BVC-CHAT Tire Advice

[garthhog at suddenlink.net]

I want to get faster, but goal #1 is weight loss. Once I get below 200lb, then I'll shift my training goals (getting skinny will make me a little faster anyway, at least on the hills). Currently I can average ~20mph on good days over my 1+ hour training ride, including warm-up and warm-down. Riding with the Flagpole group would definitely make me faster. BTW, if anyone wants to join me on my am training ride (~20 to 22 miles, everyday except Tuesdays and Thursdays), I usually am riding past the Aerofit on Villa Maria at about 6:15am +/- 10 minutes. I try to be home no later than 7:30am. My route is usually Villa Maria to Hwy47, then north until just before the turn to the A&M Riverside campus, back the other way on 47, right at Leonard, race some dogs, loop back to the 47,  go south to Villa Maria/Jones Road, ride Jones to Hwy60 (best part of the ride), then back to Villa Maria and home.

-Ryan


---- Chris Menzel <cmenzel at tamu.edu> wrote: 
> [Menzel wrote:]
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 08:56:01PM -0500, Ryan Brown wrote:
> > > I don't do it intentionally, but at 6am and 25 mph I can only avoid
> > > so much junk...my light is good, but not THAT good...
> > 
> > If you're really that fast you should be at the flagpole at 8:45. :-)
> 
> [Omitted smiley added! :-]
> 
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 11:39:37AM -0500, Ryan Brown wrote:
> > I can't do the flagpole ride. My daughter has ice skating lessons that I
> > attend. I also can't maintain 25 mph for my whole ride, just over certain
> > stretches of road for brief periods of time. 
> 
> Right, and so I suspected.  Still, you'd probably be surprised how fast
> you can go at the back of a fast group.  You'll get fastER as well.
> 
> -chris
> 
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