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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:31 pm

Hey hey...leading the world :lol: ...club is in first place too.Enjoy your place in the sun...can you keep it there tommorow?.Me...pah...0.00km today :D

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Postby KillerHeadWind » Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:39 pm

Go the club, well for the next few hours anyway.
Keep climbing until the air is too thin

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Postby Deanj » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:06 pm

toolonglegs wrote:Hey hey...leading the world :lol: ...club is in first place too.Enjoy your place in the sun...can you keep it there tommorow?.Me...pah...0.00km today :D
Nah no chance, not once the big guns get up and riding. I've no idea how they get the distances in they do :? Last day of holidays tomorrow but the legs are not to flash.

Cor its hot up here :D :lol:

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Postby Bnej » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:13 pm

currently 9th in the world!

But we are currently ahead of the Audax Australia club, that's got to be worth something. ;)

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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:23 pm

only 16 ppl record a result so far.... :shock: what are they all doing?.

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Postby KillerHeadWind » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:38 pm

They are giving us a false sense of achievement.
Keep climbing until the air is too thin

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Postby Boognoss » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:50 pm

KillerHeadWind wrote:They are giving us a false sense of achievement.
Nah, we are the most awesome cycling club in the world :D:D.
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Postby KillerHeadWind » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:30 pm

Boognoss wrote:
KillerHeadWind wrote:They are giving us a false sense of achievement.
Nah, we are the most awesome cycling club in the world :D:D.
I think there will be a bit of challenge in the club, pushing our kms a little higher 8)
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Postby europa » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:16 pm

Well, I'm on the board for this year - 17.1km. Not massive I suppose but I was towing my daughter on her tag-along ... and 17 clicks on the Sow's Ear is worth double points on it's own :roll:

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Postby Grumps » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:58 pm

Another 8 for me today :)

I am aiming for a minimim of 50km a month while I get my fitness up.

Do you guys take any k's off for coasting. Where I ride there are a few hills so at the end of the ride I take 500m-1km off for the coasting I did.

Should I not worry about the coasting?

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Postby Deanj » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:26 pm

No mate leave them on. It doesn't matter if its fast, slow, peddling or rolling they all count! :wink: :D

You can edit your rides in bikejournal so you can add them back on no probs.

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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:32 pm

Having a blonde moment.

OK, I've added myself, but for the life of me, I can't see how to put the k's into the ride.

http://www.bikejournal.com/profiles.asp ... mikesbytes

BTW, have I filled out this profile correctly? what about the categories?
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Postby Bnej » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:34 pm

mikesbytes wrote:Having a blonde moment.

OK, I've added myself, but for the life of me, I can't see how to put the k's into the ride.
Journal menu -> Add Ride.

You have to make sure you included a distance field in your settings too.

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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:39 pm

Done, I was missing the distance field

Ha, I'm in 9th place with my spin down to the gym and back
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Postby Grumps » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:34 pm

needsapush wrote:No mate leave them on. It doesn't matter if its fast, slow, peddling or rolling they all count! :wink: :D

You can edit your rides in bikejournal so you can add them back on no probs.
Sweet :)

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Postby inaminit » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:11 pm

Woohoo, the nasty weather we've been having here finally eased a bit, so this arvo, mrs minit & I went out for a leisurely ride. :lol:

Now I'm using the term "leisurely ride" loosly, very loosly. Although we didn't get rained on, we had a nice little 37kph SSE wind with gusts up to 56kph, and at one point we were getting blown around so much we had to abandon the road and hit the footpath. :evil:

But wind aside, it was a good little ride, and was great to finally get back on the road after the horrendous conditions we've been having :lol:
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Postby inaminit » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:42 pm

Grumps wrote:Another 8 for me today :)

I am aiming for a minimim of 50km a month while I get my fitness up.

Do you guys take any k's off for coasting. Where I ride there are a few hills so at the end of the ride I take 500m-1km off for the coasting I did.

Should I not worry about the coasting?
Grumps, leave the k's on mate...riding downhill is the reward for working to get up it :lol:

You might want to try pedalling down the hills instead of coasting. You don't have to pedal hard and like a bat out of hell, but, there are a number of benefits in keeping your legs turning on the downhill runs.

By keeping your legs turning, it actually helps your legs recover from the climb a bit quicker, and if they are turning, then your exercising, so it will help get you fitter a tad faster :lol: Just select an appropriate gear that will keep your legs turning comfortably, but give you a bit of a breather at the same time.

Good onya Grumps, keep it up mate!
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Postby Bnej » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:45 pm

Did Megalong Valley group ride again.

Started an effort about 1/3rd of the way in but just pushed a difficult (for me) pace instead of going all out. I was waiting for someone to pass me so I could grab onto their wheel but I ended up riding at the front all the way to the top with two others just behind "encouraging" me!

Climb 364m in 7.1km, time 23:17, Average VAM 938, Average speed 18.3km/h (climb only)

Here's a profile with speed shown. The bumps shown (and the total climb figure) in the elevation aren't real, they're just because it's a valley with tall trees and cliffs on the sides and GPS loses altitude accuracy in there.

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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:08 pm

The Megalong valley would be a great ride if you lived in it, then the hill would be over and done with in the first half of the ride.
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Postby inaminit » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:19 pm

Bnej wrote:....Climb 364m in 7.1km, time 23:17, Average VAM 938, Average speed 18.3km/h (climb only).....
Nice ride there Benj. BTW what is "Average VAM"?
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Postby Bnej » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:35 pm

inaminit wrote:Nice ride there Benj. BTW what is "Average VAM"?
Velocity Ascended, Metres per hour

It's a nice thing to measure on climbs because it doesn't change much due to gradient - i.e, if you are on a steeper gradient your average speed will be slower but your VAM will probably not change so much.

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Postby toolonglegs » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:13 am

needsapush wrote:
toolonglegs wrote:Hey hey...leading the world :lol: ...club is in first place too.Enjoy your place in the sun...can you keep it there tommorow?.Me...pah...0.00km today :D
Nah no chance, not once the big guns get up and riding. I've no idea how they get the distances in they do :? Last day of holidays tomorrow but the legs are not to flash.

Cor its hot up here :D :lol:
You are trying hard to stay there...well done.Do you normally do that much riding?.Hard to compete with a rider doing 270km per day :shock:
Me...i havent looked at a bike all year :lol:

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Postby lukas » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:34 am

I got off the mark for 2008 this morning, with my first commute of the year. 15.6km at 27.2km/hr. I'll follow that up with 20km on the way home.

I'm now in the habit of commuting more often than getting the train, so combined with my weekend rides I'm hoping for a big year km-wise.

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Postby mikesbytes » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:47 pm

With another spin to the gym this morning, my measly total of 40k puts me in 9th place within Bicycles Network Australia lol:)

I'm going to do some sort of long training ride on Saturday morning. as I can't do my regular Sunday ride. Haven't decided where I'm going yet.
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Postby Deanj » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:01 pm

toolonglegs wrote: You are trying hard to stay there...well done.Do you normally do that much riding?.Hard to compete with a rider doing 270km per day :shock:
Me...i havent looked at a bike all year :lol:
Nah that was for the 1st and 2nd. Sod doing 270 in one go, I really enjoy doing 100 but after 110 my interest drops fast, it just takes up too much time. I usually average around 300 a week.

The clubs holding a respectable 3rd!

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