| Ride Date |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
2007/10/1
(Mon)
|
117.83 |
04:53:13 |
24.11 |
729 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute with geocaching involved and afterwork metric. Rode Dukstos Maisiagala loop, wanted to visit Versiobalis Hillfort, but got scared by heavy clouds so turned back home and did Titnago loop instead. One rear flat.
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| Weather Conditions: Nice and warm. Felt like +15C, light wind. |
2007/10/2
(Tue)
|
31.95 |
01:24:50 |
22.60 |
237 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office, some errands. Routine has begun. Rode to LBS, bought a new tire, later threw away the totally worn out front tire, put the old rear up front and the new one on the back wheel. Spent the rest of the day at a computer. Much work.
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| Weather Conditions: Nice overcast morning, felt like +14C, no rain. Then it started raining late in the afternoon. |
2007/10/3
(Wed)
|
26.97 |
01:21:17 |
19.91 |
207 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office, a few errands. Much time to spend at a computer. Fell down pretty bad after the front tire hit the MUP edge because of a sudden pedestrian move. Thanks my gloves and helmet!
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| Weather Conditions: Annoying rain most of the morning, a bit better afternoon, but had to stay home :( |
2007/10/4
(Thu)
|
27.71 |
01:38:05 |
16.95 |
238 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute, the post office and home. Too much computer work. The extensive rain doesn't annoy much :) |
| Weather Conditions: Raining the whole day. +10C or so. Light wind. |
2007/10/5
(Fri)
|
74.27 |
03:33:34 |
20.87 |
519 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Much work. Commute and the post office with load several times. Lots of packages delivered, then some park ride, purchased a bike lock, some tube patches, brake cables at LBS. Some more park to ventilate the brain and back to computer. |
| Weather Conditions: Overcast with no rain. Light westerly. Temp in the range of +13C. |
2007/10/6
(Sat)
|
61.01 |
02:44:01 |
22.32 |
439 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: LBS for a new tire, BB for my winter beater and a new brake shoes. Will try Kool Stop's this time. Saturday commute and the post office with load. Lots of work. Did errands, some slow park ride, back home. Spent most of the night at computer. Lacking sleep a bit.
|
| Weather Conditions: Overcast with a few drops of rain. Feels like +10C. Nice. |
2007/10/7
(Sun)
|
10.80 |
00:36:25 |
17.79 |
56 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Spent the whole Sunday at a computer. Terrific amount of work. Got out late at night and rode around the block. Wet streets, had a chance to ventilate the brain. |
| Weather Conditions: Felt like +10C, lotsa rain. |
2007/10/8
(Mon)
|
34.98 |
02:10:22 |
16.10 |
299 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Lots of errands, two banks, two post offices, some geocaching, replaced one, disabled the other due to construction on the site, checked the third one. Ordered the new eyeglasses as the old ones broke. Luckily had the spare ones. Been raining the whole day, got home all wet. Wasn't cold though. Lots of time to spend at a computer. |
| Weather Conditions: +10C or so, raining most of the day. Saw a rainbow when the rain quit, but I was already home. |
2007/10/9
(Tue)
|
50.80 |
02:48:15 |
18.12 |
438 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute, picked the eyeglasses on the way. Some geocaching, picked a new TB at Panorama #3. Lots of work. Some slow park ride on the way home. |
| Weather Conditions: Getting chilly by nite. +7C or so. Forcasts for -5C, we may see some snow on the weekend. |
2007/10/10
(Wed)
|
137.76 |
06:00:15 |
22.94 |
1,071 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute, some errands, banks, post offices. Then rode a geocaching metric loop: Trakai-Semeliskes-Elektrenai-Vievis-Dukstos-Avizieniai loop. Got the snake bitten my front tire on a stupid bike-path between Rubezius and Trakai. How many times I told myself try avoiding it.
