OCTOBER Century Plus Cycling Challenge

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  • Pam3
    Pam3 Posts: 1,687 Member
    oct 1 ...0
    oct 2 ...40
  • budkid
    budkid Posts: 50 Member
    All right!!! Thanks Tiggerrick for putting together these cycling challenges.

    So far...33 miles in the month of October for me.

    Have fun everyone and stay safe out there!!
  • jraps17
    jraps17 Posts: 179 Member
    Im in for 100.
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
    I am trying for 150 this month. 10 so far.

    10/1 4 miles
    10/2 6 miles
  • TDSeest
    TDSeest Posts: 1,089 Member
    28 miles today; 28 total for October.
  • thcri
    thcri Posts: 459 Member
    30 mile race today 1:44 not too bad for my first race I guess


    That is good. 17.3 mph average for 30 miles. My best ever was 17.1 average for 40 Miles. Any shorter distance and rate would have gone down. I was picking up going home with a breeze on my back.
  • Tiggerrick
    Tiggerrick Posts: 1,078 Member
    Hey, what is the friction coeficient of a 23mm tire on packed gravel at 4mph??? Don't bother in taking out your calculators, I will tell you; it's ZERO.

    So, today was one of THOSE rides. I checked my bike, found my stuff and got going. What I forgot to check was my shoes. One stop later I remembered that clipping out of the right pedal felt weird. I looked and noticed that one screw was missing. I dug out the hex wrench and tightened the two remaining. There was a head wind, so my speed was suffering. I pushed as hard as I could and got to an area where they are finishing a bridge. In this area, there is a spot with packed gravel. I slowed down to make a hard right. Before I knew it, my bike was on the ground sliding under a wooden wall.
    As I got up off the floor, I tried to get my bike up, but the front wheel was stuck under the wall. I had to pull rather hard, and when I got the bike upright, I noticed that the handlebar was crooked. The tire was off center and also off round (a little). I loosened the bolts, put everything back where it should be, and started riding again, only to realize that the right brake lever was also in the wrong spot. I had to stop again, and fix it. By this time, the shoe clip was loose again. *sigh*
    Only 20 miles ridden, and all this drama.
  • thcri
    thcri Posts: 459 Member
    Wow Rick sorry to hear that? Great day's can be messed up with a bad bike ride. I switched to 25mm on my roadie until I get a few more pounds and learn to handle it a bit better. I think the handling I am almost there.
  • BikeNut5
    BikeNut5 Posts: 57 Member
    I'm in! My longterm goal is 6000 miles in 365 days...so that works out to about 500 a month!

    Todays ride is 51.49 miles....follow this link if you're interested in seeing my ride!
    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/118687922
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Boy it's flat around your way BikeNut5... 630ft of ascent in over 50 miles - I'm supposed to be taking it easy and avoiding the hills on doctors orders at the moment, and the flatest loop I can come up with is something like http://connect.garmin.com/activity/116934540 - around 460ft in just over 11 miles...

    Wonder if my knee doctor would prescribe a 'plane ticket over your way :laugh:
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    1/10/2011 - 24.40Km - (15.16 miles) - 1,457Kcal - local loop out of the front door, record breaking hottest day in october since they started keeping records!
    3/10/2011 - 24.37km - 48.77km total - (30.30 miles) - 1564 Kcal (3021 kcal total) - windy, windy, WINDY!
  • thcri
    thcri Posts: 459 Member
    Boy it's flat around your way BikeNut5... 630ft of ascent in over 50 miles - I'm supposed to be taking it easy and avoiding the hills on doctors orders at the moment, and the flatest loop I can come up with is something like http://connect.garmin.com/activity/116934540 - around 460ft in just over 11 miles...

    Wonder if my knee doctor would prescribe a 'plane ticket over your way :laugh:


    Yeah try this one. On the hilly side of where I travel but yet a nice ride. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/96374648
  • BikeNut5
    BikeNut5 Posts: 57 Member
    1/10/2011 - 24.40Km - (15.16 miles) - 1,457Kcal - local loop out of the front door, record breaking hottest day in october since they started keeping records!
    3/10/2011 - 24.37km - 48.77km total - (30.30 miles) - 1564 Kcal (3021 kcal total) - windy, windy, WINDY!

    If you come here bring your checkbook.Most people(including myself)that come to The Villages end up relocating to The Villages.It's Disney for adults!!
  • Pam3
    Pam3 Posts: 1,687 Member
    oct 1 ...0
    oct 2 ...40
    oct 3....27.1
  • ronda_gettinghealthy
    ronda_gettinghealthy Posts: 777 Member
    i am in...but it will be more difficult with the shorter days
  • CDGolden
    CDGolden Posts: 343 Member
    October 3.....22 miles

    ugly, gray, wet, rainy...I kinda liked it
  • TDSeest
    TDSeest Posts: 1,089 Member
    8 brutal miles today; 36 miles for October.
  • lee155
    lee155 Posts: 120
    13.4 Miles done Today.

    I want to do 50 miles in October.
  • thcri
    thcri Posts: 459 Member
    Oct 1st 41 Miles
    Oct 2nd. 15.3 Miles
    Oct 3rd. 47.5

    103.8 Miles for the Month I better get a move on
  • ashesoh1234
    ashesoh1234 Posts: 132 Member
    20 miles today. It was nice and warm...inside the spin room at my gym! ;-)

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