Man! I wish I would have read this before I biked yesterday. I think I do a couple of these, but good stuff.
I road to in-laws house 21.5 miles yesterday after work. Tamara & kids were there, so I got to ride the bus home.
A little break down on miles and elevation. This is definately the hard way to do it:
Mile 0-1.5 170 ft ascend Mile 1.5-2.2 180 ft descend Mile 2.2-8 Up & Down No More than 100ft Mile 8-12.75 Continous Uphill 275 ft ascend (very gradual) Mile 12.75-14 Descend 300 ft very quickly in first half mile. Mile 14-19 Essentially level (slight descend) Mile 19-21 375 ft of ascension First mile covered 225 ft. Slight plateau, then 150 ft more. Mile 21-21.5 50 ft descend.
Used the Google Map. Mile 19-21 was the hardest, but I did about 5 minutes faster than I did last fall, when I did the ride last. Heart rate broke 140 a couple times on this ride.
I got the bike out last night as well. I didn't really go for a "ride" tho'. I was just cruising around the neighborhood trying to get familiar with the new bike. As I said before, I was concerned about the stand over height. After cruising around last night I'm feeling like it's not going to be a problem. Looks like you've got a good ride there to the In-laws. I don't have a good picture in my head of what those climbs would be like. Hopefully that will change soon, as I start to put some miles on. By the way. How are you doing with being clipped onto the pedals?
The moving with clipless pedals is fine. The stopping is another story. Your feet come out easy enough, but it is the practice or thought process of actually doing it.
Last night I actually laid the bike over and hit the ground with some force. Small bruise on my elbow and couple scratches on my knee. I had pulled both feet off the pedals and was pedaling not clipped in, because a train was crossing the road ahead of me. I came to a complete stop and leaned to my left. When I went to move my foot I somehow caught the cleat on the pedal and didn't get my foot out in time catching myself with my elbow as i was falling. The best part was the cars watching me go to the ground. Hopefully no one had a cell phone camera on me. This would be my first incident. They work great while I am moving.
Yeah, I feel you on the stopping while being clipped in. With my old bike, I've fallen over going 0mph. (only 3 or 4 people around to watch that). Then after going on a "long" ride. I get back home and kind of forgot I was clipped in and if not for being close to the house would have fallen over in the driveway. Keeps you humble. :-)
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Man! I wish I would have read this before I biked yesterday. I think I do a couple of these, but good stuff.
I road to in-laws house 21.5 miles yesterday after work. Tamara & kids were there, so I got to ride the bus home.
A little break down on miles and elevation. This is definately the hard way to do it:
Mile 0-1.5 170 ft ascend
Mile 1.5-2.2 180 ft descend
Mile 2.2-8 Up & Down No More than 100ft
Mile 8-12.75 Continous Uphill 275 ft ascend (very gradual)
Mile 12.75-14 Descend 300 ft very quickly in first half mile.
Mile 14-19 Essentially level (slight descend)
Mile 19-21 375 ft of ascension First mile covered 225 ft. Slight plateau, then 150 ft more.
Mile 21-21.5 50 ft descend.
Used the Google Map. Mile 19-21 was the hardest, but I did about 5 minutes faster than I did last fall, when I did the ride last. Heart rate broke 140 a couple times on this ride.
I got the bike out last night as well. I didn't really go for a "ride" tho'. I was just cruising around the neighborhood trying to get familiar with the new bike.
As I said before, I was concerned about the stand over height. After cruising around last night I'm feeling like it's not going to be a problem.
Looks like you've got a good ride there to the In-laws. I don't have a good picture in my head of what those climbs would be like. Hopefully that will change soon, as I start to put some miles on.
By the way. How are you doing with being clipped onto the pedals?
The moving with clipless pedals is fine. The stopping is another story. Your feet come out easy enough, but it is the practice or thought process of actually doing it.
Last night I actually laid the bike over and hit the ground with some force. Small bruise on my elbow and couple scratches on my knee. I had pulled both feet off the pedals and was pedaling not clipped in, because a train was crossing the road ahead of me. I came to a complete stop and leaned to my left. When I went to move my foot I somehow caught the cleat on the pedal and didn't get my foot out in time catching myself with my elbow as i was falling. The best part was the cars watching me go to the ground. Hopefully no one had a cell phone camera on me. This would be my first incident. They work great while I am moving.
Yeah, I feel you on the stopping while being clipped in. With my old bike, I've fallen over going 0mph. (only 3 or 4 people around to watch that).
Then after going on a "long" ride. I get back home and kind of forgot I was clipped in and if not for being close to the house would have fallen over in the driveway.
Keeps you humble. :-)
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