| 3 Rides Ride Distance: 212 miles Elevation Gain: 9,767 feet Average Moving Speed: 16.00 mph |
| 1 Hike Hike Distance: 11.73 miles Elevation Gain: 5,000+ feet Average Moving Speed: 2.50 mph |
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Eagle Crest 2013 (July-Aug)
Didn't we already stay at Eagle Crest this year? Yes, we did. We skipped last year due to this little thing with starting a business and all, so we had an extra week to use this year. This post includes all our rides, and even a hike, while at Eagle Crest.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Eagle Crest 2013 (May-June)
In the past I have normally done a quick post for each ride for our week at Eagle Crest, but that seems like too much work, so here is a summary of the whole week.
| All 4 Eagle Crest Rides Ride Distance: 303 miles Elevation Gain: 15,600 feet Average Moving Speed: 15.88 mph |
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Eagle Crest 2012
We've been a little busy lately with the new business. Bicycling has had to take a back seat. We're still riding, just not quite as often, nor quite as far when we do ride. We did get to go to Eagle Crest for a few days and got a couple rides in.
| Eagle Crest to Sunriver, Thursday, 8/9/2012 Ride Distance: 84 miles Elevation Gain: 4,586 feet Average Moving Speed: 14.60 mph |
Monday, May 14, 2012
Incredible May Weather
The weather couldn't have been any better.
| Stat Total Ride Distance: Total Elevation Gain: Average Moving Speed: |
Kelly and Grantham 61.91 miles 4,125 feet 15.67 mph |
Dobler Hill 66.93 miles 3,927 feet 15.89 mph |
Total 128.84 miles 8,052 feet 15.78 mph |
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Riding In The Rain
It is official. I have abandoned good ship Marathon in favor of rainy ship Bicycling. I don't know how you triathletes do it. I lost just a little ground in marathon training, due to riding my bike on those nice days back in February, and I was hooked on cycling again. Or maybe I was looking for any excuse to stop running. It never really has been my thing. The big problem with all this, though, is that running on an indoor treadmill was my cardio upkeep exercise during all the cruddy weather. If not running, it is either significant cardio fitness degradation, or I need to ride in the rain... Hence, the fenders.
| First 17 Rides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stat Total Ride Distance: Average Ride Distance: Total Elevation Gain: Average Elevation Gain: Average Moving Speed: |
First 6 Rides 237 miles 39.46 miles 13,587 feet 2,265 feet 15.21 mph |
Next 11 Rides 472 miles 42.91 miles 23,357 feet 2,123 feet 15.52 mph |
All 17 Rides 709 miles 41.72 miles 36,944 feet 2,173 feet 15.41 mph |
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Madras Fall Weekend
We compared the Vancouver forecast to the Madras forecast and decided it was time to head to Sunny Central Oregon for the weekend.
Monday, September 19, 2011
North River Ride
After getting rained out on Saturday and Sunday, when we had planned to ride out to Sauvie Island with friends on Saturday and then do most of the Monster Cookie route (unsupported) in Salem on Sunday, we were happy to get any ride in on Monday at all.
| Quick Stats Ride Distance: 74.06 miles Elevation Gain: 3,500 feet Average Moving Speed: 15.93 mph |
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Several Local Rides
After The Tandem Experiment we were both happy to be back on our own bicycles. Not so much because they are not tandem bicycles, per se, but really because they are dialed in for comfort. Home sweet home, in a sense.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Tandem Experiment
Okay, so we've seriously considered riding a tandem. Before actually riding one there were a few things we figured would be nice on a tandem.
- We liked the idea of going at the same pace. We actually already ride very similar paces on separate bikes, but of course on one bike the pace is... exactly equal.
- We also figured that already having a similar overall pace we wouldn't have too much trouble acclimating to the world of riding a tandem.
- And finally, we hoped that perfect drafting on a tandem would significantly boost our overall speed since we don't draft at all (for various reasons) when riding together on separate bikes.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Another Outdoor February Weekend
The somewhat sunny and semi-dry February weather has been... hard to believe.
Ridgefield OB
This was a solo ride (Amy had to work) all the way to Ridgefield and back. I pushed it pretty hard for this early in the season and was rewarded with my highest average power (184 watts) and speed (15.6 mph) so far this year.
Ridgefield, La Center and Daybreak Park
We wanted to do a 50-miler and Amy had heard about some good riding in the La Center and Woodland areas from her spin instructor. So I scoured the VBC ride maps and came up with our version of one of them.
Immediately starting out we came across some kind of running event, so I asked one of them if they were using the Salmon Creek Trail (since we were planning on using it to get over to Lakeshore). They said yes, so we opted to avoid the throng and went the long way around (Hazel Dell Ave and 99th Street).
