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A 15km ride from UofC to Deepest NW Calgary - only a couple of blocks worth of marked bicycle lanes, and a couple km of separated pathways. I used a helmet-mounted GoPro Hero 4 Silver set to shoot a 4K timelapse with frames recorded every second, played back at 30fps. Nice.

Ride Time: 4:45:22
Stopped Time: 35:00
Distance: 143.99 km
Average: 30.28 km/h
Fastest Speed: 75.55 km/h
Ascent: 942 metres
Calories: 4689

Full ride data

easily the hardest bike ride I've ever done. Not the longest, but over 1000m of climbing, with constant headwinds. Awesome. So much fun. And ouch. We started 25km further out ((from Boundary Ranch)) than our usual Highwood Pass route ((starting at the North Gate)), so the ride was about 50km longer than usual. I wound up snapping a spoke and getting a flat less than 3km from the cars. And Anthony got 2 flats within 1km of each other, near the summit. [Read More]

For my morning ride, I headed west on 1A to Cochrane, to take on the epic hill. Beautiful morning for a ride…

That dip in the middle is the Cochrane hill. About 200m of elevation over just 3km. It's a fun climb :-)

What an awesome ride. 1500 riders, with highways through the Rockies reserved for bikes. Epic.

a few more photos and the Strava page for the ride.

Had a sudden chance to head out for a quick ride to prep for the gran fondo. Good ride! I kind of zoned out for a bit and missed the turn onto Bearspaw Road, but got an extra hill climb in as a result. :-)

Went for a really good bike ride with @ppival this morning, starting near the Springbank airport, heading out toward Bragg Creek, then back to Cochrane and Springbank. Lots of hills. Not ugly countryside, either… (photos are a bit wonky, because I was shooting with my iPhone, without stopping, on a ride that averaged 28km/…)

The second annual climb for our growing group. Not a long ride (only 18km from the west winter gate to the summit), but a hell of a lot of climbing - 629 meters (2063 feet) climbed over those 18km. Awesome.

I got the chance to go for a quick bike ride this afternoon, and headed out west of our house, into the Bearspaw region. Some really nice rural roads for riding, and gorgeous scenery. One stretch of road has a very steep and longish hill, and I occasionally try to see how fast I can go down it. Unfortunately, the wind was not cooperating, and I only got up to 67km/h. [Read More]