The SWC 2021 Daily and Total Mileage Thread

[JerrySTL ★]

42 miles with my youngest daughter.

[bikeman564™]

30 miles, still comfy + few degrees

[Longjohn ★]

16 miles on the flat trail. My Garmin quit reading my heart rate. I got out another chest strap I had to see if the battery in the strap was dead. It didn’t work with that strap either. I put a fresh battery in my strap I had, it wasn’t that. I rode a little faster today not knowing my heart rate. I had a headwind both ways. How is that even possible? The Garmin chest strap has the battery screwed in with four tiny screws with a goofy head that I didn’t have a screw driver to fit. I need that heart rate monitor to work. I hope I don’t have to send it back to Garmin.

[Mr. Beanz]

40 easy spin miles with Gina today. Well, mostly! 15.8 average speed. I offered 30 miles figuring I could test my new cable job (perfect btw) after yesterday's cable snap. But one we got on the road, Gina said she could do 40 if I held the pace down. Well darn, I was looking for the easy ride but who am I to stop her from getting in the miles. So we continued passed our usual 30 mile point on the trail heading inland to Imperial Hwy.

Pretty easy ride but got pretty windy near the coast. Gina asked if she could get in front for a bit to help out. Nah! She hasn't been doing long mileage lately so I told her to stay in the back saving energy to complete the ride comfortably. That's the kind of guy I am he he he!

So turned out to be a nice ride with a nice tailwind back. Heading inland to the finish, Gina did get a little hot but finished well. Heck, when she asks for longer mileage, that's a good thing! 

 

Arriving at the trailhead. Gina's IT'S ALREADY HOT face!

Toe touch challenge. She didn't do too well but hey, she's 59. 

Nice spin today.

Pre ride, but didn't really want to leave the AC.

Imperial Hwy offramp.  Stinky breaktime. Smelt like a sewer. Better find a new place ha ha ha!

Happy at the coast

Loves me a woman who works hard enough to drip sweat down the back.

[az_cyclist]

35 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

16 miles on the flat trail. My Garmin quit reading my heart rate. I got out another chest strap I had to see if the battery in the strap was dead. It didn’t work with that strap either. I put a fresh battery in my strap I had, it wasn’t that. I rode a little faster today not knowing my heart rate. I had a headwind both ways. How is that even possible? The Garmin chest strap has the battery screwed in with four tiny screws with a goofy head that I didn’t have a screw driver to fit. I need that heart rate monitor to work. I hope I don’t have to send it back to Garmin.

You need , or used to need, a really small Phillips head to change the battery in the Garmin strap. I am guessing the battery should last at least 6 months

[Longjohn ★]

Just now, az_cyclist said:

You need , or used to need, a really small Phillips head to change the battery in the Garmin strap. I am guessing the battery should last at least 6 months

It snot a Phillips head anymore, it’s kinda shaped like a flower. I have lots of tiny Phillips head and they didn’t fit. I got out my magnifying glass and held it in the sunlight and saw why none of them fit. I think I had one of those screwdrivers. It came in a set. I never used it, don’t know where it went. I thought maybe they shipped me a chest strap that had been on the shelf too long and the battery was almost dead when I got it. What else could it be?

[jdc2000]

21 hours ago, Longjohn said:

I had a headwind both ways. How is that even possible?

Welcome to my area, where the wind can shift 180 degrees on a ride while you are riding.  It happens a lot more than I care for.

34 miles, 86-84 degrees, 10-15 mph winds, sunny with smoke.

 

[jdc2000]

4 hours ago, Longjohn said:

It snot a Phillips head anymore, it’s kinda shaped like a flower.

Torx, probably?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

 

[Longjohn ★]

5 hours ago, jdc2000 said:

Torx, probably?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

 

Thanks, I couldn’t remember what they were called. When I buy deck screws the are Torx but you never need to dig through your toolbox for the right screwdriver tip because they pack two in each box.

[JerrySTL ★]

30 fast miles. At least fast for me @16.6 mph on a somewhat hilly route.

[Longjohn ★]

I did twelve miles around the lake today. 

[bikeman564™]

39 total for today

[az_cyclist]

9/7/21.  50 miles today

 

[Road Runner]

22 miles in lots of traffic.  

Now that the days are getting shorter, my late-day rides (before sunset) are getting closer and closer to the evil of rush hour traffic.  

[groupw]

3 on the commute 

20 on the group ride. Feeling pretty beat up after long days working the fair 

Guessing 40 miles on the bike over the days of the fair. 

[JerrySTL ★]

37 miles on a nice group ride.

[Longjohn ★]

Nine miles around the block on my old bike. Yes I’m out of shape and weak but that fancy bike with big tires and a 2X11 is no match for my 520. 

[groupw]

6 on the commute 

[Randomguy]

13 easy welcome-back-to-the-bike miles in absolutely beautiful weather.  First ride in 10 days.

[az_cyclist]

9/8/21. 20 miles this morning 

[jdc2000]

22 miles, 84-80 degrees, no wind, sunny with smoke.

[bikeman564™]

wed   21

thur   20

[az_cyclist]

9/9/21.  45 miles on the group ride

[ChrisL]

15 miles after work with my friend. 

