Johnny Utah
Well-Known Member
So. Much. Fun. Today.
I love snow days, two hobbies today
Moving time 2:00
https://www.strava.com/activities/824292612
"Official" BIYF 2016-2017 thread
- Thread starter Red Mosquito
- Start date
So. Much. Fun. Today.
I love snow days, two hobbies today
Moving time 2:00
https://www.strava.com/activities/824292612
oobaa47
Well-Known Member
Now I know why God made fatbikes...For days like today....
1:08:54 plus Week Three Bonus
www.strava.com/activities/824449833
1:08:54 plus Week Three Bonus
www.strava.com/activities/824449833
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ekuhn
Well-Known Member
w_b
Well-Known Member
1/7
I must have time traveled during this ride, because my Strava jumps from 0:51:27 to 1:07:09 ; so I gained (lost?) like 16 minutes of my life without noticing.
I can assure you I did not teleport from the upper right corner of the map track, to my house, as it shows, so feel free to add that 16 +/- minutes to my moving time if you agree. I stopped only to snap a couple photos.
Anywhoo, those of you that were out today can attest that we earned every foot of the ride today, even downhills.
My favorite part of this ride was starting off all tentative, afeard to stop, lean, or turn, then by 10 minutes in I've regressed to a little kid on a tenspeed, launching and hitting everything just to see what happens.
MT 1:21 (based on time traveling bonus)
https://www.strava.com/activities/824731886
I must have time traveled during this ride, because my Strava jumps from 0:51:27 to 1:07:09 ; so I gained (lost?) like 16 minutes of my life without noticing.
I can assure you I did not teleport from the upper right corner of the map track, to my house, as it shows, so feel free to add that 16 +/- minutes to my moving time if you agree. I stopped only to snap a couple photos.
Anywhoo, those of you that were out today can attest that we earned every foot of the ride today, even downhills.
My favorite part of this ride was starting off all tentative, afeard to stop, lean, or turn, then by 10 minutes in I've regressed to a little kid on a tenspeed, launching and hitting everything just to see what happens.
MT 1:21 (based on time traveling bonus)
https://www.strava.com/activities/824731886
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Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
Arwen's Mom
Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains
from your pics looks like 3 hobbies 😉
ilnadi
Well-Known Member
first the facts
1:16:24 Moving Time
https://www.strava.com/activities/824485346
"Group" ride, dragged my poor son thru the snow
now the story
Being too lazy to get up at 7 to drive to one of the posted group rides, I decided my son really needed to enjoy his fat bike on the snow. First we had to suit him up. How much can a 10 year old grow in 7-8 months? let's see, his feet went from size 5 to size 7.5, his polypro from last winter is like sausage casing, his ski goggles from 3 years ago he cant even see out of. so we raided my wife's and daughter's closets and got him suited up. I gave him what I thought were my winter gloves. We decided the first snow adventure would be the greenway we have memorized. Didn't feel like riding on the 0.5mi of roads to the trail so we load up the car and go.
Unloading the bikes, the back wheel of my SS is completely flat (did it once before, pumped it up and held for weeks), I guess time for a new tube but not in the snow. Drive back home, load the full-cush and drive to the trail again. I forgot my ski gloves so I wear fleece gloves over ragwool hoping no wind or going fast. wait for daddy to fiddle with gopro and trying to get a gps fix on the watch, give up and start it on the phone and off we go.
First he is making small coughing and whining noises, says he is cold. daddy advises pedaling faster will warm us up. not received well. after 10 min he stops and starts crying. harakiri, bad daddy, "ok let's turn back"; to which he screams back "we're finishing this stinkin' trail whether you like it or not". Ok, I may brag about that later unless I bring him home with frost-bite. Now that he's got that out of his system he declares he feels warmer and off we go. Of course this happens in front of the only two other people in the whole trail.
Once we are out of the open trail and wind, I offer to switch gloves. We go and in 30 seconds my hands are hurting. I guess he was being braver than I thought. Harakiri, bad daddy, etc.
we approach 30min so I ask him whether we'll be slow on the way back or speed to get home faster. he says speed so I tell him we have to make 40min before we turn. he agrees and I sprint ahead to set up the selfie stick I borrowed from my wife. I tried t hide the gopro but failed.
the way back is much less eventful. End-of-ride shot with ice in the mustache and his balaclava.
In the spring and summer we always rated our rides as "hottub-worthy" or not. We both agreed this was the first "really hottub-worthy" ride. Made some apple tea with lots of honey and enjoyed our payoff.
EDIT: And yet another video, apparently you cannto use music old enough to make everybody happy.
1:16:24 Moving Time
https://www.strava.com/activities/824485346
"Group" ride, dragged my poor son thru the snow
now the story
Being too lazy to get up at 7 to drive to one of the posted group rides, I decided my son really needed to enjoy his fat bike on the snow. First we had to suit him up. How much can a 10 year old grow in 7-8 months? let's see, his feet went from size 5 to size 7.5, his polypro from last winter is like sausage casing, his ski goggles from 3 years ago he cant even see out of. so we raided my wife's and daughter's closets and got him suited up. I gave him what I thought were my winter gloves. We decided the first snow adventure would be the greenway we have memorized. Didn't feel like riding on the 0.5mi of roads to the trail so we load up the car and go.
