I never *really* got the point of CO2 inflators. I guess it is about an ounce lighter than a pump, and a bit faster, but the whole "one chance to get it right" aspect freaks me out.

 

I'm not sure I understand what you mean about one chance to get it right?  My CO2 inflator has a trigger so you can meter out how much you put in and after filling one of my road bike tires there is certainly a lot of capacity left in the catridge.  MTB might be a different story with larger volume but that comes at substantially lower pressure.  Even pumping a road bike tire up with a small hand pump is no fun in my book.

Arm twister?

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351125757507

(Lezyne Alloy Drive CFH)

 

It's only rated for 90 PSI and I can't find that one on the Lezyne site so must be an older model?

http://www.amazon.com/Lezyne-Pressure-Drive-Hand-Pump/dp/B00DW0QGAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408558472&sr=8-1&keywords=lezyne+cfh

Arm twister?

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351125757507

(Lezyne Alloy Drive CFH)

 

It's only rated for 90 PSI and I can't find that one on the Lezyne site so must be an older model?

 

I think it's referring to the pressure you can pump to with a single 16g cartridge.

So it's an "HV" (mountain) pump?

 

Not that it would matter for the Kenda happy mediums I'm currently running but ... 

Kinda expensive but supposed to be good.

 

http://www.excelsports.com/main.asp?page=8&description=Eolo+III+CO2+Inflator+with+2+16g+Cartridges&vendorCode=SILCA&major=12&minor=1

 

SIlca was bought by an American and moved from Italy to Indiana. Always used to be the pump to have back in the day (still have 2). They can be a workout to get a tire up to 100+ psi with though.

Anyone interested in this ride on 9/6?

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lakes-and-grapes-century-2014-registration-8622338647?aff=lgwebsite

Edited August 21, 201411 yr by Dreadhead

I'll be at the Civil War Century that day.  Hope to double what I did last year

So it's an "HV" (mountain) pump?

 

Not that it would matter for the Kenda happy mediums I'm currently running but ... 

 

Nah, 16g of CO2 will get you about 90psi of pressure, if you want higher you'd need a bigger CO2 cartridge. The pump itself is spec'd up to 120psi.

 

Chris: unfortunately it's the same day as the Civil War Century

Edited August 21, 201411 yr by Nebby

So it is an arm twister.

Cool.

You guys enjoy the Civil war century. I looked and it's sold out so I won't be joining you. I'm now looking at this Indian Head 100 on Sunday 9/7 instead: http://ohbike.org/century/

 

I want to get a century in this year though I'm not really in any condition to do it at any good pace. This one is close enough to home that I can just drive, ride and then drive home. Should be interesting considering my longest ride this year was order 60 miles (or was it km?).

My goal for the CWC is to the 65 mile bail out point. My longest ride this year has been 60 miles as well, but not nearly that much climbing at all. So it should be interesting.

I spent some time working on the Calfee last night, specifically changing out the existing cassette (11-25) for an 11-28 to hopefully provide a little relief on the hills that I'll be facing in two weeks.  I really wanted to give it a good shakedown ride to work today but sadly it was raining pretty hard when I got up at 5:45 so I bailed.  Hopefully the weekend will provide an opportunity to get out for a bit. 

You guys enjoy the Civil war century. I looked and it's sold out so I won't be joining you. I'm now looking at this Indian Head 100 on Sunday 9/7 instead: http://ohbike.org/century/

 

I want to get a century in this year though I'm not really in any condition to do it at any good pace. This one is close enough to home that I can just drive, ride and then drive home. Should be interesting considering my longest ride this year was order 60 miles (or was it km?).

If it's on Sunday I could probably ride it with you as long as you're not going too fast for my tired legs

Edited August 22, 201411 yr by Nebby

My buddy Scott (who was at the lake house meetup) is doing the Lakes and Grapes century and is pushing it a bit. I guess I'll have to make up my mind this weekend. I did the lakes and grapes 100km(ish) course a few years back and it was fun.

LOL @  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M4NJBB0

Nice! Showed it to Xavier (my 8 year old.) "I want one!"

**BRENT**

I kinda want one too

Participated in an actual time trial race today, just to see how I'd fare. As it turns out, time trials really hurt...

 

http://www.strava.com/activities/184773295

 

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/572826798

 

Second lap was a struggle to simply keep moving and trying to not stop and puke. I really suck at pacing myself on hills

Ben that looks like it hurt a bit.

 

Me: Rode from the lake house towards the east instead of west and did about 45 miles.

 

http://app.strava.com/activities/184881150

 

Some navigational challenges with forgetting my phone and having to go back and then a closed bridge that I had to work around but the riding over there is just awesome. Flat out gorgeous in some sections. Felt really good on the riding too but I had carbo-loaded excessively on pizza the night before so I'm not surprised. I'm thinking I need to host a ride where we string the two routes together and people have a half and century option. Easily could make that work, I rushed back a bit to make it to the pool with the boys.

Edited August 24, 201411 yr by Dreadhead

Did 75 miles today as some sort of preparation for the CWC. Only 3100 feet of climbing though, so it is a long shot from the century course.

 

The biggest training success for me is that I finally was able to pace myself pretty well. Kept the overall highest speed in flat terrain at 18 mph max and paced also the uphills. I guess this is where training with a power meter would really help. Ended the ride feeling well, legs tired but not shot and was able to do the last 10 miles upping the speed to top 23-24 mph on flats.

I registered for the Lakes and Grapes century on the same day as the CWC and I'm thinking of doing the Back Roads Century a few weeks later on 9/21. It looks like it will be a nice moderately challenging century on a weekend I'm in town:

 

http://www.backroadscentury.org/

 

Anyone else interested?

 

Lakes and Grapes route: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1775108

Edited August 24, 201411 yr by Dreadhead

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

Bummer you aren't in town but that looks like a great time

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