"Training Log" 07/12/2015-07/18/2015

This week, as all weeks, consisted of my weekly commute to work.  Sunday I had a 200k PBP training ride with a fellow Indiana Randonneur. 

We've received a lot of rain this month, record breaking, so a lot of roads are flooded as you will see.  Regardless it was a great training ride.  Over 5,000ft of climbing in 120+ miles, yeah Indiana isn't too flat. 

When I say water I meant it.  This is a couple pictures of the detours, I failed to pull the phone out for the two other detours we encountered. 

This was a road...

For the training ride I ended up with about 175miles, I rode to the start and back, so it was a good day.  Thunderstorms were a possibility all day, we lucked out, a nice dry, hot, and humid 12 hour ride.

By Bike: 227 miles.  

Gear:

       Bags:

• Arkel handlebar bag.  It's small, but small bags force you to pack less.  In this bag will be a a quick access puncture kit, tubes, and some quick nutrition. 
• Revelate seat bag.  This bag will have cloths, other tools, and the remainder of the between controls nutrition. 

      Cloths:

• Frogg Togg shell (I take everywhere) Waterproof and warm. The shell doesn't compress well so I strap it to my rear rack.
• Wool short sleeve shirt. 
• Bike shorts
• 3 pairs of socks.
• A pair of wool gloves with a couple pair of rubber glove shells. 
• Long tights
• Reflective vest and ankle bands
• Light cotton long sleeve button shirt  
• Bike gloves

      Tools/tubes:

• Multi-tool
• adjustable wrench
• allen set
• spare crank bolt
• 2 tire levers
• pump
• 2 spare tubes
• patch kit
• 2 chain links
• rag
• zip ties
• spoke wrench
• duct tape
• plastic bags

      Accessories:

• 2 red lights
• 1 dyno front light
• 1spare battery front light
• 3 water bottles 
• rear rack
• 8 spare AA batteries
• 6 spare AAA batteries
• zip lock bag for phone, wallet, and brevet card
• Laminated cue sheet
• GPS with French maps and route
• 200 Euros
• sunglasses and clear glasses
• cycling cap and helmet
• head lamp

      Food:

• 15 Cliff bars/block combo
• 20 recoverer drink mixes 
• Tums

     Things to do: (Green highlight = complete)

• Install new tires
• Install new shift cable and housing
• Install new brake pads
• Look into new dyno hub/bought dyna hub.
• Buy and install new chain
• Buy French maps for GPS
• Doctor PBP cue sheets 
• Look into battery USB backups
• Bubble wrap for bike transport
• Eye droppers for chain lube
• Butter container 
• Tums  
• Build Dyna wheel
• Route GPS