On the road today...
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I've been on a bit of a gps-free kick recently, so I don't have the exact route. As Dalai noted Ridgecrest Boulevard is a good reference road, as well as Panoramic Highway, Pan Toll Road, and Bolinas-Fairfax Road. You can make a loop quite easily by using Highway 1, and Mount Tamalpais is only a couple kms further up Ridgecrest if you want a bit more climbing. A lot of the area is on state/national park grounds, so there are more trails than paved roads if you want to explore the hiking and MTB trails as well.
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Vacation in Hvar last week:
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DrGalactus
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Why I start my morning rides at 4am:
Did a bit of climbing this weekend, might not sound too unusual except where I live is pretty flat!
One of my favourites - Mt Macedon, only 450m (1485ft) but a solid 20min climb none the less; the reward is the downhill down the south side which is pretty much straight down on which you can reach speeds of >90kph
I was hoping to do a third lap of my usual 30km loop, but managed to get a flat and didn't have any pitstop so called it quits (I run Tubs).
View from the summit!
War Memorial.
Today I head to Mt Buller (942m / 3108ft) and rode out from the town of Mansfield making it a 1265m (4175ft) climb, and a 95km ride in total. Legs were shot from yesterdays 2x20min FTP climbs, even the hour climbing at tempo was a huge battle.
Not much to see, was shrouded in cloud cover from about half way up the climb. The village was like a ghost town, I was about the only person there; this time of year the snow would be starting to come in but it has been unseasonably warm recently.
One of my favourites - Mt Macedon, only 450m (1485ft) but a solid 20min climb none the less; the reward is the downhill down the south side which is pretty much straight down on which you can reach speeds of >90kph
I was hoping to do a third lap of my usual 30km loop, but managed to get a flat and didn't have any pitstop so called it quits (I run Tubs). View from the summit!
War Memorial.
Today I head to Mt Buller (942m / 3108ft) and rode out from the town of Mansfield making it a 1265m (4175ft) climb, and a 95km ride in total. Legs were shot from yesterdays 2x20min FTP climbs, even the hour climbing at tempo was a huge battle.
Not much to see, was shrouded in cloud cover from about half way up the climb. The village was like a ghost town, I was about the only person there; this time of year the snow would be starting to come in but it has been unseasonably warm recently.
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Powerful Pete
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Darn you fellows back in the Old World. You make me really, really miss it!
Beautiful pictures, by the way.
Beautiful pictures, by the way.
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Supercommuter: Jamis Renegade...
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Tinea Pedis
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Rush wrote:Nice training wheels. What are they?
Training wheels?
I race on these bad boys. H+ Son on Royce hubs. 28 front, 32 rear. Sensational wheels.
And CulBaire, sounds like it's time for A grade
getting close to my times.Tinea Pedis wrote:Rush wrote:Nice training wheels. What are they?
Training wheels?
I race on these bad boys. H+ Son on Royce hubs. 28 front, 32 rear. Sensational wheels.
And CulBaire, sounds like it's time for A grade
Ha! A few more races in B Grade still to come, a bit more road racing experience is needed before I go there!
I'm hoping to be hanging onto the back of A grade by the end of the year.
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Set out to do a quick ride... then remembered the Gran Fondo challenge on Strava. So yeah, 135 km ride.
Blazing sun and 32 C was no good, even worse as I had only one bottle.
[url]http://www.strava.com/activities/146879579[url]
The beach at the Black Sea shore.
The road along the Bosphorus(this is near the north end, near Sariyer). Only one lane each way, cars maneuvering for parking or making U-turns frequently block the road.
Blazing sun and 32 C was no good, even worse as I had only one bottle.
[url]http://www.strava.com/activities/146879579[url]
The beach at the Black Sea shore.
The road along the Bosphorus(this is near the north end, near Sariyer). Only one lane each way, cars maneuvering for parking or making U-turns frequently block the road.
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2015 Giant Propel Advanced
2015 Cannondale Supersix Evo
2013 KTM Strada mod. (totaled)
2011 Pinarello Dogma 60.1(loaner)
2011 Scott SUB 45(sold)
Politecnico di Milano Ingegneria Meccanica
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HammerTime2
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Is Pinarello going to redesign this road now? Less squiggly --> more aerodynamic, less road mass. Nanoparticles in road surface, etc.HammerTime2 wrote:Who designed that road? Pinarello?wojchiech wrote:I visited family this past weekend in Marin County. The riding up there is unreal.
