New Bike Part, originally uploaded by Martinator.
My 12-25 rear cassette arrived today!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A Gray Phat Ride
A Gray Phat Ride, originally uploaded by Martinator.
Tim, Bob, and a few others making our way over the dam at the Diamond Hill Reservoir. As you can see from the picture, it was a lovely, late spring day here in New England ;-)
When I left my house (I had time to swing by and change) it was overcast and dry. I checked the radar and no green blotches were on the horizon. I get to the start and, well, it wasn't exactly raining, but it wasn't exactly "not" raining. Sort of heavy misting. Scott was circling that parking lot on his bike. It didn't "suck enough" to cancel, but it was right on the line...
I ate a good amount of Strawberry Speckled Peanut Butter M&M's at work, and that played heavily in my decision to go ahead and ride. I had to burn those off somehow...
As it got closer to 6:00, more people showed up, about 15 or so riders. It was going to be a cool, row, ~wet ride, so I wasn't predicting and speed records for the night.
Since there was only 15 people, there was only a fast and a slow group. I tried to hang on to the fast group. I should have known better than to try and hang onto the wheel of somebody with an NEBC jersey ;-)
Dual Device Failure
My GPS turned itself off early in the ride a couple of times and my CatEye was skipping beats (it only logged 23 of the 25 miles.). I am going to have to do some math with the available data to figure out my moving average.
UPDATE! (June 11, 2009)
After hacking into the incomplete GPX file my Device generated, I calculated that my average for this ride was 17.1 mph. not bad all things considered.
Anyway, it was worth it to get out and just get some more miles under my belt.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Catherine's Rides the PMC
Catherine's Rides the PMC, originally uploaded by Martinator.
Catherine rode the 3 mile route of the 2009 PMC Kids ride in Franklin. So far she has ridden more PMC miles than me, but that will change on the first weekend of August :-)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Ready to Ride
Ready to Ride, originally uploaded by Martinator.
6:20 AM, coffee drunk, bike ready, rain stopped, 53 degrees: Ready to Ride!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Even PHaster...
Hungry...
On my way to tinight's ride I was feeling hungry. It isn't good to go on one of these ride hungry from the get go. Hmmm, what to eat? I swung by the dunkin Donuts and grabbed myself a Ham, Egg and Cheese on an English Muffin. Mmmmmmmm...
Blog Fan Base
Apparently this blog is getting a fan base :-) People have started coming up to me once they find out who I am and tell me they follow me on this blog. Cool!
Fast Start
Typically the first few miles of this ride the group rolls out at about a ~15 mph warm up pace. Tonight, I looked down and noticed the pace was more like ~17 mph. The line was fast tonight and it hung together for the most part (except for the skinny fast people traveling at Warp 2 way ahead of us).
Fast Group
Once we rolled onto Burnt Meadow road I was working pretty hard not to get dropped. Not so hard as to burn out, but closing the gap at strategic moments, drafting whenever possible, etc. Once we got to the farms in North Attleboro I was still hanging in there I was happy.
As I am hanging on to this group, I keep thinking: "I sure am glad I stopped off at Dunkin Donuts..."
Dropped on 120
Pulling onto 120 I found myself pulling the group into a head wind. I didn't want to kill myself because just about everybody in this group are better climbers them me. So I dropped to the back, and then halfway up the climb I got dropped, but not too bad.
The "Catch" on 120
I was at least able to minimize the gap climbing up 120. I knew I could go faster then the paceline on the descent. I reeled them in soon after crossing the RI border.
Dropped once again on 120
After catching the group I was hanging on the back. The good thing about that is less work. The bad thing is that you are dependant on the people in front of you to hang on to the group. The two riders in front of me got dropped and thus, myself along with them. No big deal as we were almost to the halfway point.
19.5 @ The Halfway Point!
Fastest split time so far this year!
Bill Wiping Some Bugs Off of His Face, originally uploaded by Martinator.
Bill did his fair share of pulling the line. Is there any irony that we are all camped in the Handicapped spots for our break?
Refueling, originally uploaded by Martinator.
Ingesting Gu, Clif Shots, and the like at the Halfway point in Cumberland, RI.
Martinator Pleased with his Average, originally uploaded by Martinator.
The obligatory self portrait :-)
Fast Ride Back
It was a fast ride back and I was doing my best to hang on again.
"I sure am glad I stopped off at Dunkin Donuts..."
Solo Finish
I got dropped on Mount Street and had a fast, solo ride back to the start.
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