August 2020 Biking Cycling Bicycling Bike/ Bicycle/Unicycle/Tricycle Challenge!
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Encountered this very curious cycle lane today.
Makes you wonder what exactly was going through the planner's mind.
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@pridesabtch That gravel bike looks awesome! Fingers crossed your dealer can get it in your size
@sijomial The bike fitting sounds very useful. I hope you stay happy with the results for a long time! How long did the fitting process take?
My current saddle is coming apart, and I have trouble finding the same model again. At least not locally, I saw a handful of offers on ebay, some of them new. Still, I wondered if I should get a proper fitting before buying a new one. But I just had a look at offers in my region and found two places that offer bike fittings. The offers range from "basic" (1 hour / ~ 100 Euro) to "professional" (2.5 hours / 250 Euro)... Maybe I go with an ebay saddle for now and safe the bike fitting for that magical time in the future when I'm doing really long distances on my bike.
I have a bike lane almost like the one on your last photo on my commute
Okay, not quite as bad, there's space enough to squeeze by the trees. But it's still annoying enough that I usually take a slightly longer way to avoid it... City planners should be forced to use the lanes that they designate as bike lanes themselves at least once!
@icemom011 Congrats on your century!!!
I'm still hoping to do a metric century this year, not sure if I'll manage though. Last year I could have done it; my longest ride then was 84.1 km. This year I had less time and haven't done much more then 50km in a ride yet. So I should probably aim for a 75km ride first.1 -
Two weeks of vacation are over, back to work!
Tue, 8/4/2020 23.9km commute
Thu, 8/6/2020 32.8km commute plus a bit
Sun, 8/9/2020 46.6 km vacation ride to a mineralic spring
Mon, 8/10/2020 19.6km to a historic village and back
Thu, 8/13/2020 19.5km to another historic village and back
Mon, 8/17/2020 Bike tour along a river along some well-marketed cycling trail. Unfortunately, parts of the trails were closed for maintenance in two places, and the suggested detours along some hiking trails were a) very steep and b) totally not suitable for my roadbike. ((what the heck were they thinking? I'd rather have done a few km more along regular roads than the shortest-possible detour up and down through a forest)).
I'm still logging this as a 35km ride, even if I was pushing or straight-out carrying my bike for almost 5km of it. Here's a picture of the elevation profile, I bet you can spot both the long as well as the short detour
And a side-by-side comparison of the "bad" and "good" parts of the way
Wed, 8/19/2020 23.6km to a castle and back
Tue, 8/25/2020 23.6km commute
227.5km for August. 250km sound doable!3 -
@_nikkiwolf_
My fitting appointment allocated up to 3hrs but I was finished in just over 2hrs.
But my bike already fitted me quite well (right model, size, crank length, handlebars and stem length) so only needed one component change (saddle which the fitter had used with success on people with my problems).
I'd had a very knowledgable friend set me up a few years ago with traditional tools (ruler, plumb line, protractor) so my position needed tweaks rather than big adjustments.
Also, I fitted the bike quite well (if you see what I'm getting at), back alignment, hips, centre of mass, cleat position. Only needed new shoe inserts to fit my arch better and a small rotation of the bars to straighten my wrist position.
As my discomfort issue was very much due to the saddle that was by far the biggest win. If I had known the outcome in advance just the dynamic seat pressure test would have given me 90% of the benefit for a fraction of the time and cost. But no regrets - it was nice to get confirmation a lot of things were right and the small 10% tweaks have also worked out well. I've got a comprehensive set of dimensions which I've just transferred to my second bike having fitted the same new saddle to that one.
Apart from all the whizzy technology another benefit was simply having 2hrs of dedicated time with a very smart cyclist and fitter. Interesting suggestions over pedalling techniques and the experience to select exactly the right saddle at first attempt. The saddle wasn't expensive and I didn't get any impression they were trying to sell me loads of bits.
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Wasn’t feeling it today. Was just going to jump on the bike and ride around the block for ten minutes. Ended up riding 13.6 miles😜 I just can’t help myself when I get on the bike, I just want to keep riding. 🚴🏻♂️🤘🏼3
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8/27:
Morning ride - 9.62 miles
Monthly total - 271.63 miles
Left to goal - 43.37 miles
Didn't ride yesterday, had to take the dog to the vet to get snipped and just puttered around the house all day. Blew a tube this morning (and was already on my spare tube), so ended up walking the bike 4 1/4 miles home from the middle of my ride... guess I'm going to the bike shop this afternoon to pick up a couple of tubes.0 -
8.26 - 31.27mi
Total for August so far- 647.8 miles.
