One more, solo.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Hope Brook CX
CX time again!
Hope Brook double today -- Masters 35+ and CAT 4/5.
-- draft --
see here for photos for now:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152026464409015.1073741856.788554014&type=1&l=d440c1e555
Hope Brook double today -- Masters 35+ and CAT 4/5.
-- draft --
see here for photos for now:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152026464409015.1073741856.788554014&type=1&l=d440c1e555
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Trevors -- Bagel Ride #2
No 2.
Easy ride to start but still making good time. Meeting the usual crew and a near complete GAB team. Getting unexpected nice warm and sunny -- overdressed :(, but a great day :) Moving out East with a nice tail wind -- make good ground speed -- fun times. The usual Boy Scout Hill (or ditch...) created the first group separation -- flying up from far behind ending up front next to Joe. Moving on. Putting down more power crossing over South. Short living moderate pace on 1st part of Mill. Then after entering the 2nd part of Mill Rd -- a little wait up for all to cross traffic but not loosing any time for long. Karl moving up in a good mood heading out, Py sitting in -- 2nd on Karls wheel, a gap behind expanding, only Joe behind Py. Well, let them behind work a bit...! but it seamed they did not organize well and lost more and more time on the three men break away -- out of sight now -- so what, let's move on and see what happens. So they kept moving at decent pace sharing to their best. Well they never got them back and the break even caught up to the 15 min early starting B group just before 25 -- then just rolling in to the finish with them following. Fun ride. Bagel time.
Easy ride to start but still making good time. Meeting the usual crew and a near complete GAB team. Getting unexpected nice warm and sunny -- overdressed :(, but a great day :) Moving out East with a nice tail wind -- make good ground speed -- fun times. The usual Boy Scout Hill (or ditch...) created the first group separation -- flying up from far behind ending up front next to Joe. Moving on. Putting down more power crossing over South. Short living moderate pace on 1st part of Mill. Then after entering the 2nd part of Mill Rd -- a little wait up for all to cross traffic but not loosing any time for long. Karl moving up in a good mood heading out, Py sitting in -- 2nd on Karls wheel, a gap behind expanding, only Joe behind Py. Well, let them behind work a bit...! but it seamed they did not organize well and lost more and more time on the three men break away -- out of sight now -- so what, let's move on and see what happens. So they kept moving at decent pace sharing to their best. Well they never got them back and the break even caught up to the 15 min early starting B group just before 25 -- then just rolling in to the finish with them following. Fun ride. Bagel time.
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Saturday, November 02, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Bubble Cross!!!
It's about that time to play in a sand box -- well read on....
It was on very short notice or a last minute decision and coordination to get out and have some fun time once in a while! Even to late to sign up online.
Saturday and time the idea rose and all got set finally to car pool Sunday morning part way with Paul (aka Darth Vader of the Dark Side) out West over Verizzano bridge via Staten Island -- no SICX this year, sadly no yet -- further over to NJ, Bubbling Springs.
That place -- looking awesome. Signing up for the Masters 40+ -- not really any places in reach nor in mind within that competition, just doing what ever was possible and having a great day and good fun ride.
Ah yes and it's the pre Halloween weekend....
Little race prep., course exploration/warmup, few photos and then staging for the race. Tough course, slow. The usual green (or dusty dry!!!) grassy twisting turns, soon hitting a short patch of gravel, a ramp leading via the "playground" to a few steps and around into the "beach" -- a not sure, but at least 150m fairly deep sand. That, then right a the end again loosening up and directly changing terrain into a short not to steep at all, but with all bottom momentum killed to death in sand... mostly to be running up trail section before remounting for a nice fun part around some wooded area. Little more grass, a short ugly sand pit #2 some what causing most troubles -- almost wiping out once... but saved it. Grass, woods a steep wobbly decent and short flat smooth strait with a right hand turn into sand box #3 seen here.
The race finishes with the first rider passing the finish line past 40minutes and all others will finish there started lap. As the course was fairly long no lapping happened for Py and he managed to almost get extra 10 minutes.... as he just passed the line with some 38 minutes ending up with a near 50 min CX race.
Just a few more random photos of the scene -- just enjoy!
.... and a long way back home.
It was on very short notice or a last minute decision and coordination to get out and have some fun time once in a while! Even to late to sign up online.
Saturday and time the idea rose and all got set finally to car pool Sunday morning part way with Paul (aka Darth Vader of the Dark Side) out West over Verizzano bridge via Staten Island -- no SICX this year, sadly no yet -- further over to NJ, Bubbling Springs.
That place -- looking awesome. Signing up for the Masters 40+ -- not really any places in reach nor in mind within that competition, just doing what ever was possible and having a great day and good fun ride.
Ah yes and it's the pre Halloween weekend....
Little race prep., course exploration/warmup, few photos and then staging for the race. Tough course, slow. The usual green (or dusty dry!!!) grassy twisting turns, soon hitting a short patch of gravel, a ramp leading via the "playground" to a few steps and around into the "beach" -- a not sure, but at least 150m fairly deep sand. That, then right a the end again loosening up and directly changing terrain into a short not to steep at all, but with all bottom momentum killed to death in sand... mostly to be running up trail section before remounting for a nice fun part around some wooded area. Little more grass, a short ugly sand pit #2 some what causing most troubles -- almost wiping out once... but saved it. Grass, woods a steep wobbly decent and short flat smooth strait with a right hand turn into sand box #3 seen here.
Just a few more random photos of the scene -- just enjoy!
.... and a long way back home.
*** MANY THANKS TO ALL ***
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