Moved 5 Travel Bugs on the route and hid one of my geocaches in Trakai. Got home slightly after dark. Lacking daylight. |
| Weather Conditions: +5C in the morning, then the sun showed up and heated it up to +10C or so. Light westerly, overcast with basiclly no rain except for a few drops near Semeliskes. |
2007/10/11
(Thu)
|
35.09 |
01:50:24 |
19.07 |
263 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office with load. Some errands including SEB, Hansa, Senukai, Iki. Much work at a computer, the weather turned out to be excellent to ride a bike, but had to stay home. |
| Weather Conditions: +10C or so, pretty dry, light wind. Excellent to ride a bike. |
2007/10/12
(Fri)
|
29.95 |
01:31:34 |
19.63 |
274 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute, post offices, banks, some other errands. LBS for neoprene overshoes, BMS for some office accessories. Lotsa rain. |
| Weather Conditions: +7C on average. Moderate westerly. Some bad rain in the afternoon. Got home all wet. Still no fenders :)
|
2007/10/13
(Sat)
|
50.54 |
02:37:03 |
19.31 |
515 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Post office and LBS, changed the overshoes into larger ones. Commute, had some work at the office, some slow park ride and home. Spent hours at a computer. Still much work. |
| Weather Conditions: Rather windy. Moderate to strong northerly. Much fun when tailwind. +8C or so, overcast in the afternoon with a couple of raindrops. |
2007/10/14
(Sun)
|
102.32 |
04:03:33 |
25.21 |
575 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: A Sunday afternoon metric. Rode the Pasilaiciai-Maisiagala-Alinavos Karciama A2TB Hotel-Avizieniai loop, some slow Vingio Park ride to complete the metric. |
| Weather Conditions: Nice afternoon weather for cycling: moderate north westerly, +6C, sunny and dry. |
2007/10/15
(Mon)
|
39.79 |
02:03:24 |
19.35 |
328 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office with load, some park ride. Back home to the computer. Still enormous amount of computer work. |
| Weather Conditions: Nice. Overcast with a few raindrops late in the afternoon. Light wind, comfortable at +6C or so. |
2007/10/16
(Tue)
|
29.75 |
01:24:01 |
21.25 |
234 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Nice weather, huge amount of computer work. Commute, the post office with load, small loop in the park and home. |
| Weather Conditions: +10C or so, sunny most of the day with light wind. Excellent weather to ride a bike, but had to stay home. |
2007/10/17
(Wed)
|
61.51 |
02:58:09 |
20.72 |
458 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office with load followed by some park ride. Rode again to the post office late in the afternoon. Much time to spend at a computer. |
| Weather Conditions: Nice warm day. +10C or so, basically no wind, very comfortable. |
2007/10/18
(Thu)
|
20.24 |
01:03:37 |
19.09 |
139 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Spent most of the day at a computer. Much work. Some park ride after dark. Front flat again, replaced the front tire. |
| Weather Conditions: +9C or so - pretty warm. No wind, rained most of the day, got a bit drier by night. |
2007/10/19
(Fri)
|
70.57 |
03:40:15 |
19.22 |
516 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute with some geocaching (found Rotuse) on the way to work, bank, post office with load, some errands, a bit of park ride, Tignago loop, Zverynas by Italian Embassy and the river, found that strange stone on the right bank, some more park and home. Ventilated the brain a bit. Still much work at a computer. |
| Weather Conditions: Cloudy, a bit chilly, some +5C or felt like that, light wind. Dry roads and no rain. Perfect. |
2007/10/20
(Sat)
|
53.84 |
02:41:28 |
20.01 |
463 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office, some park ride, some geocaching (switching TB's in caches around). Titnago loop and home. Still much time to spend at a computer. |
| Weather Conditions: Some rain in the morning, overcast, light northerly. +5C. Not bad. |
2007/10/21
(Sun)
|
102.04 |
04:15:54 |
23.92 |
763 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Pilaite-Trakai metric with some geocaching involved. Hid Karmazinai Hillfort and Siemetis Micro. Swapped TBs in Trakai. The other half of the ride was a bit disgusting due to vandalized Vytautas the Great monument near Trakai by drunks, lots of bottles and trash around. Then a car killed a deer right in front of me in Paneriai.