All was going well until we got to Allen Canyon at about mile 21. It was a beautiful little canyon (more of a ravine, to me) but since it was so forested the sun had not yet dried out the road. That combined with a very curvy/bumpy stretch of extremely steep road made for some very careful riding. We kept speed to a minimum going down, but the big surprise came on the way up. Man was it steep. My ibike read 20% much of the way up! And since it was wet we had to be careful not to pedal too strong for fear of losing traction and tipping right over (since our shoes are clipped in). Pedaling too strong ended up not being a big issue cuz it was extremely difficult to move forward at all. In my smallest granny gear my cadence was about half of normal (45 pedals per minute) and speed was 4 mph (but seemed like 1 or 2 mph). Crazy. Not used to hills like that. Particularly a full quarter mile of said hill, or 4-minutes of extremely heavy breathing. I am now well versed in the process of converting human muscle into pliable rubber.
Rubber or not we kept going. The big climb after La Center wasn't all that bad since it was an average slope of only 3 or 4%. Until we got to 389th Street. That was a very intimidating hill. The earlier Allen Canyon climb was mostly hidden from our view on a very windy road, so we didn't know how far we had to climb. It just kept going and going. This hill was completely in view and my rubber legs didn't like it one bit. We decided to tackle it though, and it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked. It did steepen up toward the end, but never quite reached 15%. This quarter mile stretch was only 3-minutes of pain, not 4-minutes of Allen Canyon terror.
That was mostly the end of the climbing, even though we had over 20 miles remaining. Interestingly, we passed Amy's spin instructor alongside the road (Mike, and 2 riders with him). A mile or two later we reached Daybreak Park and took a break to eat a Clif Bar lunch. Not sure which route they came back, but they eventually caught up with us just as we reached 134th St (while on 20th Ave).
All in all a great ride, particularly if we want significant climbing (over 4,000 feet) on a 50-mile route starting from our house.
Frenchman OB
Another ride out to Frenchman's Bar and back. I was pretty wiped out from the prior two days, but Amy still had some energy and wanted to get in a simple ride. So I tagged along and basically drafted most of the way. You can really see it graphically in the middle third of the ride (see the blue wind speed underneath the white bike speed line). You can also see how the power and heart rate are affected during that stretch.
Quick Stats (all 3 rides below)
Distance: 105.93 miles
Elevation Gain: 6,328 feet
Average Moving Speed: 14.82 mph
Ridgefield OB
This was a solo ride (Amy had to work) all the way to Ridgefield and back. I pushed it pretty hard for this early in the season and was rewarded with my highest average power (184 watts) and speed (15.6 mph) so far this year.
Ridgefield, La Center and Daybreak Park
We wanted to do a 50-miler and Amy had heard about some good riding in the La Center and Woodland areas from her spin instructor. So I scoured the VBC ride maps and came up with our version of one of them.
Immediately starting out we came across some kind of running event, so I asked one of them if they were using the Salmon Creek Trail (since we were planning on using it to get over to Lakeshore). They said yes, so we opted to avoid the throng and went the long way around (Hazel Dell Ave and 99th Street).
All was going well until we got to Allen Canyon at about mile 21. It was a beautiful little canyon (more of a ravine, to me) but since it was so forested the sun had not yet dried out the road. That combined with a very curvy/bumpy stretch of extremely steep road made for some very careful riding. We kept speed to a minimum going down, but the big surprise came on the way up. Man was it steep. My ibike read 20% much of the way up! And since it was wet we had to be careful not to pedal too strong for fear of losing traction and tipping right over (since our shoes are clipped in). Pedaling too strong ended up not being a big issue cuz it was extremely difficult to move forward at all. In my smallest granny gear my cadence was about half of normal (45 pedals per minute) and speed was 4 mph (but seemed like 1 or 2 mph). Crazy. Not used to hills like that. Particularly a full quarter mile of said hill, or 4-minutes of extremely heavy breathing. I am now well versed in the process of converting human muscle into pliable rubber.
Rubber or not we kept going. The big climb after La Center wasn't all that bad since it was an average slope of only 3 or 4%. Until we got to 389th Street. That was a very intimidating hill. The earlier Allen Canyon climb was mostly hidden from our view on a very windy road, so we didn't know how far we had to climb. It just kept going and going. This hill was completely in view and my rubber legs didn't like it one bit. We decided to tackle it though, and it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked. It did steepen up toward the end, but never quite reached 15%. This quarter mile stretch was only 3-minutes of pain, not 4-minutes of Allen Canyon terror.
That was mostly the end of the climbing, even though we had over 20 miles remaining. Interestingly, we passed Amy's spin instructor alongside the road (Mike, and 2 riders with him). A mile or two later we reached Daybreak Park and took a break to eat a Clif Bar lunch. Not sure which route they came back, but they eventually caught up with us just as we reached 134th St (while on 20th Ave).