@ccrdragon
That's a bit of a walk.. sorry it happened. I would patch the tubes though.
@sijomial
Does the new saddle allows you a few days of longish consecutive days of riding without pain and/or discomfort? I still have stock on my Cannondale, and longer rides are definitely causing discomfort, sometimes pain. And so are longish rides on consecutive days. I would love to ride more if weather allows, and i have some extra time now. So definitely considering changing saddle.0 -
@icemom011
Haven't had a chance to try any back to back rides of any great distance yet, only a couple of sub 30 mile rides. Weather in southern England hasn't been great and the unwelcome distraction of work and the very welcome distraction of becoming a grandad has meant cycling has taken a back seat (saddle?).
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Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking + a bit of rowing)
Mar-15 … 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
Apr-15 … 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
May-15 … 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
Jun-15 … 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
Jul-15 … 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
Aug-15 … 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
Sep-15 … 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
Oct-15 … 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
Nov-15 … 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
Dec-15 … 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
Jan-16 … 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
Feb-16 … 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
Mar-16 … 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
Apr-16 … 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
May-16 … 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
Jun-16 … 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
Jul-16 … 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
Aug-16 … 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
Sep-16 … 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
Oct-16 … 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
Nov-16 … 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
Dec-16 … 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
Jan-17 … 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
Feb-17 … 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
Mar-17 … 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
Apr-17 … 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min
May-17 … 426.6 km (265.1 miles) = 39 hours 21 min
Jun-17 … 575.7 km (357.7 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
Jul-17 … 714 km (443.7 miles) = 52 hours 23 min
Aug-17 … 475.8 km (295.6 miles) = 38 hours 41 min
Sep-17 … 455.5 km (283 miles) = 41 hours 25 min
Oct-17 … 647.1 km (402.1 miles) = 57 hours 19 min
Nov-17 … 427.0 km (265.3 miles) = 50 hours 4 min
Dec-17 … 553.5 km (343.9 miles) = 52 hours 12 min
Jan-18 … 590.2 km (366.7 miles) = 57 hours 49 min
Feb-18 … 826.9 km (513.8 miles) = 57 hours 35 min
Mar-18 … 582.01 km (361.6 miles) = 50 hours 11 min
Apr-18 … 176.23 km (109.5 miles) = 29 hours 47 min
May -18 … 167.6 km (104.1 miles) = 29 hours 08 min
June-18 … 349.9 km (217.4 miles) = 36 hours 58 minutes
July-18 ... 324.2 km (201.5 miles) = 24 hours 26 minutes
Aug-18 ... 210.1 km (130.6 miles) = 25 hours 59 minutes
Sep-18 ... 261.7 km (162.6 miles) = 25 hours 11 minutes
Oct-18 ... 230.8 km (143.4 miles) = 30 hours 15 minutes
Nov-18 ... 216.8 km (134.7 miles) = 30 hours 3 minutes
Dec-18 ... 285.2 km (177.2 miles) = 37 hours 49 minutes
Feb-19 ... 175.5 km (109 miles) = 19 hours 8 minutes
Mar-19 ... 170.3 km (105.8 miles) = 28 hours 21 minutes
Apr-19 ... 160.3 km (99.6 miles) = 25 hours 4 minutes
May-19 ... 164.0 km (101.9 miles) = 29 hours 10 minutes
Jun-19 ... 246.2 km (153 miles) = 25 hours 40 minutes
Jul-19 ... 217.3 km (135.0 miles) = 33 hours 45 minutes
Aug-19 ... 162.5 km (100.9 miles) = 28 hours 4 minutes
Sep-19 ... 136.0 km (84.5 miles) = 23 hours 10 minutes
Oct-19 ... 196.5 km (122.1 miles) = 31 hours 27 minutes
Nov-19 ... 155.5 km (96.6 miles) = 25 hours 01 minutes
Dec-19 ... 203.7 km (126.6 miles) = 26 hours 54 minutes
Jan-20 ... 304.4 km (189.2 miles) = 32 hours 49 minutes
Feb-20 ... 248.6 km (154.5 miles) = 34 hours 50 minutes
Mar-20 ... 148.3 km (92.2 miles) = 30 hours 12 minutes
Apr-20 ... 171.9 km (106.8 miles) = 19 hours 28 minutes
May-20 ... 183.7 km (114.1 miles) = 20 hours 49 minutes
Jun-20 ... 130.9 km (81.3 miles) = 18 hours 50 minutes
Jul-20 ... 41.8 km (26 miles) = 9 hours 8 minutes
Saturday, 1 August 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 8.3 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 2 August 2020 … 5.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 3 August 2020 … 3.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 4 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 5 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 5 flights of stairs
