Grinder of a ride today with John and Josh Meny et. al. I was afraid we had Josh on the ropes about halfway through, but he hung with the pace and kept us honest on the longer climbs even though we finally discovered near Rockland he was riding with one bottle cage ("hey, do you guys have any water?") and a rubbing rear brake. Also, big ups to David "you guys really are lost" Stokes, who held our hands through most of the backroads and provided us with retard-proof instructions up to Rockland.

Would have been nice to have Owens stay on for the whole ride to push it over into a full-on heatstroke debacle, but he suddenly became scarce after running into a blond female cyclist friend. Valid excuse.

Also, to set the record straight, the second half of the cool dirt-road route came to me courtesy of Nathaniel Miller last week. Props.

Posted By: Jules RoazenI'm headed to Floyd on Saturday to do some TT work in anticipation of TOC

3x10 at threshold and then a 15 mile maximum effort

Anyone interested?

Hey Jules how often are you doing the threshold efforts at Floyd. I might be down to do some next week if you are around.

Hey Joe,

I'm taking a rest week this week but Sunday I've got a couple of 25 minute thresholds on the calendar. Not sure yet where I'll do them (9w vs Floyd) Floyd was (is?) a frying pan and I grilled myself good on Saturday and lost a good training training day in the process.

If you couldn't hear the sizzling, you might have heard this:

http://khaaan.com/

Jules,

I'v got a rest week this week also so Sat the 30th will probably be my next serious threshold day that I'm not doing at 5am. Lets talk when that weekend gets closer.

J

I'm putting together a ride for Sat July 30 and or the following saturday. Its' open to anyone. I won't give it a name. The route will be rather extreme and based on response and how it comes together I'll try and get together some incentives. I will supply cue sheets and maps, a start time and place and some guidlines/advice but other than that you are on yr own.
This is in response to Perlberg's inquiry/William's taunting/and whatever other shit talking has been taking place on the forum. July 30 is boring as for races. The following weekend is Catskills so that might exclude a few. Post any input/yays or nays so I can judge the popularity of the idea. Saturdays are my only option.

Keith

I'm headed out tomorrow for a dehydrating heatstroke hammerfeat. GWB @ 9. But if others are interested we can do 8 to miss a bit of the humidity.

Come with. Lose 10 lbs.

I'll be doing repeats on Alpine, but starting earlier.
Sleep-deprived, heat fearing souls welcome GWB 6:15
J

I'll be at the nj side of the gw at 9

The gentlemen have moved the time up to 830 to more civilized.

Gentlemen overslept call it 9 again

I'll be in Prospect from 9-11:30 if anyone wants to keep it local. Endurance pace.

Nice hard ride with the fellas and good to see Al. I indeed lost about 6 lbs. Time to put it back on with burritos. Old Mountain road hits about 17-18% (I think) and the blood vessels in my ears were popping. I can't imagine doing another 5-7% on Devil's Kitchen, even with a 28. I'm bringing my cleat covers.

I left a trail of sleep deprived, extra salty tears up & down alpine.
Silver lining on the crazy early hour was the gauntlet of hipster-walks-of-shame I rode through on the way to the bridge...

jeff, ragot, al, stokes and I rode up to piermon to go hill hunting

the pace on 9w ont he way up was HARD! as usual, jeff was doing his horse impression and making us hurt on his wheel.

the humidity was just SAPPING yesterday. at some periods, the sweat was coming off in a STREAM, rather than drops. ugh!

one the way home, we were FLYING (courtesy of a tail wind), hitting 35+ for a good stretch of time

spent to rest of the day puttering around like an old sailor with two wooden legs

also, saw Nosson, who was heading SOUTH through Piermont by the time we arrived

yea I tryed keeping up but I alredy did some climps by rivier road turned back after that climp of 9w

Posted By: keith snyderI'm putting together a ride for Sat July 30 and or the following saturday. Its' open to anyone. I won't give it a name. The route will be rather extreme and based on response and how it comes together I'll try and get together some incentives. I will supply cue sheets and maps, a start time and place and some guidlines/advice but other than that you are on yr own.
This is in response to Perlberg's inquiry/William's taunting/and whatever other shit talking has been taking place on the forum. July 30 is boring as for races. The following weekend is Catskills so that might exclude a few. Post any input/yays or nays so I can judge the popularity of the idea. Saturdays are my only option.

