forgotness

forgot to mention i finally got up to 40.6 mph today out in hopkinton which was very fun. also i think there is a discrepancy between my computer and mapmyride. im always a bit short on my computer. i just used the preprogrammed 700x23 setting so i should actually measure it out.

cycling updates

do i update about anything else ever. apparently not.
friday i did some speed intervals out in dover. nothing too exciting. saturday i biked ot the post office and met up with dan and shaun. it then started pouring so we went to dans and ate cookies instead. we did ride very fast for a mile to dans house tho. i was super winded. sunday i did a fast hour to caitlins. averaged 18.69 mph which was good considering i had a horrible headwind the whole time. today i did 50 miles. felt great. nice tail wind for the first half and a managable head wind for the second. took 2:41 and averaged 18 mph even. very pleased with that. map is below.

rides

tuesday dan and i went out and did some hills. five times up north hill, hr zone 3 twice, zone 4 twice, zone five once, but i didnt get my heart rate up quite high enough, 178 bpm level five starts at 181. then once up west st which wasnt as bad as i though it would be at all. i still need to do a max hr test and set my zones more accurately based on that.


today i rode to to school, caitlins then home. nothing too intense. transportation speed.

sunDAY

did a fast 1 hour ride this morning then rode home this evening.  it was soooo friggin windy this morning which killed my avg speed, i could have done much faster with much less effort had it been not so windy on the ride out, ohh well.  averaged 19mph which im pleased with considering the headwind for the first half and the comm ave hills on the second half.

maidenVOYAGE

took my new bike out on its first ride today with dan.  this bike is sweet. pretty stuff and very responsive to what i want it to do.  it feels great when im out of the saddle, very stable and fast.the size fells great even with a 90mm stem, but i think a 110 with more rise would benefit me. im very impressed with the ultegra components as opposed to the tiagra group i was riding before.  shifts are faster and smoother.  esp the front derailleur i thought was quite crisp.  the concor light saddle is pretty comfy too i like it.  i was concerned about it being too narrow but it was fine. the best thing is the bontrager bar tape which is comfy, but even better was wrapping it which i did backwards on one side, i dont think ive ever wrapped a bar correctly in my whole life :(  instead of having adhesive backing it has two thin stripes of rubber grippy stuff that grips instead of adheres while you wrap. SO GENIUS!  the blackburn neuro 6.0 is pretty cool, but acted a little funny at first.  i had to adjust the sensors a couple times throughout the ride but got it goin by the end. it has so many functions itll take some time to get used to the workflow of it. i cant imagine how complicated a garmin must be at first heh. anyways on to the pics.