Goals for 2010
cyclotourist
I'm hoping to get over my IT band pain in my left leg which limits my mileage. Went to sports medicine on Thurs and they have me on a stretching & strengthening regimen so will see how that works. They recommended a bike fit, but I'm kinda' relucatant to do that as they all are into the racey-bars 10cm below the saddle thing... any recommendations for SoCal fit specialists?
I also want to get up to Big Bear and the surrounding mountains and ride more trails. My All-Rounder does a great job up there, but man it sucks seeing the paint getting dinged up. Off-road riding is tough on a bike!
I'm also hoping to keep my job... will know by March 15th which is the date for educators in CA to know if they're being laid off or not. Will see how that works out... the wife and I are both employed by the same school district so could be an unhappy spring in the Cyclotourist household.
Maybe if that works out I can justify getting a dedicated mountain bike (Bombadil or possibly a Bob Brown custom if I go crazy).
And on that note, a happy New Year for all: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4233455133/
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David
Redlands, CA
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy
Mike
hoping to do a 1200k but the two that are in my area of the country
happen in June when I'll be using vacation time to head out of the
country with family. I'll also do a couple of 300k rides on my own,
not officially sanctioned brevets or anything. And if everything works
out I'll do the Seattle International Randonneurs 3 Volcanos 300k in
August. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to get a hall pass from my wife
and go away for 3 or 4 day tour in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
but I'm not too hopeful.
I've got money tucked aside and will definitely be adding another bike
to the quiver. I'll probably also sell a bike (my Rambouillet) just to
keep things at 3 for total number of bikes. But we'll see.
I intend to read a lot more this year and spend less time on the
interweb.
--Mike
Rene Sterental
- Lose weight
- Ride to work every morning and take the train home in the evening at
least 4 days per week
- Get fit to ride a few metric centuries and centuries
- Participate in San Francisco Bay Area Rivendell rides
- Do a few S24O adventures
- Sell all superfluous bike parts I have including my full carbon Roubaix
- Not buy any new bikes
- Ride with Ray and others in this list
- Ride with my son as much as possible
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> So anybody got a list up and running???
Goal #1 - go to 50 different Los Angeles-area taquerias this year.
I'll ride my bike to some of them.
James Black
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Now that's a goal I support! I might need to revisit my list...
james black
> Now that's a goal I support! I might need to revisit my list...
I invite you all to join me, any weekend!
James Black
Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
business is good in 2010, it seems only reasonable to buy a Roadeo.
Other goals in no particular order:
1. Ride from DC to Richmond to attend NAHBS next month. I'm planning
to ride my 84 Stumpjumper fixed-gear.
2. Organize several gravel road day-tours.
3. Do a weeklong tour with friends, as many gravel roads as we can
find.
4. Maybe some brevets - low priority right now.
5. Lotsa S24O, probably several with my 4yo on our tandem.
6. Train to Winona, ride back to Minneapolis in one day.
7. Take more pictures!
8. Almanzo 100
doug peterson
have to include touring miles to do so: seems like cheating on that
one. And I'm not good at record keeping :). Goals to accomplish:
1. Pass my next stress echo (blew off the doc until I return from
Vietnam)
2. Ride from Pamplona to Santiago de Compestella, Spain (tour in the
advanced planning stages)
3. Build a rear wheel for the Guerciotti I've been
resurrecting......forever.
4. Post pics on cyclofiend's site.
5. Drag my touring buds off the pavement & into S24Os.
dougP
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Kelly
Goal #2: Do plenty of S24O's
Goal #3: First brevet?
Bruce
Ride in at least 3 new venues.
Ride without my cyclometer more often.
Try cyclocross
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Subject: [RBW] Goals for 2010
Bill Connell
I'm making a postcard for the Almanzo 100 tonight, having missed the
very short window to get into the Ragnarok 105 (both gravel races, for
the non-locals).
Another Winona train trip
At least one bike/camping trip (this has been on my list for 3 years now)
More long weekend rides to interesting destinations.
Make more saddlebags
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Bill Connell
St. Paul, MN
rperks
summer!
2. Take more Pictures
3. Ride at least 1 century per month.
4. Ride more in general
5. Get my blogs up and running, one Cycling, on more general.
6. Get a job closer to home, 130 mile round trip right now.
7. Get back in the water, surfing used ot be my thing, but the cycling
is more flexible with my schedule now.
Most of all is to enjoy the moment, time is going fast again.
Happy New year
Rob
Angus
1. Fix my back (leg pain)...again.
2. Ride either the Katy Trail or C&O Canal self supported.
3. Keep riding to work at least once each week.
4. Map a mixed terain ride starting from my front door.
5. Do more S24Os.
6. Continue searching out other East Texas riding areas (I'm still
kinda new here).