Keith

i'm planning on riding up to Dutchess county this Saturday (the 30th)

basically, up to beacon, across the Newburgh-Beacon bridge, then northeast

can we sync parts of our rides?

holler!

-wm

Have Skeletor, will ride (on the 30th).

Speaking of things boney: I'll be out in search of varmint relics, so whichever wheel that racoon bone travels with, I will follow and, eventually, pass.

-N

I'll probably come out for the Saturday fun-time torture fest.

not sure what keith is planning, but i'm basically doing a 1-way century on saturday morning

heading north on the jersey side, crossing over the Hudson either on the Bear Mountain bridge or the Newburgh-Beacon bridge

if you want to keep me company, i'll buy you an iced coffee at your metro-north station of choice while you're waiting for a return train

OR

you can htfu and ride back

in which case, i'll still buy you an iced coffee

we can hammer on the way up as well . . . i aint afraid of my legs falling off the second i reach the driveway

William --rolling out over some new terrain sounds grand. When and where will you start your journey --or rather, where/when should I meet you?

the usual - 9am on the NJ side of the GW

disclaimer: i am not the route expert; i have a general idea of how to get upstate. i will be heavily reliant on my iPhone.

I'm going to move my ride to the following saturday. I'm undecided about riding this saturday. If William would like a good route upstate for 100 miles I can provide one. Best return is by Garrison across the Bear Mtn Bridge. There is a place just up the road from the station that has eats.

Keith

I'm still planning to ride on long/hard on Saturday. 70+ miles. 9am GWB. No prizes, but still fun.

I'm going to try and join you.

I'll be there. Promise to make it interesting.

william, I can always get you to the Bear Mtn bridge and you can choose which bank of the hudson to follow north.

For those who want to join william most of the way, trains run on the east bank of hte hudson, they run basically every hour. You need a bike pass for hte train. I believe it's still $5. It is also good for LIRR. If you don't have one, they'll charge you on the train. Pick up your ticket on the platform.

Hey those of you feeling bummed that Keith's adventure is postponed, don't fret. I just heard from JP and he's promised a fun route with climbs called "Weirimus wall," the "Sparrowbush slog", the "Christmas Hill Hump." And I don't know about you, but how can you resist a good hump on Christmas Hill?

This will likely be a hard ride, in unfamiliar territory for most of us, so come prepared with good legs, a Garmin, map or all of the above!

dudes:

i'm afraid i can't do my big ride tomorrow - work is killing me and i will need to be in front of a computer for much of tomorrow

i still plan on riding - i'll be at the bridge at 9am, but i'll turn around after 1 hour

looking forward to some epic rides soon

-wm

Ah, bummer William...I was looking forward to schooling you in some sprints tomorrow! haha

Speaking of which, I rode by the site of our last infamous show down and have this to say about the shifting finish lines. Coming up the hill there are arguably two sprint finish lines, and possible 3 markers that add to the confusion. First, there are two large log electricity poles in quick succession. The first of which comes just a bit before the climbing stops. The second large pole is probably at the crest of the climb, however, just a smidge past that is a metal road sign which I've always used as the finish line for that sprint.

The reason I like that sign as the finish, is because it is just after the crest of the climb by a pedal stroke or two and using that encourages the habit of driving it hard and fast OVER the crest of the rise. Which is just a good thing to do in most racing/riding circumstances.

I'll be at Brooklyn Bridge 8AM en route to GWB 9AM meet up. I'll probably only ride for a little bit with you folks, no 100+ day for me.