September 2015 Bike Bicycle Cycling Challenge

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  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Got in another long ride yesterday, along with some riding on Labor day to get my mileage up for the month. Just returned north today, so will be back to some slower & hillier routes for the next week and a half.

    9/1 - 20 miles
    9/2 - 44 miles
    9/4 - 51 miles
    9/5 - 6 miles
    9/6 - 26 miles
    9/7 - 17 miles
    9/8 - 45 miles

    Total: 209 miles
    Goal: 500 miles
    Remaining: 291 miles
  • SteveCro
    SteveCro Posts: 788 Member
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    Was a little short last month but had 2 weeks of crazy business hope to not have here. Goal 300

    9/2 - 20.01 miles, road bike, Riding with the Wed. night group 15.43 ave.
    9/3 - 6.08 miles road bike, short ride so pushed it, 16.02 ave.
    9/5 - 16.40 miles, road bike, chased home by a thunderstorm (windy) 14.75 ave
    9/6 - 36.1miles, road bike, rode bike trail, 97 degrees, 14.02 ave.
    9/9 - 19.97 miles, road bike, rode with the Wed. night group. 15.02 ave.

    MTD - 98.47
  • tcaley4
    tcaley4 Posts: 416 Member
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    My weekday ride is a loop through the neighborhood where I live. So my weekday rides will always be about the same distance. I guess the small variations are where I hit the start and stop on my app. My weekend rides are usually my longer rides, for those I go to a series of multi-use paved trails down by the river.

    I have been tweaking the position of my saddle, and now my hands are getting numb. Any suggestions how to prevent this?

    9/1 10.75
    9/2 10.09
    9/3 17.05
    9/5 40.11
    9/7 17.34
    9/8 17.13
    9/9 17.15

    Goal 300
    Total 129
    Remaining 170


    March 70.3 miles 6.0 hr
    April 192.5 miles 14.9 hr
    May 144.8 miles 10.9 hr
    June 388 miles 28.7 hr
    July 293 miles 22.1 hr
    August 304 miles 24.0 hr
  • panchango
    panchango Posts: 76 Member
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    Wanted to get out before the rain today, but that did not last long.

    A short ride is better than no ride. :|

    9/1 - 9.3 miles
    9/3 - 16.3 miles
    9/5 - 23.7 miles
    9/7 - 27.2 miles
    9/9 - 21.9 miles
    9/10 - 4.6 miles

    Total 103 miles
    Goal 300 miles
    Remaining 197 miles
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    September 1 - rode 18.4 miles for a duration of 1:20:23
    September 4 - rode 18.4 miles for a duration of 1:20:55
    September 5 - rode 6.03 miles for a duration of 0:41:41
    September 6 - rode 8.51 miles for a duration of 1:00:31
    September 7 - rode 18.4 miles for a duration of 1:21:03
    September 9 - rode 18.3 miles for a duration of 1:16:14

    September Total MIles: 88.04 September Total Hours: 7:00:47
  • HopHead28
    HopHead28 Posts: 180 Member
    edited September 2015
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    tcaley4 wrote: »
    I have been tweaking the position of my saddle, and now my hands are getting numb. Any suggestions how to prevent this?

    @tcaley4 Do you use gloves when you ride? Do you move your hands around when you ride? Is your seat level, tilted forward or tilted back?

    There are a variety of things that can cause numbness... grabbing the bars too tight can be a main culprit as well.
    Often times a seat that is slightly tilted forward can cause extra pressure on the hands and make them go numb.
    The ulner nerve is usually the reason for numbness and oftentimes a pair of riding gloves can greatly help out with numbness.
  • tcaley4
    tcaley4 Posts: 416 Member
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    Yes, I do wear gloves. In fact, the pair I am wearing now I received for my birthday about two weeks ago. So those are brand new. I try to keep my saddle fairly level. I do need to tilt it up just a tad, because I find myself slidding forward.
  • john_not_typical
    john_not_typical Posts: 44 Member
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    john_not_typical wrote: »
    john_not_typical wrote: »
    john_not_typical wrote: »
    Generally, I get to ride outside twice a week and spend the rest of the days on a stationary bike. I'm going to aim for a total of 250 miles and see what happens.

