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#2678
Stand and Deliver
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If this is something you want to explore, there's around 8 clothing optional communities in my area to live in, gated of course. When I lived down near the Sanibel island area, you could walk along the beach in some of the remote areas and would stumble upon couples au naturel in the little nooks. Getting a sunburn on the little bits would be painful.
#2679
Administrator
Thread Starter
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Location: Hudson Valley, NY
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Yes, many times just exhibitionists, with nothing genuinely to be proud of.
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#2680
serious cyclist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Austin
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#2681
Mostly Harmless
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#2682
Mostly Harmless
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#2683
Senior Member
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#2684
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#2685
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 21,518
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Nicely done, [MENTION=378092]Bunyanderman[/MENTION]! I'm hoping we get a bit of a report later, when you're ready. Thumbs up!
#2686
serious cyclist
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#2687
serious cyclist
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#2689
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: TC, MN
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Nice work Bunyanderman!
Shouldn't he be a Tarmac or Venge Assassin? Ah - Vengeful Assassin. That works.
#2690
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Location: The hot spot.
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#2691
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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#2692
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,608
Bikes: Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, Co-Motion Supremo, ICE VTX WC
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Good job, Bunyanderman!
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#2693
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#2694
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#2695
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#2696
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Race was scheduled to be at 8 am, got there about 7 and assembled my bike, then waited in a long line for registration. Quick and easy process once you got up there. I had about 25 minutes to warm up, but I didn't have enough room to bring the trainer, so I rode some easy miles around the starting line.
The roads were not closed for the race, so we had to abide to the traffic laws. They strongly enforced the double yellow line, which means you can't pass that line for any reason, if you did your race was over. They had us start off the road, in a area that had tarps on dirt.
Once we started my plan was to try to stay near the front and not drift to the back. The pace at which we started surprised me, it was a slight downhill and if I was in the drops I didn't need to pedal. We did what felt like less than 100w for the first 8 miles. Once we hit a headwind, the pace got stepped up as I tried to stay behind someone. I got pushed out a couple of times, and it was very hard to get back into the draft once you were on the outside. I guess people don't like to open the draft for others, but I did a couple of times through the race.
There was a pretty good uphill section, about 6% for 6 tenths of a mile. On the first lap (of 2) they took a pretty good pace up it, about 310w according to strava, and held that for about 3 minutes. It was pretty easy so I was able to keep up. We finished on a slight down hill, on the first lap I was worried about running out of gears but I didn't then.
Second lap comes around and I still feel really good, I tried my best to stay in the draft but was still pushed out a couple of times. I had one close call once I slightly hit the wheel of the guy ahead of me. Nothing to cry about and we all moved along. I was planning on kicking really hard on the climb to try and get ahead for the downhill. So I did, I held 400w according to strava for a little of 2 minutes and nearly burned out, but I didn't. I was about 4th after that and everyone around me looked pretty exhausted.
I got into 3rd on the down hill, and drafted a big dude so I recovered a lot. We were going really fast as the finish was getting close, I looked at my gears as was already in my hardest legal, 50-14. I sprinted towards the finish line in sight and started to lead. I was in first about 100 yards away, but my gears were not hard enough. I hit 45mph according to strava, and my legs got toasted at 165 cadence or so. As I ran out of gears others passed me, and I kicked slightly too soon. Others got around me and I finished 8th about 2 seconds behind first. I was very happy with my performance, but I wonder what I would of placed with 50-11 gears. According to strava over the last mile, I held 497w for about 1 minutes 25 seconds.
This was on my phone, so try to ignore the errors if there are any.
The roads were not closed for the race, so we had to abide to the traffic laws. They strongly enforced the double yellow line, which means you can't pass that line for any reason, if you did your race was over. They had us start off the road, in a area that had tarps on dirt.
Once we started my plan was to try to stay near the front and not drift to the back. The pace at which we started surprised me, it was a slight downhill and if I was in the drops I didn't need to pedal. We did what felt like less than 100w for the first 8 miles. Once we hit a headwind, the pace got stepped up as I tried to stay behind someone. I got pushed out a couple of times, and it was very hard to get back into the draft once you were on the outside. I guess people don't like to open the draft for others, but I did a couple of times through the race.
There was a pretty good uphill section, about 6% for 6 tenths of a mile. On the first lap (of 2) they took a pretty good pace up it, about 310w according to strava, and held that for about 3 minutes. It was pretty easy so I was able to keep up. We finished on a slight down hill, on the first lap I was worried about running out of gears but I didn't then.
Second lap comes around and I still feel really good, I tried my best to stay in the draft but was still pushed out a couple of times. I had one close call once I slightly hit the wheel of the guy ahead of me. Nothing to cry about and we all moved along. I was planning on kicking really hard on the climb to try and get ahead for the downhill. So I did, I held 400w according to strava for a little of 2 minutes and nearly burned out, but I didn't. I was about 4th after that and everyone around me looked pretty exhausted.
