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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / September 2007It was fun
It was fun beating up Ms. Adrian Hyphenated Name but it's time for me to go put in about a hundred fast miles on my bike. Can't neglect the training. Cheerio for now . . . Shad O'Shay Hope you had a good ride Shad. Im curious to know how expensive this bike of yours is ? Sounds like something Lance would peddle. I have a 1978 Schwinn 10 speed that i bought very good used a few years ago for $150 and I had him throw in a new seat, rewrap the handlebars, and do a tuneup on it. I take it along in the cargo area of my RV...yes, it fits even standing up on a bit of slant. Its great fun and excersise but i only do a few miles at a time for recreation and exploring the area that im in. If theres a grocery store a couple miles away from where im camping, ill take the bike with my backpack . Adrian isnt a 'Ms' ; Adrian is a male licensed U.K. Psychologist approaching 60 years of age whom ive had great fun with over the years discussing his irrational worldview and being a follower of our degrading culture. After awhile, he tends to grow on you as a fascinating study subject .. a truly remarkable person given his professional qualifications. > Hope you had a good ride Shad. Im curious to know how expensive this > bike of yours is ? Sounds like something Lance would peddle. I have [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > fascinating study subject .. a truly remarkable person given his > professional qualifications. Thanks, but I wonder why a man has a girl's name. Especially somebody who claims to have a doctorate degree. He should change it to something more masculine. His writing sounds sorta female too. And that hyphenated name. Only girls use hyphenated names because they want to keep their maiden name once they get hitched. It's good you ride a bike even if it's a cheapo bike. At least you get some exercise and cheapo bikes are OK for people just out to get exercise. You don't have to worry about people stealing them, at least. I have to keep my bike under lock and key all the time because it's so valuable and everybody wants to pinch a top-named athlete's bike. Probably could sell it on EBay for fifty grand or something. My Cervelo's custom carbon frame costs over six thousand dollars. I've got wheels (Zipp 909 discs - 23 hundred bucks) that cost more than most people's bikes plus a set of 808s for when it's too windy for the disc. I've got DuraAce components of course and all the latest trick stuff made out of carbon. Ceramic bearings and bottom bracket. Easton Attack carbon fiber aerobar (600 bucks) The bike weighs only about fifteen pounds. I'd guess the total price of the bike is 10 to 12 large. And my 'Daddy' didn't buy it for me. I make a good living. Better than most of the paupers here who have a chip on their shoulder about their betters in financial matter. Oh yeah, I had a good ride. A hundred miles in a little over four hours. That's the level I'm on. I wonder how many people here other than me can do 25 miles per hour on a bike for four hours straight? The answer to that is NONE. And, no RV tried to bully me. There were a few but they shared the road without crowding me. Maybe the word's getting around being spread by RVers in this group that they need to be more polite to cyclists. Shad O'Shay Thats quite an investment you have there in the bike. Glad you have a hobby you enjoy. How about Truckers...do they tend to run you off the road also ? Hope not. The road is for everyone so long as they obey the road laws ; i dont have respect for cyclists who dont stop at stop signs as it appears they think they are above the Law. Same goes for RVers though. I have a 1970 Classic Corvette and i find many motorists pulling road manuevers with me cause they know I will stop in order to protect my investment. Its sad, but its the way things are. What do u feel like after a 100 mile ride in 4 hours ? How is your cardio vascular system ? > Thats quite an investment you have there in the bike. Glad you have a > hobby you enjoy. How about Truckers...do they tend to run you off the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > pulling road manuevers with me cause they know I will stop in order to > protect my investment. Its sad, but its the way things are. Ya gotta have the best to be competitive these days. Especially when you don't dope. Lots of riders still try to get away with doping and some manage to but I'd rather not take the chance. Look what just happened to Floyd Landis. Truckers are pretty polite drivers for the most part. But watch out for Mexican