Assault on Mt. Mitchell - 2015
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Rick Youngblood
CarbonCraft Master
The fun never stops, go get 'em T E A M .. C R U Z B I K E ! !
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tomblin
New Member
Larry Oslund, Maria Parker, and Ben Tomblin with Jim & Will Parker running support.
battleaxe0
Guru
The fun never stops, go get 'em T E A M C R U Z B I K E ! !
Abbott Smith
Guru
As long as he's not toast.
ratz
Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
Update from Larry on the bus ride back down.
"Hello everyone,I finished (103 miles) in 6th 40 mins. It was a bad day for me. I am ok, did not wreck or anything, I just did not have very much energy, could not generate normal power when the big hills started (like I bonked or something) and did not perform well. Foggy and rainy at the finish.
Ben killed it in 6:23 I think (or maybe 6:17, or 6:27)- either way a record!, and Maria was 6:58 - her personal best!
We are on our 2 hour bus ride down to Marion now as I write this at 2pm."
"Hello everyone,I finished (103 miles) in 6th 40 mins. It was a bad day for me. I am ok, did not wreck or anything, I just did not have very much energy, could not generate normal power when the big hills started (like I bonked or something) and did not perform well. Foggy and rainy at the finish.
Ben killed it in 6:23 I think (or maybe 6:17, or 6:27)- either way a record!, and Maria was 6:58 - her personal best!
We are on our 2 hour bus ride down to Marion now as I write this at 2pm."
Rick Youngblood
CarbonCraft Master
Thanks Bob, for the "Larry" update. Looking forward to reading the full story. Congratulations to everyone including support.
Even when Larry "bonks" it still very impress. Wish I could ride with as much power as Larry bonk-power.
Even when Larry "bonks" it still very impress. Wish I could ride with as much power as Larry bonk-power.
Abbott Smith
Guru
According to their post on FaceBook both the Women's and Men's recumbent records fell to our intrepid Cruzbike trio. Ben bested the record by 16 minutes and Maria by 27. And even bonking, Larry was just a minute shy of the old record . Hail the conquering heroes!
ratz
Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
Least it be lost in the telling. Larry road the darn climb 8 days ago; just to make sure his gearing was good enough to make it. move that out to say 14 days before; and it might have been a sprint finish.
Congrats to all.
Besides having multiple different people take home first place means even more; than having 1 ace.
Charles.Plager
Recumbent Quant
I aspire to be nearly as good as Larry bad performance!
(And believe me when I tell you, that's already a completely unrealistic goal for me.)
Abbott Smith
Guru
Report from 2016 Assault on Mt Mitchell: Larry OZ repeated his 2015 time but this time towing Charles Plager in a trailer allowing Charles to match Larry's time. Cruzbike riders work together whenever they get the chance.I aspire to be nearly as good as Larry bad performance!
jond
Zen MBB Master
go team cruzbike. be safe. be inspired and
yes carrying for the week some 340klm into the ride may have had something to do with it. residual fatigue... or just a bad day. no matter larry is a champion for finishing so close. great performances from ben maria and larry. awesome effort. and a great learning experience.
LarryOz
Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
Thanks everyone for all the comments. I am so tired - way more tired than I was after my 264 miles at Calvins 12hour 2 weeks ago.
(Jon may be right: My pre-assualt on Mitchell a week ago and all my "crank length" testing last week was not the best plan.)
I will write up my ride report (I promised shorter this time) in a couple days.
New all time high speed I think was 54mph
I also "think" that I recorded the whole ride on my VIRB. I will try and process it and post it also whenever I can..
Again: Congrats to Maria and Ben to setting new recumbent records for this ride! Amazing!
The Cruzbike "team" continues to make headlines: The "team" is everyone who owns a Cruzbike by the way !
Challenge: Everyone with a Cruzbike needs to go after a UMCA recumbent record in their state. N-S, E-W, TT, timed, distance, whatever. Pick the one you think you can do and go for it! Just like Lief just did!
I will be attempting a UMCA Century on Oct 10, using the course that Maria set all her records on.
I think I need to start a new thread for this - stay tuned.
(Jon may be right: My pre-assualt on Mitchell a week ago and all my "crank length" testing last week was not the best plan.)
I will write up my ride report (I promised shorter this time) in a couple days.
New all time high speed I think was 54mph
I also "think" that I recorded the whole ride on my VIRB. I will try and process it and post it also whenever I can..
Again: Congrats to Maria and Ben to setting new recumbent records for this ride! Amazing!
The Cruzbike "team" continues to make headlines: The "team" is everyone who owns a Cruzbike by the way !
Challenge: Everyone with a Cruzbike needs to go after a UMCA recumbent record in their state. N-S, E-W, TT, timed, distance, whatever. Pick the one you think you can do and go for it! Just like Lief just did!
I will be attempting a UMCA Century on Oct 10, using the course that Maria set all her records on.
I think I need to start a new thread for this - stay tuned.
Alan W Dolbeer
Active Member
Well done Team Cruzbike!
Just an observation but Maria used a different wheelset for Mt Mitchell than Calvin's challenge. Ben may have used the same wheels as at Calvins I but am not sure. Did not see a pic yet of Larry's bike on the course at Mt Mitchell but I seem to recall he used 85mm deep CF wheels at Calvins.
Just an observation but Maria used a different wheelset for Mt Mitchell than Calvin's challenge. Ben may have used the same wheels as at Calvins I but am not sure. Did not see a pic yet of Larry's bike on the course at Mt Mitchell but I seem to recall he used 85mm deep CF wheels at Calvins.
ratz
Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
Picture from the hotel room was the 85mm "Cruzbike" Grahpiced.wheels.
