3/30/06

ZZZZZOOOOOOOOOM! What was that flash of white and blue?! Oh...it must've been Dave on his bike. At least that's what people were thinking on the way to the turn today. I had the wind at my back, and it was my first ride using my clipless pedals and shoes. Averaged 18.3 mph to the turn. Then...ah - the headwind. What made me fly on the way there, was making me crawl along on the way back. I averaged 15.3 for the whole ride, decently respectable, but that return trip was a killer. Speaking of shoes, mine make my feet hurt, but I've heard that's to be expected until you get used to riding in them. I did notice a BIG difference in the muscle output: My quads didn't hurt as much, but the muscles in the back of my legs (rear-quads? back-leg-quads? Am I making the term quads up?!) were feeling the burn more than ever. It was from the ability to pull up on the pedal stroke, and what a difference that makes in efficiency. So, yeah - a good ride overall.

Oh, and apparently my max speed on the trip was 134.8 mph. Freaked me out, too. I think that when I put my bike on the rack, the magnet on the wheel spoke was positioned near the sensor on the fork, and I stabilized the wheel that way. Then, as I drove home, the movement of the car/bike caused the magnet to activate/deactivate rapidly, which it then transmitted to my computer (which was in my car...what's the range on that thing, anyways?!) and thus I got a reading of max speed = 134.8. I must've really been cruising...

M: 12
MTD: 80
ML: 920