ringwood conditions 1/2/07

[gumby]

first post, not sure how it works and if this is the right place...
anyone know how ringwoood is after the rain yesterday?
thinking of riding wed, 1/3, about a 11am wheels down sort of thing.
have not been for a while but I know it drains well.
anyone around?

hello to the peeps I know who lurk on this board..

 

[NJ Jess]

slimmie

Yea, still hasn't drained from that downpour. The leaves make it worse. Sad to hear it is suppose to rain on Friday or Saturday of this week too! I hear Stewart is open again. Nice riding except of the non tree covered trails,...muddy. Anybody with knowledge of their local trails,...what's the conditions?

 

[ryderX]

Jess,
Did Mr Santa (a.k.a the Post man) make it to your house ? Hopefully it's a yes!
Kris

 

[NJ Jess]

Absolutely!

Jess,
Did Mr Santa (a.k.a the Post man) make it to your house ? Hopefully it's a yes!
Kris

And boy, did we ever see the light! Thanks!

PS. You know about HR polar monitors. I did a night road ride tonight. 1 hour 44 minutes, 24 miles. LSD stuff. My average HR was 133 and then it said Max 230. (NOT) What the *&^$#@ happened? Got any ideas?

 

[Norm]

And boy, did we ever see the light! Thanks!

PS. You know about HR polar monitors. I did a night road ride tonight. 1 hour 44 minutes, 24 miles. LSD stuff. My average HR was 133 and then it said Max 230. (NOT) What the *&^$#@ happened? Got any ideas?

Standard electrical interference or some such junk. Happens with power lines sometimes, transformers, etc.

 

[NJ Jess]

Thanks Norm

Now, what can I do about it? I hope to ride this route to get in some base miles. Where are you doing your base miles? do you have interferance? Help!

 

[Shaggz]

do you have interferance?

a wife and a baby girl

 

[Norm]

Now, what can I do about it? I hope to ride this route to get in some base miles. Where are you doing your base miles? do you have interferance? Help!

I don't ride with an HRM anymore, I only use RPE. But when I used to see it spike like that, moving to the other side of the street (if possible) usually did the trick. It never lasted long.

Addition: To answer the second question I never took time off from last year, so I'm not really in need of base miles, as such. I'm basically spending all my time at tempo/LT pace right now, which I get on the trainer (not much more than 1:15 at a pop) or on he road on weekends.

 

[Kirt]

Simon,

Welcome, glad you made it over. How were the conditions @ RW? Weather was good either way.

Kirt

 

[gumby]

Got a good ride in Kirt but to much fire trail for my liking. Actually I needed the exercise so it was ok. Conditions were great. Thanks for the welcome.
Did you get your leg armor sorted?

I need a guide to refresh my memory. I was so close to some of the goods and turned of just before them and went the wrong way

Bumped into Tekin today. I need to hit up some trails he told me about at Allumuchy. I can roll in with some respectable city boys if you guys are free for a tour? He said to bring the big bikes, sounds like fun.

 

[NJ Jess]

the hidden

Got a good ride in Kirt but to much fire trail for my liking. Actually I needed the exercise so it was ok. Conditions were great. Thanks for the welcome.
Did you get your leg armor sorted?

I need a guide to refresh my memory. I was so close to some of the goods and turned of just before them and went the wrong way

Bumped into Tekin today. I need to hit up some trails he told me about at Allumuchy. I can roll in with some respectable city boys if you guys are free for a tour? He said to bring the big bikes, sounds like fun.

Try to go ridding with RVCC to find the better trails and loops. Go to a TM day and bike the trails less traveled,......

 

[NJ Jess]

Nice workout plan

I don't ride with an HRM anymore, I only use RPE. But when I used to see it spike like that, moving to the other side of the street (if possible) usually did the trick. It never lasted long.

Addition: To answer the second question I never took time off from last year, so I'm not really in need of base miles, as such. I'm basically spending all my time at tempo/LT pace right now, which I get on the trainer (not much more than 1:15 at a pop) or on he road on weekends.

Thanks for the advise on the HR, I'll try it. I wonder if the same thing will happen with the Garmin 305 I ordered?

Wow, you Never took time off?! Gee, I wish I could say the same, but even without the interferance of " a wife and a baby girl," I couldn't ride every week. I will say being off the bike builds up my desire to ride more when I can. I ride the trainer for about 115 too. Going to Beachwood Bikes trainer nights once they start. Keep pedaling,......until we get snow,..then I'm skiing!

 

[Norm]

Wow, you Never took time off?! Gee, I wish I could say the same, but even without the interferance of " a wife and a baby girl," I couldn't ride every week. I will say being off the bike builds up my desire to ride more when I can. I ride the trainer for about 115 too. Going to Beachwood Bikes trainer nights once they start. Keep pedaling,......until we get snow,..then I'm skiing!

It sounds more astounding that it is. I certainly didn't ride as much as I would have liked this year. The little moster was born in April so I had my "offseason" then. I really didn't get serious until July or some such. So now I'm really just holding serve through the cold weather and seeing how it goes.