I got into 3rd on the down hill, and drafted a big dude so I recovered a lot. We were going really fast as the finish was getting close, I looked at my gears as was already in my hardest legal, 50-14. I sprinted towards the finish line in sight and started to lead. I was in first about 100 yards away, but my gears were not hard enough. I hit 45mph according to strava, and my legs got toasted at 165 cadence or so. As I ran out of gears others passed me, and I kicked slightly too soon. Others got around me and I finished 8th about 2 seconds behind first. I was very happy with my performance, but I wonder what I would of placed with 50-11 gears. According to strava over the last mile, I held 497w for about 1 minutes 25 seconds.
This was on my phone, so try to ignore the errors if there are any.
Last edited by Bunyanderman; 01-24-15 at 04:36 PM.
#2697
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.. [MENTION=209177]3alarmer[/MENTION] would like to state, for the record, that he does not get nekkid unless the water is warm enough to soak in.
#2699
Mostly Harmless
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Race was scheduled to be at 8 am, got there about 7 and assembled my bike, then waited in a long line for registration. Quick and easy process once you got up there. I had about 25 minutes to warm up, but I didn't have enough room to bring the trainer, so I rode some easy miles around the starting line.
The roads were not closed for the race, so we had to abide to the traffic laws. They strongly enforced the double yellow line, which means you can't pass that line for any reason, if you did your race was over. They had us start off the road, in a area that had tarps on dirt.
Once we started my plan was to try to stay near the front and not drift to the back. The pace at which we started surprised me, it was a slight downhill and if I was in the drops I didn't need to pedal. We did what felt like less than 100w for the first 8 miles. Once we hit a headwind, the pace got stepped up as I tried to stay behind someone. I got pushed out a couple of times, and it was very hard to get back into the draft once you were on the outside. I guess people don't like to open the draft for others, but I did a couple of times through the race.
There was a pretty good uphill section, about 6% for 6 tenths of a mile. On the first lap (of 2) they took a pretty good pace up it, about 310w according to strava, and held that for about 3 minutes. It was pretty easy so I was able to keep up. We finished on a slight down hill, on the first lap I was worried about running out of gears but I didn't then.
Second lap comes around and I still feel really good, I tried my best to stay in the draft but was still pushed out a couple of times. I had one close call once I slightly hit the wheel of the guy ahead of me. Nothing to cry about and we all moved along. I was planning on kicking really hard on the climb to try and get ahead for the downhill. So I did, I held 400w according to strava for a little of 2 minutes and nearly burned out, but I didn't. I was about 4th after that and everyone around me looked pretty exhausted.
I got into 3rd on the down hill, and drafted a big dude so I recovered a lot. We were going really fast as the finish was getting close, I looked at my gears as was already in my hardest legal, 50-14. I sprinted towards the finish line in sight and started to lead. I was in first about 100 yards away, but my gears were not hard enough. I hit 45mph according to strava, and my legs got toasted at 165 cadence or so. As I ran out of gears others passed me, and I kicked slightly too soon. Others got around me and I finished 8th about 2 seconds behind first. I was very happy with my performance, but I wonder what I would of placed with 50-11 gears. According to strava over the last mile, I held 497w for about 1 minutes 25 seconds.
This was on my phone, so try to ignore the errors if there are any.
The roads were not closed for the race, so we had to abide to the traffic laws. They strongly enforced the double yellow line, which means you can't pass that line for any reason, if you did your race was over. They had us start off the road, in a area that had tarps on dirt.
Once we started my plan was to try to stay near the front and not drift to the back. The pace at which we started surprised me, it was a slight downhill and if I was in the drops I didn't need to pedal. We did what felt like less than 100w for the first 8 miles. Once we hit a headwind, the pace got stepped up as I tried to stay behind someone. I got pushed out a couple of times, and it was very hard to get back into the draft once you were on the outside. I guess people don't like to open the draft for others, but I did a couple of times through the race.
There was a pretty good uphill section, about 6% for 6 tenths of a mile. On the first lap (of 2) they took a pretty good pace up it, about 310w according to strava, and held that for about 3 minutes. It was pretty easy so I was able to keep up. We finished on a slight down hill, on the first lap I was worried about running out of gears but I didn't then.
Second lap comes around and I still feel really good, I tried my best to stay in the draft but was still pushed out a couple of times. I had one close call once I slightly hit the wheel of the guy ahead of me. Nothing to cry about and we all moved along. I was planning on kicking really hard on the climb to try and get ahead for the downhill. So I did, I held 400w according to strava for a little of 2 minutes and nearly burned out, but I didn't. I was about 4th after that and everyone around me looked pretty exhausted.
