat made it very tough, at one point, we were registering 101 degrees on our Garmin.

At mile 34, one of my buddies tried to stop quickly on a steep downhill. He ended up skidding to a stop, and wearing through the tire in the process.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/ofcounsel/404671_4217127341671_1256678351_n.jpg

At first, we thought the day was done, but then I remembered I had a spare tire at my house, about 20 miles away from our stranded location. I called my wife, who located the tire, then my buddies wife went to my house, picked up the tire, then delivered it to our location : ) 45 minutes later, we were back on the road! We had a couple of additional flats amongst the friends, so it made for a very, very long century ride.

JAGI410

09-30-2012, 01:51 PM

http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a434/JAGI410/F5905AA0-9954-43DF-BC64-FED96448B524-9608-00000ACC21ED66A5.jpg

Felt like riding dirt today and played on some of the new wood features at the trail, good ride!

tiretrax

09-30-2012, 02:05 PM

I've been waiting out the rain (and the earthquakes - two 3.5's in Irving, TX!). I skipped the gravel grinder last night in order to avoid tearing up my newish drivetrain. It's finally starting to clear. I'm going to take my son, so it's always a good day, even if I don't go far. Oh, and it's my anniversary, too.

carlucci1106

09-30-2012, 02:28 PM

Some Canada-Mexico riders stopped in at the hotel where I work. One needed a derailleur hanger for a Trek MTB. We were lucky to find in Albuquerque. A couple joined the single, and popped in the hotel Fri. night.

I rode out with the couple about 25 miles down Zuni Canyon road. I returned the 25 miles via the highway (53) to Grants. They text me this morning saying that they had gone through all their tubes from thorns! They are on their way back now.

We also got chased by a wolf-dog for miles. They won't forget this leg of the journey!

Andrewlcox

09-30-2012, 02:34 PM

I rode in a charity event today for our county conservation foundation. We only did the 20 mile loop due to time constraints. It was 55 when we started but 70 degrees when I got home.

It was fun.

soulspinner

09-30-2012, 05:00 PM

Couple hours of bliss in the fingerlakes. Two raindrops 12 to 2:30:banana:

Tandem Rider

09-30-2012, 05:08 PM

60 miles with Mrs. TR. Stopped half way for a coffee and scone at a great little coffee shop in a "destination" town with cute little anteeek shops. Getting to do a few of these rides now that the "road" season and it's structured training has ended.

Jack Brunk

09-30-2012, 05:46 PM

62 fixed gear miles started in Fillmore out to towards Santa Barbara and back. Very warm but had a slight tail wind on the way back. Stopped at Campensino in Santa Paula for killer Carne Asada, AL Pastor and Carnitias soft tacos with freshly made tortillas. We ate 22 of them between 5 guys.

The Hampsten rocks!

Ergott,
Those Enve 25's you built with the Paul hubs may be the best wheels you've built to date. Magic carpet ride feel.

PaMtbRider

09-30-2012, 06:11 PM

61 miles and 5500 feet of climbing with my wife and a good group of friends. Beautiful fall weather here in Pa. This is what life is about. Me and the Mrs. are on the left side of the pic.

efuentes

09-30-2012, 06:22 PM

Sweet two and a half hours in the country side on muddy gravel roads :banana:

fourflys

09-30-2012, 06:53 PM

got some miles in today while the sun was out, there were snow flurries yesterday...

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-Wnmjv58/0/L/IMG2368-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-t2RtjcN/0/L/IMG2370-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-kzCksGC/0/L/IMG2371-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-HRtbfT2/0/L/IMG2374-L.jpg

martinrjensen

09-30-2012, 10:15 PM

Too many pics to post the whole thing. Here's a link to it if interested
http://home.comcast.net/~martinrjensen/Bicycles.htm#Bike_trip_over_to_Alki_point

mgm777

10-01-2012, 12:14 AM

This is from Saturday, before the kids' soccer games.....

http://http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8042360337_f8ee1c9c90_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32038769@N03/8042360337/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8042360183_0aac74fc32_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/32038769@N03/8042360183/)

cat6

10-01-2012, 12:38 AM

A right arm offspinner, Rahman was a member of Bangladesh's 1997 ICC Trophy winning side. He became his country's inaugural Test captain when he led Bangladesh on their Test debut, against India in 2000. Rahman took 6 for 132 in India's first innings, including the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.

bluesea

10-01-2012, 12:41 AM

Honolulu Century. 2hr 20 min at the halfway turn around, which is hella good for me.

mbakes

10-01-2012, 07:32 AM

Ronald McDonald House metric century on Sunday. Way too hot for way too long on the bike in sunny South Florida.

n_maher

10-01-2012, 07:57 AM

Wet, cold commute to work this morning. I should have known that it was going to be a wet one based on the view I saw of the back yard... Still, not a horrible 21 miles and hopefully the wind won't kick up too badly this afternoon.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/146406628.jpg

Fixed

10-01-2012, 08:02 AM

Honolulu Century. 2hr 20 min at the halfway turn around, which is hella good for me.

