Comments on: 100 miles http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-3444 matt Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:59:16 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-3444 I am heading out to Utah for the FrontRunner Century bicycle ride and I am looking to see if anyone has ever used Map My Ride for the FrontRunner Century Bicycle Ride. I have heard that people have used it for LOTOJA classic and for the Ulcer Ride as well as the Salt Lake City Century. If anyone has info for the FrontRunner Century they could give to me I would be happy. Check out the http://www.frontrunnercentury.com and please let me know. I am heading out to Utah for the FrontRunner Century bicycle ride and I am looking to see if anyone has ever used Map My Ride for the FrontRunner Century Bicycle Ride. I have heard that people have used it for LOTOJA classic and for the Ulcer Ride as well as the Salt Lake City Century. If anyone has info for the FrontRunner Century they could give to me I would be happy. Check out the http://www.frontrunnercentury.com and please let me know.

]]> By: Dotte http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2265 Dotte Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:30:42 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2265 Great story and very inspiring! Great story and very inspiring!

]]> By: Auntie Poo http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2264 Auntie Poo Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:20:34 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2264 PS loved the photos - maybe you can become the travelogue queen for bike riders. Send that in to Travel & Leisure - is that the right name of that magazine??? PS loved the photos – maybe you can become the travelogue queen for bike riders. Send that in to Travel & Leisure – is that the right name of that magazine???

]]> By: Auntie Poo http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2263 Auntie Poo Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:18:49 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2263 I am impressed niecey!! We are completely nuts in this family glad to see it continues into the next generation :) Don't forget to write the book of your escapades and adventures - we all have at least one book sitting on a closet shelf never to be published. I found your travelogue to be inspiring, articulate and humourous. Love Auntie Becky I am impressed niecey!! We are completely nuts in this family glad to see it continues into the next generation :)

Don’t forget to write the book of your escapades and adventures – we all have at least one book sitting on a closet shelf never to be published.

I found your travelogue to be inspiring, articulate and humourous.

Love Auntie Becky

]]> By: Logan http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2242 Logan Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:54:35 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2242 Great Story Anna! I'm glad it had a happy ending. :) When I read your story I remembered a concept bike a saw once on ecovelo designed for a long distance commute. The fellow used a lightweight fairing (windshield) to block the wind. It looks like he got the idea from motorcycles and recumbent bikes. Apparently, the fairing also works like a sail when he has a tail wind. If the wind every frustrates you again you may consider installing one of these. I've been considering it myself. It may look silly, but the utility is remarkable. http://www.ecovelo.info/2008/09/18/gallery-kris-custom-bianchi-castro-valley/#more-2725 Cheers, Logan. Great Story Anna! I’m glad it had a happy ending. :)

When I read your story I remembered a concept bike a saw once on ecovelo designed for a long distance commute. The fellow used a lightweight fairing (windshield) to block the wind. It looks like he got the idea from motorcycles and recumbent bikes. Apparently, the fairing also works like a sail when he has a tail wind. If the wind every frustrates you again you may consider installing one of these. I’ve been considering it myself. It may look silly, but the utility is remarkable.

http://www.ecovelo.info/2008/09/18/gallery-kris-custom-bianchi-castro-valley/#more-2725

Cheers,
Logan.

]]> By: David http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2230 David Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:18:12 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2230 I loved this epic tale of adventure, danger and exhaustion on the open road! Great writing... Coincidentally (Not funnily) after having read your story I was on my way home from work and a utility 4x4, just like the one the hunters are sporting in your photo, passed very close by me after turning a corner and the ladder did slide across the tray toward me! Not Funny at all, but I got a few laughs out of your story. I loved this epic tale of adventure, danger and exhaustion on the open road! Great writing…
Coincidentally (Not funnily) after having read your story I was on my way home from work and a utility 4×4, just like the one the hunters are sporting in your photo, passed very close by me after turning a corner and the ladder did slide across the tray toward me! Not Funny at all, but I got a few laughs out of your story.