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| Weather Conditions: +5C or so with light northerly. Excellent for riding a bike. |
2007/10/22
(Mon)
|
134.36 |
05:51:26 |
22.94 |
767 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Some park ride early in the morning, checked caches, picked TBs. Commute, the post office. Ended the work day early so rode to Traku Voke to hide a cache and Varena to hide another one. Spent half an hour by Merkys searching for QSL geocache, but finally made it. Getting dark early, so didn't bother pedalling back home and took a train from Varena.
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| Weather Conditions: Nice and dry. +5C or so, Overcast with light northerly. Great weather to ride a bike. |
2007/10/23
(Tue)
|
63.07 |
03:14:14 |
19.48 |
573 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office, some Vingio Park, errands, Karoliniskes, Zverynas, rode to a spring in Kalvarijos, refilled the water bottle, then toward Zalieji and hid the Human Conscience geocache. Back home and sat at a computer till late.
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| Weather Conditions: Nice and dry. Overcast, light northerly, +5C. Excellent for biking. |
2007/10/24
(Wed)
|
64.02 |
03:23:36 |
18.87 |
515 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute, the post office, lots of errands. Huge lines of people everywhere. Stand in line for an hour, two hour commute by car daily, lots and lots of time wasted.
Got home early in the afternoon, did the computer work and rode out to the park for another pleasant hour.
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| Weather Conditions: Fantastic day today: +7C or so, light wind, sunny in the afternoon. Beautiful. |
2007/10/25
(Thu)
|
74.34 |
03:37:10 |
20.54 |
592 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office, errands, some park ride. Ordered a new passport. Hid Zverynas Stone geocache.
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| Weather Conditions: Fantastic: +8C or so, light easterly. Warm and dry. Sunny in the afternoon. Lots of cyclists. |
2007/10/26
(Fri)
|
133.03 |
05:56:35 |
22.38 |
937 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Did some errands, hid the 3 Pipe Bridge geocache, then Pavilnys, Naujoji Vilnia, Lavoriskis, Mostiskes. Hid the Kirtimai Water Tower geocache, back to Lavoriskes, toward the border for a new WWL, then Kena, toward Sumskas a bit, back to Kena, found Sauliakas and Vilnius by A3. Was late for the Critical Mass and could not catch the riders in the city so headed home.
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| Weather Conditions: Excellent. Warm and dry. +8C. Dry and warm. The sun showed up in the afternoon, but a bit smoggy. |
2007/10/27
(Sat)
|
51.53 |
02:28:32 |
20.82 |
378 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Some park, errands, commute, the post office, Titnago loop and home. Playing with a new gadget: ATC2K cam that I just received.
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| Weather Conditions: Dry and warm, some +8C, sunny, light wind. Lots of cyclists everywhere. Even saw the bike rent service in Vingio park operating again maybe the first time in weeks. |
2007/10/28
(Sun)
|
14.28 |
00:36:03 |
23.77 |
114 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Spent the whole day remodeling the living room with my wife. She enjoyed the composition she made on the window. Quickly rode to Senukai for some screws and around the block to test my new action cam. Need to add an SD card for larger footages, but works fine.
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| Weather Conditions: +10C, overcast, light wind. Dry and warm |
2007/10/29
(Mon)
|
107.80 |
05:36:32 |
19.22 |
812 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Nice morning ride to Verkiai park, picked a GC at Human Conscience, work, the post office, some errands, home, some computer work, then another ride in the afternoon. Hid the Ski Spring, some slow and relaxing park ride, aimless back and forth.
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| Weather Conditions: +10C or something like that. Sunny most of the day, some fog. Dry. Excellent weather to ride a bike |
2007/10/30
(Tue)
|
67.65 |
04:09:43 |
16.25 |
609 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Post office and commute. Short day at work today, took a train to Kaunas. Did some geocaching there including three finds and two hides.
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| Weather Conditions: Nice mild +10C or so, overcast. Dry and a moderate southerly. |
2007/10/31
(Wed)
|
50.92 |
03:00:25 |
16.93 |
309 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute, some park ride, hid the Interplanetary Teleporting Geotron Phase A geocache, some more park ride. Saw lots of smashed cars today including a bus on Narbuto. Observed a fellow trying to take a disabled girl on a wheelchair off of his car. The dedicated parking spaces for disabled were occupied by taxi's. Weird.