[Mr. Beanz]

27 evening miles with Sandra and her buddy Eric. 1,467 ft of gain. Going up one road called Golden Hills, the Strava graph shows some 17,18, & 19 percent pitches. Only a 10% average over 1/3 of a mile though. Sandra had to Zig Zag her way up.  Good ride starting out at 91 degrees then cooled down real nice when it got dark. 

 

[jdc2000]

22 miles, 84-78 degrees, no wind, sunny with smoke.

 

[groupw]

8 on the commute (went to the dentist before work)

21 miles on the commuter bike 

[groupw]

One of the fair staff took this photo of me while I was doing my morning rounds at the fairgrounds. 

[JerrySTL ★]

44 miles on a group ride. One guy was 79 years old and wearing a heart rate recorder because he was having heart rate issues! He did have to walk up a 14% grade hill. He and I took the short way to the finish, but otherwise he was riding strong.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

16.5 Friday after work. About 300 feet climbed; the W&OD is pretty flat. 

[Longjohn ★]

44 miles today, the first half in the rain Temperature was around 64°

 

my brother calls these things squeezers, I should bring a tape measure sometime and measure them. They are evidently randomly spaced. Some are tighter than this and som are higher than your handlebars those are the ones that make me nervous. I move my hand in going through the tall ones.

This was the darkest place on earth. Ha ha, not anymore with my new light.

[Longjohn ★]

It lights up the tunnel if I aim it higher but if anyone else is coming through the tunnel it blinds them. The first two things I saw on the trail today were coming at me in the tunnel. The first was a kid on a bike pedaling slow with a bright light. I was glad when I got past him. The second thing was a golf cart I think. It had a bunch of bright lights on it and I was pretty much blinded by them. It had four wheels and at least two guys in it, they were talking to each other. It had an electric motor

it was about a half hour later I saw a girl on a bike it’s weird all that time with the trail to myself and I get to a tunnel and there they are blinding me.

The next three passes through the tunnels I was by myself.

[groupw]

6 on the commute 

[JerrySTL ★]

16 miles on the tandem with my daughter Laura.

[az_cyclist]

9/11/21.  63.6 miles on the club ride today

[Mr. Beanz]

Solo Fat Bastard Fitty Today!16.5 average speed. I'm guessing it was the wind holding me back ha ha ha!  On the trail and a bit of PCH. Figured I'd get away from the heat of the foothills this weekend. Average of 93 and high or 100 degrees. But boy it sure feels hotter inland when climbing. Warm today but I didn't feel hot at all till the end of the ride. Only sweat when I stop.

Yay, got in my Fitty!

Pacific Coast Hwy

Nothing more fun that getting your legs all sweaty!

 

The trail in Yorba Linda

[Mr. Beanz]

1 hour ago, az_cyclist said:

9/11/21.  63.6 miles on the club ride today

What are the temps out there? Been up to 109 around here. Bet it's smokin' in AZ!

[jdc2000]

20 miles on the Box Canyon trail and Warm River rail trail.  57 to 73 degrees, mostly sunny, 5-15 mph winds, no smoke.

 

[groupw]

72 miles on the Scratchtoberfest ride. 1179 feet of elevation. 18.8 mph pace. Strong group. Great time at the coffee break and at the brewery!

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

Sunday, 9/12 35 miles 2,500 feet climbed. Nice weather for a ride this morning. Hot out right now. 

[JerrySTL ★]

33 miles early in the morning to beat the heat. 202 miles for the week.

[ChrisL]

14 miles in the dirt.  WOChrisL wasn’t feeling it today so I loaded up the Anthem & got dirty!

[Ralphie ★]

1o miles today.  My first ride since the Zephyrthon.

[bikeman564™]

Fri   17

Sat   31

Sun 30

[az_cyclist]

23 hours ago, Mr Beanz said:

What are the temps out there? Been up to 109 around here. Bet it's smokin' in AZ!

Afternoon temps have been 103 -111. I try to be done by 10:00 to 11:00, and the temps are in the upper 90s. Humidity has been high for 6 weeks now, making it uncomfortable

[az_cyclist]

9/12/21.  Sunday morning ride 23 miles

[Road Runner]

10 miles indoors on Friday, 9-10.

26 miles outdoors on the SS on Sunday, 9-12.

 

[JerrySTL ★]

41 miles solo. Warm outside.

 

[Longjohn ★]

39.1 miles today according to Garmin. Mile markers and my bike computer showed 40.1 but I’ll give it to them. It didn’t rain today. It sprinkled a bit on my drive home.

 

[Mr. Beanz]

2 hours ago, Longjohn said:

39.1 miles today according to Garmin. Mile markers and my bike computer showed 40.1 but I’ll give it to them. It didn’t rain today. It sprinkled a bit on my drive home.

 

40, wow nice! I want to be a bad ass like you when I grow up!  

 

But your image did play tricks on my eyes for a couple of seconds. At first sight, the "T" in Township and the "ylvania" mixed together and I saw Transylvania. For a second there, thought there might be vampires posting in this thread.