July 2016 Bike Cycling Bicycling Challenge
Ohhim
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Happy Canada Day, Midway point to the year, and T-3 days day to the 4th of July!
Welcome to our July Cycling Thread! If you are new to posting on this thread, or if you are new to cycling, We welcome you! If you are returning from a previous thread, We welcome you, too.
This thread is for anyone who rides a bike. Do you bike to work? Do you pull your children to the park? So you ride weekends? Do you spin, at home or the gym? Or, are you just starting out and remembering how much fun you had biking when you were a kid? However you choose to push your pedal, you are welcome on this thread.
There are no rules to how or what you post. You may post miles, minutes, # of rides, what the scenery looks like, anything. Whatever will motivates you to get on your bike.
Cheers
Welcome to our July Cycling Thread! If you are new to posting on this thread, or if you are new to cycling, We welcome you! If you are returning from a previous thread, We welcome you, too.
This thread is for anyone who rides a bike. Do you bike to work? Do you pull your children to the park? So you ride weekends? Do you spin, at home or the gym? Or, are you just starting out and remembering how much fun you had biking when you were a kid? However you choose to push your pedal, you are welcome on this thread.
There are no rules to how or what you post. You may post miles, minutes, # of rides, what the scenery looks like, anything. Whatever will motivates you to get on your bike.
Cheers
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Got through 500 in June, but it is getting too darn hot in Florida to run, so upping my biking goal to a metric millenial, or I guess "megameter" (621 miles) and cutting back my running time. Started this morning with my Friday hammerfest team ride, and was solid on the climbs, but dragging on the flats.
7/1 - 28 miles
Total: 28 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 593 miles
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Thanks Ohhim
I'm in... oh boy what should I go for? I have my week long bike trip this month and should be over 300 miles.
Setting my goal at 550 miles.1 -
I'm in for 250 miles again!
Chris1 -
I'm in! Setting my goal at 500 miles for july. Have to start training for the MS150 City to Shore ride!1
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MTD:
Jan: 49.93
Feb: 177.8
Mar: 279.94
Apr: 198.79
May: 110.02
June: 238.86
YTD: 1055.34 Finally broke 1000 miles for the year.1 -
I am starting training for a mid-September mini triathlon - so cycling miles will go down as running miles increase. Probably will only get to 150 to 200 cycling miles this month - but will probably run at least 15 - 5Ks this month as well. Will add swimming in August.
All cycling miles are on the MKT, KATY, and Hinkson Creek trails.
First ride in an hour...
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Fri 01 - 4.77 miles. Godawful start to the month with an abandoned ride, feeling really crappy. Can only (hopefully) get better from here.
Target for July: 500 miles
MTD 4.77, YTD 701.72.2 -
JULY TOTALS
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01 - 15.40 Miles
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15.40 Cycling Miles - Total
All miles on the KATY, MKT, and Hinkson Creek Trails in Central Missouri.1 -
I like this thread. I enjoy cycling. I am not sure what my goal will be for the month. I don't get out as often as I would like. I am at gym indoors M-F am, too dark outside for riding. Then evenings I get out approx. 3 evenings but my time is split between bike/run/swim. Regularly ride on Sat mornings. Maybe this month I will start with 100miles and see what happens.1
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Happy Canada Day from a Canadian-Australian.
Saturday 2 July -- 1186 metres (3891.076) of climbing, in 81.8 km of cycling, completed within 5.5 hours (elapsed time) and 4:35 moving time for an average speed of 17.8 km/h (moving time).
The ride included a couple Category 4 climbs with various climbs in the 13-16% grade range.
Starting temperature 12°C with a high of 14.7°C halfway through the ride. We had a headwind on the way out and tailwind on the way back, for the most part, with some odd, very chilly gusts now and then. It was mostly cloudy and looked like it was going to rain several times, but fortunately, that didn't happen. On the way back we were sure we were going to get caught in a rain squall, but it passed behind us and we just got a small blast of it.
We started the ride about 12:30 pm so, since the sun sets at about 4:45, it was pitch black by the time we finished. A little night riding practice. For some reason climbing is so much more difficult in the dark.
And we stopped for lunch at the halfway point. I had been looking forward to that, but unfortunately they were out of many choices (busy day what with the federal election), and what we ate (paninis with lots of spinach) didn't sit well at all. I was about 1 km out of the town on the way back when I started feeling very unsettled. And then about 8 or 9 km later we started a long, long climb (one of the cat 4 climbs) and by the time I got to the top, I was not feeling at all well. Fighting to keep things down. However, I took an electrolyte tablet and a Zantac, and that eased things a bit.
