Attempt 1: Going for Liberec on my road bike
Garmin Activity: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/99898518320km, 1h13, elevation 136m. Trip rating: 30%
有時候必須懂得 [知難而退], 就像今天早上充滿期待的我穿著厚重的穿著出門騎車. 還特地買了件亮黃的外套, 適合半夜騎車的我. 一踏出門覺得溫度很不錯, 會比上個禮拜好. 不過還沒有騎到十公里就有不吉祥的預感了. 本來導航顯示的2.9度在堂堂十分鐘降到零下三點七, 再說前幾天下了幾陣雨. 結果路面以光速變成滑冰的天堂. 騎公路車的我立刻領悟自己受到嚴重的危機. 黑漆漆的地面看不到有冰水的地方. 早就有防備, 先放慢速度, 不過在我還來不及反應, 車子就跟冰冷又滑的路面開始玩自己的, 完全沒有絲毫的控制感. 可能是我騎登山車騎多了, 反映很佳, 沒有用煞車, 只用灣把反轉, 不踩, 漸漸減速, 保持平衡, 直到車子的速度歸零. 嚇死我了! 那當下才發現也有可能是很慘的下場, 有可能摔傷, 車子也有可能僮的四分五裂. 讓損失數以萬計. 謝天謝地都沒有!
離布拉格十公里的我就放棄了今天的長途, 用走的回家. 連這個走路都很辛苦, 卡鞋原來也有很不方便的時候! 路旁的草地是唯一的依靠. 後來也起霧. 最後一段才可以騎車. 走路的時候拍了些照片跟各位分享. 今天的教訓是甚麼呢? 其實有兩個:
第一, 捷克真的不能跟台灣來比. 記得有一次半夜兩點從沙鹿出發騎武嶺, 整個都短褲短袖. 在捷克短褲的騎乘根本不存在. 結論是在我心裡捷克永遠不可以取代台灣, 只能提供我暫時的避風港.
第二是我必須要重新規劃訓練的方式. 是該多跑步, 多騎登山車才對. 別光依賴公路車. 不然很多日子都必須要放棄運動. 晚點我會跑步, 明天如果還是類同的情形, 就騎登山車.
相信各位也知道, 如果霸特說不要了, 太危險了, 那就代表說嚴重性相當的高. 我現在主要覺得沒有摔車等於運氣很好了! 其實上個禮拜我在離布拉格一百多公里的偏僻野外遇到零下六度的溫度, 下午還下雪, 我真的擔心回不了家. 其實那已經是預兆了. 希望這個嚴峻的冬季考驗早日結束...
My preparations for today's ride were no different from the last few weeks. I prepared my stuff during the week, went to bed before eight, got up at four and started cycling a little after five. At first sight all good. I was even rejoicing over the new green jacket I bought. It fitted neatly over my body which was wrapped up with several layers of textile.
I hit the roads and went north from Prague, passing through some small villages. I was checking my GPS and I saw that the temperature was dropping fro; plus two to minus three. I was starting to worry that the roads might get slippery. When I was about ten km away from home, I noticed they were in fact slippery. I got scared, stopped my bike and assessed the situation. I saw the temperature further dropping and I decided continuing would be both stupid and dangerous. I went back home! Abort mission!
Temperatures of almost minus three degrees. After taking this picture they continued to plum. Even walking on my click shoes was slippery. I walked for quite a long time before I felt I could cycle again.
So dark, but that was alright with my giant light. Just too bad I had to cancel this ride.
A picture I took from the sky, the moon was visible
The fields next to me were also frozen solid
Look at that road. The dark spots are the wet and slippery ones. It did rain yesterday and with that minus four it had become a route suitable for ice-skaters
I was disappointed, I had bought this jacket for extra safety but I could not really enjoy it today
I did do the right thing though
Slowly making progress back home
I was already seeing Cakovice from afar
All of the sudden there was also mist
No good ratings for this ride haha
The Christmas tree across the street. At least one delightful view
I went back inside and took off my clothes and relaxed for a while, thinking on what else I could do today. I checked the GPS and saw I did about 20km in one hour, with some 145m of elevation.
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Attempt 2: Going for a MTB spin of 80km
Garmin Activity: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/998985107
23km, 1h10, elevation 243m. Trip rating: 40%
看來今天就是諸事不順: 一大早出門騎公路車遇到結冰的路面因此回家, 任務宣稱失敗. 後來想說準備好登山車來騎一圈布拉格北部的林道. 結果還騎不到15公里就遇到好嚴重的泥巴, 嚴重到必須立刻回家處理洗車, 髒兮兮的. 目前的比分是捷克2-霸特0. 下午看看能否跑長途, 只有超過15公里的跑步才會讓我趕回比分. 但怎麼會有不吉祥的預感呢?
I had some bad luck in the morning, but I could not let a good day go to waste. Besides I saw that the temperature was rising. I let my GPS calculate a 90km loop for MTB. I randomly chose on of the options and hit the road. It was about 9:45 when I started cycling again.
