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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
Well, I finally bloody did it.
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it! Overcast today and not too hot which helped, usuall there's a tree whose shade calls to me, no shade, no evil distraction. I noticed that I am hitting 100rpm on the flat a lot more too, without feeling I'm trying hard. Might not be going all that fast, but boy am I spinning! (Alas the speedo on the Sigma's given up, have to wiggle some more wires while praying to St Vidicon of Cathode I suspect) Zebee |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
On 2007-10-08, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
Well, I finally bloody did it. got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it! Well done Zebee! Bikely.com tells me it's about a 7% grade, but bits of it are steeper. V. impressed! -- John If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. - attributed to Hal Abelson |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:02:24 -0000
John Pitts wrote: On 2007-10-08, Zebee Johnstone wrote: Well, I finally bloody did it. got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it! Well done Zebee! Bikely.com tells me it's about a 7% grade, but bits of it are steeper. V. impressed! I was afraid to check bikely I will have to find someone with reliable scales to find out what the bent in commuting rig weighs. A Lot, I suspect. Ah well, must be doing me good! Zebee |
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John Pitts wrote:
Well done Zebee! Bikely.com tells me it's about a 7% grade, but bits of it are steeper. V. impressed! Congrats Zeebee. The grade puts it in a perspective I can relate to as George St in Campbelltown is similar grade, but only 200 metres long (the bit I did). Took me quite a while to be able to do in one pull with no walking, then I did it as the regular "commute" to and from the post office each morning when I was doing a mail order business. Yes, the parcels went on the downhill. It certainly helps with improving and keeping the fitness. |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
On Oct 8, 10:34 am, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
Well, I finally bloody did it. got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it! Overcast today and not too hot which helped, usuall there's a tree whose shade calls to me, no shade, no evil distraction. I noticed that I am hitting 100rpm on the flat a lot more too, without feeling I'm trying hard. Might not be going all that fast, but boy am I spinning! (Alas the speedo on the Sigma's given up, have to wiggle some more wires while praying to St Vidicon of Cathode I suspect) Zebee w00t! Top stuff, Zebee! |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:41:45 +1000
Terryc wrote: The grade puts it in a perspective I can relate to as George St in Campbelltown is similar grade, but only 200 metres long (the bit I did). Melville St is abot 800m I think. starts out "a bit steep" then you can see there's a crease in the road (which is where I change to the small front ring) where it gets suddenly steeper then you go around a little curve and see it get steeper! I haven't walked at all, when I got either too leg-tired (from pushing the middle ring too far) or too puffed (from trying to spin up the bloody thing) I'd pull over and rest. Getting off and walking would be too difficult. My worst effort was 4 stops. Most of the time I took two, got it down to once a couple of times. Old fella across the road offered to get me some cold water once, I must have looked a sight! Zebee |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
Zebee Johnstone Wrote: Well, I finally bloody did it. got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it! Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? -- MikeyOz |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:32:55 +1000
MikeyOz wrote: Zebee Johnstone Wrote: Well, I finally bloody did it. got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it! Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? "finally bloody did it". Does sort of imply more than one try I first talked about it a couple of months ago, how it was beating me into a pulp. My worst effort was 4 stops I think, I was mostly taking two, managed one once and now all the way. Zebee |
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Zebee 1 Melville St 1000!
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Zebee 1 Melville St 0!
In aus.bicycle on Tue, 9 Oct 2007 06:57:23 +1000
Ray wrote: Presactly, title now corrected :-p Nah. Every game is a new game! Score correctly recorded. I'll let you know about the season totals in a while.... Zebee |
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