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| Weather Conditions: Rained in the morning. Rather warm, some +10C. The sun showed up late in the evening. Was fun riding in a thick fog. |
| October Rides |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
| 31 |
1,930.72 |
93:13:55 |
21.00 |
14,368 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
2007/11/1
(Thu)
|
14.21 |
00:38:23 |
22.21 |
111 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Computer occupied most of the day, only got out to ride across the block late by rainy and windy night. Brain vent ride.
GPS files: txt gpx
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| Weather Conditions: Started raining after noon. +4C or so, got warmer by night. Moderate westerly, rainy. |
2007/11/2
(Fri)
|
22.19 |
01:09:44 |
19.09 |
0 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Got out late in the afternoon, made a quick loop in Vingio Park, watched candles burn in a cemetery by night. Saw an extremely bright star (most likely Comet Holmes) in the morning. Was sleepy and tried to take a pic, but did not have a tripod.
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| Weather Conditions: A bit windy, +4C or so, few snow flakes showed up. |
2007/11/3
(Sat)
|
10.80 |
00:30:46 |
21.06 |
101 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: The majority of the day spent remodeling the living room. Spent several hours at the computer, only got out late by night to ride several kilometers around the block.
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| Weather Conditions: Windy with some wet snow. +2C to +5C |
2007/11/4
(Sun)
|
14.25 |
00:37:46 |
22.64 |
85 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Computer day. Lots of work. Spent most of the day inside, rode around the block late at night.
GPS files: txt gpx
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| Weather Conditions: Dry and nice. The temperature got around freezing with light northerly, The water in the bottle did not freeze in 30 minute ride though. |
2007/11/5
(Mon)
|
73.79 |
03:41:10 |
20.02 |
695 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office. Nice day, sunny most of the time. Rode to Naujoji Vilnia to hunt the Iron Horse geocache. No luck. It got dark and lovers geomuggles started showing up so had to leave the site. Nearly fell down when the front wheel skid on ice in the dark. Need to get more careful as the winter approaches.
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| Weather Conditions: -4 in the morning then some -2 by night, warmer during the day. The water bottle froze. Sunny and dry, some black ice patches on roads, but manageable. |
2007/11/6
(Tue)
|
82.39 |
04:04:26 |
20.22 |
738 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute, the post office, some boring aimless loops in Vingio park, trying to calibrate the tire lenghts. Bought a new camera, the other three dead mostly because of outdoor use on a bicycle. Rode to LBS, got a new rear wheel for my winter beater, a cassette with a chain, some tubes and a new saddle. Gave the saddle and the camera a test after dark. The water in the bottle froze again.
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| Weather Conditions: A hairpin below freezing, dry and comfortable. |
2007/11/7
(Wed)
|
29.01 |
01:38:45 |
17.63 |
252 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office with a bit of park ride. Pretty typical. Picked a new TB on the way to work at Ink Bridge.
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| Weather Conditions: Some snow with patches of black ice, gotta ride carefully with 23mms. Around freezing with light wind. |
2007/11/8
(Thu)
|
51.44 |
02:37:00 |
19.66 |
366 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Rode to the LBS, got a new crankset for my winter commuter, the post office and work, some park ride later. The shoe covers don't seem to be comfortable enough for an hour plus rides.
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| Weather Conditions: A hairpin above freezing, most of the snow is gone, light wind, some rain. |
2007/11/9
(Fri)
|
56.59 |
02:58:21 |
19.04 |
497 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office, some park ride
GPS files: txt gpx
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| Weather Conditions: +3C, some rain, wet riding conditions, brake shoes wear like crazy. |
2007/11/10
(Sat)
|
85.26 |
04:34:00 |
18.67 |
668 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute, the post office with load a couple of times. Bought a new front wheel for my winter commuter, some park ride. Fixed one rear flat.
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LABAS AUDRIAU |
| Weather Conditions: Dry riding conditions, temp around freezing, some loose snow flakes by night. The water in the bottle stayed liquid. |
2007/11/11
(Sun)
|
8.09 |
00:24:23 |
19.91 |
52 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Spent most of the day at a computer and remodeling the working space. Got out for a quick ride around the block by night. Slippery roads!