The route mainly followed the coast so we had lots of beautiful views of water and green hills.
There were lots of birds around ... a large flock of black cockatoos filled a tree next to where we parked at the start of the ride and we had to dodge and weave between the pine cones they were dropping from the tree ... we were being bombed! And during the ride, I spotted herons, oyster catchers, small gulls, large Pacific gulls, a cormorant airing its wings ... and most spectacular was a massive wedge-tail eagle which took flight from a tree next to the road, and flew across, right in front of Rowan. I don't think I've ever seen them that close, but Rowan has because they come onto the property where he works. In fact, just yesterday, he rescued a young one which had flown through the net over the orchard, and then had become stuck inside.
Overall, it was a good, strenuous, training ride on a beautiful but quite hilly route.
Oh, and I wore my new winter cycling boots for the first time. They're very comfortable but I will have to do something about drafts coming in around my ankles. And ... I need to install a cleat!! I forgot all about that and so had to ride with my platform pedals the whole way!!
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Elevation profile:
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I'm in... oh boy what should I go for? I have my week long bike trip this month and should be over 300 miles.
Setting my goal at 550 miles.
7/1 - 8.61 miles
MTD - 8.61 miles
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
YTD - 1697.101 -
Since I'm still trying to ease back in, I will set my month goal at 100 miles. Happy Trails!3
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7/1 18.01
7/2 20.28 Hot, humid and flat in Alexandria LA. Wish there was a wind like back home in the Flint Hills.
MTD: 38.29
Jan: 49.93
Feb: 177.8
Mar: 279.94
Apr: 198.79
May: 110.02
June: 238.86
Total: 1055.340 -
I'm in... oh boy what should I go for? I have my week long bike trip this month and should be over 300 miles.
Setting my goal at 550 miles.
7/1 - 8.61 miles
7/2 - 31.72 miles
MTD - 40.34 miles
Jan - 170.47
Feb - 245.31
Mar - 409.88
Apr - 227.22
May - 332.92
June - 302.69
YTD - 1728.820 -
I'm in for 250 miles again!
07/02 - 13.00 miles
Chris0 -
Riding with Children: All Pain, no Gain
14.9 miles this morning
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@Ohhim hey! You gonna do an August challenge? I'm in for 0 this month (still on crutches).
If I feel boneheadedly brave, I may get the trainer out in a few weeks!
I have a new Adamo ISM saddle. Anyone have and feedback on them? So far, just sitting on it (before piriformis release/sciatic nerve decompression surgery, had PNE too) it might help me keep cycling. I'll probably be cycling before I can run again.0 -
Five weekends in July so should be a big mileage month! No particular target apart from a solo century ride from Winchester. Maybe next weekend, weather permitting.
Saturday was (yet another...) changeable weather day so the planned long ride got a bit time-squeezed. Ended up getting hot, then wet & cold (cold enough to trigger my Raynauld's and lost all feeling in hands & feet for a while - in July!), then wet & hot when rain jacket turned into a sauna suit. Bit of sun, dull at times, calm then windy with wind direction constantly changing as showers rolled in.
You know you have upset the weather gods when you get a headwind on the same stretch of road in opposite directions!
45.6 miles @ 17.1 mph
Today (Sunday) is a far better day. Did a couple of hills (working on my weak point), climb to Newlands Corner gave a spectacular view of Surrey's North Downs (The Downs are actually ups not downs...) 1 mile steady climb at 5% average.
Pleased with a PR on Combe Lane which is just under a mile, averages 7% but gets really steep (17%) near the top.
cyclinguphill.com/100-climbs/combe-lane/
55.4 miles @ 16.4 mph
101 miles for the weekend.
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I'm a beginner second month managed 103 miles in June hoping anything above that this month ill say 120 Miles.
1st July: 5.4 Miles 20 Minutes
3rd July: 8.1 Miles 30 Minutes
Total: 13.5 Miles 50 Minutes
June:103.5 Miles 358.33 Minutes
May: 45.5 Miles 185 Minutes
YTD: 200.9 Miles3 -
I'm in! Missed out on June as we went travelling, so I only got 2 outdoor and 2 indoor rides in in the last days of the month. I've never set a mileage target before , so I'll do it this time..Errrr...let's try for 180miles. I may treat my bike to a saddlebag so I can start using it to go out for groceries. Can anyone recommend a good style saddlebag / pannier for a women's mountainbike please?
I'll also post more pictures,it seems to motivate me knowing that I get to show some curios of our Berkshire locale.
Happy riding everyone
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I'm in for 250 miles again!
