Kudos. No, your reports were interesting, not annoying. 29 miles per day doesn't sound like much in the abstract, but it's pretty impressive when you put it together, day after day. I'd be happy if I could rack up the equivalent of half of that.
Out of the 10 bikes, which would be the easiest to ride day in and day out? Perhaps, with ~3X the miles on the RLT9 than on the others, this might be the favorite? Patrick Moore, who just completed an epic 12.25 mile ride on the Dahon Hon Solo, in ABQ, NM. On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a six week sabbatical from late August to early October. I decided > I would 'ride a lot', and I decided to give structure to that goal by > challenging myself to ride 200 miles on each of 10 bicycles over the 93 > days of August, September and October. On Friday the 27th, day 89, I > finished up my 200 miles on my Rosco Bubbe Road, which was bike number > ten. I will probably be riding my new/old Univega Gran Premio for the > remaining days of October, so the final tally for the ten looks like > > 1. 1973 Windsor Carrera Sport: 208.8 miles > 2. 1985 Schwinn Tempo (650B): 201.5 miles > 3. Rivendell Samueal Hillborne: 214.1 miles > 4. Niner RLT9 (650B): 609.3 miles > 5. Black Mountain Road > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5.%C2%A0+Black+Mountain+Road&entry=gmail&source=g> > (home): 206.8 miles > 6. Black Mountain Road (mom's house): 205.1 miles > 7. Rosco Bubbe Mixte Step Through: 245.5 miles > 8. Gunnar Two-speed singlespeed: 204.1 miles > 9. Niner Air 9 Carbon: 215.2 miles > 10. Rosco Bubbe Road: 212.1 miles > > Include a few bonus miles for my HubbuHubbuH tandem and my Univega Gran > Premio, I've got a running total of 2545.4 miles. > > Even though things fell into place nicely, some things turned out a little > different from how I expected. I thought that with work I would end up > doing roughly 500 miles in August, 1000 miles in September, and maybe 700 > miles in October. Even though I only had two or three sabbatical days in > August, that turned out to be my biggest month in mileage, with 1007 > miles. September, which I had completely off from work, will turn out to > be the month that I rode the fewest miles, at 772 miles. October is at 756 > miles, with three days left to go. I only had two days where I rode over > 100 miles, and only 11 over 50 miles. So, it's not like I was living on the > bike. I could easily envision this kind of pace during retirement, provided > I'm healthy (lob willing). > > When I posted a 'complete' post on Instagram, a coworker thanked me for > earning him $10. He bet on my success and it paid off, which is cool. > > As you obviously will notice, I only went WAY over 200 miles on one bike, > my Niner RLT9, aka the Niner Seven Fiver. I did a bunch of pre-rides for a > very challenging 200k brevet, and then completed the actual brevet > yesterday, so the mileage really added up. I had the rest of the 10x200 > challenge under control, so I considered my extra Niner mileage almost > independently. > > Setting a few achievable and measurable goals, months in the future, was a > really enjoyable experience for me. The El Cerrito High School Mountain > Bike Team has a pre-season Goals form that all the kids fill out for the > upcoming season, so I went ahead and filled it out for myself, too. Having > a plan and sticking to it can be a way to motivate oneself when inertia > sets in. What I found was that having a set of goals that were on-schedule > and on-target seemed to completely prevent the inertia ahead of time. I > honestly never said "crap, I have to ride THIS stupid bike again?", or > "gah, I really don't want to ride today". That intertia avoidance was > definitely assisted by the fact that I drink a lot less alcohol now. I even > took a month holiday from beer in September. I don't think I was a heavy > boozer before, nor am I completely dry now, but there's no question I feel > better in the mornings when I consume less. > > I was 180lbs on August 1, best-case. I set a much longer than 3 month goal > to lose 20lbs. I've lost 12lbs so far and I've moved the target to 155. I > expect that this continuing goal will help me keep my diet and other habits > healthy, so I don't lose things that I've gained. I'm considering putting > running back into the activities I do, partially because it takes a lot > less time to get the work in, and partially out of envy that all my racers > on the El Cerrito High Mountain Bike team are running on the cross country > team for their off-season work. > > Thanks to the group for your kindness in letting me blather on about > myself. It would have been very easy to be less generous. Some of you get > these posts over email, and I'm sure some of you said to yourself "HIM, > again!?" Hopefully it wasn't too tiresome. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, EUA ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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