me - i like to think of it as the hell ride, and you are doing a double.....
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me - i like to think of it as the hell ride, and you are doing a double.....
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
Hey, I’m just pokin fun homie. Glad to see you riding again. I have big toes to dip so just go all in. Find a way and a reason to finish.
Dave Taylor
Rex kwan Do
I agree. I like all cycling TBH. I seem to be better at long, grindy suffering(just easier I think) but CX and XC really excite me. I kinda wish I didn't go the endurance route a few years back as I feel kinda slow in the punchy stuff but can grind forever. Whatever your choice come out and climb some hills. It's beautiful out there.
bigW
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IMHO : most of the damage is done by having a half dozen nasty climbs that force the burning of many matches : Fiddlers, IronBridge, Webster/Decker and a couple short steep ones. I shalt be there ideally in a SS rig of some sort....
geez, don't tell Rob!
it didn't help that the last one was mid-80s out. Think i wrote it up somewhere,
i had to sit at the bottom of the last climb back to the camp to collect myself.
Also tried to hit 50 going down harmony-brass castle following Bill. that
was dumb, cause Wester is right after that.....with that chunk of Fox Farm.....
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isnt this like the top of the list on ways to die biking in NJ??!!!
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Bill is 10x more deadly than a soccer mom with a BMW. #facts
Shizz this is the same day of the Century for the Cure. I was planning on that ride this year.
bigW
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Decided to knock at least one bucket list item off this year before my body has completely fallen apart.
Plunked in 39x22 stump pulling gears into the SS and used an old HTT route file...bring on the suffering. Only one rule ‘zero foot dabs allowed’
Almost got in trouble on Fiddlers Elbow by trying squeak by without burning too many matches ( shoulda hit the attack button ) and by the 50 mile mark after Iron Bridge I was ruined. Had to grind through the next 50 miles on 1/2 impulse power but frankly everything else feels like rolling hills after the big boys...
No speed records were set and not happy to have Black River Deli closed so no water stop after 56 miles ( Glen Gardner ). Survived but not the most enjoyable 8.5 hours.
Registered for Sept 22 but gonna be elsewhere. Before switching out gears might do a 50 mile attack on Fiddlers/IronBridge Saturday without the throttle dialed back
Plunked in 39x22 stump pulling gears into the SS and used an old HTT route file...bring on the suffering. Only one rule ‘zero foot dabs allowed’
Almost got in trouble on Fiddlers Elbow by trying squeak by without burning too many matches ( shoulda hit the attack button ) and by the 50 mile mark after Iron Bridge I was ruined. Had to grind through the next 50 miles on 1/2 impulse power but frankly everything else feels like rolling hills after the big boys...
No speed records were set and not happy to have Black River Deli closed so no water stop after 56 miles ( Glen Gardner ). Survived but not the most enjoyable 8.5 hours.
Registered for Sept 22 but gonna be elsewhere. Before switching out gears might do a 50 mile attack on Fiddlers/IronBridge Saturday without the throttle dialed back
Nice work but maybe it's time for a rear derailleur. I'll never understand ss on the road. I know, it's me.
bigW
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SS on the road is awesome when the cadence range feels good for 99% of the ride. This was more of a test of what is possible for me without a foot dab on the climbs. There are a few flat sections where spinning 39x22 at 15mph is silly. ?
Having a great season tearing it up on the road 42x15, able to hang in some speedy pace lines and still mostly survive the hills. I guess it’s a personal preference thing but the carbon road bike has not been ridden in a few years...
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bigW
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#5 My ‘today’ was a few days ago just before I left town on a biz trip so I missed the heat....
Keep rep'n the master's class!
terrabike01
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The BearScat 50 Endurance race and this ride the next day doable? An endurance epic weekend?
for you ABSOLUTELYThe BearScat 50 Endurance race and this ride the next day doable? An endurance epic weekend?
Ouch! Totally doable unless it's like it was 2 years ago (hot as balls). Most people were cooked at aid station 3 (of HTT).The BearScat 50 Endurance race and this ride the next day doable? An endurance epic weekend?
terrabike01
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@sarcaro Thank you for the vote of confidence! Will you be manning one of the aid stations with your world famous brownies in hand?for you ABSOLUTELY