tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733106697742950937.post1114563730472430111..comments2023-09-16T11:35:34.061-04:00Comments on The Hudson Valley Randonneur: Catskill Climbfest 208K (Rapha Rising Edition)George Swainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699009686957085216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733106697742950937.post-8322722590211353732013-07-17T15:05:13.542-04:002013-07-17T15:05:13.542-04:00I generally ride to and back from my rides, as doe...I generally ride to and back from my rides, as does Robert (but my commutes are longer than his). <br /><br />On my bike, I have only a simple wireless cycle confuser, indicating time-of-day, distance, time-in-motion, speed, avg speed, max speed. The only non-simple function is the temperature. <br /> <br />For the more complicated electronic gizmo stuff, I refer you to RUSA #12 and/or RUSA #1609. Of the two, Pamela seems more likely to have some "pull" with Strava. <br /><br />:) skiffrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627376178648891371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733106697742950937.post-57860803140963444432013-07-16T22:49:39.976-04:002013-07-16T22:49:39.976-04:00I'm generally of the "don't drive far...I'm generally of the "don't drive farther than you're going to ride" strategies, so I'm with Robert on this one. That said, I would love to get down to NC for a brevet one of these days. I'm still giggling from the good times riding with the NC crew at LEL in 2009. I will break my own travel policy for PBP 2015 myself . . .<br /><br />Thanks for helping me with my kms comment. Now, do you have any sway with Strava? They logged my 9,800 ft of climbing as 7,500 ft.George Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699009686957085216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733106697742950937.post-42204480263922839942013-07-16T07:18:38.915-04:002013-07-16T07:18:38.915-04:00Robert indicates that the Catskills are too far aw...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PpnHP6iSA70/Tl_atED8NDI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/ukcIIfMIXDM/s1600/Picture%2B087.jpg" rel="nofollow">Robert</a> indicates that the Catskills are too far away. It is awfully hard to get him to do any rando perm other than <a href="http://www.rusa.org/cgi-bin/permview_GF.pl?permid=831" rel="nofollow">Leesville-Leasburg-Leesville</a>, the north of Raleigh (+ Durham) hillfest, the start / finish of which is less than 2-miles from his house. (Full disclosure, on occasion, I can get him to travel all seven miles to the start of one of my perms. Beyond that, for a perm, doubtful (<a href="http://irregularveloadventures.blogspot.com/2013/02/nc-perms-what-have-people-been-riding-7.html" rel="nofollow">click-here for evidence</a>) --oh, "Ricochet" = "Robert".) <br /><br />Although Robert indicates the Catskills are too far away, <a href="http://irregularveloadventures.blogspot.com/2011/08/rides.html" rel="nofollow">he did once travel a bit further to do a ride</a>. <br />================================================== <br /><br />I was just trying to be a bit humorous with the "kms comment." <br /><br />...Martinskiffrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627376178648891371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733106697742950937.post-54011326223258842012013-07-15T19:28:58.336-04:002013-07-15T19:28:58.336-04:00Great route, you really should try it out. What a ...Great route, you really should try it out. What a knucklehead am I. It is 129 miles, which equals 207.6 kilometers so both the RUSA site and I are wrong. I meant 129 miles where I wrote kilometers (now fixed). All this conversion after a long ride gives me a headache! Hope to see you one day. Thanks for visiting the blog.George Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01699009686957085216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733106697742950937.post-37212823903703955512013-07-15T07:29:45.584-04:002013-07-15T07:29:45.584-04:00My friend Robert keeps telling me "we need a ...My friend Robert keeps telling me "we need a route with lots of shade in the summer." I keep pointing out shady roads (in the winter) -- he says that doesn't count. <br /><br />However, I think I can now direct him to some shady summer roads / rides. <br />===================================== <br /><br />I'm so confused: <br /><br />208k in the title. <br />129k in the summation paragraph. <br />205k listed on the RUSA website. skiffrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627376178648891371noreply@blogger.com