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joflasherYesterday I biked 30 miles. Today my knees are Not Amused(tm). Still, I did it in a little under 2.5 hours and was only really dragging for the last mile. Figures, all the hills would be on the last stretch home.
I got from the house to Alewife in 51 minutes without really pushing, although I did hit a bunch of traffic in around Lexington. I can't help but think the ride would go quicker if I had a road bike instead of my mountain bike. Mountain bike == fat, sticky tires and a good solid (read, heavy) frame. Oh well, the point was distance, not speed.
The main reason for the ride was to see if I could bike to work. That involves coming from Billerica into MIT campus, for those of you who know the area. I figured if I could get from the house to the Bedford head of the MinuteMan Trail, down to Alewife and back in a few hours, then I could definitely do home ->MinuteMan -> Cambridge in the morning and still have the energy to make it home again that night.
I believe its doable without massive conditioning training on my part. Now I just need to figure out how to go from the MinuteMan to the Charles River trail without DYING in the Dueling Doughnuts of DOOM! (also known as the Fresh Pond Rotaries) . I know there's a way, I just need to find it on my map.
That's the next weekend ride.
I got from the house to Alewife in 51 minutes without really pushing, although I did hit a bunch of traffic in around Lexington. I can't help but think the ride would go quicker if I had a road bike instead of my mountain bike. Mountain bike == fat, sticky tires and a good solid (read, heavy) frame. Oh well, the point was distance, not speed.
The main reason for the ride was to see if I could bike to work. That involves coming from Billerica into MIT campus, for those of you who know the area. I figured if I could get from the house to the Bedford head of the MinuteMan Trail, down to Alewife and back in a few hours, then I could definitely do home ->MinuteMan -> Cambridge in the morning and still have the energy to make it home again that night.
I believe its doable without massive conditioning training on my part. Now I just need to figure out how to go from the MinuteMan to the Charles River trail without DYING in the Dueling Doughnuts of DOOM! (also known as the Fresh Pond Rotaries) . I know there's a way, I just need to find it on my map.
That's the next weekend ride.
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Date: 2007-06-25 11:18 pm (UTC)I imagine you would have more energy left, if you went at the same speed, on a road bike than on a mountain bike. Seems like the skinny tires would have less rolling friction.