http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen The place to get the skinny on the bicycles in the Pittsburgh en-US Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:58:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/search.php http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/3#post-24076 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:21:19 +0000 Lou F. 24076@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>i was there at the start and on my way up Guyasuta had a malfunction - still trying to figure out if it was mechanical or mental. </p> <p>by the time I worked it out, the field was long gone. i'm going to just call it a red shirt year and hope to return in twelve months bigger, stronger, faster . . . </p> <p>way to go to everyone else. i'm inspired! </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-24070 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:00:32 +0000 erok 24070@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>ahh, that's my problem. i usually pedal slow and breath fast </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-24067 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:43:27 +0000 TheLivingTed 24067@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>the mental barriers are the hard part, the hills are easier. My advice, don't look up, don't stop, pedal fast/ breath slow. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23991 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:55:47 +0000 sloaps 23991@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p><em> Does anyone have any good reading recommendations for Breaking Mental Barriers, on a bike or otherwise? </em></p> <p>Ever hear of the Stockdale Paradox? Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot, by James Stockdale, would cover it - straight from the horse's mouth. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23989 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:30:32 +0000 Mick 23989@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p><em>Does anyone have any good reading recommendations for Breaking Mental Barriers, on a bike or otherwise? </em></p> <p>Here's your key to mental hygiene!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9BNMbGfBZU&amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9BNMbGfBZU&amp;NR=1</a> </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23988 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:55:46 +0000 vegbreath 23988@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Steevo: I'm worried about the cannondale optimo after that crash, but I think there were two or three other folks with the same frame. Maybe I should just talk with those riders to see if they're in the market for something new and want to unload. And congratulations on the win. I saw you finish with a handful of guys in front of you on Rialto and got worried for you and your crown. </p> <p>Carbon freak me out, but I was saying that a few months ago about aluminum frames. There's a little dent in my top tube, but the carbon fork seems fine. I'm just really glad that everyone behind me was able to react quickly enough to make sure I didn't cause a pile up. </p> <p>And I'm fine physically, but still mentally unsure; just like always. My hill failures were on the few hills that I had actually seen before (Canton, Logan, Rialto [which, despite freaking me out because of its proximity to Route 28, was probably the easiest on the day]), and the hills where I went in with no clue were, while not easy, absolutely possible. Does anyone have any good reading recommendations for Breaking Mental Barriers, on a bike or otherwise? Or am I just hard-wired to freak out and defeat myself? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23980 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:36:59 +0000 alankhg 23980@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Vegbreath: I'm pretty much a dilettante when it comes to sport cycling &amp; I finished on an old beater $100 mountain bike (it gave me lower &amp; easier gearing than most of the serious roadies). Good on you for trying-- you may well get it next year if you feel like it, &amp; I hope you had a good time stretching your boundaries. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23975 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000 Andrew 23975@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>There is no way I would make it up canton with that. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23973 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:47:05 +0000 bjanaszek 23973@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p><em>39x20 to answer you question B. </em></p> <p>Grazie.</p> <p>Ouch. </p> <p>And something to shoot for, I guess. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23972 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:46:13 +0000 Chris Mayhew 23972@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>39x20 to answer you question B. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23968 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:30:41 +0000 dmtroyer 23968@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Putting your feet up is accepted practice for fixed-gear mountain biking, why not for the dirty dozen? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23964 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:15:37 +0000 Chris Mayhew 23964@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>I am always amazed how nice the PennDot (and construction guys in general) are around here.</p> <p>Sorry you crashed and got left. That really sucks. Is your bike OK? Are you ok? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23963 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:13:02 +0000 bjanaszek 23963@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>What gear ratio did you use? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23961 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +0000 erok 23961@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Todd- i have that problem too. props for trying this ride, i've never done that </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23960 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:49:55 +0000 Montana 23960@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>The kid who finished on a fixed gear totally had his legs unclipped on the downhills.... thus making it a single speed in my book.</p> <p>That was me. And come on Steevo, putting my feet up did not make it a SS. My junk had to take the full impact every time I hit a bump, not to mention the loss of control I had riding without my feet on the pedals. Those things are distinctly fixed gear. It would have been a ton easier and different on a SS. Trust a me. And the race is not on the downhills away.<br /> Congrats on the win. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23959 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:46:09 +0000 rsprake 23959@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Heh, it's still quite an accomplishment. Did he have brakes other than his drive train? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23958 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:30 +0000 Mick 23958@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p><em>The kid who finished on a fixed gear totally had his legs unclipped on the downhills.... thus making it a single speed in my book. </em></p> <p>Either way, props to that guy. </p> <p>Adaptability counts for something and having to unclip and keep your feet out of the way of the pedals is not quite like coasting on a SS.</p> <p>Congrats to all you guys who finished. Hell, congrats to the guys who even started.</p> <p>Mick </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23955 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0000 steevo 23955@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>that sucks todd. Sorry man.</p> <p>The kid who finished on a fixed gear totally had his legs unclipped on the downhills.... thus making it a single speed in my book. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23951 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:45:53 +0000 vegbreath 23951@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>haha. i was standing there on the sidewalk outside the tunnel looking totally confused; and this dude walked out of the tunnel and waved me over. i click-clacked across west liberty, and he's like, "Yeah, they went through about five minutes ago. Throw you bike in the back of the S-10, I'll drive you through."<br /> I told him about the ride and tried to figure out where the next hill was by looking at my official shirt, but I don't know anything about the south side and couldn't find Walsh. </p> <p>And yeah, up in dormont after boustead. I had pretty much given up by then anyway, so it was nice that my bike, too, decided it was the right time to sit down. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23948 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:05:13 +0000 Chris Mayhew 23948@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>I hope you're ok! I assume you crashed at the top of Boustead? How on earth did you talk PennDot into a ride thru the tunnels? Did they say anything about us? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23947 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:57:30 +0000 vegbreath 23947@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>sometimes i have this problem where i think that being a bicycle commuter who rides about 50 miles a week entitles me to attempt rides normally done by real cyclists who train all year but still drive cars. then i end up eating trolley tracks in dormont, getting left behind, and accepting a ride through the tubes in a maintenance truck.<br /> you people are physically and mentally amazing. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23945 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:32:21 +0000 alankhg 23945@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Y'all hear that a guy finished on a fixed gear? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23944 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:25:55 +0000 joeframbach 23944@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>I woke up pretty early, around 7:30, and while getting dressed I had a change of heart and went back to sleep for another 4 hours. Sorry guys. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23941 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:18:51 +0000 steevo 23941@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>barely </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23940 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:24:57 +0000 erok 23940@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>so,uh...did you win again? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23939 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:48:44 +0000 steevo 23939@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Best traffic part ever:</p> <p>Riding inbound on evergreen through milvalle. Right<br /> where you have to stop, but traffic coming from<br /> "downtown" millvale does not stop... There was<br /> a cop sitting with his lights on.... blocking<br /> traffic for us! </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23936 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:35:06 +0000 mfac84 23936@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>180 people... I guess it was the new record. Can't think of any amusing traffic tie-ups in particular. They were all pretty amusing to me. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23935 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:56:04 +0000 Andrew 23935@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>So how many people showed up? Who won? Any amusing traffic tie ups? </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23934 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:10:00 +0000 mfac84 23934@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>This was probably the most fun I've had on a bike in Pittsburgh. 180 cyclists clogging the Liberty Tubes = classic. I'm now going to lay down and hurt some more. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23876 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:18:15 +0000 Chris Mayhew 23876@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>You guys wanna do me a favor? The more people that show up to this thing the more lawless it gets. Share the road cuts both ways, eh? Thanks. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23646 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:31:18 +0000 Hayduke 23646@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>@HiddenVariable -</p> <p>Dan had to cancel the ride he was leading this morning. It's been updated on the WPW calendar. Have fun out there if you hit the hills. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-23624 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:33:46 +0000 HiddenVariable 23624@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>dan, are you still planning on doing a ride tomorrow? what time and where? i have finally gotten to a few hills over the past few weeks, and would like to see what i'm capable of.</p> <p>i'm planning on being out sometime between 8am and 12 noon. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-22863 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:14:25 +0000 mfac84 22863@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Look forward to Saturday Dan...had a blast last week. Think I may just be able to swing this thing. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-22744 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:39:48 +0000 reddan 22744@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>@Lyle: If you're interested, I'm running a Dirty Half-Dozen this Saturday the 14th(Sycamore, Canton, Boustead, etc.), and a "start at the beginning and ride until we get sick of 'em" DD ride the following Saturday the 21st. Prompt 8 AM start at the Jail Trail bike rental by 1st and Grant; see the <a href="http://www.wpwbikeclub.org/LocalRideCalendar.asp">Wheelmen calendar</a> for details. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-22738 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:57 +0000 Lyle 22738@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Once again, I'm going to be out of town. Nuts, I need to do this thing before I get too far down my sedentary senescence slide. I ride up Hazelwood three days a week, but that's not nearly training enough. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-22723 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:46:45 +0000 Andrew 22723@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>I might be up for it this year if the weather is good. I need to get the t-shirt...lol </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-22714 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:25:20 +0000 joeframbach 22714@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>I think I'll give it a shot. I ride up Darraugh to Trees Hall from South Oakland at least twice a week. I'd say that's training enough. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-22697 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:55:46 +0000 reddan 22697@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>The official word from Danny Chew is in; the 27th Annual Dirty Dozen will be on Saturday, November 28th, starting at 10 AM at the Oval. (Danny recommends showing up between 8-9 for registration.)</p> <p>Entry fee is $15; apparently, tee-shirts will be a new feature this year. Also, there's prize money for the ladies; $150 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third. The men will have to be satisfied with a sense of accomplishment and some munchies atop 3 or 4 of the hills. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20591 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:16:45 +0000 Andrew 20591@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>It could be done on a single speed with some fairly low gearing (low enough to get up canton). Staying with the group in between hills would be somewhat hard. </p> <p>I remembered I had a tough time staying with the group on the ride out to the last hill. ~18mph on flat was killing me after all the hill climbing.</p> <p>Fixed is out. No way would that work! </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20590 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:09:43 +0000 alankhg 20590@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>Dunno. Last year, not having trained much, I was feeling like I was about to be dropped by the end on a geared bike. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20578 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:41:47 +0000 mark 20578@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>whats the group average? 15ish? considering the downhills and uphills (both places i think i'd be able to keep up fine) how much time am i really spending spinning at 120 (i can loose some ground on the flats) </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20571 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:05:56 +0000 alankhg 20571@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>There's winning, and there's staying in the group. Might be hard at 28x20-- <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=27+in+*+pi+*+150+per+minute+in+mi%2F+hr&#38;aq=f&#38;oq=&#38;aqi=">you'd be going at 12mph doing 150 RPM.</a> </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20566 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:34:47 +0000 mark 20566@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>i'm not trying to win the thing... not saying its practical, but i think its definately possible, a lot of its downhill anyway. </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20552 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:45:27 +0000 steevo 20552@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>at 33mph through the tunnels </p> http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/dirty-dozen/page/2#post-20539 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:12:22 +0000 alankhg 20539@http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/ <p>imakwik1: Better work on your spin, because there's also 50 miles or so of riding interspersed, and you need to keep up. </p>