Official "Ride" the TdF Thread

[BroDeal]

Post your ride distances, totals so far, sumaries per week, or however you want to do it.

 

[Big GMaC]

I have had to skip the prologue because I was working late yesterday, but from tomorrow I will make the effort. Being in London means no real hills though

 

[mikeNphilly]

5.89 miles in 16:21...not so great but was fun riding down MLK BLVD, pretending to be in the TdF. I rode 8 miles in about 21 min to get to the start point averging around 17.5 or so, probably should have not ridden my warmup so aggressive.

My coworker did the 5.89 in about the same time, maybe 5 secs less if I recall. He is 26, myself 37, so this old man needs to show him up in the overall at the end of the tour. Will be fun to look on Mapmyride tomorrow to see how we did against others.

 

[BroDeal]

Did 70 easy and flat miles.

Looks like another flat day tomorrow.

 

[luckyboy]

My coworker did the 5.89 in about the same time, maybe 5 secs less if I recall. He is 26, myself 37, so this old man needs to show him up in the overall at the end of the tour.

Hmm, swap the ages round and it almost sounds familiar

 

[sagard]

Probably around eight miles of single track on the MTB. They don't hit the road until tomorrow, and I didn't really want to cook in the 90 heat.

As a unexpected bonus, Devo was playing a concert within comfortable earshot of my trail.

 

[BroDeal]

Probably around eight miles of single track on the MTB. They don't hit the road until tomorrow, and I didn't really want to cook in the 90 heat.

As a unexpected bonus, Devo was playing a concert within comfortable earshot of my trail.

Devo?? Did you ride through a time warp?

 

[sagard]

Devo?? Did you ride through a time warp?

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. But yeah it really was Devo playing at the Minnesota Zoo amphitheater. Sounded pretty good at a distance and the crowd still went wild.

 

[xFrankyBx]

40 decent miles today in about a hour or so,(20 to work and 20 home). Had a good mix of small hills and flats even had in *** drivers. I swear southern california driver suck when it comes to driving with cyclist on the road.

 

[mikeNphilly]

My Stage 1

27 miles 20.2 avg---I kept it flat today, since the stage was flat. 97 degrees today, I should have rode at 6am or so.

Going to work a few hills in on my Stage 2. There were no crashes in my Stage, but I did help a Penn Student learn about the dollar bill in the blown out tire trick so he could get home.

 

[Zoncolan]

112 km, completely flat, 34.5 km/h average.

 

[MrContador]

I was unable to ride yesterday, so I did the prologue today (I guess I'm dropping the rest day to catch up with the Tour). Exactly 8.9 km in 14.38 min. Slightly more hilly, but with almost no corners. At least I beat Cardoso.

 

[hfer07]

40 nasty and uncomfortable miles with 90 degrees out there and gusty winds blowing from all directions-- I'm totally spent

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

I'm out.. Too much on my plate this season. I actually did the prologue yesterday on the BMX bike.. Rode from Magnetic HQ to a friends house for homemade sausage and beer, then back for a total of about 8k. Today I did a boarder hop into Wisconsin with a shebeast for about 70k. The reason I'm backing out is that I'm not going to be able to ride much this week, or month for that matter due to my work commute is 2 places on opposite sides of the cities, so have fun everybody.

 

[Big GMaC]

stage 1: 87km
speed: N/a (broken fork sensor!!!!) new one in the post
HR: ave. 155 max. 186

 

[BroDeal]

Well, I lamed out today and did not do much mileage (kilometerage?. I ate badly yesterday and got some really crappy sleep. I did 53 km of pretty much dead flat with mild wind.

Looks like tomorrow should be a hilly route.

 

[sagard]

Got lost twice. Ended up with almost two hours in the saddle. No clue about distance, but had a lot of fun. Tomorrow should be fun as well, then back to the grind of fighting it out with motorized vehicles.

 

[Zoncolan]

Stage 2
Did 103 km today. Did four ~ 2 km climbs at average 7-8 % + a climb of 4.5 km at 5 %. Average not so great 28.9 km/h.
Had a friend riding with me today.
BroDeal: Thanks for the idea, dude. I'm having a blast!

 

[Big GMaC]

Stage 2: 76km
Still no speedo
HR: 153 ave. 178max.

 

[MrContador]

Post-poned stage 1: 68 km with some short and steep hills on the way. Awful lot of wind. Forgot my watch home, so no idea about the time.

 

[mikeNphilly]

My stage 2

28.6 miles 17.6 avg, @1200 ft of climbing.

Hopefully by the weekend I can get time for some longer rides.

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[sagard]

Probably around 27 miles today. Rain came and went. Took it slow in the wet. Google found some cobbles for me that is pretty much on my route, so tomorrow I get shaken up as well.

 

[BroDeal]

Stage 2: 51 miles. Windy. Not too many hills, so I had to hit the few hills hard.

So much for big mileage this holiday weekend. Bad food. Bad sleep. Bad time management. I suck.

 

[Zoncolan]

Stage 3: 94 km with a couple of decent climbs 2.5 km at 6% and 2 km at 8 %.
Av. speed 32.4

 

[Big GMaC]

Stage 3: 83km
Speed: 34.4k/h
HR: 152av. 187max