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Observation and Perspective
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| Ride Stats |
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Distance:
20.65 miles
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Time: 01:52:00
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Max Speed:
22.50 mph
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Avg Speed:
11.06 mph
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Temp:
Min: 68
Max: 73
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Category: training: general -
solo
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Route:
Commuting to and from Hilton
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Weight:
232
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Avg Power: 0 W
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Calories Burned: 1,250
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Avg HR: 0 bpm
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Specialized 40lb-Globe 700c Hybrid
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Club: Commuter Cycling Century |
| Weather Conditions: Early overcast, clearing gradually; Westerly winds gusting @ 10-15mph; Rising temp. |
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Distance:
43.11 miles
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Time: 03:14:00
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Max Speed:
28.00 mph
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Avg Speed:
13.33 mph
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Temp:
Min: 76
Max: 80
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Category: general: commute -
group
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Route:
Hilton/Parma Tour
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Weight:
232
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Avg Power: 0 W
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Calories Burned: 2,700
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Avg HR: 0 bpm
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Bianchi 32lb-Castro Valley Road
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Club: Commuter Cycling Century |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny; Breezy; Light Weasterly winds; Perfect! Temps decreasing: |
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Distance:
0.00 miles
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Time: 00:00:00
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Max Speed:
0.00 mph
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Avg Speed:
0.00 mph
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Category: training: general -
solo
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Route:
a work day 100k
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Weight:
231
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Avg Power: 0 W
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Calories Burned: 0
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Avg HR: 0 bpm
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Terrain: Road: Hills
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Bike: Bianchi 32lb-Castro Valley Road
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Club: None |
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..along with a double work commute made a Metric Century Day!
Part commute, part tour -another work day 100k!
The 2nd work commute of the day with a guided tour of Parma.
~the afternoon route:
Hinkleyville->Ridge->C-P.T.L.->Rte 18/West Ave.->Grove->Old Hojak/School Lane;(then after work ->Old Hojak->Halehaven->Peach Blossom->Carter->Rolling Meadow->Carter->Dunbar->H-P.T.L.->West Wautoma/U-turn->H-P.T.L.->Huffer->Bennett-> East Ave->Canning St.->Hazen St.->South Ave.->Burrit->Butcher->P.Ctr.->Bailey->Peck->Dean Rd./U-turn->Peck->Spencer->P.Ctr.->Hill->Burritt->Draffin->P.Ctr.->C-P.T.L.->Peck->Trimmer->PineHill->Hinkleyville->Home;
84 CCC days
~commuter miles YTD: 1808 +/-
Total work commutes through this ride:
~93.5 round trip work commutes since January 2008;
The Parma Tour
I've lived in Parma since 1990, been working in and around the town and Hilton since 1985. I first heard about the town of Parma and village of Hilton when I met with the Hinkley's at Gleason Works, back in 1972. As far as knowing where Hilton was located, in 1972 this area was called "the sticks" by anybody living East of the Genesee river.
The "Parma tour" was an idea I suggested to Hndlebar because this was the town where Hndlebar/Mike grew up. And this is the area where I am growing old!
Mike met me at the transportation center(bus garage for Hilton Schools). Mike/Hndlebar was in all his "Lycra glory",when I met him at the Bus Garage. You serious riders know the importance of wearing your commemorative ride jersey and padded pants everywhere, but the importance of it all escapes my comprehension. Any how, we started the tour from Bus Garage about 3:15pm. We took mike's route suggestions mostly. Hey that was what the trip was all about for me. Having Mike fill in "unknown history" about the Town and Village was great! His reminiscing of "picking Cherries" in the Apple Orchard by the School was touching...
We pedaled all around his old "haunts", including a stop at his cousin Keith's house to get some water. Mike's cousin's daughter was one of my bus riders when she was in Kindergarten, nine years ago.
Mike seems to have an "agenda",trying to make some point about how flat it is in Parma. Seeing he called the "tour" we took FLAT in his journal! O.K., but how can he describe the 1488 foot elevation gain in his "Brighton-> Scottsville ->Leroy Loop" as "Rolling"? Not only is that route less elevation gain it had no grade as steep as PineHill. Now please understand I'm NOT trying to make the point that Parma is "Hilly". But, based on MIKE'S criteria, the "Parma Tour" should be classified as "rolling hills"!
It is always enjoyable for me to have a ride with Mike. For one thing, the conversation is always interesting, maybe sometimes a bit contentious too. That's no problem with Mike. I enjoy the discourse and along the way I'm sure we both learn something. For me, Mike reinforces the idea of proper technique and training for sure. His Garmin 'puter is pretty slick. It can "sync-up" with some software and put out a batch graphs which can be overlaid and analyzed ad-infinitum. It does seem to be error prone or perhaps I should use the phrase "glitch prone". For instance, the Garmin read a short distance of the PineHill ascent as a 10% grade. Later the software interpreted the data as an 8.7% grade. Still the Garmin seems like a very useful training tool. Finally, Mike better pay attention SOON to the noises eminating from his BB -sound as if his crank bearings are shot!
57consecutive days on bike;
Having some definite "miles of smiles", for sure, along the way!
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