or Cuban drivers - they're not very professional and tend to bully like some RVers. You know, you made a good point about drivers getting away with what they can. I think a big part of the bully mentality has to do with that. Might makes right in lots of small minds. > What do u feel like after a 100 mile ride in 4 hours ? How is your > cardio vascular system ? Resting heart rate of about 50bpm Sleeping rate in the high 30s low 40s. BP in the normal range and after a ride that relaxes the blood vessels it's sometimes very low - around 105/65 if well hydrated. Max heart rate 205bpm. I train alternately at the aerobic threshold which is 70-75% of the AT and then at the anaerobic threshold of 85-95% of max heart rate. Calories burned during a four hour ride can be as much as 8,000. V02 max of 83ml per kg. (better than Lance's ). After a good training ride I feel a little sore in the legs and sorta drained but relaxed and invigorated. Appetite comes on strong about an hour after completion. After about four hours I feel back to normal. This is if it's not too hot. If it's very hot it's hard to stay hydrated and dehydration makes you feel worn out for maybe 8 hours. Without a headwind I can average 25mph without going anaerobic. Hills or headwinds sometimes puts me into the anaerobic range to maintain that average. This is individual riding. Riding in a peloton easily ups the average to thirty mph or above without going anaerobic. I train for my specialty which is individual time trials and there's no drafting allowed in this discipline so you have to be able to go and stay anaerobic for much of the time. Thankfully most ITTs are forty miles or less. Prologs much shorter than that - usually six to ten miles - an all out sprint. Shad O'Shay Have you won any races ? What distance (s) ? And, how close behind was the guy who finished 2nd ? Can u post a pic or two of your bike ? Dave. On Sep 24, 12:22 pm, "Shad O'Shay" <beverlyhi...@steakhouse.org> wrote: > Oh yeah, I had a good ride. A hundred miles in a little over four hours. > That's the level I'm on. I wonder how many people here other than me can [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Shad O'Shay- Historical 100 Mile Road Records Paul Solon, Tiburon, CA, April 7, 1996 Sun Valley Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 4:14:29 / 23.62 Dan McGehee, Mesa, AZ, May 22, 2005, Official: Marie Handrahan Sun Valley Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 4:11:09 / 23.89 Dan McGehee, Mesa, AZ, 25 Sept 2005, Official: Marie Handrahan Sun Valley Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 4:10:09 / 23.99 Dan McGehee, Mesa, AZ, May 6, 2007, Official: Marie Handrahan Sun Valley Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 4:06:11 / 23.99 Current 100 Mile Road Records Pamela Atwood, 53, Chandler, AZ, May 21, 2006, Official: Laurence Burns Sun Valley Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 5:15:06 / 19.04 Marko Baloh, 40, Ljubljana - Crnuce, Slovenia May 2, 2007, Officials: Chris Hopkinson, Sergej Kaucevic, Mira Gasparic Petrovic Slovenia road course 4:01:12 / 24.88 Looks like you're better than all these slacker record holders. > On Sep 24, 12:22 pm, "Shad O'Shay" <beverlyhi...@steakhouse.org> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Looks like you're better than all these slacker record holders. I said a "little over four hours." To be precise, it was four hours and 20 minutes. A bit slower than all these guys but not gals (Pamela is slooooooow). But, since it was a training ride and I wasn't busting my a.s I think I can say I can beat any of these amateurs in a race. I can go under four hours easy in a race unless there is a lot of climbing involved. Shad O'Shay > > On Sep 24, 12:22 pm, "Shad O'Shay" <beverlyhi...@steakhouse.org> > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Shad O'Shay- Hide quoted text - So "To be precise" you can't average 25 MPH when it is 4 hours and 20 minutes. More like 23.08 miles per hour and that would not beat speeds or times listed except Pam and Paul. Where are the records of your speeds listed? With your abilities I'm sure you have been at a record pace in many events? >> > On Sep 24, 12:22 pm, "Shad O'Shay" <beverlyhi...@steakhouse.org> >> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > speeds listed? With your abilities I'm sure you have been at a record > pace in many events? No doubt about it they're listed lots of places but the list is long. How about just one record that might give even the clueless a clue as to who I am. "Fastest individual time trial in Tour de France history." Shad O'Shay
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