Author Topic: The Cycling Thread (Read 1067950 times)

huota · « **Reply #1800 on:** July 03, 2014, 01:00:25 am »

Quote from: quadzilla on July 02, 2014, 04:43:48 pm

For a change I'll post something about mtn biking A plug for somebody I know doing the BC Bike race.

First 3 days:

http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/bc-bike-race-2014-day-1-north-vancouver/

http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/bc-bike-race-2014-day-2-cumberlandbc-bike-race-2014-day-2-cumberland/

http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/bc-bike-race-2014-day-3-powell-river/

BC Bike race. I have wanted to do it since I first learned about it. It looks awesome.

quadzilla · « **Reply #1801 on:** July 03, 2014, 02:24:16 pm »

My cycling wheel for the month of June.

Snowman · « **Reply #1802 on:** July 03, 2014, 02:44:46 pm »

June for me, July is starting off slow

quadzilla · « **Reply #1803 on:** July 03, 2014, 02:46:40 pm »

You rode more distance and time than me. Awesome job. Now you just need to expand your riding circle.

Snowman · « **Reply #1804 on:** July 03, 2014, 08:40:04 pm »

Quote from: quadzilla on July 03, 2014, 02:46:40 pm

You rode more distance and time than me. Awesome job. Now you just need to expand your riding circle.

My window to go for a ride is typically 2-3 hours so my circle is small

Patrick_D1 · « **Reply #1805 on:** July 03, 2014, 09:01:09 pm »

I'd recommend an Autos.ca cycling meet, but we're split pretty evenly between road and mountain bikes... We could split the route in half, but I suspect the roadies wouldn't last too long in Glen Major

quadzilla · « **Reply #1806 on:** July 03, 2014, 09:06:57 pm »

I'll just put some bigger tires back on the cyclecross bike. I grew up racing mtn bikes before they any suspensions so I might do alright.

Patrick_D1 · « **Reply #1807 on:** July 03, 2014, 10:13:25 pm »

Unless you're one of these guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik

blotter · « **Reply #1808 on:** July 04, 2014, 12:36:29 pm »

leaving for a weekend near Orillia this weekend and will be spending some time riding Hardwood Hills and maybe Horseshoe Resort (all XC though, no downhill)

Snowman · « **Reply #1809 on:** July 05, 2014, 04:12:38 pm »

Great ride today

Jaeger · « **Reply #1810 on:** July 06, 2014, 06:54:43 am »

^^^ Looking good.

Patrick_D1 · « **Reply #1811 on:** July 06, 2014, 03:02:46 pm »

I love that ravine.

huota · « **Reply #1812 on:** July 06, 2014, 03:03:28 pm »

So this morning I'm on my bike, slowing down at a bottom of a hill, when a sparrow flies out of the woods, fluttering on my trajectory and hitting itself right into my right-hand brake lever. I was doing +30kph, so needless to say that the bird was killed instantly, evidenced by the brown excrement on my fingers. That was a weird incident that was over in a split second. What are the odds of that happening, huh.

johngenx · « **Reply #1813 on:** July 06, 2014, 09:29:35 pm »

Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention, but it looks like someone took a saw to the Snowman! Of course, even recreating he still has the "yeah, I'm only smiling a little bit, and it's only on the outside" look...

Patrick_D1 · « **Reply #1814 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:51:03 am »

This would be pretty fun!

http://jalopnik.com/meet-the-first-man-to-bike-through-the-channel-tunnel-1601059980

quadzilla · « **Reply #1815 on:** July 07, 2014, 08:03:11 am »

^^^^ That's cool.

Quote

Chris Froome won the Tour de France in 2013, but this year, instead of flying from the UK to France like everybody else, he went 250 feet under the sea crossing the Channel Tunnel at an average speed of 40 mph.

That is impressive.

Snowman · « **Reply #1816 on:** July 07, 2014, 08:29:08 am »

40 kph

quadzilla · « **Reply #1817 on:** July 07, 2014, 08:31:22 am »

Quote from: Snowman on July 07, 2014, 08:29:08 am

40 kph

No that is MILES per hour which is 64.37 KPH. So it means

Snowman · « **Reply #1818 on:** July 07, 2014, 09:14:15 am »

Quote from: quadzilla on July 07, 2014, 08:31:22 am

Quote from: Snowman on July 07, 2014, 08:29:08 am
40 kph

No that is MILES per hour which is 64.37 KPH. So it means

quadzilla · « **Reply #1819 on:** July 07, 2014, 09:14:57 am »

Did an incredible 90KM ride on Saturday with two friends that started/ended in Creemore. Weather was sunny, hot but crazy windy. When working directly into the wind we were doing 10 second pulls then rotating and still only managing 25kph....It was a b!tch.

Having cold beers in the car for when we finished
Doing the 10KM climb up through Pretty River which now includes a few short gravel sections (road work) and setting a PR
Descending SR19 on perfect pavement for 5.3kms with a tail wind and also setting a PR (will need bigger gears to go any faster)
Having 2 other guys to help work that wind

That wind getting us from 3 sides
Hotter than we thought so had to stop at some stranger's house in the country to ask for water