7. Ride the Mineral Wells Rail Trail, out and back, on the Quickbeam,
fixed.
8. Stop trying to make old French bike parts work...they don't.
9. Support RBW and my LBS.
10. Spend more time in the garage.
Angus
On Jan 1, 4:29 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
Steve Palincsar
> 1. Fix my back (leg pain)...again.
> 2. Ride either the Katy Trail or C&O Canal self supported.
Have you considered the GAP? I'd recommend it over the C&O - much safer
and much more comfortable.
My GAP photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97916047@N00/sets/72157622381493111/show/
Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
parts in a long time. I'm hopeful that sanity will again rule our
component choices!
dpco
i attended "cal" from '69-'73 and owned a peugot( sorry for the
misspelling, but that bike was truly forgettable ). the simplex
equipment on that bike was just a joke. i am sorry if this offends
some people, but today's medium priced equipment is far superior than
anything in the 70's or 80's, period. and i love and ride lugged steel
bikes.
don c.
On Jan 1, 7:44 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com>
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Dustin N. Sharp
(1) Complete a California Triple Crown (three doubles in one year).
(2) Do most of a brevet series with the idea of being fit enough to do a complete one in 2011 and maybe even think about PBP.
(3) Sort out my &*^ hamstring and knee issues to make all of the above possible.
(4) Do more S240s and mini 2-3 day tours in the region.
Dustin Sharp
San Diego, Calif.
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Ryan
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RoadieRyan
A) Lose some tonnage
B) Do my second 100k populaire and finish under the time limit this go
around! (see goal A above)
C) Ride more both for the sake of riding and for goal B above
D) S240's -at least one but 4 would be nice
E) Save up enough scratch to buy an oh-so-cool 56cm Orange SamH.
Alan's posts on EcoVelo were killin' me last year.
F) Turn the current steel steed into a 1x9 townie/commuter with
Moustache bars
But mostly my goal is to pedal miles of smiles
A Happy, and bike filled, new year fellow velo's
Ryan
Forrest
Mercian comes along).
Maintain better overall fitness throughout the year.
Read more; watch TV less.
Get handier with basic maintenance of my own bikes.
Ride at least one century.
Do TOMRV (Tour of the Mississippi River Valley).
Do 3-4 days of Ragbrai with my Twin Cities friends.
Organize another four-day tour of the George Mickelson Trail in South
Dakota (Black Hills area)
Ride with my wife more often.
Ride to work at least twice a week for at least seven months of the
year.
Don't worry; be happy.
-- Forrest (Iowa City)
On Jan 1, 4:29 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
Seth Vidal
2. ride a 200k brevet - either by myself or with the girl on the tandem
3. settle on a backup bike - even if it is fancy and nice
4. finish making a set of bags for our bikes
5. ride more miles this year than last year - 1858 miles this year but
I had 2 months off due to injury and recovery time sucked so I'd like
to break 3000 in this coming year.
6. don't have any injuries that require not riding a bike.
7. see if I can organize and take an inn-to-inn tour on the tandem
with the girl.
-sv
Anne Paulson
> So anybody got a list up and running???
>
1. At least one S24O every month. Does staying at a friends house count?
2. At least one tour of at least two weeks
3. Manage to drive over to Rivendell and order a Roadeo.
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He who wills the ends wills the means
kps
>
> I'm hoping to get over my IT band pain in my left leg which limits my
> mileage. Went to sports medicine on Thurs and they have me on a stretching
> & strengthening regimen so will see how that works. They recommended a bike
> fit, but I'm kinda' relucatant to do that as they all are into the
> racey-bars 10cm below the saddle thing... any recommendations for SoCal fit
> specialists?
david,
i struggled with IT band issues earlier this year, and it was only
after i figured out my saddle
was too HIGH that it started clearing up. the IT band stretches have
helped too.
i went to see a doc about it, and he put me on anti-inflammatory meds
for 2 months and had me back off on the hills until i was better.
that said, my saddle being too high was the culprit.
good luck getting that pain to go away!
-kim
Angus
I had considered riding the GAP and the C&O. Why do you save GAP is
safer?
Thanks for the great photos!
Angus
Dick Gilpin
Kansas, probably...
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Derby, Ks 67037
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Esteban
always love hearing Doug's ideas - he is my opinion leader for when I
get more time on my hands.
1.) A century once a month
2.) California Triple Crown
3.) 200K, 300K Brevets somewhere!
4.) At least a coupla S24Os.
5.) Continue to meet and ride with folks on this list
6.) Try to do all this while keeping my wife happy and taking care of
my little daughters.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
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> Thanks for the pictures. Beautiful ride. Kinda reminds me of southcentral
> Kansas, probably...
