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Post by ziggy on Feb 15, 2010 15:43:22 GMT -5
Well Eric... fill us in! Where did ya ride?
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Post by ziggy on Feb 14, 2010 13:37:02 GMT -5
Yes it is... I was going to get on here and ask what everyone has been doing... its driving me nuts and I ave been riding some on the road bike and a little mtb on country roads.
This weather is the suxxor!!! I'm ready for spring or at least no precip and temps in the high 30's!!! I gotta get outta get outside!
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Post by ziggy on Feb 10, 2010 5:08:55 GMT -5
We were supposed to ride a 65 miler this Friday... dont think thats going to happen with the high being 31 for the day... we will be riding a shorter loop.
Anyone wanting to ride, let me know.
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Post by ziggy on Jan 26, 2010 22:43:43 GMT -5
Figured I would get a thread started on this board... I rode a hard 25 miler today around noon... I was off work and my BIL wanted to ride during his lunch hour... So he and I and another rider headed out for a quick ride... dang wind was blowing good. My feet didn't get cold, but the wind on the face was terrible.
I'm guessing this is probably about the 10th road ride this year so far. Anyone else been riding the road yet this year?
Can't wait for the weather to get better. Will probably ride again tomoroow, its supposed to be a heat wave at 45'...
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Post by ziggy on Jan 23, 2010 17:16:25 GMT -5
I'm guessing I have rode it about 5 or 6 times now... its a good one to take new folks on, but it is a work out for sure. Especially today as some spots were mushy. Still a good ride. We ended up starting at Stone fort and riding to Vienna and back. Ended up with a little over 37 miles...
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Post by ziggy on Jan 22, 2010 12:58:47 GMT -5
Got a small group of us guys going to head over to ride the rails to trails tomorrow (sat)... we were planning on heading to Brown County this weekend, but as you know the weather has blown that away. Anyway, if anyone is interested in heading over, we will be meeting in Mt. Vernon, leaving from West school parking lot at 0700. We will probably ride from the other side of Harrisburg to the high bridge and back, probably about 40 miles total...
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Post by ziggy on Jan 22, 2010 12:53:04 GMT -5
So they are only open on Saturday and anybody can walk in? Does anyone know what the times are?
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Post by ziggy on Jan 8, 2010 5:50:15 GMT -5
I would give ya' a map of the course we ride, but it changes every week. We haven't been doing any road rides lately... just too dang cold. They are planning on riding saturday morning at USI... or doing some jogging if its too cold. Gonna be pretty dang cold as I see it... I'm working mids this week, so I'm out of the loop.
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Post by ziggy on Dec 31, 2009 18:55:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the update at Scales... will probably have to ride roads unless its frozen solid by morning. Won't waste my time driving to Scales then...
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Post by ziggy on Dec 30, 2009 20:21:06 GMT -5
I'm not going to be there as it stands right now... got some plans to ride at New Harmony on Friday and Saturday, might throw in a ride at Scales also.
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Post by ziggy on Dec 28, 2009 10:12:37 GMT -5
I'm not sure, same way I guess. I haven't een to this ride before, had a couple of buddys that went last year and said it was a good time. Figured I would try it this year...
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Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2009 8:11:52 GMT -5
Just wanted to pass some information along to anyone who may be interested. There will be a poker run on January 1st on the Canal Loop at LBL. This is sponsored by Woodn'Wave, the local bike shop at Grand Rivers. I've posted a link to their website... www.woodnwave.com/ Might see some of you guys there, let me know if your attending
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Post by ziggy on Dec 10, 2009 15:32:57 GMT -5
For those interested, there will be a group riding New Harmony on Saturday morning 12/12... they will be meeting back in the parking area and riding at 0800. I won't be able to make it since I'll be working...
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Post by ziggy on Dec 7, 2009 18:25:12 GMT -5
Yeah Brandon... I'll add you to our riders email dist list, be glad to have you join us. Like I said, we're a pretty good bunch, cut up and joke around a lot... Not serious bunch as some other groups in the area are.
There are a few of us that ride with the Tour d'Evansville group also. They meet at different taverns in the area and ride out from those. I mostly go to the one at Darmstadt that they have every Tuesday evening when things warm up. Good thing about those is after the ride... beer and food.
We usually do the Henderson ride... its the Pickin' and Peddlin ride... We also ride the Harmony Hundred in May and the Hilly Hundred in Bloomington, that one is in October.
Although I put a lot of miles in on the road... I still enjoy the MTB more.
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Post by ziggy on Dec 6, 2009 20:44:56 GMT -5
So you live in Evansville? We have rode out water works and gone across 41 before, we got a loop around Eville we do a couple times a year that takes that route.
We stay out on west end of town most of the time... We usually hit some of these area... St. Joseph, Darmstadt, St. Phillips, Wadesville, Blairsville, St. Wendel, Dogtown.
There is a lot of riding to do on the west side that is safe... take off and ride into Union Twp bottoms, good roads, flat and not much traffic, you'll usually see at least another rider down there at some point.
You would be surprised at the difference in speed a road bike can make... put its another horse to spend money on. You can get a nice road bike for $1000 or less for a new one... I just sold my entry level Raliegh this year. Got a Specialized Tarmac, full carbon bike, unbelievable performance, its pretty sweet.
Now I gotta save my greenbacks for a new MTB bike. I've had the wants for a few years, but got 1 in college and another that will be going next year... whew! I may have to settle on a cheaper ride than what I'm wanting... for a while anyway.
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