My goals extend as far as getting back out and riding again. Living in Montreal without a car kind of broke my love of the sport due to the limited number of places to ride, but now that I'm living in Vancouver, where numerous trails are accessible via public transit, I decided to put in the cash necessary to get my mountain bike back in ridable shape (new linkage bearings, shock rebuild, fork rebuild, new cables/housing, and a set of XT brakes as my big splurge). I terribly miss riding, and I'm really looking forward to getting back into it - I just hope that me and my bike (and its 69° head tube angle) can handle the gnarliness of the trails around here.
1500 miles (hoping to get the road bike in the Spring).
Making it through the entire trail system (MTB trails) in my town. Right now I just ride my certain trails and there are several that I have stayed away from.
For me, I'm hoping to hit 2000 miles. Considering I just bought a trainer, and I'm getting in some extra months compared to last year, should be doable.
Also, I want to do a century. Which I know isn't gonna be easy, but I'm hoping I can do a charity ride or two this year, which may help kick my ass into just doing it.
That or getting out with chris and drew and being forced into it lol
Also, I want to do a century. Which I know isn't gonna be easy, but I'm hoping I can do a charity ride or two this year, which may help kick my ass into just doing it.
That or getting out with chris and drew and being forced into it lol
One of my goals is to be in shape to do a century (last ride of the week, of course) when I'm up there in the spring. Chris, Drew, Dana, and Dave century, perhaps? :idea:
*Finding a climb bigger than 2,700 feet, to set a new "biggest climb" number on Strava.
*Get better about mid-week rides, even if they're just quick 15-20 mile spins after work.
*Break 3,000 miles on the year. If I do that, then break 4,000.
*become a faster sprinter
*ride this, with my buddy Jarrod.
*pull off a 20-in-20 ride; ride 20 miles at an average pace of 20mph or higher. This is surprisingly tough. :lol:
EDIT - one more, I want to do a double ascent of Greylock - North Adams to the summit, summit to Lanesboro/Rt 7, then Lanesboro to summit, and then back down. My brother did this once back when he was still racing as a hill climb workout, and I want to take a crack at it myself. After riding up the North Adams side, I was pretty tired, but I think had I bombed down the Lanesboro side instead and turned around, well, it wouldn't have been a fast ascent, but I think I would have made it back up.
Being honest with myself, doing a ride longer than 20 miles would be a reasonable goal for 2016. May not sound like much, but, it's been a shitty few years for me on the bike.
Dude, 20 miles is 20 miles more than most people ever do. And it's not as easy as some may think. It's still a great ride if you can do it. hope you get there man
I agree that it needs to be a "normal" ride with normal elevation, though given where I live I can't start and end at my place. :lol: I don't mind doing it as a ride with someone else, but I'd agree drafting off each other would be against the spirit of the challenge.
And, most of that morning at the MS150 was, in practice, solo - it was me chasing after Jarrod when he'd sprint from one group of riders to the next and I'd get stuck behind because of a car or something. It was fucking awful. :lol: That was the ride that put me back in PT, as it happens, because I hadn't been training at that level of intensity. For a while there, though, before my legs went to hell around noon, it was looking entirely possible that my first 20mph average pace was going to be on a century. :lol:
Start getting out regularly again, get over the dumb back pain and gradually up the mileage.... I should probably be more specific, measurable and timely....
I should list my 2017 goal as "Get back to Olympic-level riding" While in grad school, one of the guys I rode with was on the Belize Olympic team. Frustrated me when I out-rode him, knowing he was going to the Olympics. :lol:
I came really close in 2013, managed 9,590 miles, though I was unemployed for a few months and didn't have much else to do.
I've managed to get a bit chubby this winter though, been eating far too much crap. When the days get a bit lighter I'm gonna be getting back on it for sure.
my trainer is ready to pick up at re when i get back home.
I'm trying to figure out the advantage to going strava premium for me, but I'm not sure theres anything there i would really benefit from over the free version rite now
If you sign up for premium, you get two free months of Zwift. It's worth it, IMO. You get suffer scores, heatmaps, trophies, and some other goodies. It'd really be only $30 more since you're gonna Zwift anyway.
I'm moving into a new apartment in April that's 5 km from work, so I'll start cycling to work. I's probably the fastest way to get there, it'll lower my expenses (won't need to have time on my travel card), and I'll get in a bit of exercise. So it's a win-win-win situation. Just hope the weather improves a bit before then. :ugh:
So if I cycle to work during all the months that don't have (too) shitty weather,say 30 weeks (April to November - perhaps being a bit too optimistic :lol: ), that will be 150 days x 10 km = 1500 km only from cycling to work.
I wish I could cycle to work, but it's 20 miles (32km) one way, and the route is festooned with stop lights. It would take me almost two hours each way. :/
50 miles each way, all highway for me. A century a day would be great, but riding through rush hour interstate traffic might be perilous. And I'm not sure I could face the peril.
I ride between 2000 and 2500 miles each season.Last year
I started riding with three other guys (now friends) who are
even older than I am. (I'm 56). This year I'd like to do 3000
but I'm not getting younger and time and self discipline may
be lacking.
When I was in my thirties I averaged 14-17 mph. Now it's more
like 12-14 but I don't want to stop because I may never get back
on.
I accomplished my first goal: buy a decent bike. I think the frame is probably a little bit too big for me, but the bike was an extra $20 over the Norco Pinnacle I had gone to pick up. Also, fuck grip shifters :lol:.
My goal is to break 100km before September. I don't know any trails around the city, but I know a few people who ride and I plan to go out with them. I don't really get cardio, so this is my way of getting some exercise. Before getting my driver's license, biking was the way to get around - and I would be gone for hours just cruising the cross-country ski trails. It's also nice that my fiancee bought a bike so that we can ride together (not the trail rides Chris does, mind you).
That is the hope! I'm gone from the 21st to 30th so I won't really be starting until May.
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