    So far for September:
    Sept. 1: 9 miles (inside)
    Sept. 2: 9.6 miles (inside)
    Sept. 3: 8.4 miles (inside)
    Sept. 4: 9.2 miles (inside)
    Sept. 5: 20.4 miles (outside)
    Sept. 6: 6.8 miles (inside)
    Sept. 7: 7 miles (inside)

    Sept. 8: 7.4 miles (inside)
    Sept. 9: 8.7 miles (inside)
    Sept. 10: 8.4 miles (outside)
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
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    9/1 - 25.1 miles
    9/2 - 25.1
    9/3 - 16
    9/5 - 101.1 My fastest century to date, 5:23:24 ride time & 6:22:20 total with 1,447' elevation gain (Ride w/GPS but my computer registered only 893'), albeit void of any climbs but had a decent head wind for more than 20% of the ride at over 10mph and did a fair amount of work pulling the group home in the last 30 or so miles (paying for it this week with bad heat rashes lasting the last three days). Ride stat: TSS of 376, 196 NP, 0.768 IF, and 18.8mph average. Almost ready for my October "A" century ride with 4 times the climbing; I'm hoping to complete it in less than 6 hours ride time.

    Ride Time: 8:58:46
    Goal: 45:00:00
  • Traveler120
    Traveler120 Posts: 712 Member
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    September Target: 60 hrs50 hrs (revised - 60 was too ambitious)
    Week 1- 9hrs
    Week 2
    9/8-2 hrs
    9/9-0.5 hrs
    9/10-2 hrs
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    edited September 2015
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    As much of my riding this month (to date) has been in the easier flats and with much slower companions, I realized that I needed some more time at higher intensities. Although I did a short 10 mile sprint session the day I got my TT/Tri bike, I hadn't done much since, so I ended up hopping on an expresso at the gym for some higher wattage short courses, and pushed it on my climb home tonight after the 13 inning loss to the brewers (to let off some steam). Hope my legs won't punish me too hard tomorrow as my running plan has me averaging about 8 miles/day for the rest of this week.

    @kcjchang - nice century time!

    9/1 - 20 miles
    9/2 - 44 miles
    9/4 - 51 miles
    9/5 - 6 miles
    9/6 - 26 miles
    9/7 - 17 miles
    9/8 - 45 miles
    9/10 - 16 miles

    Total: 225 miles
    Goal: 500 miles
    Remaining: 275 miles
  • SteveCro
    SteveCro Posts: 788 Member
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    Was a little short last month but had 2 weeks of crazy business hope to not have here. Goal 300

    9/2 - 20.01 miles, road bike, Riding with the Wed. night group 15.43 ave.
    9/3 - 6.08 miles road bike, short ride so pushed it, 16.02 ave.
    9/5 - 16.40 miles, road bike, chased home by a thunderstorm (windy) 14.75 ave
    9/6 - 36.1miles, road bike, rode bike trail, 97 degrees, 14.02 ave.
    9/9 - 19.97 miles, road bike, rode with the Wed. night group. 15.02 ave.
    9/10 - 6.0 miles, road bike, quick ride before it got dark.

    MTD - 104.47
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,861 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Review ...

    March Cycling: 409.33 km (254.34 miles) = 21 hours 55 min
    April Cycling: 384.15 km (238.7 miles) = 20 hours 35 min
    May Cycling: 259.06 km (160.9 miles) + 45 min cycling inside
    June Cycling Inside: 215 minutes on bicycle on trainer in basement = 3 hours 35 min
    June Cycling Outside: 493.53 km (306.6 miles) in 1531 min cycling outside = 25 hours 31 min
    July Cycling: 130 km in 405 min + 280 min cycling indoors
    Aug Cycling: 129.25 km in 474 min + 225 min cycling indoors
    Spring has sprung ... or so they tell us. But hopefully with the longer daylight hours and potentially warming temps I might be able to get out there and ride more!!

