9:30 at the NY Side 3-4 hours.

Another good weekday ride. Just JP and I though. Was hoping we'd see William, Tito and/or Mattie. Next time I guess. We hit the inner roads of New Jersey which meant plenty of short steepies. Windy day out there and JP and I were doing a pretty good job of half-wheeling each other. About 3.5 hours of riding. The weather is absolutely brilliant, must get out more!

ah!

bummed i missed this

i tossed my phone across the room when the alarm went off at 8, then woke up 2 hours later regretting it

William,
You're supposed to toss your phone across the room once you wake up and realize it let you sleep another two hours.

Marc,
If only Richard Fries and Chris Zigmont had seen you today! I've known those guys for years, and get lots of love from them. In my absence, it was transferred to you. But you should consider yourself lucky. Poor Edie Perkins used to get confused for me frequently.

you people with too much time on your hands...

so for the Wed weeknight ride.

Headed out to Prospect wearing shorts and ss jersey, baselayer too. Beatuiful evening about 5:00. Ride backwards to find Ryan on the uphill. He flashed me two spread hands. "5 5" or "10" I though. Feeling very confused as I turned and waited for him to catch, I needed to inquire exactly what Mr. Johnston meant. "Oh, just stop and turn around." He said. Hmmm. something got lost in that translation.


Well then we proceed to ride tempo (I like his tempo pace much better - power to weigh means nothing on these rides - than the tempo pace coming...) and dodge the people on bikes who look at you and then cross the road in front of you regardless. Chat chat chat... Time passed.

We pick up Perlberg near the temple and I give him a big shove as now I'm pulling tempo having warmed up with Ryan. I'm trying to do a low tempo today as I've been sick, so when we run into Perlberg, my avg power for the 30min was around 253. So, once Perlberg starts riding with us, he's rested and wants to ride, the effort kicks up. Mind you, my bike is equipped with 25mm training tires and fenders now, so my speeds are a bit down and Mike just seems determined to keep the speed steady as I try to keep my watts steady.

Ryan happily finises his hour and says "I'm outta here!"

We keep flogging away and as we pass the parking lot, we see a guy riding the wrong way at us hugging the curb and he hits a rock as he has one hand on the bars and somehow manages to get up the curb instead of low siding it. He stays up... We get a laugh. Wonder if the ten cops standing there gave him a ticket too.

Well, by now, my watts are up to 275 or so and I can't get the "mercy mercy me" lyric out of my head as my hour is coming to a close.

YES - DONE! So, I sit on Mike and am enjoying the ride in the draft and BAM! That rock the guy hit - I plow into it. I don't go down, but man, my toe got slammed by the kicked up rock. I make it another lap until the slow front flat necessitates a stop.

Ran into Delroy and then John Malcomson as Mike finished up.

Good, weird ride.

No pinkberry after for us.

AH, 1:45 of quality. Wait, we didn't get up to 6:45 of riding. I mean who has time for 6:45 of riding? Doesn't your dog miss you or something?

Keep on rocking.

Anybody doing any rides over GWB during the week this week? I'm fat and slow but have some time off to come tag along.

i could do tomorrow morning

let me know

i haven't ridden in 10 days and my lungs are all sooty, so we'll be a nice pair

William and I are riding tomorrow - 9am at NY side of GWB. He's sooty (what does that even mean? "Hit's a jolly good day wif you, Mary Poppins!") and I've been off the bike for about 10 days too (crash injuries + insane schoolwork) so it'll be GOOD TIMES.

JeffO, wanna join?

Yeah. I raise your 10 days off the bike by 10 weeks and about 10 lbs, so I'll be huffing along reeeeal slow. But I'll try to make it. Don't wait though.

anyone want to ride tomorrow at 9?

lemme know up until 8am tomorrow

otherwise, i'm riding with JP

posting late. I'm thinking about getting out in the morning, hopefully to beat the rain.
any takers for some hammering beginning at 9:30 at the NY side of the GWB?

i'll ride with you tomorrow am, but let's keep it hour out-hour back

i'm fully prepared to get wet but i will not eat your wheel spray, so prepare to be (feebly) hammered on

by the way, we are not going to beat the rain

tito and i are meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00 on the new york side fo the GWB

holler!

-wm

917 572 3741

anyone up for another wednesday morning ride from the bridge? NY Side 9:30?

I'm looking for 3.5 hours of hard fun.

Looks rainy. So I'm a big fat maybe (in addition to being big and fat).

