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Title: Goatneck July 30 Post by Phantom Rider on Jul 18th, 2016, 7:14pm Anybody going - saw where Easy Street will be there with a traveling road show.  I've never ridden this ride but have completed several rando rides in the area, scenery is beautiful from the top of those hills.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 22nd, 2016, 5:12pm I may do Goatneck on my Bacchetta. I haven't signed up for it and haven't made a final decision, but if I do, it will be the longest option. Phantom Rider, are you planning on it? If you are, I can give you a heads up if I commit to it.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by Phantom Rider on Jul 22nd, 2016, 6:53pm Seriously considering it, haven't committed yet.  If you decide to go please let me know, I too will ride the Bacchetta.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 25th, 2016, 10:41pm Barring getting sick between now and then, I'm going to do the ride. I'm also not dependent on you joining me, although I would welcome the company. I'm not going to sign up right now because it is the ACTIVE organization. I hsve used them before and I don't want to be on the hook for all the emails they send out. I will sign up morning of and that's a guarantee! Joe, I know you are much faster than I am so it isn't even necessary for us to ride together but that part is up to you!

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by MrWizard on Jul 26th, 2016, 2:11pm I hate active ..    In regards to those services, consider using Blur from Abine    https://dnt.abine.com    it lets you give them a 1-time email address, then throw it away when you are done. I just got back into the states after 2.5 weeks of travel.. I've soooo missed my bike.    I might do this one but it will be slow as hotel workout bikes have been my only option for a while square_corners wrote: Barring getting sick between now and then, I'm going to do the ride. I'm also not dependent on you joining me, although I would welcome the company. I'm not going to sign up right now because it is the ACTIVE organization. I hsve used them before and I don't want to be on the hook for all the emails they send out. I will sign up morning of and that's a guarantee! Joe, I know you are much faster than I am so it isn't even necessary for us to ride together but that part is up to you!

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 27th, 2016, 7:18am Doug, hope to see both you and Joe there, in Cleburne. Doug, you may be slower after 2.5 weeks but I expect you won't be slow!

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by Phantom Rider on Jul 27th, 2016, 10:35am I'm still on the fence but will make a decision by tomorrow.  Haven't done a pay ride in about 3 years, still trying to convince myself to pay $30 to ride on a road I already pay taxes to maintain.  God knows I don't need another T-Shirt ;D

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 29th, 2016, 10:24am I'm assuming you've decided against, so I won't look for you in the morning, Joe.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by Phantom Rider on Jul 29th, 2016, 6:09pm Sorry Daniel, knees are acting up so I'm staying close to home.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by jayg on Jul 29th, 2016, 7:08pm Phantom Rider wrote: Sorry Daniel, knees are acting up so I'm staying close to home. Joe, I lived with knee problems for years, until I installed 150 mm cranks, which enabled me to adjust the booms on my recumbents so the angles of my knees were not less than 90 degrees at the beginning of the power strokes. Also, I use Eggbeater pedals, which provide more float than SPD pedals (My knees wouldn't tolerate SPD pedals). No more knee problems, so far. My X-seam is 41.5". Maybe short cranks would work for you.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by MrWizard on Jul 30th, 2016, 3:45am Sorry I'm going to do the RBENT ride ..   I've been nursing a sinus infection since I got back into the states and I just don't feel like making the drive to ride ..   Have fun, hope to see you guys soon on a ride somewhere. square_corners wrote: Doug, hope to see both you and Joe there, in Cleburne. Doug, you may be slower after 2.5 weeks but I expect you won't be slow!

