caloso

Nevada City Classic M123 race. God what a stupid hard race. (I loved every stupid hard minute of it.)



photo: Jim Elder

sijray21

ToWC RR - i'm the one grimacing in the black kit... The race was harder than it should've been for myself since I did a tough crit the night before and staged poorly for the race (it was advertised as a rolling full road enclosure then it changed to yellow line after we staged).


Photo Courtesy of https://www.lesleyolson.smugmug.com/

caloso

Okay, this really was suffering.


photo: Jim Elder

carpediemracing 

Is the white thing on your housing a chip? I see one on the rider behind you.

globecanvas

Harlem, in the pack (Depot kit) and then stupidly chasing a doomed break with 4 to go. Photos by Yehuda Perlowitz.

caloso

Yes. That's new this year. One on the helmet and one on the brake housing. Two advantages from a rider's perspective: 1) only need to check in once on the first day and 2) lapped riders would only be pulled for safety reasons rather than placing reasons. And as far as I know, no one got pulled.

hack

The downside was that it seemed to take longer to post results (at least on Saturday) than normal. Also, one of the guys in the 3/4 race had a flat and used the tire pit (wtf was that by the way??) and was counted as a lapped rider instead of a free lap rider.

Tire pit was unique for the race. The course was an out and back on a road with a median with landscaping. The tire pit was a few hundred meters from the start finish, in the median, in shrubs, and unattended by officials.

caloso

I forgot about that. I think they put it so far away because of the risk of tripping the lap counter mulitple times if the pit was near start/finish as customary.

Ygduf

diablo hc tt - craig huffman

Wylde06

Photo by Robert Shellhamer Photography.

waterrockets 

All out, bridging up to an attack on Thursday. Kudos to Jim Hicks for the great shot -- I'll probably be buying this one (no thumbnail or copyright reasons).
J.A. Hicks Photography | 06-19 Driveway | Photo 396

carpediemracing 

Shelled race. Photo by Mike H, in the white helmet. Okay, so he didn't take it, but he posted it, his friend took it. I think 1/3 of the field is visible in this picture, and I was gone shortly after.

Gramercy

My arms are too straight. Photo taken by my wife. Not wearing sunglasses because it's a night time crit. I need cycling glasses.

caloso

I treated myself to a nice set of Smiths with changeable lenses that I like a lot. I've also used Pyramex clear safety glasses, available at your LHWS (local hardware store).

thechemist

OTF at the local music city crit race yesterday. Wish it had stuck but only lasted a few laps.

EDIT: photographer was gary/greg somebody

shovelhd

At the bottom of the pile in pink and blue.

mike868y

echappist

oh fark. Shovel, how are you doing?

beatlebee 

ouch, heal up.

shovelhd

The report is in the old folk's home. Popped tendon in my left ring finger, pulled groin. Shut down for riding for a few days. No racing until the splint comes off. Cracked rear 404, broken Toupe Pro, hoods and tape. It was a racing accident. No blame on myself or anyone else. I'm just pissed about the 404.

You can see why my groin is pulled as I'm still clipped in. It all happened so fast.

tetonrider

at least your legs look strong!

"get your foot out of my wheel!"
"get your wheel out of my foot!"

sorry to read about this. i wish you a speedy recovery.

tetonrider

hey....if your move is not going to stick, at least you have the visual evidence that is happened.

sounds like an aggressive race for you -- good on ya!

carpediemracing 

I just realized that based on the other riders who are unclipping (still crashing?) you were traveling from the right to the left, or rather from the top of the picture out to the left. The way you fell it looked like you were traveling left to right.

At least your tires are on 100%. That lever looks a bit crooked though. I hope you heal quick, remember the tip about the tendon (don't let anyone bend the finger, you hold the base of the finger and you bend the knuckle of the affected tendon/joint using the muscle of the finger), and I have that stem in the car.

I guess my poison ivy isn't a big deal compared to hitting the deck.

shovelhd

It was a right turn, and I high sided.

globecanvas

Shovelhd, even though we can't see your face, that photo definitely has more suffering in it than any of these lamer hill climb grimace photos!