You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride...

Jan 31, 15 22:01

Post #1 of 35 (7696 views)

But it's not.

Preparing your bike the night before: 30 minutes.
Preparing your special sports drink: 10 minutes.
Glopping on your chamois cream and getting dressed in layers, putting together your spare tire and nutrition in your back pocket: 15 minutes.
Riding to the ride: 20 minutes.
Actually riding: 3 hours.
Having coffee after the ride with your riding friends: 1 hour.
Riding home: 20 minutes.
Spraying off the dirt grit from your bike: 10 minutes.
Booting up your computer and uploading your Strava: 5 minutes.
Having a shower while you're uploading your data to Strava: 5 minutes.
Poring over your Strava data and writing comments on your friend's rides and your witty replies to their comments: 1 hour.
Napping because you're, like, totally thrashed from the ride: 1 hour.
Writing an email report on the ride to your non-Strava friends and discussing it on the phone: 1 hour.
Washing and putting away your clothes: 5 minutes.
Guilt washing of the dishes and cleaning the house because you're been away for five hours and you don't want your spouse to be angry at you for not contributing: 1 hour.

Total time: 9 hours.

Extra time: Surfing eBay looking for a faster bike: Sky's the limit.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 5:04

Post #2 of 35 (7438 views)

karencoutts wrote:

But it's not.

Preparing your bike the night before: 30 minutes.
Preparing my bike is 1 minute of tire pumping, done right before the ride

Preparing your special sports drink: 10 minutes.
2 minutes, tops. Water from the tap. Powder from the cupboard. I can shave 30 seconds by leaving the tub on the counter, but that usually results in a grumpy Wife.

Glopping on your chamois cream and getting dressed in layers, putting together your spare tire and nutrition in your back pocket: 15 minutes.
Taking that long to get dressed must be a female thing, or so life has taught me. (It took me less that 5 go get dressed for my wedding.) Spare tire is already on bike (why didn't you do this in step 1?) A 3-hour ride is maybe 3 gels or 8 fig newtons. BTW- could you describe in detail exactly how you are putting on that cream? Perhaps that's what's taking you so long.

Riding to the ride: 20 minutes.
I suppose people actually do this. If I have to drive to ride, it'd better be a race.

Actually riding: 3 hours.
Agreed

Having coffee after the ride with your riding friends: 1 hour.
Friends?

Riding home: 20 minutes.
See comment on racing

Spraying off the dirt grit from your bike: 10 minutes.
Wait. What?

Booting up your computer and uploading your Strava: 5 minutes.
You need a new computer.

Having a shower while you're uploading your data to Strava: 5 minutes.
Showers last way longer than 5 minutes. 2 minutes to get clean. 10 minutes (minimum) just standing there in the water.

Poring over your Strava data and writing comments on your friend's rides and your witty replies to their comments: 1 hour.
Wait. What?

Napping because you're, like, totally thrashed from the ride: 1 hour.
I think your cutting your nap time short. Maybe if you didn't spend 15 minutes putting on chamois cream, you'd have more nappy time.

Writing an email report on the ride to your non-Strava friends and discussing it on the phone: 1 hour.
Wait. What?

Washing and putting away your clothes: 5 minutes.
I have a laundry basket.

Guilt washing of the dishes and cleaning the house because you're been away for five hours and you don't want your spouse to be angry at you for not contributing: 1 hour.
I have a dishwasher and I communicate with the Wife about my training schedule.

Total time: 9 hours.
Total time fore me. ~3:50
(Note: 30 of those minutes were for the post- ride run.)

Extra time: Surfing eBay looking for a faster bike: Sky's the limit.
I like my bike and won't be replacing it any time soon. However, if you'd have said something about wasting time on ST...

Take a short break from ST and read my blog:
http://tri-banter.blogspot.com/

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [Tri-Banter] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 6:45

Post #3 of 35 (7270 views)

My three hour ride.

Roll out of bed
pull on bike shorts and shoes, slop some water into a bottle. grab jersey going out the door, put on while walking down the stairs. 5 minutes
ride three hours, solo, anyone I know is either too fast or not fast enough to ride long with me. 3 hours
get home, shower and shave to go to work. 10 minutes

This is my Sunday routine all summer. Tires get pumped on my group ride days waiting for others to show up.

