It was my intention to write a glorious post this morning, and the coffee drinking wi hashers interrupted that.
It’s now 8:10 and I am going to out for a long bike ride in order to beat the heat. Plus, my pants are starting to get snug again, time for me to exercise for the first time since Colorado.
Have a great weekend friends!
Cheers,
Paulie [hartwell/ga]
I did the Wilson 100 last weekend. I started with the front group, which I kept up, including pulling at the front from in a double paceline. We averaged 24mph for the initial 50 miles.
By then I realized that my 2 24oz bottles were not going to be nearly enough (I usually go through that in 25 miles). Then I asked the gentleman next to me, who was carrying 5 water bottles, if they were going to stop for a water break. He smiled and said, that this group doesn’t stop for anything.
So.. at mile 55ish I dropped out to refill, I returned to solo-mode and resigned myself to finish the next 45 miles alone. Thankfully, some other 100 milers merged in after about 10 miles alone, and I finished in a nice group with 3 super-fast female triathletes practicing for an Ironman event in less than 5 moving hours.
Tomorrow I shall do the BBC (careful when googling) Beautiful Backroads Century in Cartersville.
Thursday I got my bike fitted at Peachtree Bikes in Buckhead, after I tried to raise my seat and broke the bolt. It does feel a lot different now, but my “extreme dropped toe” pedaling position made Dave’s job challenging. In the end it was worth the 150 bucks. He also installed a short stem. My stem is now 8cm long, I wonder if it will keep shortening as I age…
Then next weekend in the big one. The Six-Gap Century. This will be my first time: and I’ll remember your sagely advice (guardrails are your friend). Not sure if I have it me, I’m trying to lose some weight between now and then, hopefully some 2 pounds would already help….
Have fun in Hartwell.
Al
Well, be that way.
I was fairly useless last night as a bout of vertigo hit. Never any fun. I have managed to sign us up for home phone service since the cell reception inside is pretty spotty and Debbie has to be able to do business. I spoke to the neighbor some weeks ago and he said his line was always noisy. We shall see.
Have a great weekend!
-FP
Al- if you kept up with the lead group at the Wilson for 55 miles – I’d say you should be just fine for 6 Gap. You don’t have to race it- just finish.
Paulie – how many people were up there last night?
did you check out Pussy Pilot’s tent?
And Al, remember guard rails are your friend, but also a last resort. Alternate using your brakes to keep the rims cooler (i.e. front then back). And watch out for slower traffic on the descents.
Thanks for the tips!
I’l put some new brake pads today.
45 miles this morning, far from Al’s pace…
May have been ten here last night. Saw Pussy Pilot’s tent, and I’ve named it “The UFO”. Pretty cool, unless you drink alcohol; dangerous to sleep that far off the ground if you do.
who all was biking today? did you ride alone or with people?
I heard on FB that Sani had a flat & was going to try to get a ride from AAA
I rode alone. GE, Dumbfuck, Megan (I always forget her hash name), and Bitchfork all went mountain biking somewhere.
We heard of Sani’s problem. Hopefully AAA has gotten her going again.