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footfootfoot · 12-14-2011, 09:29 AM

Cool. Here's my daily commute from 1985. Burlington, VT to Waterbury. With a tailwind I could do it in 1.5 hours, with a headwind at the end of the day, 3 hours.

glatt · 12-14-2011, 10:06 AM

Veloroutes is a neat site. I just mapped a route I do with my kids every once in a while. We live two blocks from the Custis bike path, so we take that to the Four Mile Run path and take the Mount Vernon path back to the Custis. You go downhill gradually to the airport by the river, and then uphill all the way home.

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Griff · 12-14-2011, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Cool. Here's my daily commute from 1985. Burlington, VT to Waterbury. With a tailwind I could do it in 1.5 hours, with a headwind at the end of the day, 3 hours.

That is the tough part of long commuting by bike, a stiff headwind can really screw with your plan, although it can force you to train harder.

Griff · 12-21-2011, 05:06 PM

http://veloroutes.org/s/67689

Someone else mapped this but I've looped the lake a few times. It is a really nice ride especially if you want to do a century without brutal climbs.

footfootfoot · 12-14-2011, 10:36 AM

Looking at the 6 gap route again I got to thinking about the food stops. Who puts a food stop at the bottom of a big ass climb?
"I think I'll just get off my bike now, cool down, let my muscles practically rigor mortise, have a nosh then climb that big frigging hill..."

I'd rather have a snack at the top.

regular.joe · 12-14-2011, 11:46 AM

Need the fuel to make it to the top.

regular.joe · 12-14-2011, 11:56 AM

I'm just a novice. Lessons learned on my first century.

1. EAT.
2. EAT.
3. Drink water.
4. Carry extra tubes. Emphasis on multiple.
5. Know how to change a flat...before the flat happens.
6. Accept help from the experienced riders.
7. EAT. Today is not the day to hit on the diet. According to Garmin I burned 8,500 cals. that day. Go ahead have that snickers and a MTN Dew. at the bottom of the hill.

Griff · 12-14-2011, 06:41 PM

I think you should also EAT.

Griff · 12-14-2011, 06:52 PM

The itch is becoming a rash. I stopped by my local shop on the way home tonight. The mechanic showed me his new personal ride, carbon fiber trek with electronic shifting it even adjusts the front derailleur cant based on chain line, frickin neat.

regular.joe · 12-14-2011, 08:12 PM

Wow Griff that is pretty cool. I normally ride a Trek 1200, it's a nice bike. I'm looking to upgrade by spring of next year, so a friend on post changed out my peddals on a Cannondale Synapse...WOW!!! Dudes, it was like going from my mountain bike to the Trek, it was that different and better.

Oh, so I'm out on the back side of the Airfield on Pope Army Airfield....drafting behind a van in the 35 zone. it was a slight downhill and flat, I don't normally draft vehicles in the 35 mph zone. So, I hear this PA system benind me "STAY TO THE RIGHT!!!!" I look behind me and slow down and President Obama's motorcade drives by....COOL! You see the best stuff when you are out on a bike. I thought a moment about drafting the Prezzes limo but thought better of it cause the Secret Service might not like that too much.

Griff · 12-14-2011, 08:18 PM

That is too cool! Maybe he'll ride with you next time.

ZenGum · 01-15-2012, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regular.joe

I thought a moment about drafting the Prezzes limo but thought better of it cause the Secret Service might not like that too much.

Oh damn that would have been funny if you had. "I got drafted by Obama, and I was already in the army!"

Well, it would have been funny if you had done it and survived to post about it.

Griff · 01-16-2012, 07:56 AM

How is the body today?

regular.joe · 01-15-2012, 06:11 AM

I"m off on a century at 0900 today. Flat ground, good group, should be pretty easy. Two biggest factors today: 1. Cold! 2. 15 mph winds from the north. Yea, this may make my last statement about being easy a bunch of bull. I'll tell you about it tonight.

Griff · 01-15-2012, 06:36 AM

Good luck Bro!

12-14-2011, 09:29 AM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Cool. Here's my daily commute from 1985. Burlington, VT to Waterbury. With a tailwind I could do it in 1.5 hours, with a headwind at the end of the day, 3 hours. Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-21-2011, 05:06 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	http://veloroutes.org/s/67689 Someone else mapped this but I've looped the lake a few times. It is a really nice ride especially if you want to do a century without brutal climbs. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-14-2011, 10:36 AM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Looking at the 6 gap route again I got to thinking about the food stops. Who puts a food stop at the bottom of a big ass climb? "I think I'll just get off my bike now, cool down, let my muscles practically rigor mortise, have a nosh then climb that big frigging hill..." I'd rather have a snack at the top. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-14-2011, 11:46 AM	#6
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Need the fuel to make it to the top. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

12-14-2011, 11:56 AM	#7
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	I'm just a novice. Lessons learned on my first century. 1. EAT. 2. EAT. 3. Drink water. 4. Carry extra tubes. Emphasis on multiple. 5. Know how to change a flat...before the flat happens. 6. Accept help from the experienced riders. 7. EAT. Today is not the day to hit on the diet. According to Garmin I burned 8,500 cals. that day. Go ahead have that snickers and a MTN Dew. at the bottom of the hill. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

12-14-2011, 10:06 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Veloroutes is a neat site. I just mapped a route I do with my kids every once in a while. We live two blocks from the Custis bike path, so we take that to the Four Mile Run path and take the Mount Vernon path back to the Custis. You go downhill gradually to the airport by the river, and then uphill all the way home.

12-14-2011, 06:41 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think you should also EAT. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-14-2011, 06:52 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The itch is becoming a rash. I stopped by my local shop on the way home tonight. The mechanic showed me his new personal ride, carbon fiber trek with electronic shifting it even adjusts the front derailleur cant based on chain line, frickin neat. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-14-2011, 08:12 PM	#10
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Wow Griff that is pretty cool. I normally ride a Trek 1200, it's a nice bike. I'm looking to upgrade by spring of next year, so a friend on post changed out my peddals on a Cannondale Synapse...WOW!!! Dudes, it was like going from my mountain bike to the Trek, it was that different and better. Oh, so I'm out on the back side of the Airfield on Pope Army Airfield....drafting behind a van in the 35 zone. it was a slight downhill and flat, I don't normally draft vehicles in the 35 mph zone. So, I hear this PA system benind me "STAY TO THE RIGHT!!!!" I look behind me and slow down and President Obama's motorcade drives by....COOL! You see the best stuff when you are out on a bike. I thought a moment about drafting the Prezzes limo but thought better of it cause the Secret Service might not like that too much. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

12-14-2011, 08:18 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is too cool! Maybe he'll ride with you next time. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-16-2012, 07:56 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	How is the body today? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-15-2012, 06:11 AM	#14
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	I"m off on a century at 0900 today. Flat ground, good group, should be pretty easy. Two biggest factors today: 1. Cold! 2. 15 mph winds from the north. Yea, this may make my last statement about being easy a bunch of bull. I'll tell you about it tonight. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

01-15-2012, 06:36 AM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good luck Bro! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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