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  8. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    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:

     

     

    SAVE THE DATE:

     

    The 5th Anniversary of the Tour de Chocolate Town will take place on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Participants will be emailed information regarding on-sale at the start of the new calendar year. As we are getting feedback, we would like to apologize for the miscommunication between operations teams for the lack of supplies at select rest stops. For this, we are offering a $10 discount should you decide to register for the 2015 Tour de Chocolate Town. A follow up email will be sent to participants of the 63 and 100 mile courses with a discount code prior to registration opening.

  11. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    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 :o

  13. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    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.

     

    WOW! Ben that is quite an achievement! You must be ready for a long night sleep. Well done!

     

    I agree, yesterday was pretty sticky hot-humid. I also remarked to Julie on the amount of people taking breaks lying on the grass. At some point I stopped by a yard sale that had a sign out by the street for cold water and soda. ha ha, pretty smart if you ask me. Let me tell you that coke felt sooo good after the monster hill following the first rest stop. :)

     

    Here's a video of the Tour de Chocolate Town start route:

     

  14. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Nebby

    Today I finished the second of two centuries of the weekend, so I'm pretty tired right now :laugh:.

     

    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.  ;D

     

    Civil War Century (going from a friend's strava):

    105.8mi

    7,956ft

     

    Tour de Chocolate Town Century:

    102mi

    5,982ft

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  15. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    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".

  16. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Nebby

    You were rolling the high 40s through a 30 mile per hour zone? O0

    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. :o

     

    Ben's using a Shimano CM-1000.

    I should have uploaded mine at 1080p as it looks like crap.

     

    ^^ What camera is that?

     

    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.

  17. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Nebby

    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.

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  19. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    Dan: Glad you didn't seriously hurt yourself! Hope the scrapes heal up quick for you.

     

    Down at the lake for a few days. Forgot all my fucking cycling clothing. So pissed off at myself. Have helmet and shoes and that's it. I guess I will be buying expensive back up gear from the nearest bike shop tomorrow.

     

    Well I've forgotten my shoes before, that was fun :P

     

    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).

  23. HC Bike/Cycling Thread

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    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:

     

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    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

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