MFP Cycling Club

karmostx

Sounds great , Skyrider! I just bought a "new to me " roadbike so I have been practicing on the trainer how to gear down and clip out. I ride about 10-15 miles a day.

skywalker

Sounds great , Skyrider! I just bought a "new to me " roadbike so I have been practicing on the trainer how to gear down and clip out. I ride about 10-15 miles a day.

Good for you! Welcome! :drinker:

StuAblett

Welcome back Renny!

karmostx, congrats on the new to you bike!

Hot sweaty and busy here, we have the summer festival in the park this weekend, I have to go and pitch in and help set up for about four hot sweaty hours, dusty too! They really like it when I help, as I'm tall and strong, so I can lift the heavy stuff, most of the guys helping out are little old Japanese men, they work hard, but it takes two or three of them to lift what I can carry easily.

Not much mileage this weekend, going to be busy with the festival. Most people really have fun at the Summer Festival, but for us it just means more and more hectic work, we sell draught beer in the park and it is a lot of work. Like some people love the smell of fresh cut grass, to me that was just the smell of very long hard days of labour putting the hay in at the end of summer.

Cheers!

loulouBell72

Hello all!

This is a great motivator! I really enjoy cycling but don't seem to ride my bike much. I have a 3 year old daughter who sits in the seat on the back. I need to ride more so this is great. I don't think i will do many miles but will give it a go.


Louise

StuAblett

Welcome LouLouBell72!

skywalker

Hello all!

This is a great motivator! I really enjoy cycling but don't seem to ride my bike much. I have a 3 year old daughter who sits in the seat on the back. I need to ride more so this is great. I don't think i will do many miles but will give it a go.


Louise

Welcome!!! :drinker:

gwynh

Welcome Karmostx and Louloubell. Glad to have you join us.

Today was an excellent ride. 21 miles/34 km. <--- See trying my hand at conversions lol. The sun was hidding in the clouds the entire ride. Must have been less than 85 F so I was nice and cool. Kinda chilly on the fast down hill parts. But, I am not complaining.

Stu, my mother in law is Japanese. She has been in the US for over 50 years now, but she travels back there every 5 or so years to visit her family. I wish to visit Japan someday.

BarbieCat1

Hi all...

Just got word that my damaged bike has been repaired and I can pick it up this afternoon. The frame and gears were OK.. the brakes and front tire were damaged, but my bike shop guru tells me they were repairable. I trust his judgement.

So, after a week's layoff after my crash, I got out for a brisk walk this morning, in anticipation of a 15 mile bike ride tomorrow with my buddies. They've been so solicitous ... As has the homeowner's insurance carrier, probably in anticipation of a law suit. I'm really just looking for full compensation for my damages, plus a bit for pain and suffering wouldn't be amiss. I don't think there'll be any need to sue, even tho we have cause and about as iron clad a case as one could hope for, with witnesses and the confession of the employee to his negligence. but... in the meantime, we have to foot bills upfront, got new sunglasses, repairs, etc.

It felt good to exercise despite the heat and humidity and my leg didn't bother me much... the bruise and road rash has turned all kinds of interesting colors though. :laugh: It looks like I have punk tattoos.

StuAblett

Good news all around for you then BarbieCat1 :bigsmile:

Enjoy your ride tomorrow!:happy:

tipusnr

Finished last ride for the week this morning. A charity ride, The Ride 4 Autism, was a bit hilly and 33.54 miles long. I rode it with my wife, Andrea, and she set a personal best average speed for rides over 30 miles at 13.3 mph.

Also my last vacation ride as we are hiking tomorrow and I go back to work Monday. Still I can complain about 192.98 miles in one week. That puts me over the 1300 mile mark for the season.

I have to take the bike in soon as there is a noise that may be coming from the bearing in the crankset. I hope it's fixed quickly. Later...I have a one year old awaiting on a birthday party.

