Pictures of you suffering in a race (please credit photographer)
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Not to be defensive, but head was up because I was looking to see how far up the carrots were. By the next lap I was literally (as in literally, not figuratively) resting my helmet on the bars.
#8305
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I understand that the drops need to be where they need to be. I'm an example of that. I'm just saying if my leg was even close to my torso I wouldn't be able to breathe well.
It helps that you're not fat like me. Well guessing about 20% for me so that's fat.
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winning. good pic, too bad it was 2nd via bookkeeping. via katie truong
and here is when I think I'm going to post up, begin to, then start to crash and think better of posting up
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Well, I did move my saddle forward based on your last offhand comment so there is that, I'm definitely insecure about my position. This may cause derision, but I also had a buddy who did the Specialized fit university program or whatever they call it give me a their by-the-numbers fit and he said all the measurements were right in the middle of the ideal ranges so I should just move whatever I wanted anywhere and it would be fine. I like the feeling of being really small on the bike, but there's no counterfactual, so maybe if I moved everything around it would feel even better.
Maybe I should just go see the guy in NJ who everyone says is a guru.
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I'd start by doing some five minute intervals in the drops, hoods, and tops, and use RPE to determine where it is easiest to make power. Ideally it should be in your most aero position. For me, it's the drops. However I do a lot of adaptation work every season to hone it.
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GC, I would think about shorter cranks, not that you asked. Parvilla in MD is a guru too. I would use him but he's geographically unfeasible. He gave a lecture at a training camp I was on. I was convinced he deeply knows what he's doing.
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The Adoption Exchange Crit, Albuquerque, NM. Cat 5 Men. My wife was taking pics after she raced. Cool venue!
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and a good smile/sneer thing
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I was gonna say, 895 may have the grin, but 934 has much smaller frontal area. Then I saw that last photo!
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Was he one of the Jrs running through the rail lines this week? Seems that incident has caught the eye of some cycling media outlets.
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What was interesting is the UCI rules cover that stuff. Apparently its kinda common.
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