Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Jun-23: new chain & a clean bike

Jun-23:

BJP: DocN-Kemp-Virgil; north breeze / wind; 29.7 m.; est 1359 ft climbed --> effort = 43; 1hrs, 43min, 11sec; 17.3 mph avg pace.

1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
Apr tot: 13 rides; 666.4 m.; 42 hrs, 58 min; 15.5 mph.
May tot: 14 rides, 803.1 m.; 50 hrs, 39 min; 15.8 mph.
Jun tot: 11 rides, 473.6 m.; 30 hrs, 33 min; 15.5 mph.
YTD: 58 rides; 2698.6 m.; 171 hrs, 42 min; 15.7 mph.

New chain, rotated tyres, bike cleaned "professionally". MUCH nicer shifting.

I rode much much more aggressively -- backed off some after the first 19.44 miles in 1:09:40 due to fatiguing legs. I think I have been doing a lot of "soft pedalling" lately. Will need to make a decided effort to "push" the next few rides to get some "serious" cycling ability back / get back in the habit of working a bit harder while cycling.

Now that the "worn-down" tyre has been rotated to the front, the front wheel has to go around more times to get to the same point -- resulting in an apparently longer ride. I am not gong to worry about a tenth here or there, and will just record that which the confuser reports.

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