[Rod Smith]

Those shorts may open the eyes of car commuters to see a different way.

[Rod Smith]

How often do you ride over 15 hours!? The Edge 200 specs approx. 14 hours run time with normal usage.

I would be in second place right now if Sunday’s ride had uploaded. I love a challenge that rewards slow riding! This is my forte. My goal is to complete the 60 hours of riding time with the least miles of any participant, and the lowest “suffer score”.

[Rod Smith]

I use Sony MDR-G45 headphones. They allow other sounds in, and they are helmet compatible. One side can be removed from ear and positioned below the ear when you want to hear outside sounds better and the other ear will stay in place.

[Rod Smith]

I rode really slowly today to maximize my ride time and because I sort of damaged my knees yesterday. Hopefully they will recover. I didn’t chase any of the many riders who passed me except for a full figured gal on a five speed cruiser. My male ego could not let that one go. Although she was seriously over geared, visibly straining on the climb up Rhode Island Ave., I could barely keep up.

[Rod Smith]

@Certifried 34155 wrote:

When strava is back up, you can contact them. I forget the email address, but if you send them a bad file they will try to repair it for you.

Interesting, thanks!

[Rod Smith]

@Certifried 34087 wrote:

Or maybe I can borrow some Garmin files that you won’t need, Rod? LOL

If you can fix the broken file, you can claim it.

[Rod Smith]

Garmin Edge 200. It seemed to be recording but there was a low battery warning obscuring some of the screen. I think it might have uploaded if I had waited a few minutes for the battery to charge before trying, but I was anxious to see the data, this being the longest ride I’ve done and the most climbing. I’ll call customer support when I get a chance.

This is a ride I’ve been contemplating for over a year. The Tim Johnson Challenge was the impetus to get ‘er done. W&OD to Leesburg to White’s Ferry. C&O towpath to Dickerson, the Sugarloaf Challenge Loop in reverse minus the towpath section, including the climb of Sugarloaf Mt. Towpath to Brunswick and the South Mountain Loop, including the climb of South Mountain from Reno Monument Road to the security gate, towpath back to Point of Rocks, then the part of the Waterford Double Cross in reverse from there back to Leesburg.

I’m going to try again next year when days are longer and I’m going to start earlier. I did too much of this in darkness. The free WABA head light did not cut it on the descent of Furnace Mountain Road. :p

[Rod Smith]

17.5 was approx. total elapsed time. Riding time was somewhat less, I stopped many times, even took my shoes off on three occasions.

I didn’t dismount my bike while riding White’s ferry, so that fraction of a mile should count, in my opinion.

But none of it counted, so nevermind…

Completing the challenge should be no problem, despite this setback. I ride a lot more than Tim Johnson does.

[Rod Smith]

I bicycled for about 17.5 hours yesterday (Sunday) but my Garmin showed a low battery warning for the last 3 hours of the ride and when I try to upload it says “Upload failed, bad file”. When I select Ride History > Longest Ride on the unit, it shows Yesterday > 207.56 miles. This is the only bit of data the device shows, everything else is a blank.

[Rod Smith]

I had a bike that would oscillate at a high frequency when I let go of the handlebars. I suspect the frame was askew. After five year of regular use the frame cracked at the top tube/head tube junction. I think it cracked because the tubes were mis-aligned, stressed and finally came undone.

[Rod Smith]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems a flashlight hanging from your belt would be pointing at the ground.

[Rod Smith]

OK. The self extracting crank bolts I’ve seen worked with a traditional square taper bottom bracket spindle. I guess there are newer types. This link might help, http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/self-extracting-or-one-key-release-systems

[Rod Smith]

Can you remove the bolt and use a regular crank puller?

[Rod Smith]

Weight and aerodynamics are the reasons I prefer to commute on 700 x 28 and 26 x 1.5 tires. I’m kinda lazy. I use 28s for recreational riding too. It seems odd that when you’re not riding tires that are too fat for me, you’r riding tires that are too narrow for me. I guess I prefer tires that are more all-purpose while you seem to prefer tires designed to perform well in a narrower range of applications. I’m not saying I’m right or you’re wrong. In fact, your approach makes more sense, really.

[Rod Smith]

@thecyclingeconomist 32528 wrote:

The only flats I’ve had on these (now at about 1500 miles on this set) have been from a full sized roofing nail and a 2″ screw… can’t blame the tire on those…

Perhaps not, but a contact patch three times wider than normal tire might be three times more likely to pick up nails and screws. :confused:

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