Sep-27: Cassam - Roberts Chapel

Sep-27:

PUE: Cassam - Roberts Chapel; w/ Lt. Dave; 62.5 m.; est 3335 ft --> effort = 95; 3hrs, 54min; 16.0 mph.

1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
2nd Qt. tot: 43 rides; 2124.3 m.; 134 hrs, 59 min; 15.7 mph.
Jul tot: 16 rides; 732.2 m.; 45 hrs, 3 min; 16.2 mph.
Aug tot: 11 rides; 709.7 m.; 45 hrs, 0 min; 15.8 mph.
Sep tot: 9 rides; 505.3 m.; 32hrs, 38 min; 15.9 mph.
YTD: 99 rides; 4826.8 m.; 304 hrs, 19 min; 15.9 mph.

Rolling 12-mos.: 121 rides; 5817.0 m.; 364 hrs, 10 min; 16.0 mph.

Dave called Saturday evening, asked if I wanted to ride. I said yes. Hadn't planned on a 100k ride for the "test the shoulder" ride, but it worked out okay.

Dave and I have been wanting to ride Roberts Chapel Rd for about 8 months -- we finally managed to ride it. I can't wait to do the Johnson Mill Roller Coaster Ride again, and do it as I originally envisioned it: Johnson Mill Roller Coaster, Rougemont & Hampton Rd, then Roberts Chapel Roller Coaster. I think I'd prefer to tackle THAT routing without any of the hammers along.

Anyway, back to the ride report:

Quite windy.

My shoulder was barely noticeable. My legs were tired most of the ride -- seemed to still have some "twist" left over from the crash ride. Possibly also a bit "spun-out" as I accidentally rode the first 15 miles or so in the 30 crank ("triple" for those of you from Rio Linda).

Thanks to LT for pulling almost every single mile.

Had a gas on Dove Rd.

Second fastest ever for me going up Ghoston -- 4 min, 40 seconds. My fastest ever is 4 min, 38 seconds -- the day I had to ride back to PUE from ~ 23 miles out on a 39/11 single-speed. (It was either 4:40 or 5:40. I can't believe it was 5:40 because that would have felt a lot slower than I was going. However, one would think that with 4:40 on Ghoston, that I would have at least "challenged" my fastest time ever for the combined Ghoston-Peed-MVC -- just under 19 minutes. However, I did the dreaded three in only 21 minutes +/-. I didn't think I slowed that much, but, on the other hand, I now think the shallow slope on Peed into the SW wind may well have taken a full minute out of me. As I told Dave during the ride: "I tell people that the hard part of Peed is NOT the steep, it is the shallow slope when into a SW wind." Dave was in 100% agreement, commenting that a stiff wind on that section "slaps you in the face and adds insult to injury.")

http://irregularveloadventures.blogspot.com/2009/02/nov-9-2008.html

I'll be ready for 92 miles this coming Saturday. But I might not be ready for much more than 16 mph for the avg pace.

Today's route: http://veloroutes.org/bikemaps/?route=41714