Jim

**Note above poster works for a retailer selling bikes and related gear*

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 6:50

Post #4 of 35 (7252 views)

In all honesty, that's why I alternate between a computrainer and rollers. Just more time efficient for me.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 7:44

Post #5 of 35 (7165 views)

This is why my bike stays on the trainer in the winter.

In Reply To:

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [Calvin386] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 7:59

Post #6 of 35 (7137 views)

Calvin386 wrote:

This is why my bike stays on the trainer in the winter.

In Reply To:

This is one reason I stay on my bike trainer 99% of the year.

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Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 8:03

Post #7 of 35 (7124 views)

Sounds pretty accurate to me...

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Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [Jim] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 8:10

Post #8 of 35 (7109 views)

Jim wrote:

My three hour ride ...

yes but then you don't get to fake-complain about how long your 3 hr ride takes or tweet and FB to tell all your friends about it.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 8:26

Post #9 of 35 (7067 views)

The Skipper and Gilligan went on a three hour ride and look what happened to them...

John Snyder @URNotAsCoolAsMe

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [Tri-Banter] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 8:30

Post #10 of 35 (7050 views)

Tri-Banter nailed it.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 8:37

Post #11 of 35 (7033 views)

I dont ride outside.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [espejo09] [ In reply to ]

PatrickOfSteele

Feb 1, 15 8:40

Post #12 of 35 (7023 views)

Nobody rides bikes anymore these days. It's all about space ships.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [espejo09] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 8:50

Post #13 of 35 (7001 views)

espejo09 wrote:

I dont ride outside.

I just need to get my multi rider going so I can ride inside with others.

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Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [pedalbiker] [ In reply to ]

ScottWrigleyFit

Feb 1, 15 11:49

Post #14 of 35 (6776 views)

pedalbiker wrote:

Tri-Banter nailed it.

X2

The OP must be independently wealthy like an heir or heiress. I live in the real world, have shit to do, and can't waste that much time. Wink

Wink

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Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 1, 15 20:50

Post #15 of 35 (6375 views)

This is why I built my house where I did. Best riding anywhere in central Ohio is out my driveway.

Preparing your bike the night before: 30 minutes.
What is to prepare, do you have to talk to it to get it psyched up? Pump up tires = 1 minute.

Preparing your special sports drink: 10 minutes.
Scooping drink mix into a bottle takes 18 seconds. It mixes as you ride.

Glopping on your chamois cream and getting dressed in layers, putting together your spare tire and nutrition in your back pocket: 15 minutes.
Pull on shorts, pull on jersey. If it is winter the bike is on the trainer, so I spend a little more time finding the bike shorts the dog chewed.

Riding to the ride: 20 minutes.
This is why I can't do group rides. So much easier to ride out my driveway, and groups tend not to ride where I want to ride. Get to the end of the driveway = 11 seconds.

Actually riding: 3 hours.
Ride = 3 hours

Having coffee after the ride with your riding friends: 1 hour.
Getting food post ride = 5 minutes grabbing leftovers and nuking them, repeat 3 times.

Riding home: 20 minutes.
The bike ride is the ride home.

Spraying off the dirt grit from your bike: 10 minutes.
I try to wipe my bike down at least once a year.

Booting up your computer and uploading your Strava: 5 minutes.
I can't imagine anyone but me caring about the ride I just did.

Having a shower while you're uploading your data to Strava: 5 minutes.
I can't remember the last time I took a shower of only 5 minutes. Shower = 15 minutes

Poring over your Strava data and writing comments on your friend's rides and your witty replies to their comments: 1 hour.
Oh geez, I can't imagine caring about someone else's ride. It sounds like listening to someone recap their round of golf.

Napping because you're, like, totally thrashed from the ride: 1 hour.
Naps should be either 15 minutes or at least 2 hours. If you have the time for a nap, it is one of the most perfect things ever invented. Nap = 2 hours.

Writing an email report on the ride to your non-Strava friends and discussing it on the phone: 1 hour.
For all that is just and righteous, why? Who are these friends that want to hear about your ride? They aren't friends, they are stalkers, and they already know how your ride went, they were there.

