The Original BIYF 18/19
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Mtbdog
Well-Known Member
Ridge you need another 12 minutes to count. Go get 'em before it gets any nastier out there!
Victor I
aka Ridgehog
Thanks guys. I misread the first page thought it was 45 minutes for a bonus. Will try to get 12 minutes in laterRidge you need another 12 minutes to count. Go get 'em before it gets any nastier out there!
thegock
Well-Known Member
Date: 1/20
Ride Time: 1:26
Bonus: 0:20 monsoon
Total Time: 1:46
Enter Strava Link Here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/2092449333
Enter Pictures/Story Here:
When I opened the garage door, I noticed that it was warm and there was no snow on the ground. 11 seconds later the rain began pelting down. Turning north, I could feel the wind driving the rain into my face. Before today I had never tested my fourth best rain jacket in heavy rain and thought that I might have to turn back and change if it started to soak through.
About 1.5 miles north, the gutters were as full as I had ever seen them with last night’s two inches of rain pushed by another torrent.. A short while later, I made the mandatory Bishop Pickering Caddyshack joke to a couple running down the hill. Runners are so friendly.
I got a text from my son responding to my birthday greetings and my brother called me from D.C. 20 minutes later. The text could be seen on the Garmin, but I didn’t read it until I got to the latte shop in town, later. Three miles north the rain began to creep between my helmet cover and my Oakleys and blind me, so I hunched over a bit further and blinked to clear the rain.
When I get into the woods, I turn the lights off to conserve power. The slap band I was running wouldn’t respond to my touch to turn it off, probably due to the flood. The fire road was covered by an inch of slush, but very bony underneath. One set of tracks remained from last night.
The ridge trails were moist, but with no standing water. Animal tracks from raccoon and deer littered the snow, there. An hour after I saddled up the rains stopped and the sun started to punch through. The jacket had held up well. It was such a great time today, just one of those singular memorable rides, that I treated myself to a latte, before finishing up.
Ride Time: 1:26
Bonus: 0:20 monsoon
Total Time: 1:46
Enter Strava Link Here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/2092449333
Enter Pictures/Story Here:
When I opened the garage door, I noticed that it was warm and there was no snow on the ground. 11 seconds later the rain began pelting down. Turning north, I could feel the wind driving the rain into my face. Before today I had never tested my fourth best rain jacket in heavy rain and thought that I might have to turn back and change if it started to soak through.
About 1.5 miles north, the gutters were as full as I had ever seen them with last night’s two inches of rain pushed by another torrent.. A short while later, I made the mandatory Bishop Pickering Caddyshack joke to a couple running down the hill. Runners are so friendly.
I got a text from my son responding to my birthday greetings and my brother called me from D.C. 20 minutes later. The text could be seen on the Garmin, but I didn’t read it until I got to the latte shop in town, later. Three miles north the rain began to creep between my helmet cover and my Oakleys and blind me, so I hunched over a bit further and blinked to clear the rain.
When I get into the woods, I turn the lights off to conserve power. The slap band I was running wouldn’t respond to my touch to turn it off, probably due to the flood. The fire road was covered by an inch of slush, but very bony underneath. One set of tracks remained from last night.
The ridge trails were moist, but with no standing water. Animal tracks from raccoon and deer littered the snow, there. An hour after I saddled up the rains stopped and the sun started to punch through. The jacket had held up well. It was such a great time today, just one of those singular memorable rides, that I treated myself to a latte, before finishing up.
rick81721
Lothar
Jiminy Christmas a novel for a 90 minute ride? An "it was a dark and stormy day" would have sufficed. ?
PS is that a fake crash pic?
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thegock
Well-Known Member
I usually go word light and picture heavy, but I just had such a great time today. Have to tell you the backstory some day. It was EPIC.
rustynuts
Well-Known Member
https://www.strava.com/activities/2090147980
Date: 01/19/19
Time: 2 hrs 1 min 45 seconds
Fat bike ride. Photos in link.
Rode with my good bro/pal/bud Joe. We hit Hart, Huber, some gravel roads, Hudson water front and a little road for a nice solid 20 miles. Drank a nice craft beer from a can afterwards. Temp was perfect, I overdressed thinking a polar vortex was coming sooner.
Need to get out myself and be riding outdoors more.
