How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:35 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:34 pm
tail wind and you backed off? lesson learntbychosis wrote:Trip home this arvo decided to see if the tailwind would help me get a decent time on the extended commute. Cruised down to the start of the Strava segment then upped the pace. Tailwind was useful about 60% of the way was doing fine towards the end I figured I had a decent time so backed off for the last 100m or so. Checked the times when I got home figuring I had a PB, but ended up with a shared KOM. Wish I hadn't backed off ... 1 second less ... Gggrrrr.
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Postby Comedian » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:39 pm
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At least the company was nice.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:11 pm
Yup, had no idea it was going to be KOM didn't think I pushed enough. Don't often get tailwinds in the arvo so opportunity lost, lesson learned.jasonc wrote:tail wind and you backed off? lesson learntbychosis wrote:Trip home this arvo decided to see if the tailwind would help me get a decent time on the extended commute. Cruised down to the start of the Strava segment then upped the pace. Tailwind was useful about 60% of the way was doing fine towards the end I figured I had a decent time so backed off for the last 100m or so. Checked the times when I got home figuring I had a PB, but ended up with a shared KOM. Wish I hadn't backed off ... 1 second less ... Gggrrrr.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby InTheWoods » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:20 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby marinmomma » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:41 pm
Thanks for showing me the north side commute run...I had a great tailwind out to the track!Comedian wrote:I found this afternoon harder than yesterday. Blusterly, hot, and dusty.
At least the company was nice.
Acheived a QOM for a segment as well...despite a 15 min stop for a chat!
Next week there will be no stopping to chat...will try to improve my time on the segment!
Seriously, there can't be too many females commuting on the north side if I can get a QOM
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Shocking conditions for the crit race though!
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Postby gretaboy » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:12 am
Left work nearly 50 minutes later than normal...had to pick the daughter up from swimming. If I had left at normal time not an issue, leaving late meant I had to work hard all the way home. Seemed mother nature wanted to work against me for the majority of the time.....strong headwinds
Throw in an idiot P plater and his mate who thought it funny to try and scare me. You can see on the footage that they purposefully move across the lane to get as close as possible to me. The speed limit here is 80 km/h. When I slow the footage down you can clearly see the passenger laughing. (yet to work out how to edit/save in slow motion)
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jules21 » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:10 am
i had to change bikes this morning when i realised the disc pad spring clip was dragging on the rotor - that usually means the pad has worn enough that the clip won't hook around it anymore
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anyway, riding off to work on the roadie, i was having trouble clipping in. it took me a couple of minutes to figure out i was still wearing my SPD shoes
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:21 am
I think that belongs in a different thread....jules21 wrote:let us know how you go with the complaint greta.
i had to change bikes this morning when i realised the disc pad spring clip was dragging on the rotor - that usually means the pad has worn enough that the clip won't hook around it anymore
anyway, riding off to work on the roadie, i was having trouble clipping in. it took me a couple of minutes to figure out i was still wearing my SPD shoes
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jules21 » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:26 am
if i posted everything in the right thread, i'd never leave itjasonc wrote:I think that belongs in a different thread....
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:31 am
Cool start again this morning, with a SW headwind and light rain and drizzle for most of the way in.
Riding along the path alongside the Ring Road heading towards Thomastown, my olfactory senses were assailed by a rotting smell. Light picked up a dead roo on the path - must have been tossed over the guardrails/fence from the freeway which at that point is only a few meters away.
A little further along, I came across a live one in the middle of the path, and, as on a previous occasion, it hopped ahead of me on the path for about 50m before veering off towards a stand of trees on the right.
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Postby gretaboy » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:06 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:29 pm
Thanks gretaboy, you're clocking up some mind-boggling commute mileage yourself!gretaboy wrote:Tailwind - congrats on getting 13k in commuting by the way...big effort
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Postby Comedian » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:49 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:03 am
The road surface is a patchwork of, err, well, patches, and is barely rideable. Certainly took longer than blasting along the gravel trail....
Commute into the Melbourne CBD was without incident, although the dead roo is still on the path along the Ring Road
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Postby jules21 » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:37 am
i had to ride one-handed this morning after i jammed a finger playing basketball last night, it is too painful to hold onto the bars over bumps.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:04 pm
rode the fuji in and it's been raining
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:26 pm
Well done! And with that sort of mileage, you should join the Commuting Challenge for next year.dino1969 wrote:Well it has taken me two years of solid commuting to finally achieve my first 30km/hr average!I have come close a few times but never cracked the nut!Today's ride was great and i must say the conditions were good, however i was also riding into a headwind at times; lots of riders out enjoying the morning! Amazingly after a long week at work and 270km of commuting i found i had some leg power available to crack this average!
Thank you everyone for your inspiration during the year!
Tomorrow i hope to crack another of my goals and reach the 10000km mark!
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:43 pm
great. so i'll come 5th instead of 4th next year...TailWind wrote:Well done! And with that sort of mileage, you should join the Commuting Challenge for next year.dino1969 wrote:Well it has taken me two years of solid commuting to finally achieve my first 30km/hr average!I have come close a few times but never cracked the nut!Today's ride was great and i must say the conditions were good, however i was also riding into a headwind at times; lots of riders out enjoying the morning! Amazingly after a long week at work and 270km of commuting i found i had some leg power available to crack this average!
Thank you everyone for your inspiration during the year!
Tomorrow i hope to crack another of my goals and reach the 10000km mark!
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:12 pm
Once your physio tunes you up, you'll be right up there, judging by your pre-injury performancejasonc wrote:great. so i'll come 5th instead of 4th next year...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:15 pm
the more the merrier. simon and I have both had time off whilst challenging for the minor places. another one in the mix will be good. will keep us (well at least me) motivated.TailWind wrote:Once your physio tunes you up, you'll be right up there, judging by your pre-injury performancejasonc wrote:great. so i'll come 5th instead of 4th next year...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:23 am
Cool start this morning - 9C at 4:30am - but only a slight headwind and a pleasant, refreshing ride into the Melbourne CBD.
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