Unloading the bikes, the back wheel of my SS is completely flat (did it once before, pumped it up and held for weeks), I guess time for a new tube but not in the snow. Drive back home, load the full-cush and drive to the trail again. I forgot my ski gloves so I wear fleece gloves over ragwool hoping no wind or going fast. wait for daddy to fiddle with gopro and trying to get a gps fix on the watch, give up and start it on the phone and off we go.
First he is making small coughing and whining noises, says he is cold. daddy advises pedaling faster will warm us up. not received well. after 10 min he stops and starts crying. harakiri, bad daddy, "ok let's turn back"; to which he screams back "we're finishing this stinkin' trail whether you like it or not". Ok, I may brag about that later unless I bring him home with frost-bite. Now that he's got that out of his system he declares he feels warmer and off we go. Of course this happens in front of the only two other people in the whole trail.
Once we are out of the open trail and wind, I offer to switch gloves. We go and in 30 seconds my hands are hurting. I guess he was being braver than I thought. Harakiri, bad daddy, etc.
we approach 30min so I ask him whether we'll be slow on the way back or speed to get home faster. he says speed so I tell him we have to make 40min before we turn. he agrees and I sprint ahead to set up the selfie stick I borrowed from my wife. I tried t hide the gopro but failed.
the way back is much less eventful. End-of-ride shot with ice in the mustache and his balaclava.
In the spring and summer we always rated our rides as "hottub-worthy" or not. We both agreed this was the first "really hottub-worthy" ride. Made some apple tea with lots of honey and enjoyed our payoff.
EDIT: And yet another video, apparently you cannto use music old enough to make everybody happy.
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thegock
Well-Known Member
1/8
1:13
complete Garmin fail-no link. Manual input
https://www.strava.com/activities/826342205
Only concessions to the cold weather were board helmet, goggles and handwarmers in mittens. I was grateful that it was 55 degrees warmer than Jim Vreeland's race, though.
1:13
complete Garmin fail-no link. Manual input
https://www.strava.com/activities/826342205
Only concessions to the cold weather were board helmet, goggles and handwarmers in mittens. I was grateful that it was 55 degrees warmer than Jim Vreeland's race, though.
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Fat Pursuit. Have no idea how to score this because the Garmin stops recording when you have to push your bike, up to ya'll. I would argue that at -40 degrees I earned every second of the 19 hours I was out there 😕
https://www.strava.com/activities/825488601
Sandman98
Well-Known Member
1/8/17
Moving time
2:06:22
https://www.strava.com/activities/825501515/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1483895244
My phone died even though fully charged. I guess its too cold for my iphone. Did anyone here uses an iphone 6 and it dies when its cold? Anyway it was a great ride.
Moving time
2:06:22
https://www.strava.com/activities/825501515/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1483895244
My phone died even though fully charged. I guess its too cold for my iphone. Did anyone here uses an iphone 6 and it dies when its cold? Anyway it was a great ride.
huffster
Well-Known Member
1/8/2017 local ride. Took the fattie on slushy roads thru wooded cut-offs, over to the closed (for good) Apple Ridge golf course. Maybe 2-3" of perfect powder and kinda purdy too. Chilly out on the road and on the open fields, but dressed right.
Moving time: 1:18:20
Link:
https://www.strava.com/activities/825567898/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1483898331
Moving time: 1:18:20
Link:
https://www.strava.com/activities/825567898/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1483898331
huffster
Well-Known Member
That's it! Now he's gonna be hooked on winter riding and need all new cold weather gear. Cha-Ching! $$$$$
Matt_
I Get Jokes
This has happed to me several times. I now stick my phone in a spare glove and don't take it out until I'm done....which makes it difficult to take pictures while out and about.
1/7/17: I met up with a buddy at KSVP, but didn't want to take my phone out to snap a picture for fear the battery would die and leave the entire ride questionable. The extra point aint worth it for me.
Moving Time: 1:42:18
https://www.strava.com/activities/824484792
1/8/16: Deer Park jaunt. Conditions were PERFECT with the exception of the Rutherford Trail (School) as some asshat felt it was necessary to ride when the ground was too soft leaving countless ruts that are now frozen.
Moving Time: 1:38:47
https://www.strava.com/activities/825555750
Moving Time: 1:42:18
https://www.strava.com/activities/824484792
1/8/16: Deer Park jaunt. Conditions were PERFECT with the exception of the Rutherford Trail (School) as some asshat felt it was necessary to ride when the ground was too soft leaving countless ruts that are now frozen.
Moving Time: 1:38:47
https://www.strava.com/activities/825555750
rick81721
Lothar
1/8
Slow motion ride in the snow at the sourlands. Over-dressed per usual
1:21
https://www.strava.com/activities/825630941
Slow motion ride in the snow at the sourlands. Over-dressed per usual
1:21
https://www.strava.com/activities/825630941
huffster
Well-Known Member
I use an iphone 6 and it deals well with the cold weather while mounted on the bar. A couple hour ride and it only drops maybe 20% running Strava. I have tried to run MTB project or Maprika at the same time as Strava. That usual works well too, but does pull more juice. I have found that in low coverage areas, the battery gets sucked down pretty fast by GPS apps.