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Steve Palincsar
> Steve,
>
> I had considered riding the GAP and the C&O. Why do you save GAP is
> safer?
The GAP is a very well maintained, well drained, wide, relatively smooth
path. I saw exactly 1 pothole on my trip from McKeesport to Cumberland.
The C&O Towpath by contrast can turn into a sea of mud with washouts.
the surface is very rough and in some places it is double track with a
20-30 foot drop-off into the canal only a few inches from where you're
riding. The GAP is a bike trail, the C&O Towpath in some places is
virtually mountain biking.
Larry Powers
Ride at least one 1000k
Do more of my own bike maintenance
Learn to build wheels
Go on one multi week bike tour.
Larry Powers
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Bill M.
surgery (the first eye was done in 2008), detached retinas in both
eyes, then the growth of scar tissue over my left retina that required
invasive surgery for removal. The vision in my left eye may never be
completely right again. Add in family obligations, a couple of
business trips, a week's vacation with my wife, passing a stone on
Pearl Harbor Day (OW-OW-OW-OW-OW!) with subsequent UT infection, and a
cold and I haven't ridden 200 miles total since October. Plus, my
best buddy/riding partner of the last twenty years has just moved out
of state. I'll miss my regular rides with him in the coming year.
My cycling-related goals for 2010 are:
To get back on the road starting tomorrow
To start commuting again once weather permits
To get back enough fitness to hang with the local cycling club
To get fit enough to handle a full century (for the first time in 15+
years!)
To join the NorCal Riv/Kogswell riders for a Marin mixed terrain ride
To explore the unpaved roads in the Stanislaus river canyon between
Columbia and Twain Harte
To sell off a couple of bikes that aren't being ridden, and ride the
heck out of the ones I keep!
Happy New Year and good health to all!
Bill Mennuti
On Jan 1, 2:29 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So anybody got a list up and running???
>
> I'm hoping to get over my IT band pain in my left leg which limits my
> mileage. Went to sports medicine on Thurs and they have me on a stretching
> & strengthening regimen so will see how that works. They recommended a bike
> fit, but I'm kinda' relucatant to do that as they all are into the
> racey-bars 10cm below the saddle thing... any recommendations for SoCal fit
> specialists?
>
EricP
1. No bike purchases. Bought 3 last year. Got rid of same amount.
So net gain was zero. But with these, am pretty well set for the long
term.
2. Finally (hopefully) drop that last 10 pounds. To make the weight
loss an even 150.
3. Make the transition to wearing XL clothing. (see above). Hey, not
much for most. But (not so) big for me.
4. More S24Os. Did 3 last year. Would like to do 4 Maybe find a
second place to camp.
5. Try a weekend tour. Hard to do with work/music obligations.
(BTW, #3 is actually Riv-related. Grant explained to me the extra
cost of making XXL clothing and the minimum orders required. Want to
give him less of a reason to order those items.)
There are others goals out there. But not Riv (or bike) specific.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
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beth h
--Find more excuses to haul loads on the cargo bike
--More rides to the farmers' markets with my Sweetie
--Yoga every week to help me better prepare for short-track xc and
cyclocross
--Enjoy every moment I can have on my bicycle
--encourage my Sweetie to ride with me more
Beth
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JoelMatthews
> parts in a long time. I'm hopeful that sanity will again rule our
> component choices!
But my MaxiCar hubs work beautifully on my camper. Imagine Phils may
be as good. Don't see how they would be better. Certainly do not
look near as good.
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car and flying hurts my ears (maybe the 787 with its higher cabin
pressure will make a difference), so the bikes will play a big role in
whatever I do.
Perhaps my goal this year will be to not have a truck destroy my
Retrotec as happened last year.
charlie
Well now, let me begin.......
.......I would like to obtain a Son 28 Mavic A719 wheel to match my
current rear wheel along with the appropriate front and rear light so
that I may commute 40 miles RT to work in the dark. At the same time,
I would like to avoid exacerbating an injury that has been nagging me
for about a year. Stretching and more core training should help me to
avoid injury but who really enjoys doing that.
In addition, I would like to convert my single speed parts to a new
steel frame and look forward to seeing what exactly Grant offers later
in the year. Hopefully an affordable, versatile frame that can take a
load and nothing too lightweight or I'll have to look elsewhere.
Aside from the material goals, I would like to do as others and lose
some more fat but doing that has to be fun or forget it. This may mean
taking some weekend rides and camping. I would also like to take more
photos on rides and socialize with more people when riding although
that has been and elusive goal every year that I make it. I usually
end up riding alone on group rides and I have become tired of paying
$25 to punish myself for 50 miles in exchange for bruised bananas and
stale crackers mixed with Gatorade. This year I plan on a more
practical approach to my riding and look forward to building my racks
for my main ride so that I may carry more things when necessary. Group
rides.......I don't know that I'll do them anymore.
