{"id":372,"date":"2009-05-15T09:08:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T17:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/?p=372"},"modified":"2009-08-18T21:38:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T05:38:35","slug":"bohlman-on-orbit-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mxi2000.net\/mudworm\/2009\/05\/bohlman-on-orbit-ride","title":{"rendered":"Road: A BOOB (Bohlman\/On Orbit\/Bohlman) Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOOB — Bohlman\/On Orbit\/Bohlman<\/a><\/p>\n

Erik and his buddy Derek wanted to do this ride after work on Friday. I wasn’t going to miss out the fun, um, I mean, the pain. The traffic was surprisingly light when I drove down to Saratoga. I was glad that Derek showed up late because I needed the time to swap my pedals from my mountain bike to my road bike because I forgot to bring my shoes for the road bike.<\/p>\n

A short approach took us to the bottom of Bohlman. “Rolling start!” The boys took off sprinting. I wasn’t going to participate in their silly little game, so I took it slow. It was not very far into the climb, I caught Derek. I could hear him still breathing hard — recovering from the sprint effort.<\/p>\n

This was my second time on this climb. Bohlman before On Orbit turned out to be easier than I remembered, and On Orbit turned out a little harder than I remembered, but not too bad. I took a wrong turn at the top of On Orbit and ended up climbing up to a Cul de Sac and had to turn back. I forgot that On Orbit ends with a steep descent back onto Bohlman. Bohlman after On Orbit turned out longer than I remembered and I passed a rider in San Jose Cycling Club kit pushing his standard double slowly. I love my tripple!<\/p>\n

When I got the end of the road, Erik was leaning against the “End” sign taking notes of our times. This is what he posted to the Mud ‘n Crud forum<\/a>:<\/p>\n

My Name Is Mud 37.22
\nMudworm 41.05
\nDelbomber 44.23<\/p>\n

We had a good chat afterwards at some pastry shop. Their muffins are delicious!<\/p>\n

Update on May 22, 2009<\/strong> (a week after):<\/p>\n

MyNameisMud\u00c2\u00a0 36:24
\nMudworm 36:51
\nDelbomber 43:59<\/p>\n

I guess it helped to know what turns to take and what not to take. Also, I did not brake at every short downhill curves on the upper part of Bohlman this time. I knew I could make some improvement this time, but I didn’t expect this much. Pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n

Ongoing updates<\/strong> can be found in this thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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