Panda86

Checking in with 25.5 miles done this week! I am way proud of myself, I gotta say, because I did 12 of that this morning! It was a beautiful ride, and I found an awesome road with little traffic and beautiful views, that runs along the Kootenai River. It was a glorious ride. I am now 1/4 of the way to my 100 mile goal! Happy cycling, all!

tipusnr

:noway:

Also my last vacation ride as we are hiking tomorrow and I go back to work Monday. Still I can complain about 192.98 miles in one week. That puts me over the 1300 mile mark for the season.

Sorry guys (and gals) but I had an error in my tracking - the total mileage is correct but my mileage for the week should read 134.87 vice 192.98. Something about that bothered me during the birthday party and I had to recheck it! :noway:

Next week I'll be back to the club rides twice a week and whatever I can get in on the weekends. Between the weather and shop time. It will still be a stretch to make my yearly goal.

@Panda86 - Glad to see that you're progressing nicely toward your goal.

gwynh

I made my goal of 100 miles with a grand total of 105.4 miles. Yea!!

Glad everyone is out there trying their best.

tipusnr

I made my goal of 100 miles with a grand total of 105.4 miles. Yea!!

Glad everyone is out there trying their best.

Well done.

Check in with everyone tomorrow.

StuAblett

I'm not getting any miles in this weekend at all, I'm really busy with the local town summer festival, 16 hour days (I'm just popping in for lunch ) and I have to help clean up on Monday, maybe I'll get up early and head out on a ride Monday morning, still hot and humid here and the sun is killing me, I'm starting to wonder if I'm part vampire :bigsmile:

Oh well, I'll take a couple of mornings and do some longer rides next week I guess.

Congrats to you all on getting some miles done, way to go! :drinker:

StuAblett

An old pic of me on my other Cannondale bike, this is about 1989



That is the jersey I still have!

tipusnr

@Stu. Looking good! Those are some vintange autos in the picture as well!

StuAblett

Thanks tipusnr, that was 21 years ago and 40kg/88 pounds ago too :blushing:

The red car was my Mazda GLC and it was a Great Little Car, the other one was my mom's Mazda 626, I think

tipusnr

Thanks tipusnr, that was 21 years ago and 40kg/88 pounds ago too.

It just dawned on me (and made me smile) so I thought I'd share. I find the metric system psychologically fascinating - you make your distances longer (5K is 3.1 miles), your speeds faster (80 kph is 49.7 mph) but your weights lighter (see above). Just sayin' :bigsmile:

StuAblett

Thanks tipusnr, that was 21 years ago and 40kg/88 pounds ago too.

It just dawned on me (and made me smile) so I thought I'd share. I find the metric system psychologically fascinating - you make your distances longer (5K is 3.1 miles), your speeds faster (80 kph is 49.7 mph) but your weights lighter (see above). Just sayin' :bigsmile:

That is why it is cool to know both and pick and choose :bigsmile:

StuAblett

Ignore this post :yawn:

Panda86

An old pic of me on my other Cannondale bike, this is about 1989

That is the jersey I still have!

I am impressed that the jersey has lasted that long! (Not saying that is a long time, but its a long time for an article of clothing ) I guess some cycling-wear would be a good investment. Shorts at least... I need some shorts. I am sick of my riding up my thighs as I peddle. VERY annoying.

Anyone know how I can keep my butt from getting INSANELY sore from riding :blushing: ? It's killing me! I've heard people say that you'll get used to it, but really?

Awesome job to everyone that is getting some miles in! I know it can be tough to squeeze in a good ride. Yesterday was my first "good ride"... I can really only do them on the weekends, because I am a stay-at-home mom, I walk in the morning, and there's not enough daylight in the evenings after dinner anymore... kind of a bummer.

:yawn:

StuAblett

Panda86, what kind of seat do you have on your bike?

I had a good, but old style Ritchey seat and it was OK, but I changed to a SDG (Speed Defies Gravity) saddle and the difference was amazing!