All in all a great ride, particularly if we want significant climbing (over 4,000 feet) on a 50-mile route starting from our house.
Frenchman OB
Another ride out to Frenchman's Bar and back. I was pretty wiped out from the prior two days, but Amy still had some energy and wanted to get in a simple ride. So I tagged along and basically drafted most of the way. You can really see it graphically in the middle third of the ride (see the blue wind speed underneath the white bike speed line). You can also see how the power and heart rate are affected during that stretch.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
2010 Riding Begins
We are fair weather cyclists, so we finally got some sunshine and not-too-cool days to do some riding. And I got a chance to use my newest toy: an iBike power meter (basically a bike computer that has pretty much everything available to view while riding, or for detailed analysis after the ride - hill slope, wind speed, power, heart rate, etc.).
Being as these are all local rides I decided not to map them. I do have some cool data though... I may end up using a different software package since the default software doesn't provide any summary of multiple rides so that you can see fitness progress over time. But for now these graphs show lots of cool data. Okay, too much data, but still, since I have it, I'm gonna include it!
Frenchman OB
Our first ride was just the two of us on Thursday the 18th, and "Out and Back" to Frenchman's Bar on the Columbia River. As you can see from all of the blue on the speed graph, it was a windy day. The white line is the bike speed. When the blue is on top of the white line it is a head wind. There was some nasty headwinds, but also some tailwinds. It was definitely worth it just for the spectacular clear view of four mountains: Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, and Hood. Being our first significant ride of the season we were going to take the easy way home up Lakeshore. But due to road construction we avoided the mess and went up Fruit Valley, which as you can see is a significant climb.
VBC: Two Volcano Cruise
We had seen this ride on the VBC calendar but never actually ridden it. Definitely worth doing just for the nice views, but a bit too urban for our taste (lots of stops, traffic, pedestrians, etc.). Were it later in the season we would have ridden from our house, adding about 10 miles each way. But starting an hour or so earlier would have been way too cold, not to mention that much longer.
VBC: Salmon Creek - Brush Prairie
A nice club ride. We did start this one from home since the club start is fairly close to us.
Ride Toward Ridgefield
We went toward Ridgefield basically following the reverse course of the Ride Around Clark County. Turned around at 209th St. and 41st Ave. this time, but will normally go all the way in to town. Did the Felida Hill near the end (about mile 18). Nasty! The power spike at the very end is me maintaining momentum coming back up the Cougar Canyon Creek ravine on 119th St. You can see the same thing on the Frenchman's Bar data above. I didn't really go for a max speed on either of these rides. In the future I will be experimenting on this particular stretch to see how much above 40 mph I can get. The fastest speed I recorded last season was 47.53 mph on a steep hill during the Blackberry bRamble in Eugene.
Being as these are all local rides I decided not to map them. I do have some cool data though... I may end up using a different software package since the default software doesn't provide any summary of multiple rides so that you can see fitness progress over time. But for now these graphs show lots of cool data. Okay, too much data, but still, since I have it, I'm gonna include it!
Quick Stats (all 4 rides below)
Distance: 113.41 miles
Elevation Gain: 5,453 feet
Average Moving Speed: 13.9 mph
Frenchman OB
Our first ride was just the two of us on Thursday the 18th, and "Out and Back" to Frenchman's Bar on the Columbia River. As you can see from all of the blue on the speed graph, it was a windy day. The white line is the bike speed. When the blue is on top of the white line it is a head wind. There was some nasty headwinds, but also some tailwinds. It was definitely worth it just for the spectacular clear view of four mountains: Rainier, St. Helens, Adams, and Hood. Being our first significant ride of the season we were going to take the easy way home up Lakeshore. But due to road construction we avoided the mess and went up Fruit Valley, which as you can see is a significant climb.
VBC: Two Volcano Cruise
We had seen this ride on the VBC calendar but never actually ridden it. Definitely worth doing just for the nice views, but a bit too urban for our taste (lots of stops, traffic, pedestrians, etc.). Were it later in the season we would have ridden from our house, adding about 10 miles each way. But starting an hour or so earlier would have been way too cold, not to mention that much longer.
VBC: Salmon Creek - Brush Prairie
A nice club ride. We did start this one from home since the club start is fairly close to us.
Ride Toward Ridgefield
We went toward Ridgefield basically following the reverse course of the Ride Around Clark County. Turned around at 209th St. and 41st Ave. this time, but will normally go all the way in to town. Did the Felida Hill near the end (about mile 18). Nasty! The power spike at the very end is me maintaining momentum coming back up the Cougar Canyon Creek ravine on 119th St. You can see the same thing on the Frenchman's Bar data above. I didn't really go for a max speed on either of these rides. In the future I will be experimenting on this particular stretch to see how much above 40 mph I can get. The fastest speed I recorded last season was 47.53 mph on a steep hill during the Blackberry bRamble in Eugene.
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