]]> By: Anna http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2227 Anna Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:44:45 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2227 Thanks everyone! I'm so glad that I have this venue to share stories with you all, and in turn hear about all of your adventures. Here's to many more rides. If anyone is interested in riding with us around Birmingham or somewhere close, we'd love to hear from you! @Kristyn I've ridden a few longish rides - my first was the Cheif Ladiga trail that goes from Anniston to the Georgia state line, there and back was 66 miles. I also did a pretty intense 50 mile ride around Birmingham. Those are really the only two long distance rides I've done, so although I was a little prepared, it's not like I was training every weekend or anything. You just gotta do it! @PLS I have a saddle that came with my bike, which is def. road bike style. I agree with Grinner that padded shorts do help for long rides, but are not necessary for casual rides. I'm looking at saddles from velo orange for my new around town bike, they are designed for practicality as well as style. Really depends on how you're planning to use the bike! @Joan thankfully nothing too scary has ever happened to me while riding solo, but I certainly worry about it. If I was smart I would have waited to ride with a partner, but I was just too stubborn! Also, I don't want my life to be controlled by fear - there's a fine line between being overly cautious and overly reckless, and I'm still working that one out. Thanks everyone! I’m so glad that I have this venue to share stories with you all, and in turn hear about all of your adventures. Here’s to many more rides. If anyone is interested in riding with us around Birmingham or somewhere close, we’d love to hear from you!

@Kristyn I’ve ridden a few longish rides – my first was the Cheif Ladiga trail that goes from Anniston to the Georgia state line, there and back was 66 miles. I also did a pretty intense 50 mile ride around Birmingham. Those are really the only two long distance rides I’ve done, so although I was a little prepared, it’s not like I was training every weekend or anything. You just gotta do it!

@PLS I have a saddle that came with my bike, which is def. road bike style. I agree with Grinner that padded shorts do help for long rides, but are not necessary for casual rides. I’m looking at saddles from velo orange for my new around town bike, they are designed for practicality as well as style. Really depends on how you’re planning to use the bike!

@Joan thankfully nothing too scary has ever happened to me while riding solo, but I certainly worry about it. If I was smart I would have waited to ride with a partner, but I was just too stubborn! Also, I don’t want my life to be controlled by fear – there’s a fine line between being overly cautious and overly reckless, and I’m still working that one out.

]]> By: Joan http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2225 Joan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:51:04 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2225 Question: do you ever feel unsafe riding alone? Has anything scary ever happened to you? Question: do you ever feel unsafe riding alone? Has anything scary ever happened to you?

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2221 Ghost Rider Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:05:09 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2221 Aw, don't be dissin' on the full-kit folks. Roadies are people too! I actually look forward to getting all kitted up...because this means I'm not headed to work; rather, I'm out for an adventure. Great writeup, Anna -- that area is really nice for cycling, especially when the wind behaves. And, you hit a NICE milestone! Bravo!! Aw, don’t be dissin’ on the full-kit folks. Roadies are people too! I actually look forward to getting all kitted up…because this means I’m not headed to work; rather, I’m out for an adventure.

Great writeup, Anna — that area is really nice for cycling, especially when the wind behaves. And, you hit a NICE milestone! Bravo!!

]]> By: Grinner http://bikeskirt.com/2010/02/08/100-miles/#comment-2219 Grinner Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:37:59 +0000 http://bikeskirt.com/?p=1194#comment-2219 PLS: I know i'm not a Bike Skirt, but i have found the advice from Jonathan Vaughters (Garmin-Transitions' team manager) invaluable: Invest the saving in good-quality bike shorts with a firm, thick pad and a price tag north of $75. (The savings he references are from buying a $1500 bike for racing, rather than an $8000 bike.) Following this advice has let me do a lot of riding on a seat that doesn't take up a lot of space between my legs, which means a lot less chafing. I do buy seats with the "anatomically correct" cut-out, because numbness is terribly unpleasant. The drawback of this advice is that you are taking a step towards riding in full-kit. Most of the time i make up for that by wearing a kilt over the shorts (which has the added advantages of 1) keeping road grime off the shorts, and 2) providing a portable changing room. :-) My two bits, which should probably be ignored. PLS:

I know i’m not a Bike Skirt, but i have found the advice from Jonathan Vaughters (Garmin-Transitions’ team manager) invaluable:

Invest the saving in good-quality bike shorts with a firm, thick pad and a price tag north of $75.

(The savings he references are from buying a $1500 bike for racing, rather than an $8000 bike.) Following this advice has let me do a lot of riding on a seat that doesn’t take up a lot of space between my legs, which means a lot less chafing. I do buy seats with the “anatomically correct” cut-out, because numbness is terribly unpleasant.

The drawback of this advice is that you are taking a step towards riding in full-kit. Most of the time i make up for that by wearing a kilt over the shorts (which has the added advantages of 1) keeping road grime off the shorts, and 2) providing a portable changing room. :-)

My two bits, which should probably be ignored.

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