Speaking of rain. Any other wet weather clothing recommendations? Still working on a good jacket, but waterproof shoe covers seem like a good idea, even if their effectiveness might be relatively short. The craft ones look like they might have potential? Any experience?

http://www.probikekit.com/us/clothing/mens/cycling-clothing/overshoes/craft-rain-bootie-cycling-shoe-covers-1.html

Jeff,
For rainy days, I like neoprene shoe coves and neoprene gloves. Water will leak in to both no matter what, so you might as well get covers that work when wet. I have two different pair of neoprene shoe covers, Endura for the cold and wet days and Gator for the wet days. Gloves, I got cheap scuba gloves on eBay, but the Glacier Gloves I linked to look like they may work better. The lining Glacier puts in probably makes them both more comfortable and easier to pull on and off.

I'm with JP on this one...when the rain comes, you gotta go neoprene. What ends up happening is you get a wet-suit like effect. Water soaks in, gets trapped, warms up and keep fingers and toes warm. I gotta get me some new neoprene gloves stat. It's becoming that time of year.

On a related note, maybe it's because he's got two little ones to take care of, or maybe he's just a glutton for punishment, but does anyone have any clue as to why JP looks at two middle-ish days of the week, and decides that Wednesday is the day he's going to go hammer for 3.5 hours, when it was gorgeous all day today?

I'll be stuck in the hospital all day looking quizically at people who come in with "abdominal pain" and insist that I find them something to eat. So I'm jealous of you riders tomorrow regardless of the weather.

Does anyone have any experience with these Sealskinz gloves?

http://www.sealskinz.com/active-range/cycling/ultra-grip-gloves

http://www.sealskinz.com/active-range/cycling/thermal-performance-road-cycle-glove

http://www.sealskinz.com/active-range/cycling/all-weather-cycle-gloves-with-gel

You're absolutely correct Ste'phane! I have the Glacier Perfect Curve Cycling Glove...which JP had mentioned and not the Sealskinz.

Take a shower with them with a fan on!
Since I have other gloves (four or five other winter gloves, all good till about 30°F if it's not raining too much) to start the season, I may well wait for you and maybe others to test these gloves seriously before getting them.

As I mentioned somewhere else on this forum earlier today, for really cold and wet riding, check out Bar Mitts. They look awkward and limit hand positions (though not as much as you might suspect), but they work really well. (I suppose you wouldn't want to be caught in a gusting cross wind with them either.) But they'll also allow you to ride in very cold conditions with a thinner glove than you might otherwise use and get better feel at the bar/levers.

http://barmitts.com/

I'm also interested in feedback about the sealskinz gloves and socks, etc. Doing all I can to avoid the subway, even in rain, and arrive at work/class less than soaked (30 min commute).

I suppose I have to get those big dorky coverall trouser things, eh?

Neil is going to take a shower with a fan on to test his Glacier gloves. He will let us know what the result is. Shampooing will feel awkward for sure.
BTW, if Norm says anything about winter gloves, don't take his word for it.

Make sure to put the fan in the shower with you while it's plugged in.

What I'm grappling with at the moment is how to fit the bike in the shower with me in a riding position. Will let you know once I get over that hurdle.

lulz

remember to rinse AND REPEAT

if you don't repeat, you're just wasting conditioner

I just heard on 1010 News, three times in twenty minutes, that they saw Neil riding in the storm. He explained to their team he was not wearing a Halloween costume but testing his new gloves outside instead of taking a shower. They called Bellevue right away. Then they interviewed him, he talked about the team, they asked where the team mates were. He told them that JP and Marc should have been out there with their neoprene gloves, but JP was at home preparing his CX bike for tomorrow with one kid on his back and another one on his lap and Marc was testing different red wines to see which one was better with hamburgers.

L.O.L.

As a matter of fact...I did just come in from outside, where I was indeed testing out the Glacial neoprene gloves on a dog walk. At this stage, I can report the following:
I. Dexterity-II needed to remove one glove both to (A) Attach the dog's leash to her collar, and (B) Pick-up up the diminutive turds that our guest dog left in the snow.
II. Warmth-They felt pretty warm outside right now. While not plush, there's a neoprene-ee fuzz on the inside which makes them feel more comfortable and warmer than a smooth neoprene surface might otherwise feel. Definitely warmer than the thin neoprene Fox-brand gloves that I wore on this morning's dog walk.
III. Dryness- So far no water or wind penetration was noticeable.

I'm off to switch the tires on my bike for tomorrow's 'cross race, Assuming it's not cancelled, I'm hoping for a more practical evaluation of the gloves--if not during the race then at least in the shower afterwards.

Wednesday, 11/2/11. 9:40am from the NY Side of the GWB. Three hours or so. Hard fun is the plan. Kill hills. Provided the roads are free of trees.


As for the gloves commentary...I have a pair of Sealskinz socks. They look like knit socks on the outside but feel like plastic bags on the inside. Haven't tried their gloves.