mugwump said:

Who says you need racing to dig deep.  A better 2014 starts through the wormhole.

 

It's true. Aside from the couple of sprints and KOMs we did, it reminded me of the rides I did all last winter with Eric and Whitey, where it was just hard tempo the whole time for 4-5 hours. There were no long anaerobic slogs up Alpine or Bradley, no sprints, and there was hardly any drafting. It was just all of us putting steady pressure on the legs for hours and hours.

Ryan J said:

 there was hardly any drafting.

Speak for yourself. I declared early on that I was sucking Dale's wheel - which provided the best draft - pretty much the whole time as my survival strategy. It worked pretty well.

There's no point in going into the red at this time of year . . . unless we can get you out on a 'cross course.

Will somebody lend the kid a pair of pedals and some knobby tires!

@dstokes - to clarify...I didn't mean there was hardly any drafting yesterday - that was in reference to the winter rides to which I was comparing yesterday's ride. 

Yes, it was steady and hard the whole time. I was watching the compass needle on my Joule GPS as we went further and further north, quietly comforting Dale with the idea that we would be turning around any minute now.

My Critical Power curve was surprisingly high for such a long ride. Notice that it sets a personal record out near the 4 hr mark!

All in all, I enjoyed the effort almost as much as I enjoyed the company.

Penny farthing scooter? Mirage. Physically impossible.

i'm so sad that i missed this (possibly mythical) penny farthing scooter...if anyone sees it parked outside of gypsy donut please do us all a favor and take a picture as proof of its existence.

There is a guy who shows up on a Penny Farthing with chopped bars in prospect every year...

Gonna try to head out Sunday if my gall bladder doesn't turn into an exhaust manifold.

i'll be out Sunday for RR/Piermont - 8a BB/ 9a GW

I'm down for the Sunday 8am BB crew. Would love to checkout some of the Piermont hills (I know of Ash but not the others).

Anyone want to ride bikes tomorrow? Thinking about 8am at the BB.

Erika Tarte said:

I'm down for the Sunday 8am BB crew. Would love to checkout some of the Piermont hills (I know of Ash but not the others).

cool! the one i know is Ash > Tweed > ends on highland > to coffee stop

Sunday looks good for me. Assuming my gall bladder is amenable.

@Owens: do you have gout now on top of everything else?

@Vlad- I will try to be at GWB at 9:00 but don't wait for me because I'm an irresponsible loser at the moment.

Alright, whatever loser. Bring some metal CD's.

@Vlad-True.
And I owe you.

I'll be at the BB at 8am.  Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day for a ride.

I'll be there as well, 8 am BB.

On Oct 5, 2013 1:15 AM, "Kayt Mathers" <

Loser

Sunday looks good for me. Assuming my gall bladder is amenable.

@Owens: do you have gout now on top of everything else?

Tardive dyskinesia.  No I think I just bruised my ribs when I tripped over my dog.  True story. 

Not a "group" ride, but ran into our MIA Brit, Ashley B.  Homie was in full stealth Rapha Kit and jumped me when I was doing 1km + sprint efforts to the finish line at the park.  Coach/Champ Ragot, can you please upgrade him to a 4 already?...

I saw Vlad while i was headed up on 9w, he was headed the other way.  And i ran into JP on St Nick ave on my home.   One of these days im waking up early to catch the 9 oclock crew.  

@Bruce - Wow, I thought the "team lipstick" comment was really off color until I looked at the picture. They are literally Team Lipstick. Sorry I doubted you.

I'll probably be at BB tomorrow at 8

Great ride to the best iced coffee of the week. Love me some backroads through Halloween-ready suburbia, and the Bradley route, approaching its fall foliage apex, making me feel like we were in a car commercial.