Good cycling shorts with a good pad in them will help a lot with the soreness issue, as well as making sure your seat height etc is set up correctly.

Also the height of your bars, if they are not right, it shifts all your weight onto your butt.

Cheers!

LisaKC

Didn't get much riding in this week, due to working out of town for three days, so was happy to get in 24 miles (38K) this morning. We had planned to go farther, but I nixed that plan after the first 5 miles because of really tired legs. I'm riding a couple times a week, and also in week 5 of the Couch to 5K running program, so my legs aren't getting much rest. I think it would do me good to have a day off! Happy riding!

StuAblett

Didn't get much riding in this week, due to working out of town for three days, so was happy to get in 24 miles (38K) this morning. We had planned to go farther, but I nixed that plan after the first 5 miles because of really tired legs. I'm riding a couple times a week, and also in week 5 of the Couch to 5K running program, so my legs aren't getting much rest. I think it would do me good to have a day off! Happy riding!

You are correct, if you don't take a day of rest now and then you can overtrain, and that will set you back.

Listen to your body, the road and you bike will still be there tomorrow! :bigsmile:

gwynh

Anyone know how I can keep my butt from getting INSANELY sore from riding :blushing: ? It's killing me! I've heard people say that you'll get used to it, but really?

I have a men's citypaver style bike. That means the handle bars are up in a "u" shape and most of my weight is on my seat. (yet my fingers still get numb.) My seat was killing me too. I have not purchased shorts with chamois yet, but will. I went to my local store and bought a memory foam seat cover. (temp fix) That helped greatly. And I am glad to say that after about one month of cycling with almost 400 miles behind my behind :laugh: That my rear is not sore anymore. I used to dread any small bumb in the road. But after 2 and 1/2 hours I do still get tired.

Hope that helps, but if your seat is not anatomically kind to you, then you may have to check into another seat.

skywalker

Checking in at 132.68 for the week. Took it easy during the week. Nearly half of the mileage was today. I completed the Endure for a Cure 100k ride. It was billed as a 65mile ride, but actually ended up being closer to 62 according to my odometer. Either way, I'm happy with my ride today. I felt stronger on my bike today than I ever have. A full Century is definitely in my near future (maybe on a flatter course :laugh: )
Well, I'm off to bed. Happy Pedaling! :drinker:

StuAblett

I did not think I was going to get in any time on the bike today, but I managed to fit in a 10Km/6 mile ride, not much but better than I thought I would get, and I had two major accomplishments on the ride. 1st, I broke the 23 Km/h which is 14.3 mph, not bad for a fat guy on an OLD mountain bike in Tokyo city traffic :bigsmile:

I have this new short 10Km long route figured out, 5Km out and 5Km back, I start with a down hill from my house then mostly flat, the mid point is at the top of a nearly 1km long fairly steep hill (for me) the last bit is steep, and usually by that point I'm really huffing and have to shift into 2nd gear to finish the hill, and hit my turn around point, today I was able to gut it out and push 3rd gear all the way to the turn around point. You can bet your cycling shorts I was still huffing and puffing, but I did make it! :happy:

I've got to hit some longer rides this week, I hope, I fee great today, down another pound!

Cheers!

dinos

It just dawned on me (and made me smile) so I thought I'd share. I find the metric system psychologically fascinating - you make your distances longer (5K is 3.1 miles), your speeds faster (80 kph is 49.7 mph) but your weights lighter (see above). Just sayin' :bigsmile:

We are metric here and always have been, but I like pounds when it comes to weight because you lose more. I've lost 16 kgs or (better) 35.3 lbs. :bigsmile:

The total distance I clocked in 6 months since February is 1100 kms (683 miles). Almost half is on a bike and the rest is walking, hiking and running. :glasses: I'm setting my target for the year to 2400 kms (1500 miles). Considering that I only started cycling in May and I'm in much better shape now, the goal should be achievable.

LisaKC

@dinos, Didn't realize until now you were also doing C25K. I finished week5, day2 this morning.