The 2013 Open Invitation Training Ride Thread

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Permalink Reply by Kelly D. Grills on April 8, 2013 at 9:11pm

Hello FVP'rs,

I'm not in for the FVP, but thinking I might ride out from Joliet & hook up with the ride
somewhere between Ottawa & Sheridan. I'd bail out in Plainfield & head back home.

Please let me know if there's an ETA for Ottawa, & I'll try to plan accordingly.
If someone wants to swap cell #'s I can be reached at kdgrills@the-grills.com

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on April 8, 2013 at 9:33pm

I would hazard a guess that we'd be arriving in Ottawa between 12:45 and 1:15PM. I would hope for super efficient use of time at the first two controls, but you never know.

Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on April 10, 2013 at 8:56am

I think we will be able to turn it around rather quickly at the first two, it is looking we will have a bit of a head wind going west, but will see.  Looking forward to it and it seems like the weather is going to hold.

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on April 12, 2013 at 12:11pm

I don't know if you guys plan on hammering it in the beginning of the ride, but I suggest that for the first leg of the ride, pace should be moderated, as we'll mostly be heading in to the west wind.

I did my regular commute route in to the west wind this morning, and I'm not sure I would have the legs to push hard through 18 mph wind for 15 or more miles.

Permalink Reply by Eric Peterson on April 12, 2013 at 2:02pm

FVP Riders - last minute tips:

1. Be sure to get your card initialed/stamped including the time at each control.
2. Riding through Fermilab, come to a full stop at all STOP signs (there are only 4) or risk getting a ticket.
3. If you like GU and forgot yours, you can buy a small bottle of local honey on Prairie just a little ways west of where the route jogs across IL-47/30 (Sugar Grove).

I've not ridden the full course this year, just out to Sugar Grove.

If things work out, I will ride the route in reverse from either Plano or Millington, back towards Sugar Grove. If you are riding together and do not get lost we should cross paths somewhere.

Eric Peterson

Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on April 12, 2013 at 4:26pm

Eric,

Thank you for the advice, i dont know if we will need to go "full honey" but if we do, we will know where to go. See ya out there.

 

Jim,

 

Yao and i have been talking, we will be taking it at an easy pace 14-15, so we have some left for the second half and that tail wind. We are taking the 6:30 train out of Union Station and should be at SB around 7:45, we will be looking for you. We would lke to leave close to 8, will you be there at 8?

 

Thanks

 

Joe

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on April 12, 2013 at 4:37pm

I'll definitely be there by 8. I'm driving down with the bike on my rack, so I plan on being @ SB around 7:30 to 7:45. I'll be with my orange schwinn and my matching orange jacket; can't miss me.

Permalink Reply by Deet 4.5mi on April 12, 2013 at 4:42pm

Cool, I will be wearing a red jacket,

Permalink Reply by ilter on April 12, 2013 at 6:05pm

Jim, fyi, in the unlikely event that there is no street parking, there is a parking garage 1 block N of Starbucks on Van Buren. It is free, at least on weekends.

Jim S said:

I'll definitely be there by 8. I'm driving down with the bike on my rack, so I plan on being @ SB around 7:30 to 7:45. I'll be with my orange schwinn and my matching orange jacket; can't miss me.

Permalink Reply by ilter on April 12, 2013 at 6:24pm

Joe, fyi, the FVP route is a bit tricky in windy weather. If there is headwind going outbound, one expects tailwind on the inbound. But with a W wind, that unfortunately is not the case for FVP. I`d say, expect a tailwind for a total of 30 miles, served in about a dozen 1-3 mile portions. That`s when I take it easy, eat & stretch.

Deet 4.5mi said:

[snip] 

Yao and i have been talking, we will be taking it at an easy pace 14-15, so we have some left for the second half and that tail wind. [snip]

Joe

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on April 12, 2013 at 7:12pm

Thanks for the heads up, but lucky for me, I lived in Naperville for 8 years and went to high school there. So, the beginning and the end of the route will be a homecoming of sorts :)

ilter said:

Jim, fyi, in the unlikely event that there is no street parking, there is a parking garage 1 block N of Starbucks on Van Buren. It is free, at least on weekends.

Jim S said:

I'll definitely be there by 8. I'm driving down with the bike on my rack, so I plan on being @ SB around 7:30 to 7:45. I'll be with my orange schwinn and my matching orange jacket; can't miss me.

Permalink Reply by ilter on April 12, 2013 at 8:04pm

Haha, cool :)

Jim S said:

Thanks for the heads up, but lucky for me, I lived in Naperville for 8 years and went to high school there. So, the beginning and the end of the route will be a homecoming of sorts :)

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