This reminds me of a funny story: long ago, living in small town Gallup, NM, where there were basically two longer distance road routes (N/S to/from Zuni and E/W on old 66), I took an extended late lunchtime ride east on 66 with a typical April westerly behind me -- 28 mph in the big/small, easy. Reached a turnaround point, gradually worked down through the gears -- middle ring ..... small ring, larger cog, larger still, largest ..... . I ran out of gears and water on the way back and, back at the office was cramping so bad that, when I bent over to stretch my hamstrings my belly muscles would cramp.
I used to hate windy season on a fixed gear until I learned to pace myself -- you just have to resign yourself -- imaginatively and not just mentally -- to pushing the pedals slowly. 8 mph in a 69" gear is about 40 rpm. Oh, and ride short distances. Our winds in NW ABQ hit well over 50 mph today and they weren't the highest in the state by any means. On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Funny you should ask.... > > > Yesterday, my son and I rode the 22-mi Yuma loop (Yuma, Virginia, that > is... right on the Tennessee line). First ten miles is running west > up a long linear valley, right into the wind... the wind was running a > steady 15mph, but gusts up to twice that, at least. It had rained > overnight; wasn't raining, was mixed clouds, but the roads were still > partially wet. We were probably averaging 7 to 9 mph on that leg. > Then you hang a turn to the south, ride a couple of miles through a > couple of gaps, into Tennessee. Turn back to the east, into another > long linear valley. Have a couple of light climbs over the next mile, > then you can run that valley for the next 7 miles... on that leg, wind > at our back, we were averaging 22, 24 mph, managed to hit 28 for a bit > on a few stretches. One last pair of light climbs over the next > mile, then a flat mile again back to the start. Wasn't a spectacular > run, but was good to be out stretching our legs. > > A couple of days before, we'd gone to Cades Cove, had my younger > daughter along with us. Rode the loop there, about 10 miles around. > Overcast, not a constant wind but occasionally breezy. With the > little one along, were taking our time. After the midpoint, leaving > from the visitor center, it began misting on us pretty well. We > weren't soaked by the time we made it back around to the start point, > but, we weren't totally dry, either. > > (Glad for fenders both days, tho'.... ) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
