05-10-2019, 10:49 AM
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#801
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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I set personal records on all but 1 segment on my southbound ride to Quarry Park this morning. I also do not expect this afternoon to be fun.
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05-10-2019, 12:42 PM
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#802
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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Chose a bad day for my first ride to work for the year. Heading North this morning was awful. I might have set personal records for the slowest speeds along most strava segments.
Hopefully wind direction doesn't decide to flip for the ride home.
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05-10-2019, 03:30 PM
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#803
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Franchise Player
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Welp, just about time to face that headwind...
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05-10-2019, 03:53 PM
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#804
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#1 Goaltender
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I decided to get out for a good ride today, and tried to strategically choose a north route outbound, so I was doing the into wind uphills mostly in the first part of the ride, then had more tailwind downhills on the way home.
Other than the wind it was a really nice day though.
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05-10-2019, 04:08 PM
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#805
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Franchise Player
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Did not kill me
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05-10-2019, 04:16 PM
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#806
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by KTrain
Sheep River Highway opens up to cars on May 15th if you want to get out there before there's traffic.
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Did this last year - at least half of the distance was brand new pavement - silky smooth!
Anyone know of highwood conditions (ie. how far is passable)?
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05-10-2019, 06:44 PM
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#807
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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So, as you all know I'm shopping for a new helmet. Has anybody seen anything that offers face protection without going to a full BMX helmet? My googling has shown a few people developing them, but haven't found any yet.
I'm still tempted to just wear my hockey helmet, at least that has a full cage.
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05-10-2019, 07:37 PM
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#808
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Franchise Player
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Downhill helmets? Not super cheap, and going to be hot in the summer. Why do you need full face? I don't know if I'd want to wear a hockey helmet. Besides looking like the "special" person on the pathway, they aren't optimized for the kind of impact cyclists experience. If I had to go full face it would be a mountain bike downhill helmet.
This is probably the best price you will find, doesn't look to bad.
https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5052-6...Cycling-Helmet
Last edited by Fuzz; 05-10-2019 at 07:39 PM.
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05-10-2019, 08:35 PM
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#809
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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[QUOTE=Fuzz;7110185] Why do you need full face?
The crash last week did quite the number on my face. Now that I have my bike back and comparing the damage to it with the damage to my helmet- it looks like I landed forehead first. The ER doctor said repeatedly as he was sticking my face that he was glad we did the full CT scan- he wouldn’t have believed the X-rays that my cheek bone wasn’t broken.
In part full face is for the protection, but also to give me some confidence to start riding again once I heal.
Alternatively I was thinking about getting good eye protection like this:
https://www.amazon.ca/DEWALT-DPG82-1...dp/B01A12J3GI/
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05-10-2019, 09:34 PM
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#810
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Franchise Player
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Ah, gotcha, forgot about the crash. I'd just look at full face downhill, there are more expensive ones with more ventilation.
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05-10-2019, 10:50 PM
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#811
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: The Honkistani Underground
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[QUOTE=ken0042;7110201]
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Why do you need full face?
The crash last week did quite the number on my face. Now that I have my bike back and comparing the damage to it with the damage to my helmet- it looks like I landed forehead first. The ER doctor said repeatedly as he was sticking my face that he was glad we did the full CT scan- he wouldn’t have believed the X-rays that my cheek bone wasn’t broken.
In part full face is for the protection, but also to give me some confidence to start riding again once I heal.
Alternatively I was thinking about getting good eye protection like this:
https://www.amazon.ca/DEWALT-DPG82-1...dp/B01A12J3GI/
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For eye pro, I recommend a couple of Smith products. Both have mil spec ballistic protection.
Goggle: LoPro Regulator
Sunglasses: PivLock Echo
A cheaper alternative to the PivLock is Revision Sawfly. Revision also offers goggles. I have both but Smith has superior optics.
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05-11-2019, 07:58 AM
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#812
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I know they are pricey but I'd look at a helmet with a removable chin guard. So you can eventually remove the chin guard when you are ready. Something like the The Giro Switchblade
https://www.amazon.com/Giro-Switchbl.../dp/B01M15XC5C
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05-11-2019, 09:34 AM
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#813
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Franchise Player
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I was also going to also suggest a helmet with the removable face guard. My brother has one and they’re pretty slick. Gives you more flexibility in the future to either take it off or put it back on as desired without having 2 helmets
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05-12-2019, 12:31 AM
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#814
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Scoring Winger
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DH/enduro helmets (including the visor part) sticks out quite far on the forehead. Would that work on road bike geometry? Might have to crank your neck up to see forward.
But if that's how you want to transition back, also check fox proframe. best ventilated one imo, with removeable chin too.
Edit: actually chin doesn’t come off. There is a seam so I always thought it did.
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05-12-2019, 09:06 PM
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#815
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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I haven't read the thread so not sure if it's been talked about - The new housing development south of 22x along the bow river. I went to bike down there, hoping for a nice long run. It looks like you can only bike to the end of Blue Devil Golf course and then the pathway just ends at the housing development?
So nowhere to pick up again and keep going south along the Bow?
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05-13-2019, 08:54 AM
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#816
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ALL ABOARD!
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Yeah, I think that's it for now. They're building more communities down there so they'll likely extended it.
When I get to the end I head up Chaparral and over to Silverado/Spruce Meadows.
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05-13-2019, 10:09 AM
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#817
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Franchise Player
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i have good news for you in that you are wrong. you can ride some singletrack that eventually turns into double track that runs parallel to the river all of the way to highway 2 south.
where that paved bike path turns towards blue devil gc, look for some beaten down grass, it will take ou around that fencepost, then about 100m down the trail take a left over that large pipe and you will find some nice single track, it eventually opens up to double track and an unofficial dog park. so you may have to deal with the occasional dog that wants to follow you. this trail is best ridden on a mountain bike, but is is pretty flat and smooth so a gravel grinder would be fine.
here is teh trailforks map of it all: https://www.trailforks.com/trails/so...y-singletrack/
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I haven't read the thread so not sure if it's been talked about - The new housing development south of 22x along the bow river. I went to bike down there, hoping for a nice long run. It looks like you can only bike to the end of Blue Devil Golf course and then the pathway just ends at the housing development?
So nowhere to pick up again and keep going south along the Bow?
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05-13-2019, 07:47 PM
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#818
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ALL ABOARD!
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Any interest in another CP ride? Maybe a couple. One before summer and one at the end?
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05-13-2019, 09:50 PM
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#819
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by KTrain
Any interest in another CP ride? Maybe a couple. One before summer and one at the end?
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With enough notice, I should be able to fit it in my training schedule, provided it's not on a race weekend or something.
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05-13-2019, 10:14 PM
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#820
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#1 Goaltender
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If I can make it work schedule wise I’m in.
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