You have my respect. Nice ride.Brutal ride today…. Over a 100* all day.
Bonked hard near the end and had to basically walk into town due to my muscle spasms. Entire body. First real overwhelming bonk.
Probably got some good heat exhaustion too. Chills/high heart rate. It was just a damn tough day to battle 19.1% climbs….
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Old mining cabin in the lower Santa Rita’s.
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Blaire’s hardtail fücks…. She’s a damn climbing monster…. Such a good rider…. Great to learn from as well.
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Yeah, I generally do a good job pre-watering and eating before a big ride, but I won the Bike Darwin Award yesterday. Really underestimated the heat and climbing we had to do.
Blaire is a sponsored pro. She don't bonk.
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When it’s really hot in the summer here in the ATX, I do a lot of my quality training on Trainer Road. I bought a smart trainer (Wahoo KICKR) when I had hip surgery to help with recovery, and it completely changed my mindset about trainers. It will never be the same, but the opportunity for quality training time is top notch.
anyone can bonk, even the pros. I've seen it many times and remember Floyd's epic fail. It's a fine line to balance max effort without falling off the cliff.Yeah, I generally do a good job pre-watering and eating before a big ride, but I won the Bike Darwin Award yesterday. Really underestimated the heat and climbing we had to do.
Blaire is a sponsored pro. She don't bonk.
I remember my last bonk. Fitchburg, Ma criterium 1979. Never again. One and only. I was so bonked, two woman riders had to push behind on the seat post to keep me moving.
Dang,
I couldn’t even pedal. Every muscle in my body was cramping— toes/fingers/calves/hamstrings/back/chest…
Terrible, agonizing pain.
I basically walked for miles as it was the only thing keeping me from cramping.
Lessons learned indeed.
Terrible, agonizing pain.
I basically walked for miles as it was the only thing keeping me from cramping.
Lessons learned indeed.
Damn! nice work, that is brutal.Brutal ride today…. Over a 100* all day.
Bonked hard near the end and had to basically walk into town due to my muscle spasms. Entire body. First real overwhelming bonk.
Probably got some good heat exhaustion too. Chills/high heart rate. It was just a damn tough day to battle 19.1% climbs….
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Blaire’s hardtail fücks…. She’s a damn climbing monster…. Such a good rider…. Great to learn from as well.
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Brutal ride today…. Over a 100* all day.
Bonked hard near the end and had to basically walk into town due to my muscle spasms. Entire body. First real overwhelming bonk.
Probably got some good heat exhaustion too. Chills/high heart rate. It was just a damn tough day to battle 19.1% climbs….
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Blaire’s hardtail fücks…. She’s a damn climbing monster…. Such a good rider…. Great to learn from as well.
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Just shoot me now!
Yep. Did the 8.3 mile loop this morning. 85*F with 70+ dew point. Felt good all the way through, but really hard to cool down when stopped. Sweat would form a nice slime coat and would not evaporate.
Tuckered out now.
Tuckered out now.
cooler day here (25C) so went for a family ride. my circus of five bikes and a trail a long (weehoo) did 16km of gravel to a near by lake for a swim. my 15 year old asked if we could ride home so i said sure. you set the pace. well he took off like a bat out of hell and i figured he’ll make 5km before we call for a ride. he did the whole 16km back at that pace and nearly killed me!! i honestly was so impressed but i dont think ill be able to ride with him long before he out paces me. it was a great ride!!
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Was long and hot today.
Great work. 
Another hot ride with temps over 100* the entire time. Went back to last week’s watering hole with my friend Sean… but this time made it into a loop.
No bonking today!
Had to bushwhack and shït like that ….
No bonking today!
Had to bushwhack and shït like that ….
Damn kids lol... My kid was outpacing me by quite a bit going up but I still have him on the downhill!!
Somewhere in Santa Cruz this past weekend.
Hat’s off to you! 100*F weather? I would never be out in that! I know it’s a dry heat, but no gracias.Another hot ride with temps over 100* the entire time. Went back to last week’s watering hole with my friend Sean… but this time made it into a loop.
No bonking today!
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Had to bushwhack and shït like that ….
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Still hot here. Finished the ride at 86*F with dew points still in the 70s. 
Despite that, hazy, not much sun, so I felt great the whole ride. Pushing the pace and railing the corners.
If we finally get a break in the weather, I’ll do a long ride. Today, my local 8.25 miler.
Despite that, hazy, not much sun, so I felt great the whole ride. Pushing the pace and railing the corners.
If we finally get a break in the weather, I’ll do a long ride. Today, my local 8.25 miler.
Alright, who wants to organize a Mud group ride?
I’m in.
I’d be happy to organize for a Southern AZ weekend/3-day adventure ride kind of thing for the fall-spring time period: October - April.
Gravel bikes/hardtails/single speeds. There isn’t much for the hardcore full-sus guys doing jumps and enduro/downhill kind of thing down here in SoAZ. Sedona and the stuff farther north is there for those folks.
