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Cycling 2013
- Thread starter DerHoggz
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that's my wife's dolce, she also has a sirrus that I set up as her commuter.
The one up top is my Cannondale SuperSix, with a Roval sl45 wheelset. It's nothing super amazing, but it's more bike than I'll ever need. I've been thinking about piecing it out and swapping the Ultegra group over to a nice steel road frame for those long, mellow miles I've grown so fond of -- I guess the Fargo can cover that territory as well.
The one up top is my Cannondale SuperSix, with a Roval sl45 wheelset. It's nothing super amazing, but it's more bike than I'll ever need. I've been thinking about piecing it out and swapping the Ultegra group over to a nice steel road frame for those long, mellow miles I've grown so fond of -- I guess the Fargo can cover that territory as well.
My #1 priority race is tomorrow. It's a ~24 mile individual time trial on an out and back course. The wind is generally more of a factor than the climbing. There's still a good amount of climbing. It could rain, which might inflence my tire pressure a little.
A medium SE wind could make it a really fast race.
A medium SE wind could make it a really fast race.
Ack. Very cold and rainy. Wind shifted to make it mostly headwind. Got 8th. Missed 7th by 3 seconds. I'm mixed on the day. I've done a lot worse on that course, but was 0.5mph faster about 2 weeks ago. I might travel to a race in the next coming weeks. If not, I'll be hanging up the TT bike for the rest of the year. Not many races going on locally this year. Riders are talking about that and kinda bummed.
Go for it! That bike is too sexy hanged a whole summer
Congratz on the top10, got any point(s) out of it?
I think I might have a few points. I haven't done well enough in other races for those points to mean much. Family and job will probably keep me in the Cat 4ever category for a while at least.
The next race weekend is probably 6-7 hours away, which adds a lot of time. Might look at it and see if I can start working on my ~10 mile TT. Was REALLY hoping to do some uphill time trials in Oregon prior to getting the bad news about my foundation.
For now, I need a break with my TT bike. I know I should have at least pulled back about a minute if it weren't so cold and rainy. The cumulative effect of cold and wet weren't something I was used to. A rain jacket and thermal tights would have helped, as well as some waterproof shoe covers. Spent about an hour after the race shivering and hearing on how I might not be so cold if I put some weight on.
Another problem I had was with my TT helmet visor. I couldn't see anything. There are usually a few flags visible from the road. I honestly couldn't tell ya if they weren't there or if I just couldn't see that far from the fogging and heavy rain. We're all pretty sure the wind direction shifted and my power meter might agree. I missed having those visual cues.
After tomorrow's road race, I'll chill a bit. It's easy to burn yourself out in this current mindset. LOL, the last 2 races I had involved being extremely close to a few riders' times. I was 2 seconds slower than a Cat 2 last summer and 3 seconds slower than my usual TT rival. It's kind of amazing how short of a gap that is on a course like this.
The next race weekend is probably 6-7 hours away, which adds a lot of time. Might look at it and see if I can start working on my ~10 mile TT. Was REALLY hoping to do some uphill time trials in Oregon prior to getting the bad news about my foundation.
For now, I need a break with my TT bike. I know I should have at least pulled back about a minute if it weren't so cold and rainy. The cumulative effect of cold and wet weren't something I was used to. A rain jacket and thermal tights would have helped, as well as some waterproof shoe covers. Spent about an hour after the race shivering and hearing on how I might not be so cold if I put some weight on.
Another problem I had was with my TT helmet visor. I couldn't see anything. There are usually a few flags visible from the road. I honestly couldn't tell ya if they weren't there or if I just couldn't see that far from the fogging and heavy rain. We're all pretty sure the wind direction shifted and my power meter might agree. I missed having those visual cues.
After tomorrow's road race, I'll chill a bit. It's easy to burn yourself out in this current mindset. LOL, the last 2 races I had involved being extremely close to a few riders' times. I was 2 seconds slower than a Cat 2 last summer and 3 seconds slower than my usual TT rival. It's kind of amazing how short of a gap that is on a course like this.