    I'd like to be up and over 200 km cycling outside ... plus I'll probably end up doing a bit inside as well.

    Saturday 5 September -- 16 km (50 min) ... outside!

    A bit breezy but otherwise not too bad.

    Friday 11 September -- 35 minutes on the trainer!!

    Better than nothing.

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    Total:

    Cycling Outside: 16 km (50 min)
    Cycling Inside: 35 min

  • tcaley4
    tcaley4 Posts: 416 Member
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    kcjchang wrote: »
    9/1 - 25.1 miles
    .9/5 - 101.1 My fastest century to date, 5:23:24 ride time & 6:22:20 total with 1,447' elevation gain (Ride w/GPS but my computer registered only 893')

    Congrats on a good ride. I am working my way up the distance ladder toward doing a century as well. Still have a long way to go.

  • john_not_typical
    john_not_typical Posts: 44 Member
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    john_not_typical wrote: »
    john_not_typical wrote: »
    john_not_typical wrote: »
    john_not_typical wrote: »
    Generally, I get to ride outside twice a week and spend the rest of the days on a stationary bike. I'm going to aim for a total of 250 miles and see what happens.

    So far for September:
    Sept. 1: 9 miles (inside)
    Sept. 2: 9.6 miles (inside)
    Sept. 3: 8.4 miles (inside)
    Sept. 4: 9.2 miles (inside)
    Sept. 5: 20.4 miles (outside)
    Sept. 6: 6.8 miles (inside)
    Sept. 7: 7 miles (inside)

    Sept. 8: 7.4 miles (inside)
    Sept. 9: 8.7 miles (inside)
    Sept. 10: 8.4 miles (outside)
    Sept. 11: 7.0 miles (inside)
  • HopHead28
    HopHead28 Posts: 180 Member
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    @kcjchang most impressive!
  • HopHead28
    HopHead28 Posts: 180 Member
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    Sept 2 - 3mi
    Sept 3 - 1.2mi
    Sept 4 - 3mi
    Sept 7 - 20.4mi
    Sept 8 - 6.6mi
    Sept 9 - 19.7mi
    Sept 10 - 24mi

    Total - 77.9mi
    Goal: 250-300mi
  • HopHead28
    HopHead28 Posts: 180 Member
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    tcaley4 wrote: »
    I do need to tilt it up just a tad, because I find myself sliding forward.
    That might be the culprit. If you find yourself sliding forward you are more than likely putting more pressure on your hands to keep yourself in place. You might be presently surprised once you tilt it to level.
  • panchango
    panchango Posts: 76 Member
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    Lovely weather but a little warmer than I expected.

    9/1 - 9.3 miles
    9/3 - 16.3 miles
    9/5 - 23.7 miles
    9/7 - 27.2 miles
    9/9 - 21.9 miles
    9/10 - 4.6 miles
    9/11 - 10.7 miles

    Total 113.8 miles
    Goal 300 miles
    Remaining 186.2 miles
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
    edited September 2015
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    16 more miles today, some high wattage, some low.

    @tcaley4 - have you considered getting a "quick fit" from a local bike shop? Otherwise there are some good you-tube videos to get you dialed into a decent position (with the help of a friend). See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrZBjOloChg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE3XyTXUIxU for some decent starting ones.

    9/1 - 20 miles
    9/2 - 44 miles
    9/4 - 51 miles
    9/5 - 6 miles
    9/6 - 26 miles
    9/7 - 17 miles
    9/8 - 45 miles
    9/10 - 16 miles
    9/11 - 16 miles

    Total: 241 miles
    Goal: 500 miles
    Remaining: 259 miles

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