Very good nice job
Cheers :)

Fixed

10-01-2012, 08:04 AM

cat 4, class c. had the time of my life. brutal!
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u141/lukerulz/Bike/Raccoons%20-%20Raging%20Waters/F6E4B931-0765-4F3A-AE87-51BA136AE54C-10250-000003998762BDFF.jpg

You look pro
Cheers :)

Fixed

10-01-2012, 08:06 AM

sc53

10-01-2012, 09:33 AM

Here are photos of the annual Kilmarnock (VA) River Ride on Saturday Sept. 29 out on the Northern Neck of Virginia--between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, very rural and watery and very low traffic. I think 5 cars passed me all day.

zap

10-01-2012, 09:52 AM

Saturday, rode with Sir :) - A Lot for a nice ride.

Sunday, short, hard ride as a ton of work needed to get done.

Sorry, no photo's.

Mr Cabletwitch

10-01-2012, 10:22 AM

Saturday I went on a very mixed terrain ride. Started out on the road, then onto a gravel trail, then a double track trail, onto some single track then back on the road for a little then back onto some double track on the way to some more single track and finished on the road. 51 miles total with at least half the miles being off road. almost 3000ft of climbing. Took me 4:45 to finish.

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xjoex

10-01-2012, 12:03 PM

I rode for a few hours yesterday with my wife. With 20 minutes to go it started hailing, which was a bit cold. It was at the end, not the beginning so that is good luck.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2EUerMQi4A0/UGjCPcMRAkI/AAAAAAAAHBU/BT-z7fQqO3s/s512/P9300025.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BoCPGPE6bOc/UGjCa87dCWI/AAAAAAAAHBg/nxh-Jk4a32s/s512/P9300002.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6lJfP-a8g_k/UGjCh0ANgBI/AAAAAAAAHBs/7ckuQfzWQD0/s512/P9300050.jpg

-Joe

merlinmurph

10-01-2012, 12:43 PM

The rain let up on Sat afternoon, so I grabbed the 'cross bike and started heading out. My ex mtb pro neighbor was heading out on his road bike and I talked him into grabbing his new, never-ridden-yet 'cross bike and joining me. I originally planned on doing 1-1.5 hours, and we ended up riding well over 2 hours hitting all the local trails we could think of. A lot of the trails would have been better with a mt bike, but, well, ride what ya got.
Great fall day, perfect for heading into the woods.

Keith A

10-01-2012, 02:36 PM

Love the pictures and stories.

Saturday was actually unusual group ride. We typically have 20+ of some of the fastest guys (and gals) in town, but a big group of them when up to do Six Gap in GA and there was another group event going on that morning too. So we ended up with a good group of a dozen guys. Things started out normal and the weather forecast was great with light winds and only a 10% chance of rain. Somehow that changed and just when we were about as far away from the start of the ride as we could be, the skies opened up and poured on us all the way back. I haven't been that soaked in a long time. It was still fun and now I have a really clean bike :rolleyes:

No pictures, but they would have looked like this...

http://aumusiclibrary.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/rain.jpg

monkeybanana86

10-01-2012, 04:30 PM

More trail riding with Sir Rotta. This is my second time at this junction in Sausalito where there's a bench.
The first time I was here the fog was out and the trees that I'm standing under were dripping water. You could step in and out of the fog and dampness at this spot. I laughed out loud when I saw the lonely bench facing nothing but fog. But as of today I now know why there's a bench :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/jesuisyann/IMG_1915_zps9eaaa588.jpg
Here's the bench (Real nice day with a bright sun ruining my picture of the view in the background)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/jesuisyann/IMG_1917_zpsc07a630d.jpg
Looking at Angel Island and the East Bay

martinrjensen

10-01-2012, 09:48 PM

1i don't know if you fish but i would take it up if i lived there , looks to beautiful to pass up
cheers

martinrjensen

10-01-2012, 09:51 PM

that looks surprisingly a lot like Kodiakgot some miles in today while the sun was out, there were snow flurries yesterday...

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-Wnmjv58/0/L/IMG2368-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-t2RtjcN/0/L/IMG2370-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-kzCksGC/0/L/IMG2371-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Cycling/Riding-in-Kodiak/i-HRtbfT2/0/L/IMG2374-L.jpg

fourflys

10-01-2012, 10:08 PM

that looks surprisingly a lot like Kodiak

it is indeed Kodiak on a sunny day...

martinrjensen

10-01-2012, 11:08 PM

I was just up there a month ago doing some computer work at the Star of Kodiak it is indeed Kodiak on a sunny day...

fourflys

10-01-2012, 11:31 PM

I was just up there a month ago doing some computer work at the Star of Kodiak

dam, wish I would have known... if you get up here again, you gotta let me buy you a cup of coffee...

soulspinner

10-02-2012, 08:27 AM