I got into 3rd on the down hill, and drafted a big dude so I recovered a lot. We were going really fast as the finish was getting close, I looked at my gears as was already in my hardest legal, 50-14. I sprinted towards the finish line in sight and started to lead. I was in first about 100 yards away, but my gears were not hard enough. I hit 45mph according to strava, and my legs got toasted at 165 cadence or so. As I ran out of gears others passed me, and I kicked slightly too soon. Others got around me and I finished 8th about 2 seconds behind first. I was very happy with my performance, but I wonder what I would of placed with 50-11 gears. According to strava over the last mile, I held 497w for about 1 minutes 25 seconds.
This was on my phone, so try to ignore the errors if there are any.
#2700
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Race was scheduled to be at 8 am, got there about 7 and assembled my bike, then waited in a long line for registration. Quick and easy process once you got up there. I had about 25 minutes to warm up, but I didn't have enough room to bring the trainer, so I rode some easy miles around the starting line.
The roads were not closed for the race, so we had to abide to the traffic laws. They strongly enforced the double yellow line, which means you can't pass that line for any reason, if you did your race was over. They had us start off the road, in a area that had tarps on dirt.
Once we started my plan was to try to stay near the front and not drift to the back. The pace at which we started surprised me, it was a slight downhill and if I was in the drops I didn't need to pedal. We did what felt like less than 100w for the first 8 miles. Once we hit a headwind, the pace got stepped up as I tried to stay behind someone. I got pushed out a couple of times, and it was very hard to get back into the draft once you were on the outside. I guess people don't like to open the draft for others, but I did a couple of times through the race.
There was a pretty good uphill section, about 6% for 6 tenths of a mile. On the first lap (of 2) they took a pretty good pace up it, about 310w according to strava, and held that for about 3 minutes. It was pretty easy so I was able to keep up. We finished on a slight down hill, on the first lap I was worried about running out of gears but I didn't then.
Second lap comes around and I still feel really good, I tried my best to stay in the draft but was still pushed out a couple of times. I had one close call once I slightly hit the wheel of the guy ahead of me. Nothing to cry about and we all moved along. I was planning on kicking really hard on the climb to try and get ahead for the downhill. So I did, I held 400w according to strava for a little of 2 minutes and nearly burned out, but I didn't. I was about 4th after that and everyone around me looked pretty exhausted.
I got into 3rd on the down hill, and drafted a big dude so I recovered a lot. We were going really fast as the finish was getting close, I looked at my gears as was already in my hardest legal, 50-14. I sprinted towards the finish line in sight and started to lead. I was in first about 100 yards away, but my gears were not hard enough. I hit 45mph according to strava, and my legs got toasted at 165 cadence or so. As I ran out of gears others passed me, and I kicked slightly too soon. Others got around me and I finished 8th about 2 seconds behind first. I was very happy with my performance, but I wonder what I would of placed with 50-11 gears. According to strava over the last mile, I held 497w for about 1 minutes 25 seconds.
This was on my phone, so try to ignore the errors if there are any.
The roads were not closed for the race, so we had to abide to the traffic laws. They strongly enforced the double yellow line, which means you can't pass that line for any reason, if you did your race was over. They had us start off the road, in a area that had tarps on dirt.
Once we started my plan was to try to stay near the front and not drift to the back. The pace at which we started surprised me, it was a slight downhill and if I was in the drops I didn't need to pedal. We did what felt like less than 100w for the first 8 miles. Once we hit a headwind, the pace got stepped up as I tried to stay behind someone. I got pushed out a couple of times, and it was very hard to get back into the draft once you were on the outside. I guess people don't like to open the draft for others, but I did a couple of times through the race.
There was a pretty good uphill section, about 6% for 6 tenths of a mile. On the first lap (of 2) they took a pretty good pace up it, about 310w according to strava, and held that for about 3 minutes. It was pretty easy so I was able to keep up. We finished on a slight down hill, on the first lap I was worried about running out of gears but I didn't then.
Second lap comes around and I still feel really good, I tried my best to stay in the draft but was still pushed out a couple of times. I had one close call once I slightly hit the wheel of the guy ahead of me. Nothing to cry about and we all moved along. I was planning on kicking really hard on the climb to try and get ahead for the downhill. So I did, I held 400w according to strava for a little of 2 minutes and nearly burned out, but I didn't. I was about 4th after that and everyone around me looked pretty exhausted.
I got into 3rd on the down hill, and drafted a big dude so I recovered a lot. We were going really fast as the finish was getting close, I looked at my gears as was already in my hardest legal, 50-14. I sprinted towards the finish line in sight and started to lead. I was in first about 100 yards away, but my gears were not hard enough. I hit 45mph according to strava, and my legs got toasted at 165 cadence or so. As I ran out of gears others passed me, and I kicked slightly too soon. Others got around me and I finished 8th about 2 seconds behind first. I was very happy with my performance, but I wonder what I would of placed with 50-11 gears. According to strava over the last mile, I held 497w for about 1 minutes 25 seconds.
This was on my phone, so try to ignore the errors if there are any.