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| Weather Conditions: Around freezing, quite a bit of snow in the morning, good portion of it melted down during the day. The roads got covered with a thin ice by night. Lacking daylight. |
2007/11/12
(Mon)
|
39.46 |
02:10:01 |
18.21 |
285 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute through post offices and EMS, work, post office with load, got there a bit late, but was lucky enought to get the locked door opened just for me. Some park ride before getting home, but it started snowing pretty heavy so made it home early.
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| Weather Conditions: Around freezing, snow late in the afternoon. Still fine with 23mms. |
2007/11/13
(Tue)
|
43.31 |
02:20:38 |
18.48 |
311 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office with load, the bus station, some park ride. Snowed and rained most of the afternoon. Still OK with 23mms.
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| Weather Conditions: Slightly above freezing, rain and snow in the afternoon, much slush. |
2007/11/14
(Wed)
|
70.58 |
03:39:48 |
19.27 |
419 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office with load. Lots of errands, some park ride. Relatively dry riding conditions.
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| Weather Conditions: A hairpin above freezing, it wasn't snowing today. No wind. Great weather to ride a bike. |
2007/11/15
(Thu)
|
54.11 |
02:53:30 |
18.71 |
361 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Some errands, commute and the post office with load, a bit of park ride. The left eggbeater broke, luckily I had spares. Installed the mxr's on.
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| Weather Conditions: Dry and comfortable. Forgot to take my skull cap, a bit chilly with a bare helmet. No wind. Clear. It got -5C by night. The water in the bottle froze.
|
2007/11/16
(Fri)
|
84.05 |
04:24:00 |
19.10 |
550 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and some errands, outgoing post office with load, a lot of aimless loop in the Vingio Park, tried to evaluate the odo-constant for the new wheel I instolled in front. Dry and comfortable. Started snowing by night.
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| Weather Conditions: A few degrees below freezing for the most of the day, it warmed up and started snowing by night. Fun riding in dry conditions. |
2007/11/17
(Sat)
|
73.17 |
03:54:52 |
18.69 |
511 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and both incoming and outgoing post offices, some errands downtown, back home with a detour to Vingio park. Broke the rear derailleur cable not far from the LBS, replaced it within seconds. Then had to ride to work again late in the afternoon.
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| Weather Conditions: Light wind, some snow and rain, pretty wet riding. +2C or so. |
2007/11/18
(Sun)
|
16.48 |
00:43:46 |
22.59 |
85 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: An evening ride around the block. Spent the whole day at a computer so got out to ventilate the brain a bit.
GPS files: txt gpx
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| Weather Conditions: +2C, dry and comfortable. A bit foggy. Nice. |
2007/11/19
(Mon)
|
103.79 |
05:25:43 |
19.12 |
743 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Commute and the post office with load, some errands, just plain aimless ride back and forth empty streets, Titnago loop late in the afternoon, punctured my rear tire near home. A doggy came to watch me fixing it.
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| Weather Conditions: A little above freezing, some fog, comfortable enough. |
2007/11/21
(Wed)
|
56.17 |
03:02:06 |
18.51 |
432 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Regular routines: incoming post office, work, outgoing post office, some park ride. A new winter cycling jacket showed up in the mail today, gave it a first try.
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| Weather Conditions: -1C or so. Dry and comfortable. |
2007/11/21
(Wed)
|
104.31 |
05:18:35 |
19.65 |
844 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Some lazy morning ride including Karoliniskes, Pilaite, Zujunai, Gineitiskes, Pasilaiciai right before a commute, then work and twice the post office with load. Some park ride, Tignago loop, more of the park and Zverynas and home. Needed to ventilate the brain after an extensive computer work.
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Thinking about hiding a geocache near the pipe bridge. First I want to make friends with a guard dog. Started feeding him today. A link to a quick movie below:
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| Weather Conditions: -2C or so, the water in the bottle froze. Dry and comfortable. Salote lake is already covered with a thin ice. |
2007/11/22
(Thu)
|
84.31 |
04:15:28 |
19.80 |
680 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Loooooong commute through Karoliniskes, Pasilaiciai, the post office with load. Pretty typical. Fed the Pipe Dog. Brought him a chicken drum stick this time. Some lazy park ride before getting home.