Washing and putting away your clothes: 5 minutes.
Every ride? Do you only have one pair of bike shorts?

Guilt washing of the dishes and cleaning the house because you're been away for five hours and you don't want your spouse to be angry at you for not contributing: 1 hour.
Even my parents had a dishwasher. And if your spouse is going to be angry you went for a ride, get a new spouse. Unless of course you are expecting him to pore over your Strava data, then he is completely justified at being angry.

I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 2, 15 8:03

Post #16 of 35 (5984 views)

Definitely no kids or significant other.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 2, 15 8:24

Post #17 of 35 (5931 views)

Yep. That's me too. How about doubling up swimming and riding on a weekend? I leave for swim practice after breakfast, then a bunch of things happen, then I'm closing my garage door after putting away the bike somewhere around 4 PM. Shower, meal, and it's almost 5 and almost evening. What is this I don't even....

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [summitt] [ In reply to ]

Feb 2, 15 9:24

Post #18 of 35 (5802 views)

summitt wrote:

Definitely no kids or significant other.

hahaha, that was absolutely going to be my comment. I guess there is mention of significant other. But yeah, with a kiddo, I can't just take an entire day for non-essential activities...

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [h2ofun] [ In reply to ]

Feb 2, 15 9:31

Post #19 of 35 (5772 views)

h2ofun wrote:

This is one reason I stay on my bike trainer 99% of the year.

So you desperately need Disk brakes on a tri bike so that you can stop before kicking the dog?

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 2, 15 9:58

Post #20 of 35 (5686 views)

Your 9 hour estimate is off.

If you are truly committed, cycling is a 24/7 thing ;-)

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [Dilbert] [ In reply to ]

Feb 2, 15 11:41

Post #21 of 35 (5464 views)

Dilbert wrote:

Yep. That's me too. How about doubling up swimming and riding on a weekend? I leave for swim practice after breakfast, then a bunch of things happen, then I'm closing my garage door after putting away the bike somewhere around 4 PM. Shower, meal, and it's almost 5 and almost evening. What is this I don't even....

Happends to me all the time!
"I should do my 3h ride now"
*7 hours later*
*coming in from 2:51 ride*

Endurance coach | Physiotherapist (primary care) | Bikefitter | Swede

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 4, 15 12:02

Post #22 of 35 (5108 views)

Okay, I'm going to admit I'm not writing this satirical post about me. It's about someone else, who has a significant other AND kids.

The times were only a slight exaggeration. I tried to be accurate, and guesstimated just a bit! The real total time for the person I am writing about is more like six hours, which includes a nap.

For myself a three hour ride is really a four hour ride when you include the travel time, but I am lucky to have someone else prepare my bike for me.

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 4, 15 12:19

Post #23 of 35 (5060 views)

That's actually a 3 hour 40 minute ride ;)

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 4, 15 12:21

Post #24 of 35 (5055 views)

I get that this was written as satire, but to jump on the flame train...

karencoutts wrote:

Booting up your computer and uploading your Strava: 5 minutes.
Having a shower while you're uploading your data to Strava: 5 minutes.
Poring over your Strava data and writing comments on your friend's rides and your witty replies to their comments: 1 hour.

My Garmin connects to my phone & as soon as I hit stop on the ride, it send it to Garmin Connect in seconds. Garmin Connect then sends it to TrainingPeaks & Strava automatically. I then forget about it.
Total time: 0 minutes since I am doing other things while this happens in the background

karencoutts wrote:

Writing an email report on the ride to your non-Strava friends and discussing it on the phone: 1 hour.

Like someone else said, no one really gives two shits that I rode my bike today other than my coach & he will just look at TrainingPeaks.
Total time: 0 minutes

I just saved you 2 hours & 20 minutes

Re: You Think It's Only a Three Hour Ride... [karencoutts] [ In reply to ]

Feb 4, 15 19:34

Post #25 of 35 (4859 views)

I also get that the OP was in jest. It does lend itself to the often overlooked time management aspect of our lifestyle. Some of the things people are doing make a lot of sense and some do not. For instance traveling by car to do a bike workout. It's pretty rare that I'd do it and will usually just ride to the group ride. I do drive to a weekly group run but it's been worth the drive time in terms of quality.

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