Happy Sunday, everyone have a good week,
Jordon
Date: 01/19/19
Time: 2 hrs 1 min 45 seconds
Fat bike ride. Photos in link.
Rode with my good bro/pal/bud Joe. We hit Hart, Huber, some gravel roads, Hudson water front and a little road for a nice solid 20 miles. Drank a nice craft beer from a can afterwards. Temp was perfect, I overdressed thinking a polar vortex was coming sooner.
Need to get out myself and be riding outdoors more.
Happy Sunday, everyone have a good week,
Jordon
teabagger11
Well-Known Member
No rain compacted the snow temp drop formed a crust but soft underneath
Victor I
aka Ridgehog
1/20
Moving Time: 12 minutes
Bonus: None
Total time: 12 minutes
https://www.strava.com/activities/2093001210/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1548030828
Rode 33 minutes earlier today plus 12 minutes tonight = 45 minutes for the day. Thanks @Mtbdog and @Flaubert for the heads up.
Moving Time: 12 minutes
Bonus: None
Total time: 12 minutes
https://www.strava.com/activities/2093001210/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1548030828
Rode 33 minutes earlier today plus 12 minutes tonight = 45 minutes for the day. Thanks @Mtbdog and @Flaubert for the heads up.
01/20
0:57
Bonus: none
0:57
Trying to Freeze the Boy
Close to a 10 degree temp drop while we were riding and wind really picked up. We were riding some trials type stuff and I fell harder than I have fallen in quite awhile on a bunch of large roots. Found a few more lines to try when it is warmer out as one of them wood fall in the canal if you bailed to one side.
0:57
Bonus: none
0:57
Trying to Freeze the Boy
Close to a 10 degree temp drop while we were riding and wind really picked up. We were riding some trials type stuff and I fell harder than I have fallen in quite awhile on a bunch of large roots. Found a few more lines to try when it is warmer out as one of them wood fall in the canal if you bailed to one side.
GSTim
Formerly M3Tim
goodvibe
Well-Known Member
01/20
2:24:54
Bonus: none
2:24
https://www.strava.com/activities/2092736214
Cold Spin around the hood. The temperature at the beginning
of the ride was 46 and 20 at the end of the ride. Rode through the local golf courses, parks and bike trails. The wind was harsh, but it was a good ride on the fatness. Photos are in the link.
2:24:54
Bonus: none
2:24
https://www.strava.com/activities/2092736214
Cold Spin around the hood. The temperature at the beginning
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rick81721
Lothar
1/21
2:07
Strava chilly start
Not much to say, just hit the road. Thought it would be cooler but about 43 when I headed out. No geezers in winter parkas sighted.
PS a little cold up there this morning??
2:07
Strava chilly start
Not much to say, just hit the road. Thought it would be cooler but about 43 when I headed out. No geezers in winter parkas sighted.
PS a little cold up there this morning??
goodvibe
Well-Known Member
1/21
1:43
Bonus: Do you get a bonus if it is 1 degree out?
1:43
https://www.strava.com/activities/2094027718
Rode Lewis Morris and Patriots Path. There was a beautiful layer of ice on top of everything and I was happy I had my studded tires on. I am thankful for my Gore Tool Jacket and Wolvhammer's with chemical warmers.
1:43
Bonus: Do you get a bonus if it is 1 degree out?
1:43
https://www.strava.com/activities/2094027718
Rode Lewis Morris and Patriots Path. There was a beautiful layer of ice on top of everything and I was happy I had my studded tires on. I am thankful for my Gore Tool Jacket and Wolvhammer's with chemical warmers.
1/21
1hr6min moving time
https://www.strava.com/activities/2093890465#kudos
first time on this magic snow (does that count for the bonus)
it was awesome looked like snow, felt like snow, rode like dirt :O i want more of this (could do with a bit less wind, but staying on the south side of the mtn took care of that nicely).
also magic ice was present, looked like ice but was NOT slippery like ice . . .
1hr6min moving time
https://www.strava.com/activities/2093890465#kudos
first time on this magic snow (does that count for the bonus)
it was awesome looked like snow, felt like snow, rode like dirt :O i want more of this (could do with a bit less wind, but staying on the south side of the mtn took care of that nicely).
also magic ice was present, looked like ice but was NOT slippery like ice . . .
ehhhh, if you say so, honestly, i just spent wayyy too much money on cold weather gear not to use it . . . :O