Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Ride for Friday 4th/Saturday 5th September

Rode my bike into work fully loaded ready for an s24o outing. I picked up my food for the day at the Capital Health Farmer's Market, then bailed out of work fairly early and headed out on the BLT trail. I came off the trail onto the road for half a kilometre or so before hitting the off-road trail where the fun began. Almost straight away I hit a massive puddle which went up over my bottom bracket and hubs, even though I was riding towards the edge. My first option for a campsite didn't look too exciting, but my second struck me as much better, with access to the lake, a sleeping area and cooking area - almost as if someone had cleared it expressly! I decided to head down a little further to check if there were any better looking options down the trail, but the road wasn't much fun so I headed back and set up camp. After stuffing myself on goodies from the farmer's market during the day I turned out not to be all that hungry and turned in.

After a quiet evening's sleep, I was feeling a little more hungry and broke out the cooking equipment. Potatoes, snow peas, green peppers and garlic went down surprisingly well with a nice strong cup of coffee. After cleaning up I managed to fill the rest of my garbage bag with other garbage around the campsite, then put everything away and made sure I left no trace myself.

I outfitted my panniers with some ghetto pannier covers and set off again, stopping only to make the trail a bit happier and take some gratuitious photos.

When I got home I found I had brought a souvenir mud covering for my bike back with me.

Distance logged: 76.797km
Time: 310:41
Average speed: 14.8km/hr
Max speed: 53.8 km/hr
Temperature: 25C-18C, 20C-22C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 949.126km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.64
Monthly distance: 169.782km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Thursday, 3 September

Distance logged: 11.610km
Time: 32:15
Average speed: 21.6km/hr
Max speed: 42.6 km/hr
Temperature:
Cumulative distance: 872.329km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.69
Monthly distance: 92.985km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Thursday, 3 September

Distance logged: 11.433km
Time: 29:19
Average speed: 23.4km/hr
Max speed: 52.8 km/hr
Temperature: 12C
Cumulative distance: 860.719km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.7
Monthly distance: 81.375km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Wednesday, 2 September

A dull and unexciting ride home leavened by my rear derailleur cable snapping halfway up Col du Fairview. I made the rest of the way home with only the smallest ring at the back available, which meant a certain amount of walking was required...

Distance logged: 11.696km
Time: 35:15
Average speed: 19.9km/hr
Max speed: 43.8 km/hr
Temperature: 21C
Cumulative distance: 860.719km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.7
Monthly distance: 81.375km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Wednesday, 2nd September

Distance logged: 12.102km
Time: 34:41
Average speed: 20.9km/hr
Max speed: 61.9 km/hr
Temperature: 12C
Cumulative distance: 849.023km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.71
Monthly distance: 69.679km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride for Saturday, 29 August

Down to the Farmer's Market to do my shopping.

Distance logged: 29.876km
Time: 99:26
Average speed: 18km/hr
Max speed: 49.6 km/hr
Temperature: 14C-16C
Cumulative distance: 836.921km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.72
Monthly distance: 57.577km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home and critical mass for Friday, 28 August

Nice ride around in some great weather, sadly my camera appears to be on its last legs and didn't take any pictures.

Distance logged: 27.701km
Time: 124:30
Average speed: 13.3km/hr
Max speed: 42.6 km/hr
Temperature:
Cumulative distance: 807.045km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.75
Monthly distance: 27.701km
Monthly cost per km: $0