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Anyone here participating in Bike around the Bay this weekend?
Posted on 10/16/14 at 5:47 am
Posted on 10/16/14 at 5:47 am
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If so, how did you train? What is you goal each day and overall?
First time riding this type of distance so I'm just hoping to finish. I'll be on this beast:
If so, how did you train? What is you goal each day and overall?
First time riding this type of distance so I'm just hoping to finish. I'll be on this beast:
Posted on 10/16/14 at 6:10 am to TigerHam85
I won't be doing it this year. I opted to do the 24 hr MTB race this weekend.
But enjoy. You'll be fine. Shell is sponsoring it so it will be well supported.
But enjoy. You'll be fine. Shell is sponsoring it so it will be well supported.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 6:15 am to Cdawg
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I opted to do the 24 hr MTB race this weekend.
Damn. Where's that beast at?
I just snagged a 29er SS that should be here next week. Moving to Houston from Lafayette in about 6 weeks so I'm hoping to find some road and off-road riding groups.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 6:22 am to TigerHam85
Rocky Hill Ranch. Don't worry, I'm doing it on a team. Only crazy people do it solo.
What part of Houston you moving to? There's plenty of riding groups. Each shop has their rides plus company teams. From Jan-April, there's organized rides every weekend. Off roading trails around houston are OK. But you really have to get out of town to find some great ones.
What part of Houston you moving to? There's plenty of riding groups. Each shop has their rides plus company teams. From Jan-April, there's organized rides every weekend. Off roading trails around houston are OK. But you really have to get out of town to find some great ones.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 6:36 am to Cdawg
That race looks wild. Would be a blast on a team like you're doing.
Got a job downtown. Living around Montrose/Washington ave. I'm going to find some good group rides once I get settled in. The ones I looked up were holding a pace that is a little out of my league, but I'm sure I'll be able to find some more moderately paced people. I just started road riding this year, so it's all pretty new to me.
I bet anything in Houston beats our one trail in lafayette.
Got a job downtown. Living around Montrose/Washington ave. I'm going to find some good group rides once I get settled in. The ones I looked up were holding a pace that is a little out of my league, but I'm sure I'll be able to find some more moderately paced people. I just started road riding this year, so it's all pretty new to me.
I bet anything in Houston beats our one trail in lafayette.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 6:41 am to TigerHam85
Usually rides have an A or B group. Some rides are no drop rides. Rides are all over town or even on the outskirts to get some real good rides. Katy, Sugar Land, Cypress. Plenty of open roads with lots of riders.
There is one trail that's probably the best/toughest/difficult in Houston. It's a private trail. Let me know when you're ready.
There is one trail that's probably the best/toughest/difficult in Houston. It's a private trail. Let me know when you're ready.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 7:16 am to Salmon
Thanks man! Have some beers Saturday for me.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 8:08 am to Cdawg
I'm jealous. Landed wrong, crashed and broke my wrist on my mtb two weeks ago.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 8:13 am to TigerHam85
Just lube up good carry a pair of running shorts with you so if your luggage is not there you can get your cycling shorts off quick. It gonna be flat you will do fine, use the support stops at each break station keep hydrated. Make sure you seat is high enough many people ride with their seats lower than what it should be good luck
Posted on 10/16/14 at 8:49 am to Cdawg
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There is one trail that's probably the best/toughest/difficult in Houston. It's a private trail. Let me know when you're ready.
On the northwest side of Houston? Does the property also have a nice lake on it?
Posted on 10/16/14 at 9:00 am to TigerHam85
I know a very wealthy guy in the sugar land area who owns a bad as property up north of town with great trails for running and riding. For the right price i could make. An introduction
Posted on 10/16/14 at 9:24 am to Cdawg
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Rocky Hill Ranch. Don't worry, I'm doing it on a team. Only crazy people do it solo.
Man, I love that race. My team won the Open Coed class last year. Three guys and a girl. It was probably my 4th time to race it and by far the best prepared and competitive we've ever been. Racing for 24 hours is one of those things you can't fully describe to others. It's fun, physically and mentally exhausting, nerve wrackng, and surreal. You're racing on and off all damned day and night, sleeping for an hour or two when you can force your over amped brain and body to shut down, eating weird foods at weird times. Nothing is normal about that 24 hours. You're in a coccoon of frenzied bikes, dust, mud, roaring generators, lights piercing through the darkness of your 2am lap. Legs cramping and stomach in knots, heart pounding as you chase down someone ahead who may or maynot even be ion your category. It's nuts.
I've done a LOT of bike racing and for what it's worth, here's a few tips I can offer for 24 hour teams:
1. Bring ever piece of cycling cloths you own, no matter how out dated. starting a lap in a fresh dry cloths is priceless.
2. Chamois Butter is your friend. Use liberally.
3. along with the usual bars, gels, blocks, and powdered drink mixes, bring real food. Cans of soup have carbs, protein, and salt that your body will crave. Trail mix, chips (not too spicy, stick with something kinda bland). And the secret waeapon: peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches. Cut them in half and wrap in palstic. You can eat them on the bike.
4. If you're on a four person team, consider an alternative rotation. Instead of a standard where Racers A, B, C, and D, all go one after another over and over, this is what we do: break your team in to two pairs: A&B and C&D. Here's how the rotation works:
A rides a lap while B waits, kitted up and ready to go
A finishes and tags out to B. B rides a lap while A stays kitted up, ready to go, stretching, eating and drinking, bathroom break whatever.
B finishes and A goes out again. B waits, still kitted up and ready.
A finishes a lap, tags out to B who rockets off, and A is done for that rotation. He can get a shower, put on clean dry comfortable cloths, and chill for 4 hours.
Team C&D are now kitted up and ready.
B finishes his lap, tags out to C, and he's done for 4 hours to chill.
C rides a lap, tags out to D, and waits for D to finish so he can go again.
Etc. So it's A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D over and over and over. Because it takes about an hour more or less to ride a lap at RHR, you can ride HARD for a lap, rest for an hour while keeping your body slightly rev'ed, and then ride HARD again. Then you have 4-5 hours to recover.
This also allows you to get about 4-5 hours of sleep if you can make yourself shut down.
I race for Bikesport racing and we've been doing this tactic for years. It works.
As you get towards the end of the race you may have to switch to a simple A-B-C-D rotation as people get tired and can't keep pace with only one hours rest.
It also really helps to have support staff there to do things like cook food, fill bottles, clean and wrench bikes etc. Last year we had two team mates do that and I think it made a huge difference. Hell, our guy did a full brake bleed on a bike at 3 in the morning while our racer slept.
Also, bring extra bikes and parts if you have them. The intensity of 24 hours out there will break shite like nowhere else. If it's rainy/muddy, bring lots of extra brake pads and chains.
Good luck, wish I was racing this year but things didn't work out for my team to all be available.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 9:54 am to TygerTyger
Jesus. frick bike around the bay, I'm going to Rocky Hill Ranch!!!
Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:19 am to TigerHam85
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frick bike around the bay, I'm going to Rocky Hill Ranch!!!
DO IT!
Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:24 am to TigerHam85
Holy ugly bars, batman.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:27 am to TigerHam85
For real though. Those look ridiculous.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:31 am to lnomm34
It's the filter I used when taking the picture. They're really not that bad.
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