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Footage of the crash, you can see the idiot at 10secs in: https://youtu.be/OoNFSiCq9Lo

Ouch, Chris! Hope it turns out alright .

$1,454,843USD RAISED OF $38,000 GOAL I haven't kept up on the LH funding...but holy shit they got that much?!

$650 for the Nexus 6 off-contract

Finished the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo today, it hurt a lot. The "gravel" climbs were rocky enough that they alone could've been a challenging gravel ride. Garmin: http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/601612346 Strava: http://www.strava.com/activities/200990676 Descent from High Knob: Gravel Descent:

I've found that a little variety with your food helps keep the stomach happy Great performance on the ride, Chris! You certainly blasted through that century at a pretty good pace! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

It looks like the rest stops were supposed to be better stocked on the Tour de Chocolate Town ride. This little bit was in the email sent out today:

Yeah...switching a Facebook link to that? Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Ouch dude! That looks like a bad hit!

If your bike would fit me I would actually be interested in it, Jeff. I have a friend that wants to take me along for some downhill riding and it'd be a sweet bike for that. I've heard enough CL horror stories that I think it'd be an absolute last resort for anything I'd be interested in selling

The "DC Used Bicycle Marketplace" group on facebook is a pretty decent spot to post an ad, seems to get enough traffic to warrant posting there before diving into craigslist.

There was a house that had a nice cooler with ice and water in it along with a sign saying free water/ice. It was the one of the longer intervals between rest stops so it was a perfect place for a refill. I need to track down what house that was and send a thank you letter, it was really really nice of them to do that. Here's a video of the Tour de Chocolate Town start route:

Today I finished the second of two centuries of the weekend, so I'm pretty tired right now . Civil War Century was brutal with the heat and humidity in the first half, followed by a thunderstorm in the second half. Luckily I was only about two miles away from the rest stop when it started to sprinkle a bit, so my friends and I managed to get to shelter in a reasonable amount of time. We took a long break in there, between my friend who had some major cramping issues and the thunderstorm. The final 30 miles or so weren't actually too tough and was quite enjoyable since the rain cooled everything down a fair bit. All in all, the heat and humidity were the toughest factors of the ride, I don't remember ever seeing so many folks laying in the grass or stopping on the side of the road to cool down. Tour de Chocolate Town sounded like a fun ride and I heard good things about it so I signed up for it as well, thinking I'd choose which distance I'd ride on the day of, depending on how the legs felt. Well I started the ride and my legs felt fine, but it became apparent that my cardio system was really hurting, because my heart rate was not as responsive as it should be to my effort and it really didn't want to go into zone 4 or above. Given that, I figured at that point I'd just spin my way through the century and simply finish instead of trying to achieve any sort of specific finish time. That's basically what happened, with me just barely squeaking by the final rest stop at 15min before close and getting to the finish line 15 min after they closed (it would've helped if I had started earlier, rolling start began at 7am but I didn't get there and going until 8 ). That being said, the course is really nice, especially the short 17mi and 33mi options. The longer options are decent too, but I thought their rest stops simply sucked for any long distance riding. The lesser stocked rest stops had water, Gatorade, and Hershey Kisses, while their "better" stocked rest stops had water, Gatorade, Hershey Kisses, Payday bars, Honey Stinger protein bars, and a couple other junk food snacks. That might work for some, but not for me. All in all, it was a challenging weekend. Now I'm going to sleep. Civil War Century (going from a friend's strava): 105.8mi 7,956ft Tour de Chocolate Town Century: 102mi 5,982ft

Yup, Virb Edit. Assuming you haven't already found it, if you scroll the list of template categories down to the bottom you'll see "Cycling". After you select it, it's got a decent selection of semi-usable gauges. Another option is creating a template yourself by selecting "Custom".

The speed meter in the video is based solely on the gps track, which isn't terribly accurate; nonetheless I thought it'd be entertaining to add it in anyway. I never hit high 40s, nor did I ever spike to 70mph. I used the Garmin VIRB for this ride, because the battery for the Shimano wouldn't have lasted long enough. With the Garmin I can swap out batteries and keep going.

I went on a fairly hilly road ride Sunday and paced myself to try to keep my heart rate from going too high, but failed at times due to the ridiculous heat and humidity. I think it hit 81F with 89% humidity around 10am... Anyway, since very slow climbs aren't terribly exciting here's two descent videos: Chris: if you have any brake cables that rub against the camera, I suggest wrapping the portion that touches it with helicopter tape. While it doesn't eliminate the noise it does seem reduce it a fair bit in my experience.

The Ultra stuff is actually quite nice! I went for a group mtb ride with 30 other folks or so in Patapsco today. Casual pace, well managed group with leader/sweepers. Only crappy part was the chain suck that kept happening on climbs =/

Dan: Glad you didn't seriously hurt yourself! Hope the scrapes heal up quick for you. Well I've forgotten my shoes before, that was fun Btw, the VIRB was the right choice, the image quality on the Shimano cam is not terribly great. I think it'll work well as a helmet cam, but other than that the VIRB works better for nearly every other purpose (aside from the slightly odd form-factor).

Its pretty neat of your club to do that, Chris! I know for some of the rides I end up at the perfect speed to be between groups and that sucks. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Are there any h-c approved vacuum sealers? I might as well go all the way if I'm going to jump right in

Are ziplock bags enough for sous vide? Trying to figure out what I need to pick up in addition to the Anova...

Yeah, it should be fun. The east side of the lake house route looks pretty sweet, I think a century ride would be fun! The Lakes and Grapes century looks pretty nice too, hope you have a good ride out there. Because not everyone's on facebook, here's a pic of me during the first lap of the TT: Since it was the first lap, I wasn't nearly as dead....things changed during the second lap: http://brokenspokephotography.smugmug.com/Sports/That-Dam-Time-Trial/i-MJkmw8s/A and an interesting picture of a bouncing chain along with the race number malfunction I had: http://brokenspokephotography.smugmug.com/Sports/That-Dam-Time-Trial/i-QfmNQSQ/A

Unfortunately I'll be out of town for that weekend, going to visit my friends in CO and ride the Bikes and Brews Metric.

Yikes, I'm glad everyone's alright...6.0 is no joke.