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  1. LarryOz

    World Championships 2019 - 19-21 July - Nandax - France

    I will send you a private message with my thoughts and questions
  2. LarryOz

    World Championships 2019 - 19-21 July - Nandax - France

    Thanks Marc: This looks like it would be pretty fun and a wonderful place to showcase the Cruzbike. Wish I knew someone in France near the event that could assist me.
  3. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Current Videos to view from the Ride - working on more Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: Day 4:
  4. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Hi All, The Final Day - We rode from Peaks of Otter to the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Wayneboro, VA. The day started cool with a pretty hard 9 mile climb. It was cool and very windy at the top. Then we descended to James River (13 mile descent), then climbed back another 13 miles back up...
  5. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Hi All, Wow - a very hard day after riding so hard yesterday. We covered 89 miles and climbed over 8100 vertical feet. We rode from "Meadow of Dan" area to Peaks of Otter today. Since it was so long, we met for breakfast at 6:30 and started our ride a little after 7am. Another beautiful day was...
  6. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Day 5 report Hi All, On Day five we rode about 60 miles from Roaring Gap, NC to Meadows of Dan, VA The day started out a little hectic with me locking myself out of my room during our "outside" breakfast together. The door knob was one of those kind that you cannot unlock. We all tried for about...
  7. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Proof that riding up and down mountains every day makes you stronger: Data from today's ride:
  8. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Hello everyone, Day 4 was a very short day - a rest day really with only 42 miles of riding and 3900' of climbing. I tried to limit my power output today to truly rest up. The next 3 days will be 56, 88, & 89 miles of riding which will be tougher. Today was another stellar day on the Blue Ridge...
  9. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    The steepness of the climbs is about the same in both directions. Most of the time it is between 5-7%, and rises to maybe 9% for some very short periods. There is very little flat areas, as you are either climbing or descending up here. I believe he slope looks more severe because the graph is...
  10. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Hey everyone! Monday we left Gillespie Gap and road about 66 miles with 6400' elevation gain, and 5500' elevation drop, so we gained about 900' from where we started. (See pic of route at bottom) Another beautiful day with Maria, Jim, Alvin, Jill, Frank and myself. Nice and sunny, but not too...
  11. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Here is my post from today - the 2nd day! ... Hello everyone! Today we left from Pisgah Inn and rode the 77 miles to Gillespie Gap. Another beautiful day. A little quick rain shower at Mount Mitchell entrance (which was about 11:30) and it got pretty windy after that - but all in all another...
  12. LarryOz

    2019 Ride the Blue Ridge for 3000 Miles to a Cure

    Hi all here is my post from our first day. Happy Saturday, Well, the first day (and 60 of 471 miles) is "in the books" and it was a dousey! Beautiful day, and weather. Very windy up here at Mt. Pisgah, but will not complain about that. haha The group left Cherokee around 7:40am this morning. We...
  13. LarryOz

    Raven Rock Ramble 2019

    Thanks for grabbing those shots Ken - I think we all look pretty COOL! - and more importantly "comfortable"! Just a bunch of Cruzbikes out for an easy Sunday ride! I think Barbara looks the happiest because she is in front of David! haha
  14. LarryOz

    How good are patches?

    It has been my experience that patches work great until they fail! :rolleyes: i.e. Use them to get home and install and new tube on/or tire as needed. As fast as we go on these bikes, no one wants a blow-out at high speed and the accompanying road rash that goes with it!
  15. LarryOz

    cruzbike crank length & bottom bracket shell

    There is at least one other thread on our forum dedicated to crank length - search for it and read up - so much there! Since I started riding Cruzbike about 5 years ago - I have been a major proponent of shorted cranks and have convinced many they are the way to go! My personal thoughts are that...
  16. LarryOz

    Strava strava strava

    Instead of "back to the future", you are going "back to the past". Yes, it is great the way you can filter data from different years. It is interesting to me to compare my current power curve to years past and see where I am at compared to then. Some areas weaker, some areas stronger. Fun!
  17. LarryOz

    Zwift - Cruzbike Activities (races and group rides)

    Thanks - What does baseball have to do with Cruzbike and Zwift! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
  18. LarryOz

    Zwift - Cruzbike Activities (races and group rides)

    Ok - so I rode the Giro d'Italia TT challenge this morning. I thought I had seen a few results in this thread, but do not see them now. My race started with over 200 people. I think I ended up around 20th. It was short, and of course that last 1Km was pretty brutal. I was not sure how I was...
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