07/02 - 13.00 miles
07/03 - 15.00 miles
Chris2 -
7/1 18.01
7/2 20.28
7/3 36.20 Finally broke through a mental rut and doubled the usual miles. Nice ride inside the Kisatchie National Forest.
MTD: 74.49
Jan: 49.93
Feb: 177.8
Mar: 279.94
Apr: 198.79
May: 110.02
June: 238.86
Total: 1055.341 -
Just 51 slow miles down to downtown St. Pete and back along the Pinellas trail for some very good coffee this afternoon.
7/1 - 28 miles
7/3 - 51 miles
Total: 79 miles
Goal: 621 miles
Remaining: 542 miles
@Elise4270 - Definitely an August challenge waiting for you once you recover (as this has been going on for at least a few years, as I've been on it for almost 2 years - @CricketKate is the usual moderator). Not an adamo/ISM user, but one of the folks on my tri team's Wednesday ride is friends with the founder and is usually evalgelizing their use. Not super-happy with my tri-bike stock saddle, so I may give one a shot.1 -
CricketKate wrote: »Since I'm still trying to ease back in, I will set my month goal at 100 miles. Happy Trails!
I am with you1 -
Happy Canada Day from a Canadian-Australian.
Saturday 2 July -- 1186 metres (3891.076) of climbing, in 81.8 km of cycling, completed within 5.5 hours (elapsed time) and 4:35 moving time for an average speed of 17.8 km/h (moving time).
The ride included a couple Category 4 climbs with various climbs in the 13-16% grade range.
Starting temperature 12°C with a high of 14.7°C halfway through the ride. We had a headwind on the way out and tailwind on the way back, for the most part, with some odd, very chilly gusts now and then. It was mostly cloudy and looked like it was going to rain several times, but fortunately, that didn't happen. On the way back we were sure we were going to get caught in a rain squall, but it passed behind us and we just got a small blast of it.
We started the ride about 12:30 pm so, since the sun sets at about 4:45, it was pitch black by the time we finished. A little night riding practice. For some reason climbing is so much more difficult in the dark.
And we stopped for lunch at the halfway point. I had been looking forward to that, but unfortunately they were out of many choices (busy day what with the federal election), and what we ate (paninis with lots of spinach) didn't sit well at all. I was about 1 km out of the town on the way back when I started feeling very unsettled. And then about 8 or 9 km later we started a long, long climb (one of the cat 4 climbs) and by the time I got to the top, I was not feeling at all well. Fighting to keep things down. However, I took an electrolyte tablet and a Zantac, and that eased things a bit.
The route mainly followed the coast so we had lots of beautiful views of water and green hills.
There were lots of birds around ... a large flock of black cockatoos filled a tree next to where we parked at the start of the ride and we had to dodge and weave between the pine cones they were dropping from the tree ... we were being bombed! And during the ride, I spotted herons, oyster catchers, small gulls, large Pacific gulls, a cormorant airing its wings ... and most spectacular was a massive wedge-tail eagle which took flight from a tree next to the road, and flew across, right in front of Rowan. I don't think I've ever seen them that close, but Rowan has because they come onto the property where he works. In fact, just yesterday, he rescued a young one which had flown through the net over the orchard, and then had become stuck inside.
Overall, it was a good, strenuous, training ride on a beautiful but quite hilly route.
Oh, and I wore my new winter cycling boots for the first time. They're very comfortable but I will have to do something about drafts coming in around my ankles. And ... I need to install a cleat!! I forgot all about that and so had to ride with my platform pedals the whole way!!Elevation profile:Machka9 wrote:Review ...
Distances include cycling + walking
March: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
July: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
March: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
June 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
Well, let's see ... last July my distance and time took a nose-dive. Hopefully this year will be better than that!
July 2 - 81.8 km cycling (250 min)
July 3 - 32.1 km cycling (100 min)
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Totals:
July Cycling Outside: 113.9 km (350 min)
July Cycling Inside: 0 min
July Walking: 2.5 km (30 min)
July Stairs: 30 flights (24 min)
July Time Total: 404 min = 6 hours 44 min
July Distance Total: 116.4 km = 72.3 miles1 -
4 July a personal furthest 13.4 miles including some big hills. Progress! I'm inspired by some of the monster mileages of some of you more experienced cyclists on here!6
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Finished 40 on the 4th ! @ ~ 15mph1
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Anyone get wildly different calorie biking calorie counts between Endomondo and Strava ?0
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Came in .10 mile short of my goal for today. By the time I realized, I couldn't stand the thought of climbing back onto that saddle. 14.9 today.
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