RoadieRyan
are weeping just thinking about that! impressive.
Ryan " give me a granny gear" Surface
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Linkbeak
Rivendell because I already have a new bike in production. Maybe I
can at least ride a Rodeo.......
Joyce
muckum
guidelines it will help.
It is very detailed and addresses most issues if your frame is close
to correct size.
Takes a little patience and perhaps a few component switches but it is
well worth it.
I have eliminated all neck and shoulder problems with a few
adjustments.
PATRICK MOORE
Anyone familiar with this climb, please chime in with comments -- perhaps I need to change the ring out, too to, say, a 42.
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On Jan 1, 4:29 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So anybody got a list up and running???
my goals for 2010:
1. enjoy my days, regardless of what they bring, work-wise or other-
wise.
2. leave the car parked in the drive, even more than i did in 2009
3. do a century ride, as all my rides in 2009 were shorter
4. do my first S240 ride, and then another one
5. eat good food, drink good wine and coffee, drink more water
6. spend more time with family and friends, cause life is short
7. figure out how to sleep past 3 a.m.
Sean Whelan
| The C&O is flat, straight and not very interesting riding. (And when we did it in 2006, it was in rough shape in some stretches. The GAP offers varied terrain, beautiful scenery, and nice places to stop along the way. If you have the time, I'd recommend riding from Pittsburgh to DC in 4 or 5 days. Cheers, Sean --- On Sat, 1/2/10, Angus <angus...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: |
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Steve Palincsar
> The C&O is flat, straight and not very interesting riding. (And when
> we did it in 2006, it was in rough shape in some stretches.
>
> The GAP offers varied terrain, beautiful scenery, and nice places to
> stop along the way.
>
> If you have the time, I'd recommend riding from Pittsburgh to DC in 4
> or 5 days.
>
>
My group started in McKeesport. I don't believe the section between
there and Pittsburg is really finished yet.
You have the choice of riding west to east, where the first 120 miles or
so are all uphill, but very gentle, followed by what feels like a
screaming 25 mile steep downhill between the Eastern Continental Divide
and Cumberland; or a tough 25 mile climb followed by an almost
imperceptible downhill for the remaining 120 or so.
I liked the GAP a lot, and will be happy to do it again in 2010.
Sean Whelan
| Sorry, I live in Pittsburgh, and the tendency here is to refer to any city within 25 miles of Pittsburgh as "Pittsburgh".. We started at Little Boston. Did overnight stays in Confluence, PA Cumberland, MD Hancock, MD Harper's Ferry, WV That route gives you 60 - 70 miles per day. Would do it again for sure. Cheers! Sean --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com> wrote: |
Steve Palincsar
> Sorry, I live in Pittsburgh, and the tendency here is to refer to any
>
> We started at Little Boston. Did overnight stays in
>
> Confluence, PA
> Cumberland, MD
> Hancock, MD
> Harper's Ferry, WV
>
> That route gives you 60 - 70 miles per day.
>
>
Far more ambitious than our group. We stayed at West Newton (the first
day was very short because it took so long to get to McKeesport - 3 hrs
just to go from McKeesport to the Pittsburg Airport to turn in the
rental van, then taxi back to McKeesport), Ohiopyle and Myersdale. My
trip ended in Cumberland, but the rest of the group went on to do the
Canal. I'm not sure where they stayed.
My maximun day was around 45 miles. Of course, a day and a half of that
was in pouring down rain, which definitely makes the distance seem a lot
longer.
Sean Whelan
| We did the whole trip in September and it was Raining for at least two full days. 2 guys from DC, 2 of us from Pittsburgh, and one friend who flew out from Denver. The guys from DC drove up in a rental car which we returned the night before. At the end of the ride, we rode our bikes straight out to the airport and picked up a rental minivan for a one-way trip back to Pittsburgh. The evening was spent telling tales and downing ales in Suburban DC before the drive home. It is a great ride. I didn't have a Riv, but Riv supplied my MUSA, wool gear, water bottles, Nitto Racks, Pasela Tourguards, and philosophy. :) |
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Bryan @ Renaissance Bicycles
them on our website, which basically means I better follow through
with my plans:
http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/01/a-new-year-a-new-goal
In fact, my goals aren't too different from most ... just that I have
associated a desire to do more quality riding with a numerical goal.
Really, it is all about enjoying my time on the bike.
Bryan
cm
bits-- now just need the time. I now understand how people end up with
NOS/ NIB components from decades past.
Cheers!
cm