Cycling Guy

Today I shipped out my Grammo 88 Carbon Tubular Wheelset to a cycling guy out in Las Vegas. I used the wheelset for about 10 time trial races, and I had mixed results but good results. But, Ebay called, and I listed and sold them.

The Grammo 88mm deep dish wheelset was a bit much for me. I just never got used to being blown from side to side when running the front Grammo. I used the rear wheel much more. The only negative thing was more with my power than with the wheel itself. It seemed like every time I hit an incline, it was al I could do to get the wheels churning again. But, once they were cranking, they were cranking fast!
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It looks and feels like it is time to head indoors and do some serious indoor cycling training. Every morning I get up and want to get a quick ride in. Unfortunately, I’m not a cold morning person. So that leaves me only a few options.

1. Go find a Computrainer that I can lease
2. Saddle up on my Cyclops and ride to a Indoor Cycling Training DVD video

My collection of cycling training DVDs includes: Urban Assault in Italy by Global Ride, TDF Climbing in France by Global Ride, POWER by Robbie Ventura, Hilly Hellecious by Spinnvals and coach Troy, and Time Trial training by Carmichael. (more…)

We rolled out of Rocky Mount around 7:20am headed to Historic Plymouth, NC. I hooked up with fellow rider Howard from Summerfield, and we began peddling the first of 77.5 miles for the day.

The first rest stop of the day near Tarboro was a busy one. The locals welcomed the Cycle NC cyclists with a huge spread of goodies and home baked treats. I made a quick tire pressure check and we were on our way again. The next rest stop was in Robersonville. When we rolled in here, I was feeling pretty sick. The night before I had dinner at Texas steak house or something. Needless to say, I shouldn’t have.

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We left the friendly town of Henderson this morning at 7:30 and headed east towards Rocky Mount. The first 10 -15 mies consisted of navigating thru morning traffic while peddling thru the historic parts of Henderson. We continued a slow pace until we hit the first rest stop about 20 miles out. We stopped there to check tires, top off bottles and take a bio break.

As we were about to leave out another guy from Boone, NC rolled by. He rode with us a while the day before. We lined up and chased him down to form a 3 man paceline. The three of us (Howard, Peter, Myself) worked together for the next 25 miles. We bypassed the 2nd rest stop and decided to stop at the 3rd in the Medoc State Park. While sitting there another guy named Brian from Charlotte rode in solo. I had met him the day prior after the ride. We asked Brian to ride with us and he certainly did.
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The week of Cycle NC just keeps getting better and better. The day started out a bit chilly once again, but quickly warmed up. Riding into the morning sun certainly helped. Riders started breaking camp and hitting the road around 7:15 a.m. heading to Henderson, NC.

I stayed in Graham last night, a short 7 miles away from the campground. I decided to solo ride back to the campground to pick up with others on the route. Soon after passing the campground and riding thru Mebane I picked up another rider named Dan and we safely peddled around the bike traffic while making our way to the first stop. He seemed like a fairly strong rider and was latched to my wheel so I invited Dan to ride with me and Howard who was waiting at the first stop.

Sure enough, Ole Howard was there waiting. We stopped long enough to top of our bottles and grab some air in my tires. Then it was on! The three of us rode a great pace and worked together the entire route. What a fun ride that was. (more…)