Fleet Week and Bike Ride
Saturday's ride was kinda weak. We only rode about 8.5 miles and there was no hill climbing with the exception of Mt. Cornelius on the ride back home. We rode along the Iron Horse trail from Bollinger to the Peet's Coffee in Danville. When I realized how little we were going to ride, I decided to give it a good dose of speed to try and get a good work out from it. I was hoping that would encourage the other riders with me to speed it up too so we could get some sort of work out.
I shifted into top gear and blasted down the trail. It is slightly up hill on the way back from Danville. I was flying along and looked back after going full tilt for about 3/4 of a mile and I couldn't see the others that were riding with me. I pulled out the GPS tracking software that I have on my phone to check my top speed. It showed a top speed of 28 mph. That might not seem like a whole lot of speed but you're probably comparing that to how fast you drive in your car. When you're on a bike 28 mph is pretty fast. It's not the fastest I've ever been able to record myself going on my bike though. I have hit speeds as high as 40 mph but that is with a good down hill and wind at my bike. It also helps to have a bike that is designed for speed like mine. I bet my old mountain bike couldn't hit speeds greater than 30 mph in even the best situation.
When I looked back and couldn't see my fellow riders, I kept my speed up for a little further and then slowed down to let them catch up. I ended up getting all the way to the park and just stopped and waited for them. I wasn't trying to show off. I had the advantage of having a much faster bike. You could have put Lance Armstrong on one of my friends bikes and he probably wouldn't be able to keep up with me. (That might be a bit of an exaggeration. Lance could probably speed by me on a kids big wheel.) It was a short ride but it was good to have people riding with me.
As for this coming weekend, most of my friends will be in San Diego for a convention. There is also a possibility that my wife and I will go to Monterey for the weekend. I really want to ride out to San Francisco like I've been talking about doing for the past 3 or 4 weeks. The bike rack that I ordered should arrive today. I keep checking the UPS tracking information to see if it's arrived yet. It still says "out for delivery" right now. Hopefully with the rack, I can convince a couple of friends to ride with me. I can pick them up and load their bikes up to my car and we can ride BART out to San Francisco together. Since it's fleet week, we should have a good time riding and watching the air show.
Does anyone want to go see the Blue Angels this weekend and enjoy a nice bike ride with me?
I shifted into top gear and blasted down the trail. It is slightly up hill on the way back from Danville. I was flying along and looked back after going full tilt for about 3/4 of a mile and I couldn't see the others that were riding with me. I pulled out the GPS tracking software that I have on my phone to check my top speed. It showed a top speed of 28 mph. That might not seem like a whole lot of speed but you're probably comparing that to how fast you drive in your car. When you're on a bike 28 mph is pretty fast. It's not the fastest I've ever been able to record myself going on my bike though. I have hit speeds as high as 40 mph but that is with a good down hill and wind at my bike. It also helps to have a bike that is designed for speed like mine. I bet my old mountain bike couldn't hit speeds greater than 30 mph in even the best situation.
When I looked back and couldn't see my fellow riders, I kept my speed up for a little further and then slowed down to let them catch up. I ended up getting all the way to the park and just stopped and waited for them. I wasn't trying to show off. I had the advantage of having a much faster bike. You could have put Lance Armstrong on one of my friends bikes and he probably wouldn't be able to keep up with me. (That might be a bit of an exaggeration. Lance could probably speed by me on a kids big wheel.) It was a short ride but it was good to have people riding with me.
As for this coming weekend, most of my friends will be in San Diego for a convention. There is also a possibility that my wife and I will go to Monterey for the weekend. I really want to ride out to San Francisco like I've been talking about doing for the past 3 or 4 weeks. The bike rack that I ordered should arrive today. I keep checking the UPS tracking information to see if it's arrived yet. It still says "out for delivery" right now. Hopefully with the rack, I can convince a couple of friends to ride with me. I can pick them up and load their bikes up to my car and we can ride BART out to San Francisco together. Since it's fleet week, we should have a good time riding and watching the air show.
Does anyone want to go see the Blue Angels this weekend and enjoy a nice bike ride with me?
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