tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post8226472458442983847..comments2023-03-02T03:48:39.100-08:00Comments on The Manley Report: Musings from the Livestrong RideManley Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03791486701245172841noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-6110948580708631782009-07-14T21:26:46.479-07:002009-07-14T21:26:46.479-07:00That powertap took a couple of bounces between my ...That powertap took a couple of bounces between my wheels. Poor Guy. Great write-upRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235377321624257771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-6236219629861092102009-07-13T14:13:28.728-07:002009-07-13T14:13:28.728-07:00SJBC Rider, don't get me wrong, I had a blast ...SJBC Rider, don't get me wrong, I had a blast on the ride as well. Glad you had a great time too.Manley Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791486701245172841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-82915929294299399782009-07-13T13:36:14.885-07:002009-07-13T13:36:14.885-07:00I had a rather different experience yesterday. I w...I had a rather different experience yesterday. I was riding with a friend of mine who is a cancer survivor and our pace was much slower than the SJBC train would push. This meant that we had time to react to road hazards and avoid somebody swerving. My mental mode yesterday was totally different from almost any other ride I do. Never have I been so happy to be on my bike and healthy enough to ride 100 miles. This is a truly unique and special century ride. There are countless others if you're trying to set a personal best time or get in some good training miles.SJBC Ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-83207284049048093762009-07-13T12:28:16.059-07:002009-07-13T12:28:16.059-07:00This was my first century and my first real fundra...This was my first century and my first real fundraising event, so I had no yardstick. The start made me a bit nervous with some people being almost militant with their signals and changes of pace. I had a hard time in one of the pace-lines because one of the riders was breaking instead of soft peddling. There was one scary left with sand on the shoulder of Hicks road, which is funny because I ride that corner weekly, but I’ve never blown the stop sign at 20mph! That was hard to get used to.<br />I was one of the “young Jedi’s” following the two Jedi’s along the first 70 miles or so. That was the first time I’ve been called padawan by someone younger than myself, but in this case it fit! I had met Todd and Jonathan about 9 months ago at the SJBC winter series clinic, but this was the first time I’ve spoken to you two and the first ride. It was great meeting you both and you were very gratuitous in putting up with a little gnat clinging on for dear life hopping to not get blown away in the wind. Wow, Todd you are a strong rider! You two were very patient. Thank you both! I tried to pull once and the whole pace line slowed 3mph and I nearly blew up. Sorry, I tried.<br />It struck me how many people commented on your height and I felt a little bad that I too had talked to you about your height after I heard 90% of the riders go by and ask the same thing. I suppose that is a lifelong thing for you even outside of the cycling world, but you were very polite about it every time! I was pretty impressed by your demeanor over the whole ride. Todd often looked like a momma goose with a bunch of little hatchlings trying very hard to keep up. lol<br />Thanks also to Jonathan for pulling me around all day too and putting up with all my questions. Why oh why didn’t I listen to you about your heart rate? My heart was doing the same thing, but I didn’t have the sense to slow down and recover. You guys even said that. I have a thick skull. <br />I knew how steep Metcalf would be, so in my not too wise judgment, I didn’t stop at the bottom to give me more time to the top. I needed the time to stay up with the other SJBC riders, but I probably needed a rest too. Let the cramping begin! lol I was very slow on the climb and that was the only time I’ve been thankful for the devil. ahahha<br />Thanks to all the SJBC group I had a great time and YES I’m going for a bike fit soon!<br />-Pete HowarthAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001801000246407797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-68012885995102293952009-07-13T12:17:32.461-07:002009-07-13T12:17:32.461-07:00Ironically about Metcalf, I learned something inte...Ironically about Metcalf, I learned something interesting the night before the ride from our babysitter. She was going to help with registration of a motocross event up at the dirt bike track at the top of Metcalf the next morning. That meant only one thing...tons of traffic w/ trailers.<br /><br />There was plenty of that on the climb. Thankfully while I was on the hill most everybody (cyclists, drivers, motorcycles) were good to each other.Manley Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791486701245172841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-6832772623375860252009-07-13T12:10:36.654-07:002009-07-13T12:10:36.654-07:00i'm pretty sure there are people wearing fat c...i'm pretty sure there are people wearing fat cyclist jerseys ironically / self-deprecatingly, but i doubt many of them were at the LiveStrong event. Anyone wearing one of my jerseys at that event would have been on my team and would have raised at least $250 for the cause. <br /><br />i'm guessing the reason you saw a lot of overweight riders in my jerseys at that event had to do with the fact that the selection criteria for the event doesn't have anything to do with weight / fitness, but only to do with caring about the cause enough to do something about it. <br /><br />also, my blog does tend to bring in people who are interested in biking to lose weight, so i'd guess the average weight of my team members is higher than most.<br /><br />this is a great writeup; i wish i could have been there. i would have loved to see metcalf rd.Fattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530571463639584785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418418037216872257.post-11215271250967217982009-07-13T12:02:10.574-07:002009-07-13T12:02:10.574-07:00I should have looked at the route. Metcalf? Not...I should have looked at the route. Metcalf? Not a good place for occasional riders, and not for large groups either. Did they close the road? ACTC is not using it for the Tierra Bella because of the problems with groups of folks not used to a climb like that not mixing well with all the traffic. <br /><br />If I go into an event ride with unknown riders I am very cautious; you never know what bone-head moves folks will take that might spoil your day.Itinerant Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507102777492877721noreply@blogger.com