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 30th, 2016, 3:58pm No problem at all that neither of you could make it (Doug and Joe). I had a blast doing the ride. Only saw one other bent rider on the 70 mile option. He was on a CA2 and it wasn't a good time to chat when I saw him. I finished the ride about 40 minutes ahead of the other CA2 rider and I was sitting at the Easy Street Kiosk having a slice of honeydew and chatting with the owner of Easy Street when I saw the other CA2 come in. That wasn't a good time to talk to him, either. In any case, I loved the ride. It's a great course for a recumbent if you love hills and I do. Had loads of fun passing almost every road bike on climbs as well as descents. Had a full 100 oz camelbak in the seat bag and that was all I needed - no cramping, no hunger, and no stops other than to address hot foot issues after Glen Rose. Had about half a bottle worth of cold water remaining in the camelbak, at the end. Final avg was 19.1 and top speed was 40. There was 2700 ft of climbing on this one.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by MrWizard on Jul 30th, 2016, 4:38pm Sounds like a great time,  I'm sure the roadies were [im/de]pressed .. glad you could show one for the team!   How was the chipseal? square_corners wrote: No problem at all that neither of you could make it (Doug and Joe). I had a blast doing the ride. Only saw one other bent rider on the 70 mile option. He was on a CA2 and it wasn't a good time to chat when I saw him. I finished the ride about 40 minutes ahead of the other CA2 rider and I was sitting at the Easy Street Kiosk having a slice of honeydew and chatting with the owner of Easy Street when I saw the other CA2 come in. That wasn't a good time to talk to him, either. In any case, I loved the ride. It's a great course for a recumbent if you love hills and I do. Had loads of fun passing almost every road bike on climbs as well as descents. Had a full 100 oz camelbak in the seat bag and that was all I needed - no cramping, no hunger, and no stops other than to address hot foot issues after Glen Rose. Had about half a bottle worth of cold water remaining in the camelbak, at the end. Final avg was 19.1 and top speed was 40. There was 2700 ft of climbing on this one.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 30th, 2016, 7:42pm There was pretty rough chip seal in places. The part of the route that encompasses the Texas Time Trial course had some of the roughest chipseal. Fortunately, it was interspersed with smoother sections. If I were doing a time trial out there this September, I wouldn't be happy with the road surface! But I will be in Ireland so maybe it will be smoothed out a little by 2017.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by sstexex on Jul 30th, 2016, 8:50pm square_corners wrote: No problem at all that neither of you could make it (Doug and Joe). I had a blast doing the ride. Only saw one other bent rider on the 70 mile option. He was on a CA2 and it wasn't a good time to chat when I saw him. I finished the ride about 40 minutes ahead of the other CA2 rider and I was sitting at the Easy Street Kiosk having a slice of honeydew and chatting with the owner of Easy Street when I saw the other CA2 come in. That wasn't a good time to talk to him, either. In any case, I loved the ride. It's a great course for a recumbent if you love hills and I do. Had loads of fun passing almost every road bike on climbs as well as descents. Had a full 100 oz camelbak in the seat bag and that was all I needed - no cramping, no hunger, and no stops other than to address hot foot issues after Glen Rose. Had about half a bottle worth of cold water remaining in the camelbak, at the end. Final avg was 19.1 and top speed was 40. There was 2700 ft of climbing on this one. The CA 2.0 on the 70 was me!! I slowed way down when the temps went up.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by MrWizard on Jul 30th, 2016, 9:08pm I remember that all too well ..   I would love to do that TT course if it was smooth, or at least not a reminder of some roads in Beirut ..  but I think I'm going to pass this year. square_corners wrote: There was pretty rough chip seal in places. The part of the route that encompasses the Texas Time Trial course had some of the roughest chipseal. Fortunately, it was interspersed with smoother sections. If I were doing a time trial out there this September, I wouldn't be happy with the road surface! But I will be in Ireland so maybe it will be smoothed out a little by 2017.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by Phantom Rider on Jul 31st, 2016, 12:25pm square_corners wrote: No problem at all that neither of you could make it (Doug and Joe). I had a blast doing the ride. Only saw one other bent rider on the 70 mile option. He was on a CA2 and it wasn't a good time to chat when I saw him. I finished the ride about 40 minutes ahead of the other CA2 rider and I was sitting at the Easy Street Kiosk having a slice of honeydew and chatting with the owner of Easy Street when I saw the other CA2 come in. That wasn't a good time to talk to him, either. In any case, I loved the ride. It's a great course for a recumbent if you love hills and I do. Had loads of fun passing almost every road bike on climbs as well as descents. Had a full 100 oz camelbak in the seat bag and that was all I needed - no cramping, no hunger, and no stops other than to address hot foot issues after Glen Rose. Had about half a bottle worth of cold water remaining in the camelbak, at the end. Final avg was 19.1 and top speed was 40. There was 2700 ft of climbing on this one. Looks like you had a good ride, wish I could have done it but just didn't trust my knees.  I did a 50 mile route that really never has me very far from home and knees held up well.  I think I have figured out my issues and if I'm correct it's self inflicted, need a few more rides to validate.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Jul 31st, 2016, 11:33pm The ride was great. I surprised myself posting an avg that high. I never look at averages until the end of a ride so the result came as a surprise to me. But I will say that there were a lot of shocked road bike riders out there as i zoomed up hills at double their speed or more, in the biggest gear or at least still on the big ring. I was passing road bikes on the climbs and on the descents. Passed quite a few pacelines as well. A few miles before Glen Rose, I passed a tandem couple I know from my membership in the LSC club, quite easily. They are a very strong tandem team. I had lunch with them after the ride and they said that was the first time anyone had passed them on a climb on this ride, let alone a recumbent. They were impressed. But you and I both know that recumbent riders who are strong riders can do amazing things on the right recumbent. Given the amount of climbing and using tactics to make best use of momentum, the hills were not a big deal and I made short work of most of them. Best of all, had no heat issues or even hints of cramping and an avg that rivals anything I get at White Rock Lake with way more feet per mile. I highly recommend this ride if you have a chance to do it next year. I might very well do it again next year, especially if I'm in shape!

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Aug 1st, 2016, 11:51am square_corners wrote: ...especially if I'm in shape! Such a sandbagger....    ;D

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by square_corners on Aug 1st, 2016, 3:30pm I am in shape this year; no guarantee I will be, next year - no sandbagging predicted.

Title: Re: Goatneck July 30 Post by MrWizard on Aug 2nd, 2016, 1:13am http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/42/58/38/425838d564a2648217780c0a8770268d.jpg square_corners wrote: I am in shape this year; no guarantee I will be, next year - no sandbagging predicted.

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