Thursday, 6 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Friday, 7 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Saturday, 8 August 2020 … 4.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 9 August 2020 … 0.0 km walking + 12.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 10 August 2020 … 4.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 11 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 12 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Thursday, 13 August 2020 … 2.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Friday, 14 August 2020 … 0.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Saturday, 15 August 2020 … 1.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 16 August 2020 … 5.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.8 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 17 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 6 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 … 5.9 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 … 6.2 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Thursday, 20 August 2020 … 2.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Friday, 21 August 2020 … 5.4 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Saturday, 22 August 2020 … 6.0 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Sunday, 23 August 2020 … 1.5 km walking + 14.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 0 flights of stairs
Monday, 24 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Tuesday, 25 August 2020 … 1.8 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 5 flights of stairs
Wednesday, 26 August 2020 … 3.5 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
Thursday, 27 August 2020 … 2.6 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 2 flights of stairs
Friday, 28 August 2020 … 3.3 km walking + 0.0 km cycling + 0.0 km rowing + 4 flights of stairs
2020 Monthly August
Walking Distance (km): 79.7
Walking Time (min): 933.6
Cycling Distance (km): 34.3
Cycling Time (min): 132.0
Flights Stairs Climbed Number: 78.0
Flights Stairs Climbed Time (min): 62.4
Rowing Distance (km): 0.8
Rowing Time (min): 5.3
Totals
Total Distance (km): 114.8
Total Distance (miles): 71.3
Total Time (min): 1133.3
Total Time (hr): 18:53:200 -
I've been fairly low volume (for me) recently. A few turbo sessions, weekly racing and a weekend away last weekend where the weather was a bit rubbish so I didn't ride as much as I'd have liked to.
But I have a photo for you - the one on the left popped up on my Facebook memories from this time last year so I wore the same jersey on this morning's turbo session so I could compare just how much looser it is now.
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helen_goldthorpe wrote: »I've been fairly low volume (for me) recently. A few turbo sessions, weekly racing and a weekend away last weekend where the weather was a bit rubbish so I didn't ride as much as I'd have liked to.
But I have a photo for you - the one on the left popped up on my Facebook memories from this time last year so I wore the same jersey on this morning's turbo session so I could compare just how much looser it is now.
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At the moment it's only time trialling rather than bunch racing but I prefer TTs anyway.1
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8/28:
Morning ride - 17.26 miles
Monthly total - 288.89 miles
Left to goal - 26.11 miles
Had a blowout on yesterday's ride, this morning was much better. Will be doing a ride this weekend to make-up for skipping Wednesday (had to take the dog to the vet and some other things).0 -
@helen_goldthorpe
Wow!
What a difference in the two pictures. That must have made a big difference to your watts/kilo.0 -
@sijomial yes! From about 2.55 this time last year to 3.55 now. I've only actually gained 12w, most of the change has been on the kg side of the equation 😉 although now I'm eating at maintenance I'm meant to be moving to more of a power build phase.1
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helen_goldthorpe wrote: »@sijomial yes! From about 2.55 this time last year to 3.55 now. I've only actually gained 12w, most of the change has been on the kg side of the equation 😉 although now I'm eating at maintenance I'm meant to be moving to more of a power build phase.
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Got a morning 30.3 mile ride in today
346.6 miles this month🚴🏻♂️🤘🏼
Weather was ok at first, turned really windy last third of the ride. Beautiful morning to ride tho.
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Turbo trainer for me today. 3x20 at FTP while watching La Course and cheering Lizzie deignan on (she's local to me and I know her parents). Outside tomorrow.2
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Had 3x12 over unders last night with the new ftp settings and wanted to die the whole time0
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