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Message started by mleuck on Sep 6^th, 2008, 2:57pm

Title: Fort Worth Cowtown Classic 100k
Post by mleuck on Sep 6^th, 2008, 2:57pm

I was suprised that Greg and his TiCa were there so we got to ride this one together. They changed the route which unfortunately was not as good as last years due to several miles of chipseal, loose gravel, lousy surfaces, a number of annoying dogs and a moron in a white truck who didn't seem to like us much. I did however go faster than last years ride because of Greg.

It also wasn't the full 62 miles, I should have gotten a refund of $2.35 from the $30 admission.

60.3 miles
3 hours, 0 minutes 45 seconds
20.0 mph average

BTW where were all the recumbents? Other than Greg and a guy with a red Actionbent highracer I didn't see any.

Title: Re: Fort Worth Cowtown Classic 100k
Post by aikigreg on Sep 6^th, 2008, 8:55pm

Yup who do I see when I'm alking away with my goodie bag but mark lollygagging around. So we hooked up and I was just sure we were gonna burn it up and see a nice 22mph average. Boy was I sorely mistaken.

I love riding with Mark. We ride at pretty much exactly the same speed and do a good job of pushing each other's limits without getting too crazy, I think. Though I think he was much fresher at the end of the ride than i was. We let the big fast pack off the front go, and started chewing them up as those who couldn't hang dropped off.

The roads were pretty bad and not very scenic. There was a nice lake around one corner late in the day, and some guy on his porch serenading us with a trumpet, but other than that the overwhelmig majority of the ride were dogs, trailer parks, and oil wells - they even have wells on this year's shirt. ::) Many of the roads were fine, but there was gravel in every turn, and often in dangerous places. Traffic control was nonexistent at several dangerous intersections, and some of the roads seemed to have extra concrete bumps to rattle your teeth. There were bad stretches like that section of 508 we try to avoid when riding form Arlington to Venus.

The wind was kinda strong, with some nasty gusts. It was straight out of the south, and the majority of the route was going directly south, or was otherwise exactly perpendicular so we had either wind in our face, slowing us down, or a straight side wind, trying to pull the front wheel with the cover out of my hands.

We had some fun though. We had some steep uphills that had a downgrade leading up to them, letting us get a fast run. There was one 11% (per the garmin) that was short, but we probably crested it at over 25mph just BLASTING past the two roadies who just had a fit when Mark blew by. There was another roadie on a slight upgrade that was a long distance who sat up and stopped pedalling, intending to rest, when he saw us hot on his tail. We were by him before he could get back in the drops and rev back up. He jumped on my wheel and tried to hang with us, but he only lasted about 100 feet. There was a lot of rabbit hunting today. George (Chapman?) from the Texas Flyers blew by us riding solo and we could keep close but never caught up to him. He's a monster.

Tale of the tape, exactly as Mark:

60.3 miles
3 hours, 0 minutes 45 seconds
20.0 mph average
39.8 Max speed
Heart rate: 151BPM, 171MAX
2574 feet of climbing.

How was your HR, Mark?

Title: Re: Fort Worth Cowtown Classic 100k
Post by mleuck on Sep 7^th, 2008, 2:58pm

aikigreg wrote:

Yup who do I see when I'm walking away with my goodie bag but mark lollygagging around. So we hooked up and I was just sure we were gonna burn it up and see a nice 22mph average. Boy was I sorely mistaken.

I love riding with Mark. We ride at pretty much exactly the same speed and do a good job of pushing each other's limits without getting too crazy, I think. Though I think he was much fresher at the end of the ride than i was. We let the big fast pack off the front go, and started chewing them up as those who couldn't hang dropped off.

The roads were pretty bad and not very scenic. There was a nice lake around one corner late in the day, and some guy on his porch serenading us with a trumpet, but other than that the overwhelmig majority of the ride were dogs, trailer parks, and oil wells - they even have wells on this year's shirt. ::) Many of the roads were fine, but there was gravel in every turn, and often in dangerous places. Traffic control was nonexistent at several dangerous intersections, and some of the roads seemed to have extra concrete bumps to rattle your teeth. There were bad stretches like that section of 508 we try to avoid when riding form Arlington to Venus.

The wind was kinda strong, with some nasty gusts. It was straight out of the south, and the majority of the route was going directly south, or was otherwise exactly perpendicular so we had either wind in our face, slowing us down, or a straight side wind, trying to pull the front wheel with the cover out of my hands.

We had some fun though. We had some steep uphills that had a downgrade leading up to them, letting us get a fast run. There was one 11% (per the garmin) that was short, but we probably crested it at over 25mph just BLASTING past the two roadies who just had a fit when Mark blew by. There was another roadie on a slight upgrade that was a long distance who sat up and stopped pedalling, intending to rest, when he saw us hot on his tail. We were by him before he could get back in the drops and rev back up. He jumped on my wheel and tried to hang with us, but he only lasted about 100 feet. There was a lot of rabbit hunting today. George (Chapman?) from the Texas Flyers blew by us riding solo and we could keep close but never caught up to him. He's a monster.

Tale of the tape, exactly as Mark:

60.3 miles
3 hours, 0 minutes 45 seconds
20.0 mph average
39.8 Max speed
Heart rate: 151BPM, 171MAX
2574 feet of climbing.

How was your HR, Mark?

143 average, 168 max

You forgot to mention the redneck :) in the white truck

Title: Re: Fort Worth Cowtown Classic 100k
Post by aikigreg on Sep 13^th, 2008, 8:05pm

Mark emailed me this picture took by the event organizers:

http://gallery.openwindowphoto.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Crowley-Cowtown-Classic-Bike-Ride-2008&id=Cowtown08_061

Title: Re: Fort Worth Cowtown Classic 100k
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 13^th, 2008, 8:31pm

Good shot!!!!!

Title: Re: Fort Worth Cowtown Classic 100k
Post by mleuck on Sep 13^th, 2008, 10:04pm

aikigreg wrote:

Mark emailed me this picture took by the event organizers:

http://gallery.openwindowphoto.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Crowley-Cowtown-Classic-Bike-Ride-2008&id=Cowtown08_061

I would also like to mention this is one of the few pay rides where nothing happened to Greg or his bike :D