Im the same way. I love mashing up some short steep stuff.
But getting your heart and lungs in shape with some good miles will help you a lot, youll feel like you have more energy and suddenly stuff like 70+mi rides sound doable. And the real benefit is that youll be able to process lactic acid faster, so you can mash a hill then recover quicker for the next.

I have that rubber to road book, I can let you borrow it. It has the rides broken up by length.

Chillin like a villian.
You wanna get together? Im on the shark and may try to get some miles in with Sean/Jerome pending on what their up to and the weather.

The pavement is rough up there and I doubt its well lit.
I dont know it super well, so we could get lost.
But the traffic isnt bad the 2 or 3 times ive ridden it.

freebird:

Will we die if we try to do council crest in the dark next wednesday night?

Even with lights, it's pretty dark in places. The street lights aren't so good up there and the neighboring areas. If you decide to go out, take it easy. They've repaved Fairmount, but there are always sticks and branches in the middle of the road, mixed with some loose gravel. Some of the bumps on the side streets will toss you off your bike if you're not watching for them.

super FAIL.dropped my chain. now wearing my coffee instead of drinking it.

also looks like my BB coulda used some grease a month ago.

Capitol at Terwilliger is actually open now.

Dosch isnt a bad climb, one I used to do all the time (I live on 30th, which is the same street, just on the other side of beaverton hillsdale hwy.)

No road for me today, just a studio workout

didn't see any honda bikes up there haha. that hill would be killer to slide out on coming down.

freebird:

Will we die if we try to do council crest in the dark next wednesday night?

(Shoulda kept that Lemond, Doug..)

council crest at night really isn't that bad, as long as you go up fairview and then up to skyline, its light enough that you won't go off the road if you're careful. and IMO, the view from council crest at night is a lot cooler.

me too.

so... wh at you're trying to say is i need some ceramic bearings, awesome?

if ceramic bearings do that much than why do the tests show minimal improvement?

wow, that's hard to believe.

Im gonna be pre-riding the couse tommrow morning. I'll probably be there on Sunday, but we'll see

[quote][cite] yung jeezy pdx:[/cite]if ceramic bearings do that much than why do the tests show minimal improvement?[/quote]

+2 with some real talk. looks tempting as hell but the reports say 1-3 watts per bearing... ain't shit until you've hit genetic peak.

Not sure if I'm racing tomorrow... Did a hard ride today and will be going to a party tonight... Also, they say there will be snow.

i hope it snows tomorrow

Snowed in Eugene for a minute...

Looks like fun

Edit: image hosting is borked. Imagine a road covered in snow and pretend it's Hagg Lake.

It's been hailing off and on pretty hard over here. Only bike I'll be riding is the work rig. That and the rollers

Hey Ben, this book is great. I'm thinking I need a heart rate monitor. Is there something decent and cheap?

I need to get better at eating and drinking on the bike. I always forget.

I have a cadence and speed computer, I just need one of them cheap HRM for joggers. I dont wanna end up just looking at numbers though.

i think just building miles and upping my avg speed is good for now. did sauvies instead of tabor. now: shower, food, nap, booze.

Hey, booze are carbs

yung jeezy pdx:

i wanna do sauvies next sunday maybe.

me too

Yay hill repeats.

I was thinking with daylight savings council crest may be more doable this week than last. But I've got some other rides I want to try too.