I was led somewhat to the town center and then back outside again to a little forest road.
Cool I was actually getting some offroad selections.
Right after that, there was a steep hill, difficult enough on this wet mud, but the view up there was nice. I could look down over one of the villages nearby Prague.
I stopped here for a small video report
One more peep over that village
Then I proceeded my way downhill. Somehow I went wrong and the GPS started flipping, I just chose one of the other options in my round trips, which led me back home and to the other way north of Prague.
Then I learned there are some nice trails for running not so far from my place. Definitely worth a try on run sessions
I incurred some setbacks today but I was finally riding
Leaving Cakovice behind me
Then Garmin sent me over a field. At first I thought it was no problem, but after cycling a few hundred meters I noticed my tires were accumulating mud like there was no tomorrow. At first I did not think to much of it, but it became so bad that I had to stop for it. Mud was EVERYWHERE. I tried carrying my bike but it had become more than double its weight. I decided to go back out of the field and clean op my bike there. Those few hundred meters back were a real struggle. There I realized that it was really, really bad and that I would once again have to abort mission. I needed to go home and wash my bike. I could not carry on and wash it after coming home.
So crazy all this mud! I did not know where to start cleaning
I made a video report because I really had to share this. But nevertheless, a second attempt today failed
Just look at that. I had only been cycling for 10km on this trip. Good thing I was close to home.
It was about 4km to my home and when I got back I first washed my bike profoundly. I cleaned it and let it dry outside for a while.
Temperatures of almost minus three degrees. After taking this picture they continued to plum. Even walking on my click shoes was slippery. I walked for quite a long time before I felt I could cycle again.
So dark, but that was alright with my giant light. Just too bad I had to cancel this ride.
A picture I took from the sky, the moon was visible
The fields next to me were also frozen solid
Look at that road. The dark spots are the wet and slippery ones. It did rain yesterday and with that minus four it had become a route suitable for ice-skaters
I was disappointed, I had bought this jacket for extra safety but I could not really enjoy it today
I did do the right thing though
Slowly making progress back home
I was already seeing Cakovice from afar
All of the sudden there was also mist
No good ratings for this ride haha
The Christmas tree across the street. At least one delightful view
I went back inside and took off my clothes and relaxed for a while, thinking on what else I could do today. I checked the GPS and saw I did about 20km in one hour, with some 145m of elevation.
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Attempt 2: Going for a MTB spin of 80km
Garmin Activity: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/998985107
23km, 1h10, elevation 243m. Trip rating: 40%
看來今天就是諸事不順: 一大早出門騎公路車遇到結冰的路面因此回家, 任務宣稱失敗. 後來想說準備好登山車來騎一圈布拉格北部的林道. 結果還騎不到15公里就遇到好嚴重的泥巴, 嚴重到必須立刻回家處理洗車, 髒兮兮的. 目前的比分是捷克2-霸特0. 下午看看能否跑長途, 只有超過15公里的跑步才會讓我趕回比分. 但怎麼會有不吉祥的預感呢?
I had some bad luck in the morning, but I could not let a good day go to waste. Besides I saw that the temperature was rising. I let my GPS calculate a 90km loop for MTB. I randomly chose on of the options and hit the road. It was about 9:45 when I started cycling again.
I was led somewhat to the town center and then back outside again to a little forest road.
Cool I was actually getting some offroad selections.
Right after that, there was a steep hill, difficult enough on this wet mud, but the view up there was nice. I could look down over one of the villages nearby Prague.
I stopped here for a small video report
One more peep over that village
Then I proceeded my way downhill. Somehow I went wrong and the GPS started flipping, I just chose one of the other options in my round trips, which led me back home and to the other way north of Prague.
Then I learned there are some nice trails for running not so far from my place. Definitely worth a try on run sessions
I incurred some setbacks today but I was finally riding
Leaving Cakovice behind me
Then Garmin sent me over a field. At first I thought it was no problem, but after cycling a few hundred meters I noticed my tires were accumulating mud like there was no tomorrow. At first I did not think to much of it, but it became so bad that I had to stop for it. Mud was EVERYWHERE. I tried carrying my bike but it had become more than double its weight. I decided to go back out of the field and clean op my bike there. Those few hundred meters back were a real struggle. There I realized that it was really, really bad and that I would once again have to abort mission. I needed to go home and wash my bike. I could not carry on and wash it after coming home.
So crazy all this mud! I did not know where to start cleaning
I made a video report because I really had to share this. But nevertheless, a second attempt today failed
Just look at that. I had only been cycling for 10km on this trip. Good thing I was close to home.
It was about 4km to my home and when I got back I first washed my bike profoundly. I cleaned it and let it dry outside for a while.
I noticed the weather was becoming a lot better in the afternoon. I checked the weather forecast and saw that it would even be sunny tomorrow. So the hell with today, I will just go to bed early and try again tomorrow for Liberec. Hopefully the sun will dry up the water so tomorrow it will not be slippery. I will also depart at 6am and not 5am.
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