05-22-2007, 08:12 PM | #1 |
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Todays ride (for BYUPrides education)
I rode up the canyon today. My equipment included a long sleeved under armour shirt under my jersey and long tight over my shorts. I was fine on the way up. But still froze on the way down.
Anyway, I decided to do the ride different today. I usually ride in my big ring and work on power. Today, I decided to drop to the middle ring. I wanted to take the work off my legs and put it on my heart and lungs. I rode the lower gear, but was able to increase my cadence (over the bigger gear) my I would guess about 40-50%. I was able to maintain the same speeds as with the bigger gear and reached the same mile marker. My legs feel great and I was actually able to come out of the saddle and accelerate at times. I also worked on my peddle stroke. Especially concentrating on pointing my toes dows 20-25 degrees at the bottom of my power stroke. That helped me maximize the pull on the up stroke. It was a good ride today. I can feel myself getting stronger on the climbs. Which has always been my weakness. Sorry for rambling. I just thought I would share. Especially since there is a newby hanging around here. |
05-24-2007, 08:43 PM | #2 | |
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I don't know how I missed this?! Thanks for letting me know more in detail about your workouts. I thought about just buying an underarmor long sleeve shirt to go underneath my jersey instead of just buying a long sleeve jersey all together. Is there an advantage either way? I would guess a long sleeve jersey would breath better through the chest and back vs. the underarmor, but my rides are usually never longer than 1 1/2 hours... I don't think my rides are too strenuous as far as hills go... They are big for me for sure, but I don't have anybody or anything to compare to so... How far up Big Cottownood do you ride?
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05-24-2007, 09:15 PM | #3 |
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The problem on a cold day mountain ride is that you sweat hard on the way up, then turn around and freeze at the high speeds of a decent. For colder rides, I like to layer as much as needed. Which is why I went with 2 tops.
Arm warmers are great. But you still leave your chest exposed. As for my canyon rides, It depends on my time available. If I have the time, I take it easy and go to the top, or Solitude. If I am short on time, I amp it up and ride for a pre-determined time. 45 or 50 minutes up, then a rocket decent. |
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05-24-2007, 09:46 PM | #5 | |
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The big monster in that canyon is the s-curve around storm mountain. it is long and fairly steep. Most of all be careful coming down. If you want to ride it during the day sometime, let me know. I can meet you at the mouth of the canyon and ride it with you. it can't be later than about 3pm. |
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05-24-2007, 09:56 PM | #6 |
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Q, we have some good climbs here in the desert. Last week I did our 90 mile 8000 foot climb ride, where we ascend a gentle 3-4 percent grade for 9 miles, plunge to the Colorado river and reascend nine miles between 6 to 8 percent. At that point a 70 cadence is tough to retain.
We then have another thirty miles home. There is also the same ride adding another 35 miles.
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To be honest, I hate the mountain rides. I only do it because I am not very good at it and I want to get better. I prefer a flatter, longer ride where I can just fly. |
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