ridethecliche

Exciting new life development. Friend in Somerville's 2 housemates decided that they were going to move out and signed a lease for June. They were going to move out and get a place together in sept anyway. BUT what this means is that I get to move in there in july instead of in sept. YAY!

Now I need to reconfigure one of my bikes as a commute bike. I wonder if the dude that has my cross bike is going to want to buy it off me or if he wants to give it back. If the latter, then I can set that up with fenders and a rack I hope. If he keeps it, I might get to go new bike shopping, or more realistically figure out if I can make my Trek 760 work. I doubt it though, the clearances on that bike are really really narrow and I don't think it would be able to handle my weight plus that of being loaded up. I think my fat self + a messenger bag might be pushing it for that frame already.

johnybutts

not a bad Idea. I'm first going to test it in the races I have this weekend. The 5' numbers were from the start of the race, then I attack, and by the end of the 5' I'm caught, so with those numbers I can get separation, at the end of the race might be different.

ridethecliche

At the end of the race you wouldn't even get a gap because people would be hesitant to see someone goes. Good luck though! Try something new and see how it works. That's how you learn to race!

rog

This is fantastic. Here and there there are some crappy 90s fusion sounds, but what ears these guys have...maybe the best version of this song I've ever heard.

kuf

wut?

KiddSisko

How's the banning going umd... I mean, kuf?

kuf

It really is me, kuf. umd is fast asleep next to me, set to get up early for a big ride.

kuf

umd has made it through the first full day okay. I don't know how he'll hold up tomorrow though. It may start to really sink in then.

mattm

Holy scrit, the RR in the weekend's omnium might just do me in..

About 5 miles worth of climbing 5-7% grades, 15% for 100m, cool. I hope.

substructure

Anyone have an LG (AT&T) mobile phone they aren't using? My wife dropped her new one in the dishwater and, well ... we left it out too dry but everything is damaged - battery included.

45suited

Put it in a bag of rice asap and leave it there for the day. Trust me it works.

substructure

In bag o' rice now.

Greg180

Depending on time in water you may want to go 48 hours. Problem is if you plugged it in before extracting the moisture #fried

heckler

IT went through the wash cycle? She didn't notice at the time?

substructure

It just took a quick dip in the sink. She dropped it and quickly grabbed it. I'll let it dry for a couple of days. She has my phone now. Hopefully nothing will happen to that one.

wanders

1984.

umd = winston.

waterrockets 

How does your power profile look? With this new PB, are you a clear 5' guy? I'm so clearly a 1' guy that my finish strategy is pretty obvious, but keep in mind that just because you set a PB doesn't mean its your strong suit.

A 5' attack should be run like a pursuit on the track: all-out for 30 seconds, then pace it the best you can from there. When I say all-out, I mean every bit of ATP you have available is gone, maybe even warp your pedal spindles and snap a couple cleat bolts. Get that speed really high in the beginning and get a good gap, then just fight to hold onto it for as long as possible.

Grumpy McTrumpy

not sure I agree with that.

unless they let you go, or unless you already have enough sprint power to simply dominate them then I don't think it's nearly that simple.

WR, with all due respect, you have no idea what it's like for those of us who do not have the power to break a gap quickly like that.

MDcatV

give your strategy a try before your state crit, BUT, problems are: doing 374 W for a 5' PB /= doing it for the last 5' of a race; not to be insulting but half the field can probably equal or exceed that #; 5' is long enough to get caught on the last lap by folks sharpening their teeth for a sprint, but not long enough to get far enough away to mitigate that.

Grumpy McTrumpy

generally the only times when I can get a good gap are A: early in the race when people think I'm crazy B: when there is a hill involved.

so I'm working on A. as far as the 5-minute thing goes, I am up to 5.25 w/kg for 5 minutes and it's barely enough to hold pace with the leaders on a 3-4 hilly race.

johnybutts

Good thoughts on the pacing, I remember you talking about this before in another thread. I will try it this weekend, but that sounds like something I really need to practice in intervals to see how bad I'm going ot have to hurt. This is the risk losing part I have to get my head into. Risk blowing up for the possible win.




PS: how do i get pictures to show up like eveyrone else? mine are always attachments....

Grumpy McTrumpy

I put pics in my flickr account and then insert them using the picture icon

Grumpy McTrumpy

all I know is, from that power profile I assume you can do 290 for an hour.

I think given the right positioning I could stay away for a really long time with 290 (I am pretty small though)

Hence I would focus more on the longer break strategy (maybe you can incite a few others to join you)

waterrockets 

Yeah, that 5' power looks like your strength for sure.

Size has a lot to do with it. I did 340W for 20' yesterday and only averaged 24.2mph. That's not fast enough to hold off a crit field for that time...

johnybutts

You say that cause you think it'll be easier to get initial separation earlier in the race? With my PTap wheel, 310W yielded me 23 mph in the drops during my 20' test last week, that's not enough to stay away. I could put on my skinsuit and aero wheels, that'd give me quite some more speed I think. I do know the guys at the front of the 3/4 race last night had 50-100mm aero wheels on.