For those of you who don't use clips, what kind of shoes do you wear? I'm looking for practicality, not functionality, if that makes sense.
Specialized Body Geometry Pro's. like 'em. There is a foot bed system. My LBS set me up and I dig 'em. Carbon soles are plenty stiff.
Did 44 in the hills today. Another 3k foot day but this.time with a stair step 10 mile climb up to the half way point. 3 serious grinds in there 12% on 1, 10% on the other two. Some shorter grinds in between.. Ah say boys! Ah'm whooped...
Did 44 in the hills today. Another 3k foot day but this.time with a stair step 10 mile climb up to the half way point. 3 serious grinds in there 12% on 1, 10% on the other two. Some shorter grinds in between.. Ah say boys! Ah'm whooped...
State road race was unseasonably cold. It was about 10 degrees warmer and not raining with only a few sprinkles here n' there. It felt 10x better than Saturday.
Nobody really wanted to work and a lot of us were simply sore from the other races before. I was just happy to stay in the pack after being dropped so many times lately. I didn't contest the sprint. I don't really have a sprint in the first place. I was still feeling Saturday's TT and my allergies had me feeling a little plugged up.
Nobody really wanted to work and a lot of us were simply sore from the other races before. I was just happy to stay in the pack after being dropped so many times lately. I didn't contest the sprint. I don't really have a sprint in the first place. I was still feeling Saturday's TT and my allergies had me feeling a little plugged up.
Thanks again!
I decided to make things easy for myself, and got a new rim. The old one was pretty crappy, and its eyelets were encrusted with rust. And I've suspected that wheel truing is easier to learn if the rim is round to begin with.
The procedure in my old book made no sense -- it has no way of bringing the spokes up to full tension -- and I had improvised and screwed it up. Chances are that insufficient tension is what caused spoke breakage. I added washers as suggested in the article, and took my time. This time around, I've got the spokes up to a good tension.
And lo and behold, I went on a long outing this morning, and the wheel held true.
Congrats. Good choice to go with a new rim. I've rebuilt a wheel under the tutelage of a master wheel builder and according to him, used hubs are usually okay, but used rims are not recommended for reuse. Then again, faulty hubs can usually be rebuilt, faulty rims not so much.
Thanks. I re-packed the bearings (all three of them), but it's probably fortunate that I've never tried to disassemble a Sturmey Archer AW hub. 
I'm still on the hunt for a commuter. At the moment I'm trying to get an old Peugeot 10-speed. Can't seem to get in touch with the seller, I'll try to call again later.
Also, what bike lock do you guys recommend? I don't want to pay more for the lock than the bike. The bike is 60$.
Also, what bike lock do you guys recommend? I don't want to pay more for the lock than the bike. The bike is 60$.
I'd pass on the pictured bike- the drooping chain indicates a tired RR derailleur spring, the steel cotter-pin cranks are crap and I'd bet a set of Rotosounds that EVERY other item- cables, brake shoes, etc- on the bike is equally worn and/crap to begin with. It is a horse w/1 broken leg and 2 iffy ones. I am biased toward MTBs and would likely go that route w/some slick tires for efficiency, but a decent used hybrid could do good commute service as well.
Bummer. I just want an old road bike to get around 
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I might still get it and just ride it until it craps. At 60$ I don't really have much to lose. And when it starts crapping I'll turn it into a single speed. The frame is good looking.
Used bikes are pretty expensive around here, I look at the classifieds often and man, people are nuts.
edit 2: Here's a link to my local classifieds if you're curious and want to take a peek
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I might still get it and just ride it until it craps. At 60$ I don't really have much to lose. And when it starts crapping I'll turn it into a single speed. The frame is good looking.
Used bikes are pretty expensive around here, I look at the classifieds often and man, people are nuts.
edit 2: Here's a link to my local classifieds if you're curious and want to take a peek
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