This time East

2nd day on my new bike.  I named him Charlie.  Why?  No special reason, he just seemed like a Charlie.  And if I get mad at him, Charles will get a talking to.

Today, I went East on the W&OD.  I made it to the main Park & Ride near Rt 28.  This was just a bit shy of the distance to the West to Belmont Ridge Road.  I'll have to push it to the Rt 28 bridge next time.  (at least)

My ride, again, was great.  Except for it being a weekend and all of the "expert" bikers, family walkers, children learning how to bike, and those that "are not from this country" who stupidly walk on the wrong side of the trail.  Really?  A family of "them" were walking down the left hand side of the trail.  Besides from me, they got a talking to, and I was relatively nice about it.  So I've mentioned that the trail on the weekend is like rush hour.  This is a picture of the trail Park & Ride.  It is packed.  I watched cars circling the lot hoping for people to leave.

W&OD Park & Ride

So, in addition to my My Tracks app on my GS5 and my Schwinn bike computer, I added an app to my iPhone.  Just for comparisons sake, of course.  Today's testing was Map My Ride.  Here are the results.

The distance was different for all of them, as was the time, but still relatively close.



My tracks

Schwinn



Map My Ride

My Tracks had me going 6.54 miles in 33:24 minutes.

Map My Ride had me going 6.68 miles in 37:38 and I had to estimate that because this app does not track your moving time.  It starts and it stops.  And since I started the app before I even left my kitchen and didn't stop it until after I was home and doing things, I had to estimate based on the mileage splits averages - which it does do nicely.  Also, I believe it started tracking my miles while still in the kitchen and after I got the phone back to the kitchen.

helmet

My Schwinn bike computer had me going 6.53 miles in 32:38 minutes.

What apps or devices do you use to track your mileage, time, etc.?

Also, I told you that I finally broke down and bought a helmet.  I can't stand it.  I do not like hats on my head and a helmet is no different.  Don't like.  Here is a picture of my helmet.  It is cute.

helmet

 

So nice riding today and I still love my bike.

Maiden ride - Fabulous!



My new bike - Trek 7.2 FX

Totally awesome, fabulous, terrific, amazing, extraordinary, remarkable, excellent, and outstanding!  That was my first ride on my new bike.  I felt like superwoman!

I still tracked my ride with My Tracks, but I also used my installed Schwinn bike computer.  They were pretty damn close in their stats.  My Tracks said I went 6.66 miled (yah me!) in 34:05 minutes.  My Schwinn bike computer said I went 6.593 miles in 33:56 minutes.  Extremely close and I believe the My Tracks stats also included my stopping point where I probably took a few manual steps while drinking water and talking to a gentleman I met at my turn-around point.

I went the whole way to Belmont Ridge Road!  That's the farthest west I have gone on the W&OD trail.  I seriously love this bike.  My riding gears were between 2-2 and 2-7, not bad at all.  IMHO.



Schwinn info

my tracks



Oh yeah and after I rode, I did the right thing.  I finally got a helmet.  I know, I wasn't being safe, blah, blah, blah.  I don't like hats or anything on my head (except a ponytail holder).  So we'll see how I do tomorrow when I ride with a helmet.

 

 

 

 



Still not a happy camper, but better

My foul mood has partially carried over to today.  I mean really, I had just installed (double-side tape as recommended) my bike computer on my bike.  I don't even have 1 mile logged on it.  And my bike craps out.

My husband looked at the chain and it came apart at a place where it is supposed to allow removing/adding links, but I lost the pin.  And after inspecting the shifting/derailleurs, it really is in sort of sad shape.  Not perfectly straight, which I could tell when I tried to shift.

My beloved mountain bike (I know I've been complaining about it) is headed for the ????  I could probably spend some money to get it fixed, but is it worth it? 

I got absolutely no moving accomplished yesterday.  That's the first time in 4 weeks that I did nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  That is pathetic and makes my mood even worse.

Got that out of my system and I am over it.  Truly I am.  Because......

My new bike

This is my new bike!  It is a Dark Metallic Blue Trek 7.2 FX.  And it is gorgeous.  I don't actually have it in hand just yet, my store had to contact another store to have them ship the last one available in the size I wanted.  My store had 2, but they were just a size too big.  Don't get me wrong, I would have dealt just fine with the bigger size, and I would have bought it immediately, but I did the right thing and had them check the other stores and I got lucky.

My bike should be at my local store on Monday.  Not until Monday evening though.  The wait will be worth it.  I have heard nothing but good reviews about this bike.  And it turns out that one of my friends has the 7.3 FX and absolutely loves his.

I.  Can't.  Wait!

So, in the meantime, it is a weekend and I may not have biked the trail anyhow.  So, put the feet on my lakes trail and I was off.

I walked 2.47 miles in 46.40 minutes.  I really was planning on walking more but nature was calling.  That just sucked.  Oh well.  I was moving!  I really enjoy walking around the lakes, it is just so calming.

my lakes' tracks