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Tomorrow will be another cool spring day, but it will be a sunny sunday !!

The route will take us up naked mountain and then mt weather where we'll stop at the bluemont store. The way be will be a fast and very scenic one, getting us back to The Plains on Airmont rd and then Rockeby-Rectortown-Frogtown for a very fast sprint on 55 to The Plains.

For more route details, cue sheet and download file for your garmin: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2484861

Meetup is by the rail track in The Plains at 11am

See you tomorrow,

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Hello everyone,

Temperatures are finally reaching the point where I will be riding again outdoors, so …. this Saturday, 4 de Mayo, we'll do the pizza ride from Leesburg.

This weekend's awesome ride starts from Leesburg and tackles woodburn rd and harmony church rd, just outside Leesburg. From there we have a very scenic route up to Lovettsville. Return has an alternate route through the the Taylorstown rd and Stumptown climbs… or flat on layalty rd 

These are sure to challenge everyone, but the reward is waiting for us at Fireworks pizza in Leesburg !!!!

It's going to be a great ride.

See …

Hello All !!!
I was asked what is the best bike to use in an urban environment that can be used as a commuter bike, ride around town but also as a training bike bike to go fast and get a good workout. That is a difficult question, but it so happens that there is one type of bike that meets all this criteria: The Cyclocross bike, the most versatile type of bike on the market today !!!
When talking about bicycles, there are almost limitless types of bike, built for very …

Hello All !!!

Since we're having nice fall weather this weekend, how abut a nice fast fun ride on the flat roads of Prince William County?

The planned route will be: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/546937

45 miles on mostly flat terrain (1,500ft of climbing for 45 miles) to enjoy what promises to be a sunny Monday

Meet up will be at high noon on the parking lot at Aiken & Kennedy: http://bit.ly/lGJ31W

Please let me know if you're coming

– Rodrigohttp://teamrodrigo.com

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Vuelta 2012 has been the most exciting Grand Tour of year (and probably one of the best in recent years). The battle between Contador, Valverde and Rodriguez will continue at 'Bola del Mundo' ( http://www.lavuelta.com/12/en/recorrido/index.html?e=20 ) with an epic mountain climbing stage (profile: http://www.lavuelta.com/12/imgrecorrido/20_perfil.png ) 

To celebrate it, we'll have a much easier ride. Starting at Panorama parking lot at Skyline Drive ( http://bit.ly/NQrPbn ), we'll go for about 50 miles, descending to Luray, then climbing to Big Meadows through Tanner Ridge rd

See route and profile ( http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1656219 ) the big climb is 2,400 ft in …

Having read and constantly referred back to all Joe Friel’s books, all the variations of his Training Bible aimed at Cyclist, Triathletes, etc… I immediately purchased this book as soon as it came out.
This book picks off where the ‘Training Bibles’ left off as it dives deep into power meter training, which is the biggest training trend for cyclist of all levels, as power meters become widely available and accessible.
I’ve been training with a power meter since 2008, and read Andy Coggan’s book in great detail, and also use it …

Today was one of those days where the weather calls for staying indoors, and when you go out… You go out and have a nice Cheeseburger:

As delicious as a cheeseburger (and fries) maybe… there’s a lot of calories in it !!!!
In fact, probably over 1000 calories in one single meal. Not to mention the always delicious ozzie rolls:

Having a lunch like this, merits an adequate ‘punishment’… in this case in the form of 25 miles on the bike… almost 90 minutes of calorie burning workout

After that… All OK !!!
I …

Hello All,
After a great century ride in Cumberland last weekend, this weekend,
I’ll stay local.
Planned rides:
Saturday, 9:30am from The Plains ( http://bit.ly/KTo4uI )
Planned route options are a nice 67 mile route to Hillsboro and back (
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/235061 ), or a 68 mile loop to Airmont (
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1222003 )
Either way, it’s a great ride
Monday, 9:30 am from Brentsville Park ( http://bit.ly/PSvbXh )
Planned route option range from 39 miles (
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/249525 ), 52 miles (
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/249529 ), or a modified ducky ride (
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1078072 )
Either way, it’s guaranteed to be a really fast flat ride
Sunday plans still up …

Every year, as Fall approaches, the DC Area lights up with dozens of supported rides, ranging from 25 miles to full Century ride events:
 
Aug 11 Cumberland Valley, Boonsboro, MD, $40
Aug 11 Eat A Peach Challenge Bike Ride, Westminster, MD,
Aug 19 Covered Bridge Metric Century, Lancaster PA, (sold out)
Aug 25 Western Maryland Century, Cumberland, MD $37
Aug 26 Reston Century, Reston, VA, $37
Sept 01 Bay Country Century, Owings, MD, $30
Sept 02 Tour de Valley Century, Waynesboro, VA $35
Sept 03 Hanover Cyclers Century, McSherrystown, PA $25
Sept 08 Civil War Century, …

Comparison test:
…and…
 
This weekend I wrote about the first ride PowerCal (see here).

Now, I have more data about these rides.
I did 4 rides of varying distances, on two different bikes, each with different profiles, and I compared the power readings by capturing them on two separate Garmin units pictured above.
On this weekend’s post, I made a numerical comparison between the rides, by comparing the power average, normalized power and TSS calculation… This time, I’m focusing on pattern comparison.
The objective was to identify the power pattern exhibited by PowerCal and …

UPDATE: There is a new post on PowerCal vs PowerTap comparisons.
…and…
About a year ago, CycleOps announced a revolutionary new device that would allow the calculation of power output during a bike ride through wearing a heart rate strap and nothing else. Back then, I wrote about it, and I was very skeptic.
Power meter product for cycling usually measure the force produce by the cyclist by using strain gauges on the crankset, on the pedals or on the rear hub.
The crankset based products, like SRM, Quarq and Power2Max, have …

For this week’s ride we go to Maryland and climb the sugarloaf mountain. This classic Maryland ride will take us from Riley’s rd to the top of Sugarloaf and back for thrilling 50 miles.

See the ride map and cue sheet below:

Download the Garmin Training Center File(.tcx)
Download the cue sheet (.pdf)
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