Monday, January 9, 2012

Beautiful Biking Weather

Today's 12-mile one-way track via APRS/GPS
My radio/gps tracker seemed to be sending a bit too many positions, so I took the unit out of the bike's seat to re-configure the beacon settings.  As a result, it worked NOT AT ALL for the trip back to the car this evening:  I had turned the radio off so it wouldn't damage itself transmitting without an antenna while reprogramming the computerized beacon, and forgot to turn it back on when I put it back on the bike.  Sigh.  BAH
The weather was fairly cold, again, but still beautiful for riding.  There was a storm forecast for yesterday and this morning but it failed to materialize so no snow or ice was encountered.  Friday and today I rode a bit farther than I have been recently:  About 12 miles instead of 7-ish, and it turns  out my feet get TOO NUMB riding that far in these temperatures.  I will begin wearing 2 pairs of socks henceforth until the weather warms up maybe another 10 degrees.  Last winter I was wearing 2 sets of socks and had forgotten.  Nothing like painful numb cold feet to help your memory bank.....
Morning Pre-Ride BG:    138                                   Post-Ride BG:  56, ate oatmeal choc-bar  
Beginning Battery Voltage: 12.6                Ending Voltage: 12.6 (Why it's a tenth of a volt higher than this morning is a mystery)
Start-Ride Temperature:  33 degrees F                 Arrival Temperature: 41 F
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 11.79
Overall average speed                    Moving Avg                       Max Speed
11.0 Mph                                         12.0 mph                             23.8 mph
Total Trip time                               Moving Time                      Stopped Time
56 mins 59 secs                                44 mins 19 secs                   12 mins 40 secs 

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