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| Weather Conditions: -2C or so. Water froze in the bottle. Dry and comfortable |
2007/11/23
(Fri)
|
84.44 |
04:25:05 |
19.11 |
754 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Fed the Pipe Dog, Titnago loop, back and forth the city prior to work. The post office with load and home through Vingio Park. |
| Weather Conditions: Temp around freezing, light southerly, dry and comfortable. |
2007/11/24
(Sat)
|
48.91 |
02:22:40 |
20.57 |
358 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute, both post offices. Had some work at the office today. Fed the Pipe Dog, rode to the LBS for a new chunky front wheel for my winter commuter, some casual ride back and forth empty streets. Rode to meet Vilmantas late by night, but could not reach him on the phone, so made it back home. |
| Weather Conditions: Dry in the morning. Started raining after noon. Pretty warm +4C or so. Some snow late by night. |
2007/11/25
(Sun)
|
82.59 |
03:56:24 |
20.96 |
634 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Back and forth empty streets. Salote, Pasilaiciai, Titnago, downtown, Naujamiestis, some park ride, Zirmunai, Turniskes, Karoliniskes. Fed the Pipe Dog. Got home by dark. |
| Weather Conditions: dry and comfortable. Started raining a bit by dark. +4C. Maybe. |
2007/11/26
(Mon)
|
70.93 |
03:41:49 |
19.19 |
560 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Lots of errands. Three post offices, banks, commute, rode to take my new passport, only got the ID card. Spent perhaps FOUR HOURS total plain standing in lines. EUROPEAN BUREAUCRACY everywhere. Would have killed myself if I had to stay stuck in traffic with a car on top of that. Did several aimless loops in the park and Zverynas before getting home, just to ventilate the brain. Two flats today. |
| Weather Conditions: Dry and comfortable. +2C or so. Nice. |
2007/11/27
(Tue)
|
74.47 |
04:02:20 |
18.44 |
651 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: LBS in the morning, then errands, commute, post office with load and some park ride. |
| Weather Conditions: Lots of snow, rain and mud. Around freezing. Right apparel kept me warm and dry. |
2007/11/28
(Wed)
|
25.15 |
01:23:23 |
18.10 |
261 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Shortest route commute and the post office with load. Scary riding on patches of black ice with 23mm tires. |
| Weather Conditions: -1C or so. Some clouds, some sun, some snow. Slippery road conditions. |
2007/11/29
(Thu)
|
40.16 |
02:37:03 |
15.34 |
295 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Hello winter commuter. First ride in months with my Corra hybrid. Gave it a test. A bit unusual, but fun. Commute and the post office with load, some park ride. Enjoyed the snow. |
| Weather Conditions: Around freezing, much snow, some slush, pretty comfortable with right apparel. |
2007/11/30
(Fri)
|
56.06 |
03:52:50 |
14.45 |
343 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office with load, got home and rode to enjoy Critical Mass. |
| Weather Conditions: Snowed most of the day. Dirty streets. Slightly above freezing. |
| November Rides |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
| 30 |
1,660.47 |
87:24:45 |
19.11 |
12,642 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
2007/12/1
(Sat)
|
30.59 |
01:50:05 |
16.67 |
237 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Quick commute and the post office, rode to the LBS, bought a cassette for my winter commuter. Terrible slush.
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| Weather Conditions: Much snow. +1C or so. Dirty streets, much slush in the park. No big fun. |
2007/12/2
(Sun)
|
36.58 |
02:07:45 |
17.18 |
229 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Fed Ciuckis - the Pipe Dog. Making good friends with him. Slowly but surely. Delicious bones. Terrible slush in the park. Muddy trails. Rode downtown to the Christmas Tree, lotsa broken glass after yesterday's party. Got home early, replaced the BB and the brake shoes, put the 32mm tires on.
