November and the GVBR

I have been working and training toward the GVBR at the end of this month.

1/11 18km Trike
2/11 53km Trike
3/11 42km Wedgie
5/11 26km Trike
6/11 42km Trike. Melbourne Cup Day ride
8/11 19km Trike
9/11 19km Trike
10/11 43km Trike
11/11 62km Trike and 20km Wedgie

Totals 62km Wedgie (low mainly due to being on call)
282km for the trike including a couple of days to work so the first 2 weeks I already have 344km up til the 11/11


My weight is stable at about 85kg and this is good. Summer is on the way and I am looking forward to it.

Both Heather and I are getting in a few good kms in practice for the Great Vic Bike ride. Scouting has been taking a fair bit of time and I may need to reduce this over the next year so I can ride some more. I would love to be able to do a few short overnight camping trips on the bike after the GVBR is over.

October has flown.

It is already part way through November and October has passed. A busy time of year.

Milage for October
1/10 30km Exercise Bike
6/10 61km Trike
7/10 12km Trike
8/10 24km Trike
9/10 20km Trike
10/10 35km Trike
11/10 17km Trike
13/10 20km Trike
14/10 42km Wedgie
18/10 28km Trike
20/10 25km Wedgie
21/10 20km Wedgie
26/10 43km Trike
27/10 63km Trike

Totals for the month
Exercise bike is 30 km
Wedgie is 87km and my favorite Trike is 323km
Overall total of 440 km. A bit down on my target of 500 km but that is life.
I am working toward the Great Victroian Bike Ride at the end of November

September brings the Spring

Septemeber is the start of Spring and riding time usually.
Paul from Greenspeed answered my emails on the 2 scorcher tyres and I returned them later in the month. Thanks Paul for the replacements. Don at the LBS took a while to get replacements in so I was a while without a tyre for the trike so did a fair bit on the wedgie.

Saturday September 1st 72 km on the trike
Sunday September 2nd 42 km on the wedgie with the Inverloch riding group the Bass Coast Cruisers.
Monday 3rd September 20km Exercise bike
Thursday 6th September 34km wedgie, Around the block, Wonthaggi,Cape, Inverloch
Saturday 8th September 42 km Wedgie with the Coasters
Sunday 9th September 100 km Wedgie. 42 with the coasters and the rest to Koonwarra with Heather and return, the last 3 around Inverloch to finish the 100.
Wednesday 12th September 20km Wedgie Gee I miss the trike (awaiting tyre)
Thursday 13th September 35km Wedgie, Better weather make for good riding
Saturday 15th September 50km Wedgie, We rode some of the bike paths of Melbourne. Great weather and a great day but better signage is needed or use the gps
Sunday 16th September 42km Wedgie
Wednesday 19th September 19km Trike. Finally have a new tyre.
Saturday 22nd September 63km Trike
Sunday 23rd September 47km Trike and 34km Wedgie.
Monday 24th September 20km Exercise bike. It has been a while since i rode this.
Tuesday 25th September 38km Trike to the back of Meeniyan
Wednesday 26th Sptember 30km Trike
Thursday 27th September 21km Trike

Totals so far for September.
40 km on the Exercise Bike
357 km on the Wedgie
218 km on the trike.
615 km in total on all forms of bike.
An average of almost 20.5 km per day. Bring on the summer. The extra weekend in the days helps.
I now have 3 spare tyres and know Don has another 2 for me if I need them. I will need another one before the GVBR and will take a spare with me on the ride. I expect to wear a third out before the end of the year and be back to no spares by then.
The Scorcher TR tyres are great and have cut punctures.

August poor weather

August has been poor weather generally (it is winter still) but I have managed some riding.
Sunday 5th Aug 40 km Exercise Bike
Tuesday 7th August 15 km Trike
Thursday 9th August 15 km Trike
Saturday 11th August 40 km Exercise Bike
Sunday 12th August 42 km Wedgie and 71 km Trike Joey Scout Kite Day
Monday 13th August 20 km Trike
Wednesday 15th August 15 km Trike
Friday 17th August 14 km Trike
Saturday 18th August 42 km Wedgie
Sunday 19th August 50 km Wedgie, 30 km Trike
Tuesday 21st August 10 km Trike
Wednesday 22nd August 15 km Trike
Thursday 23rd August 15 km Trike
Saturday 25th August 31.5 km Wedgie, 31.5 km Trike
Sunday 26th August 62km Trike
Wednesday 29th August 20km Wedgie
Thursday 30th August 15km Trike


Totals 80 km Exercise Bike
328.5 km Trike
143.5 km Wedgie
552 km in all.

I have had 2 tyres bulge strangly when inflated to 90 psi. I will be contacting Greenspeed on these as they both have less than 2000 km on them. One is a standard Scorcher and one a Scorcher TR. These tyres are great but 2 failures is not good.

Been a while

July weather is back to typical Gippsland Winter, cold wet and blowy. I haven't managed much riding but will list what I have to see where I stand.
July 1 43 km Trike,
July 2 25 km Exercise bike
July 5 36km Exercise Bike
July 7 60 km Exercise Bike
July 8 55km Wedgie
July 10 15km Trike
July 11 15km Trike
July 14 48km Trike
July 15 40km Trike 3 punctures 5km Wedgie
July 21 42km Wedgie 46km Exercise Bike
July 22 20km Wedgie
July 23 15km Trike
July 24 15km Trike
July 25 20km Wedgie
July 29 20km Wedgie
August 1 15km Trike
August 4 20km Wedgie
Totals
206 km on the Trike.
167 on the Exercise bike and 182 km on the wedgie.
555km in total with 35 of this in August to give a total of 520 for July. Close to target but not quite there.

Setting new Goals

With the start of the financial year I have set new targets. I hope to add up all the distances I do on the different bikes I ride. My new target is 150km per week. This is up from what I managed last year but I wasn't counting all the different rides I did. I may not reach the target but then I need to aim at something. I would love to set up the trike with electric assist and then commute to work the 26km each day but that may never happen.
The first week I have riden,43km Trike, 25km exercise bike (recumbent of course), 36km Exercise Bike, 60km Exercise bike. 164km total for the first week.
This week so far 55km Wedgie, 15km Trike.
Onward and upward, don't think just pedal.

End of Year Review

The financail year come to a close and this markes just over 12 months of bent biking in Gippsland.
The odometer reads 5833 on the trike and 470 on the wedgie. There was about 150km I did when I first got the trike before I got the speedo. I total 6450 for the year. An average of 530km per month or 124 per yeek. In all this has been a great year for riding for me. I have dropped about 12 kgs and feel good. Winter this year is a bugger but it will improve.

I have started the year with 42 km on the trike today on the windy weather.