Comments on: Flying Wheels 2005

By: Scout

Scout — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:19:03 +0000

Hey. I hosed out on the longer Flying Wheels rides, but I had similar experiences with torn-up roads and orange cones a-plenty. Every time I plan a Cascade ride that I have yet to go on, I check in at your site for info. Thanks!

Also, I hope you don’t mind that I linked your blog from mine. Check it out here: http://chocolatemalted.blogspot.com/

Man…I forgot about the pie, though. Darn.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:34:02 +0000

Speaking of hills, I remember taking advantage of them to pass the occasional paceline, only to get handily passed on the subsequent flat. :)

That was a fantastic intro to century riding. I’ve never been on those roads, and was really struck by their idyllic beauty. I’m now obsessed with returning to Snohomish and guzzling pie. Oh, and I signed up for STP, and plan to do RSVP too. Jim, thanks much for the pre-ride advice – don’t think I’d have made it all the way without it.

-S

By: woodstock

woodstock — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:43:03 +0000

Wait? You ride *up* hills? ;-p Glad you enjoyed the ride. Thanks for sharing the photos. I dig the cow but I’ll make sure to scratch the Carnation plant off my “to-do” list if I’m ever out your way.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:00:24 +0000

> You mentioned about 3200 feet of climbing for the Flying Wheels 100-mile route however my Garmin 301 shows 5100 feet. I was curious if you have a page talking about your gear. Hopefully I can find out where the variations are happening :).

Jeffrey: I have pretty ancient equipment:

Polar S710 heart rate monitor — my old standby.
Garmin eTrex Vista GPS — this cut out on me several times along the way because of satellite loss (treelines and all that).

The Polar seems to employ a more aggressive altitude smoothing algorithm to take out the burps in readings (it’s basically a barometric altimeter). For example, if I look at the raw data, adding up only the positive changes in altitude, I come up with 3,875′. The Polar registered 3,120′ of gain in its summary. My GPS reported 3,282′ of gain on the unit itself. The Garmin MapSource product doesn’t have any (obvious to me) way to create a profile from it. (Actually, it’s quite cluttered with multiple logs, possibly because of the intermittent signal. Did you have any issues with your G301?)

How do you like the MotionBased service?

Jim

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 02:41:34 +0000

You mentioned about 3200 feet of climbing for the Flying Wheels 100-mile route however my Garmin 301 shows 5100 feet. I was curious if you have a page talking about your gear. Hopefully I can find out where the variations are happening :).My ride profile from FW: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/accept.mb?key=MTY2MjA3&senderPk.pkValue=4140Awesome ride with a great group of folks, -Jeff

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:01:24 +0000

Hey, that placard read “Slow *UP* hills”! We were plenty speedy *down* them!