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| Weather Conditions: +2C or so, some rain, light wind. Slush, mud and salt. |
2007/12/3
(Mon)
|
43.65 |
02:34:19 |
16.97 |
343 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Spent about an hour standing in lines to clear a small package from the US with magnets. $10 or so worth. Super European bureaucracy. Stood in trhee separate lines. There was a rate of 3 people served at one counter. Postal Office complaints on lack of workers, but there are always at least half of clerks doing nothing, just drinking coffee or watching over the shoulder of their partners doing their work, pretending they are teaching or learning. Lots of computers, forget true typing, yet they fill most of the forms by hand. By law they required to fill several copies of bills with a lot of signatures and stamps if a company just buy a plain cents worth envelope. Administration costs are terrible. Lines are hughe, no one saves time, both customers and clerks are angry. Got desperate and rode to work, did not have time to complete what I had planned.
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| Weather Conditions: Rained most of the day, all the snow is gone, pretty windy. +4C or so |
2007/12/4
(Tue)
|
62.08 |
03:14:23 |
19.16 |
379 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Pilaite, Salote prior to commute, some park ride, post office with load. All the snow is gone, no fun. Rode several loops in the park to calibrate the odometer to a new tires, got home early. Some rain late in the afternoon.
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| Weather Conditions: peaking +5C, really warm, all the snow is gone. Light wind, some rain. |
2007/12/5
(Wed)
|
71.99 |
03:54:19 |
18.43 |
448 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Pasilaiciai LBS, Visoriai prior to commute, downtown, the post office with load, some park ride, brought a bone to the Pipe Dog, Zverynas and home. Nice day: dry and warm.
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| Weather Conditions: +4C or so. Light wind, no rain, dry ride. |
2007/12/6
(Thu)
|
102.29 |
05:20:27 |
19.15 |
770 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Some morning park ride prior to commute saw a December rainbow - very rare in Lithuania, quickly did the job, brought the packages to the outgoing post office, got home, some city ride, fed the Pipe Dog. Ciuckis already let me in into his chain territory. Tasty bones. Back and forth the city, hid Mr. Herring geocache, replaced the Collapse geocache, LBS for a new fork and a front wheel, stopped by BMS for a UM computer. Love my new EEE toy. Needs to be modified though. Will start growing a fir tree from a seed for next Christmas, found a nice half eaten cone lost by a squirrel.
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| Weather Conditions: Nice and dry day. Some rain late in the evening. +2C, rather windy. |
2007/12/7
(Fri)
|
54.45 |
03:04:54 |
17.67 |
438 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: BMS for some office equipment, didn't have time to stop at LBS, home, commute to work, the post office with load, some park ride, forgot to feed the Pipe Dog today, started raining in the evening, so got home early.
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| Weather Conditions: +2C, some rain, moderate to strong southerly. Not too bad overall. |
2007/12/8
(Sat)
|
43.75 |
02:20:50 |
18.64 |
308 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Fed the Pipe Dog, post office, commute. Rode downtown, hid A Night At The Opera geocache, some park ride, BMS (picked the fixed EEE), got home early. Lots of computer work.
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| Weather Conditions: +2C or so, light wind, but dry and comfortable. WHERE IS THE SNOW????? |
2007/12/9
(Sun)
|
33.14 |
01:44:09 |
19.09 |
232 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Some park and downtown ride late in the afternoon. Perfect day. Dry and comfortable, lots of other cyclist. Spoke with one near the Cathedral till start chilling so headed back home. Spent most of the day at a computer.
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| Weather Conditions: +2C, light wind, dry riding conditions. |
2007/12/10
(Mon)
|
71.47 |
04:00:06 |
17.86 |
485 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Pilaite, Salote, Lazdynai. Hid a Skinny Horse geocache, brought the Pipe Dog some tasty bones, downtown errands, work. The post office with load followed by Gelezinkelio Post Office. Thought I'd pick a small package from the US. I estimated three hours in line and headed back to work. Three hours for a ten buck worth package!!!!! The bureaucracy sucks. Gave a test to my new EEE computer. Nice little toy, easy to carry around in my bicycle hydration backpack. Some park ride after dark. Started raining so got home early.
