I bought a road bike!

[avmech]

Making me jealous......................................have not been able to ride in 3 weeks, recovering from a heart attack.  Doc orders to ride the trainer...........hate it!!

[robrey85]

Originally Posted by avmech

Making me jealous......................................have not been able to ride in 3 weeks, recovering from a heart attack.  Doc orders to ride the trainer...........hate it!!

Yikes man, hope you heal up! Nothing worse than riding a trainer. 15 minutes feels like you just took 10 hours to do a century. lol. I have always wanted to test out one of those virtual trainers though. Ever tried that?

[Ben]

Well, the bug hasn't left me, and has actually grown larger. I've been on an eBay frenzy looking for Campy parts, and recently completed the upgrade. Went from a 9-speed Shimano Sora group to 10-speed Campagnolo Chorus/Record group on my Bianchi! Got out twice this week. My normal 19mi loop on Wednesday and then hit PCH for 30 miles on Friday. Pacific Coast Highway is a bear from Malibu to Ventura. Northbound is practically all uphill and always into a brisk headwind. I made sure that was the first half. Such a bear.

Anyone else here on Strava? Here's me: http://app.strava.com/athletes/60631

Friday's PCH ride:

Originally Posted by CPFitness

Avid cyclist here.  Just got back a month ago from a NYC to Joplin, Mo loaded tour to raise money for charity.  You can see where I went at www.cycleforjoplin.com and www.facebook.com/cycleforjoplin  I wore loudmouth golf shorts for virtually the entire trip!  They caught wind of what I was doing and they actually sent out a couple more pairs to me.  Really great guys!

This was a 20 day tour to raise money to build storm shelters and to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the Tornado

This was my first loaded tour, normally I'm riding my road bike.  I don't race but I have a few friends who do and I do some aggressive training rides with them.  Average pace is usually around 23mph with 50-100 riders so definately benefitting from the draft.

That's a pretty amazing feat! How many miles a day did that work out to? How much time in the saddle/day too?

[CPFitness]

Originally Posted by Ben

Well, the bug hasn't left me, and has actually grown larger. I've been on an eBay frenzy looking for Campy parts, and recently completed the upgrade. Went from a 9-speed Shimano Sora group to 10-speed Campagnolo Chorus/Record group on my Bianchi! Got out twice this week. My normal 19mi loop on Wednesday and then hit PCH for 30 miles on Friday. Pacific Coast Highway is a bear from Malibu to Ventura. Northbound is practically all uphill and always into a brisk headwind. I made sure that was the first half. Such a bear.

Anyone else here on Strava? Here's me: http://app.strava.com/athletes/60631

Friday's PCH ride:

That's a pretty amazing feat! How many miles a day did that work out to? How much time in the saddle/day too?

1500 miles over 20 days.  saddle time was 8-13 hours most days.  we did a lot more night riding than planned! lol  at one point we had a 7 day stretch where we went 92, 94, 97, 25, 100, 100, 92.  pretty crazy in hindsight!  I'm also on strava as username cpfitness and I had my garmin with me on the tour so you can see all the stats.  it was back in late april through the first 2.5 weeks of may

[Ben]

Originally Posted by CPFitness

1500 miles over 20 days.  saddle time was 8-13 hours most days.  we did a lot more night riding than planned! lol  at one point we had a 7 day stretch where we went 92, 94, 97, 25, 100, 100, 92.  pretty crazy in hindsight!  I'm also on strava as username cpfitness and I had my garmin with me on the tour so you can see all the stats.  it was back in late april through the first 2.5 weeks of may

That's really bitchin'! Like you're own Grand Tour! Must have lost a pound or two over that period of time I'd imagine...

[CBO]

The Bianchi looks very happy with the campy parts Ben :)

Looks like you have some great scenery for riding over there!

[Ben]

Originally Posted by CBO

The Bianchi looks very happy with the campy parts Ben :)

Looks like you have some great scenery for riding over there!

Thanks!

And yeah, Southern California certainly isn't the worst place in the world to ride, or golf, or most things for that matter... :)

[14ledo81]

Here is my new ride.  Raleigh Technium 440. Got it for $135. Just picked it up a week ago.  First ride I went 9 miles.  Yesterday I went for 13 miles, averaged 14.1 mph.  I am really excited to have found a hobby that should help me lose some weight and stay in shape.

[Willie Malay]

I have a Specialized Allez and a Cannondale Caffeine 29er Lefty. Got back in to riding about 2 years ago and have done 2 Metric Centuries and a real one. The Metric was harder though....62 miles and 8,000 feet of climbing....ouch!

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OK. I give up. How do you get pics to show here?

[Ben]

Nice to see more and more cyclists springing up!

Originally Posted by Willie Malay

I have a Specialized Allez and a Cannondale Caffeine 29er Lefty. Got back in to riding about 2 years ago and have done 2 Metric Centuries and a real one. The Metric was harder though....62 miles and 8,000 feet of climbing....ouch!

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OK. I give up. How do you get pics to show here?

There's a little button on the toolbar above "Insert Image"

[Yukari]

All these new bikes make my 20 year old Shimano (top of the line at the time) look totally useless.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Yukari

All these new bikes make my 20 year old Shimano (top of the line at the time) look totally useless.

yeah, technology certinaly moves things along! Some of the clubs I used in the 90s...

[ranchopedro]

[WalkTheCourse]

Killer. I love biking. I have a mountain bike, and it takes me lotsa places. Low impact, good cardio, all exercise!

[Willie Malay]

Just ordered this:

Specialized Tarmac Elite Rival Mid-Compact

[robrey85]

Originally Posted by Willie Malay

Just ordered this:

Specialized Tarmac Elite Rival Mid-Compact

Nice, very sexy! I wanted the SL4 frame for a long time but it's so damn expensive! Tarmac SL4 PRO is like 5500, yikes! The frame alone is 3gs

[Willie Malay]

You aren't going to believe this. Whole bike. Brand new: $1850! Had a recent $1,000 price drop. End of year. Maybe new model coming? Fuji Gran Fondo taking a bite out of sales?

[David in FL]

You aren't going to believe this. Whole bike. Brand new: $1850! Had a recent $1,000 price drop. End of year. Maybe new model coming? Fuji Gran Fondo taking a bite out of sales?

Nice! What components?