Ride into work for Friday, 28 August

10C at the end of August? This doesn't bode well for winter...

Distance logged: 11.504km
Time: 30:57
Average speed: 22.3km/hr
Max speed: 55.9 km/hr
Temperature: 10C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 779.344km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.78
Monthly distance: 193.384km
Monthly cost per km: $3.13

Ride home for Thursday, 27 August

I could have sworn this was still supposed to be summer.

Distance logged: 11.955km
Time: 40:03
Average speed: 17.7km/hr
Max speed: 42.5 km/hr
Temperature: 18C
Cumulative distance: 767.840km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.79
Monthly distance: 181.880km
Monthly cost per km: $3.33

Ride into work for Thursday, 27 August

Distance logged: 14.308km
Time: 37:41
Average speed: 22.8km/hr
Max speed: 61.9 km/hr
Temperature: 14C
Cumulative distance: 755.885km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.8
Monthly distance: 169.925km
Monthly cost per km: $3.56

Ride home for Tuesday, 25 August

Distance logged: 11.037km
Time: 37:05
Average speed: 17.5km/hr
Max speed: 37.2 km/hr
Temperature: 23C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 741.577km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.82
Monthly distance: 155.617km
Monthly cost per km: $3.89

Ride into work for Tuesday, 25 August

Damp and cool ride in, hinting that fall is on its way...

Distance logged: 11.132km
Time: 34:23
Average speed: 19.4km/hr
Max speed: 53 km/hr
Temperature: 16C, misty
Cumulative distance: 730.540km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.83
Monthly distance: 144.580km
Monthly cost per km: $4.18

Ride home for Friday, 21 August

Picked up the new rear wheel for the hybrid; a DMR Revolver 6 pawl hub on a Sun Rhyno Lite 700c rim, with (at the urging of Chris, the mechanic down there) a 9 speed SRAM mountain cassette and chain. I was surprised to find the big ring on the cassette was the same size as a Shimano Megarange cog, and the 9 speeds smoothed out the differences between gears a surprising amount, considering I was only coming up from 7 speed. The 6 pawls in the hub click inordinately loudly but with a 5 year warranty the manufacturer certainly seems confident in their product!

Needless to say the ride home from the pub later was largely taken up with me fiddling about with the gears, and playing with the clicky clicky hub - it's loud enough to alert pedestrians quite nicely, which is a useful side-effect.

Distance logged: 18.173km
Time: 68:33
Average speed: 15.9km/hr
Max speed: 39.8 km/hr
Temperature: 19C
Cumulative distance: 719.408km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.84
Monthly distance: 133.448km
Monthly cost per km: $4.53

Ride into work for Friday, 21 August

Lisa, a nurse at the IWK caught up with me waiting for the lights at Joe Howe and Bayers and we had a brief chat about routing. She was heading up Mumford, on to Chebucto and up through Quinpool as she said it was the quickest route; I offered to take her my route in which would be as quick and away from all the traffic. She was a little dubious at first as to whether it could be as quick as going on the main roads but once we were on the back streets away from the traffic she agreed that it was way better than the route she was going to take! We had a nice conversation over 20 minutes or so as we rode in before she peeled off into the IWK and I continued on to Bethune. I recommended she pick up a copy of the bike map to see what other back street routes she might be able to use.

In other news, the Chester Spur was approved! This means eventually I should be able to get downtown from home almost entirely on rail trails, which would be great not having to climb Col du Fairview on a daily basis!

Distance logged: 11.111km
Time: 34:23
Average speed: 19.4km/hr
Max speed: 53.0 km/hr
Temperature: 18C
Cumulative distance: 701.235km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 115.275km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Thursday, 20 August

Nice sunny ride home, made more fun after I picked up 5 kilos of sugar and oats from the Bulk Barn and hauled them up Col de Fairview...

Distance logged: 11.617km
Time: 39:38
Average speed: 17.6km/hr
Max speed: 40.4 km/hr
Temperature: 28C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 690.124km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 104.164km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Thursday, 20 August

Late ride in after getting paged at 4am. Stopped off at Ideal on my way in, Mike there reckons he can rebuild the hub in my 3 speed and get it working again - *if* I can get it there!

Distance logged: 13.418km
Time: 41:11
Average speed: 19.6km/hr
Max speed: 53 km/hr
Temperature: 24C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 678.507km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 92.547km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Wednesday, 19 August

Went out to RNSYS with my dad for a race around the harbour on a co-worker's boat, it was a hilly ride out to Purcell's Cove. Had the 3 speed finally give up the ghost on the way home when I had to ride up through Fairview with nothing but 3rd gear after the spindle came out and the gear shift died, which was... interesting. Definitely time for a new hub and shifter...

Distance logged: 21.527km
Time: 73:13
Average speed: 17.6km/hr
Max speed: 49.5 km/hr
Temperature:
Cumulative distance: 665.089km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 79.129km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Wednesday, 19 August

In to work on the 32 speed, it's certainly keeping the cadence up...

Distance logged: 10.906km
Time: 29:15
Average speed: 22.4km/hr
Max speed: 55.8 km/hr
Temperature: 18C
Cumulative distance: 643.562km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 57.602km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Tuesday, 18 August

Another warm day. Flushed out the hub on the 3 speed when I got home, but after I took it for a test ride there was still slippage in high gear, so I suspect the pawls are on their way out and it's time for a new hub...

Distance logged: 12.856km
Time: 43:00
Average speed: 17.9km/hr
Max speed: 40.6 km/hr
Temperature: 30C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 632.656km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 46.696km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Tuesday, 18 August

Back in to work on the 3 speed, but it looks like the pawls are going as high gear is locking intermittently. I'm going to try flushing it out but I suspect the salt over winter got into the hub and killed it.

Distance logged: 10.889km
Time: 30:31
Average speed: 21.4km/hr
Max speed: 59.9 km/hr
Temperature: 20C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 619.800km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 33.840km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride home for Monday, 17 August

Possibly the warmest day so far of this (admittedly fairly crappy) year so far, not helped by (a) carrying a pile of stuff home and (b) riding the 3 speed...

Distance logged: 11.279km
Time: 34:09
Average speed: 19.8km/hr
Max speed: 42 km/hr
Temperature: 30C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 608.911km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 22.951km
Monthly cost per km: $0

Ride into work for Monday, 17 August

First day back at work after a nice long vacation, enjoying the quiet roads with all the school traffic absent...

Distance logged: 11.672km
Time: 31:39
Average speed: 22.1km/hr
Max speed: 58.5 km/hr
Temperature: 19C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 597.632km
Cumulative cost per km: $0
Monthly distance: 11.672km
Monthly cost per km: $0