Elevation numbers high due to Covid

Seems like a reasonable milestone to achieve.

In lieu of Strava, Ride With GPS has gained a following. If the sharing component is not paramount there are free apps like MotionX and Gaia that do the job.

 

Exactly what I was thinking... And we even have a special beer for that trail.

 

mmbut, mmbut, mmbut Mike, my KOMs and trophies are on Strava!

 

Well... he aint lying about a Wizard...

 

Dude. I’ll never “see” you on Strava, but you will always be a king worthy of trophies to me.

 

Last Fall solstice ride, in the sign of true love for a biking companion, I had a full six of Spaten Oktoberfest bottles in my pack... WITH ice packs... to consume at Beek's Place with Dean my biking bro that day

 

You need better riding partners...

 

That dude would be a blast to party with.

 

Ride with GPS lies. Horribly. I've compared their numbers to reality and they bear no resemblance. Usually.

 

Nice try, but I back up my claims almost every ride! Especially on undulating terrain like Skyline or Palm Canyon. Left for dust... I seem to do OK on consistent-pitched, low gradient cloimbs for a while, like STT, but even there, most of my riding buds but some serious distance between me and them.

Yes, there are a few who post here that I can routinely beat up the hills in Aliso. I won't name names. Well, I'll name one since he abandoned me... @Cougar!

 

I don’t know how accurate the stats are cuzz I’ve never recorded with it but I will say it’s route planning is the best I’ve found so far.

 

That part's definitely great, but every route I've ever seen published for anything has the disclaimer that the elevation numbers are - how you say - less than reliable.

 

Well @Mikie and I have used it numerous times to plan some adventure rides and they’ve all been painful, fun and the search and rescue guys haven’t had to come look for us so that’s good enough for me. Oh and they’ve all been riddled with an appropriate number of gates and fences to make things interesting and just a little nervous and give us something good to laugh about later...

 

Oh, Golden

 

strava is nice... I've had it for a few years and its good to see where you been, what you done, etc.. I use it alot to remember the trails... where to go.. find new trails.. etc..

 

Yeah, I like the data. It's particularly useful to keep track of mileage on each bike so I can accurately confess to the LBS just how far I've blown by the recommended service intervals when I take it in for an issue I can't fix.

I geek out on the mileage, elevation, and even times more than I'd like to admit, though I don't ever think about my Strava times when I'm actually riding. It's just cool to see how what feels fast (or slow) correlates to actual speed.

 

Apparently not SO abandoned... Hi @Cougar!

 

Ok, ok... he wasn't the zippiest up the hills. But he did have tenacity, and was known to accomplish the occasional death march.

Exhibit A: Cocktail Rock at mile 27ish. Half way through the ride...

 

I’ll vouch for your DH speed.

 

Miss you guys, and the riding in SoCal something fierce.

Ya, I was a Sh!t climber. The definition of tortoise. But you are damned right about tenacity. I also was a decent blind rider; I remember when the four of us (three in the photo + @herzalot ) hit Palm Canyon and was doing well on the downs having never ridden them before. Would race Enduro that way too (mostly cause I couldn't afford the time off to go up early enough to pre-ride, lol).

Cheers friends

 

You're supposed to be giving us all the insider info on the riding around St. George.

 

Yep. I'd take that Utah riding over our Cali riding any day of the week and twice on February 29.

 

If you only knew....

 

About the Mormons?

 

https://thepcpp.com/

You don't have to sign up, you don't have to race. Just an example of what's available to ride.

 

Yup - @Cougar - you got faster downhill over the years we rode together, and you were more willing to give 'er on blind descents than I was - meaning trails we've never ridden. And yup, you could death march without cramping - whether it was slow or not was immaterial.

And look, I only had to call you out to get you to resurface here! Nice hearing from you.

Miss you, little brother!