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| Weather Conditions: +4C, generally dry and comfortable, like in the summer. Some rain in the evening. |
2007/12/11
(Tue)
|
50.43 |
02:53:17 |
17.46 |
347 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/12
(Wed)
|
35.05 |
02:17:12 |
15.33 |
241 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/13
(Thu)
|
35.59 |
02:17:10 |
15.57 |
299 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/14
(Fri)
|
34.07 |
01:54:36 |
17.84 |
247 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/15
(Sat)
|
61.09 |
03:08:55 |
19.40 |
409 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/16
(Sun)
|
6.04 |
00:17:33 |
20.65 |
39 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/17
(Mon)
|
67.96 |
03:49:14 |
17.79 |
439 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Back and forth Virsuliskes, hid the Twin Towers cache, rode to the Gelezinkelio post office to pick up the package. No luck. Estimated 2 hours in line so left quickly. Work and the other post office. Received my nice cycling jersey. Downtown, back and forth Vingio park, home. Rode around the block by night to test the lobster gloves before it got really cold. Ah, yes, fed the Pipe Dog in the morning. We are already friends, I can touch him without a fear to get bitten. |
| Weather Conditions: -1C or so. Pretty muddy, the wind got stronger by night. Seemed like westerly. |
2007/12/18
(Tue)
|
60.10 |
03:34:26 |
16.82 |
473 |
Road: Flat |
Corratec Classic
700c Hybrid |
Bike Friday |
Comments:
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| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/19
(Wed)
|
32.86 |
02:01:13 |
16.27 |
278 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/12/20
(Thu)
|
62.32 |
03:30:26 |
17.77 |
526 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: LBS in the morning, the computer store, some other errands, fed Ciuckis, work, the post office with load, some relaxing park and Zverynas ride by night. |
| Weather Conditions: Dry and comfortable. +2C or so. Nice day. |
2007/12/21
(Fri)
|
85.55 |
04:41:00 |
18.27 |
676 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Lots of errands. Brought the fixed computer to mom, fed the Pipe Dog, punctured front tire, brought the broken EEE to the repair, took the monitor to mom, work & the post office, some park ride to relax, then stopped at mom's by night to install some software. |
| Weather Conditions: Nice dry day with a positive temperature and some mild westerly. |
2007/12/22
(Sat)
|
64.70 |
03:31:14 |
18.38 |
557 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: LBS, BMS, fed the Pipe Dog prior to commute, the post office and some lazy park ride by night. |
| Weather Conditions: Nice and dry. Around freezing. |
2007/12/23
(Sun)
|
59.93 |
02:58:59 |
20.09 |
402 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Titnago loop, fed the Pipe Dog, some park and downtown. |
| Weather Conditions: Nice and dry. -3C on average. |
2007/12/24
(Mon)
|
40.02 |
02:08:31 |
18.68 |
377 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office. |
| Weather Conditions: Five degs below freezing, dry and comfortable. |
2007/12/25
(Tue)
|
16.70 |
00:00:00 |
0.00 |
123 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Pipe Dog and back. Tasty pig's ear this time. |
| Weather Conditions: -5C and dry. Excellent. |
2007/12/26
(Wed)
|
17.10 |
00:00:00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Only rode to feed the Pipe Dog and back. Enjoyed some pine tree talk in the Vingio Park. |
| Weather Conditions: -6C, ice blocks showed up in the river. Nice and dry. |
2007/12/27
(Thu)
|
10.80 |
00:32:19 |
20.05 |
70 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: A quick ride around the block = Karoliniskes and back. |
| Weather Conditions: Dry and comfortable. -6C or so. Nice. |
2007/12/28
(Fri)
|
25.38 |
02:05:14 |
12.16 |
194 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Day off at work today, rode to feed the Pipe Dog. Made a fenderless bike from my Trek 520, did not have much fun, got home early all muddy. Need to fix the winter beater before I can continue riding or buy another one. I don't tend to touch my Corra before the insurance agents come see it on Jan 2. |
| Weather Conditions: Park trails covered with ice, pretty fun riding. Nearly fell once going up on Narbuto, managed to stay upright. |
| December Rides |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
| 28 |
1,315.68 |
71:52:36 |
17.96 |
9,566 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| YTD Rides |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
| 363 |
26,389.22 |
1356:41:37 |
19.91 |
173,095 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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