Cypress' Tuesday Hate Series.

[Cypress]

Rather than make many many threads about the weekly race series I entered, I am just going to post everything in here.

There are three venues. A TT, the Batman circuit, and a short road race. Tomorrow is the road race, then next week is the TT, then the next week is Batman.

Profiles:

Road Race:
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6458/bridger2gu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

TT:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1433/tt14iu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Batman Circuit: (courtesy of El Diablo Rojo)
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3851/shame3ev3zk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


I'll post updates like average speed, time, placing...the usual race reports.

[EventServices]

I am simultaneously jealous and glad that I live in the glacier-flattened mitten.

I'm tellin' ya, that is a T-shirt waiting to be printed.
And sold in large numbers.

[El Diablo Rojo]

I am simultaneously jealous and glad that I live in the glacier-flattened mitten.

I'm tellin' ya, that is a T-shirt waiting to be printed.
And sold in large numbers.

Once printed I demand a free one....size small.

[DocRay]

The second graph reminds me of something...hmmm...

[fujiacerider]

The second graph reminds me of something...hmmm...

The **** You finger?

Cole

[Cypress]

Confidence is renewed!

It was horribly windy last night which meant that everyone would be attacking, which turned out to hold true. At about mile 4 the GAS team started throwing attacks left and right. These guys are strong. One after another I would grab wheels and keep towards the front. It almost seemed like they were attacking me... I grabbed one guy as he was starting his attack and held it like none other.

He went another two times trying to shake me but never succeeded. After that I looked back to see who else wanted to play, but turns out we had about 200 yards on the group as we were reaching the bottom of a short hill. I rolled up next to my breaker (Alex, I learned after the race) and said "We opened up on them. Think we could go all the way?"... His response - "Won't know until we try".

I took point and we started on our way at the 6 mile mark. We worked well together. We had an unspoken agreement that I would pull up the climbs and he would kill it in the flats (he's a bigger guy). At the turn around we had about 40 seconds on the group. The way down is a crap shoot. The wind can change directions at any given time or place and it's not a technical downhill. The only thing Alex and I could do is tuck and switch hit as fast as we could all the way back to the line.

About 2 miles from the finish I looked back on a looong straight away and couldn't see the group. I roll up next to Alex again and tell him that we had pulled it off. I asked him if he wanted to drag race the last hill to the finish line and he agreed to do so. Kinda sucked after that. I couldn't get him to take a pull longer than 15 seconds. Cat and mouse is fun, but in a 22 mile race the pack couldn't be THAT far back. I took it into my own and pulled and pulled. Half way up the finishing hill he pulled up next to me and asked if I wanted to duke it out and I said sure. He let me start things off but at the line he had me by a wheel. We finished 45 seconds in front of the group.

I didn't care. I was 50% of the reason a breakaway had succeeded and was overjoyed at the fact.

Numbers:
Placing - 2nd Men's "A" group.
Total miles - 21.78
Total time - Forgot to check.
Max Speed - 52.0 mph in my Chris Horner "seat in ass" aero tuck. I pulled away from Alex doing this.
Wind speed - 15 mph steady gusting to 22 mph from every direction imaginable (it IS Bozeman)

This weekends race should be fun now that I feel fast.

[baiskeli]

Confidence is renewed!

It was horribly windy last night which meant that everyone would be attacking, which turned out to hold true. At about mile 4 the GAS team started throwing attacks left and right. These guys are strong. One after another I would grab wheels and keep towards the front. It almost seemed like they were attacking me... I grabbed one guy as he was starting his attack and held it like none other.

He went another two times trying to shake me but never succeeded. After that I looked back to see who else wanted to play, but turns out we had about 200 yards on the group as we were reaching the bottom of a short hill. I rolled up next to my breaker (Alex, I learned after the race) and said "We opened up on them. Think we could go all the way?"... His response - "Won't know until we try".

I took point and we started on our way at the 6 mile mark. We worked well together. We had an unspoken agreement that I would pull up the climbs and he would kill it in the flats (he's a bigger guy). At the turn around we had about 40 seconds on the group. The way down is a crap shoot. The wind can change directions at any given time or place and it's not a technical downhill. The only thing Alex and I could do is tuck and switch hit as fast as we could all the way back to the line.

About 2 miles from the finish I looked back on a looong straight away and couldn't see the group. I roll up next to Alex again and tell him that we had pulled it off. I asked him if he wanted to drag race the last hill to the finish line and he agreed to do so. Kinda sucked after that. I couldn't get him to take a pull longer than 15 seconds. Cat and mouse is fun, but in a 22 mile race the pack couldn't be THAT far back. I took it into my own and pulled and pulled. Half way up the finishing hill he pulled up next to me and asked if I wanted to duke it out and I said sure. He let me start things off but at the line he had me by a wheel. We finished 45 seconds in front of the group.

I didn't care. I was 50% of the reason a breakaway had succeeded and was overjoyed at the fact.

Numbers:
Placing - 2nd Men's "A" group.
Total miles - 21.78
Total time - Forgot to check.
Max Speed - 52.0 mph in my Chris Horner "seat in ass" aero tuck. I pulled away from Alex doing this.
Wind speed - 15 mph steady gusting to 22 mph from every direction imaginable (it IS Bozeman)

This weekends race should be fun now that I feel fast.

Congrats. That was a really good race (and race report):beer:

[hiromian]

The **** You finger?

Cole
Pencil dic* phalus?

[daytonian]

awesome report.

[Hipcycler]

Just curious (Because I'll never be in your situation like that at the front) but why all the planning with the guy?

I can understand the working together portion to open a gap on the group, but once it became obvious to you that you guys had pulled it off, why not just go for it on your own instead of all the jibber-jabber about taking each other on and all that?

[Cypress]

Just curious (Because I'll never be in your situation like that at the front) but why all the planning with the guy?

I can understand the working together portion to open a gap on the group, but once it became obvious to you that you guys had pulled it off, why not just go for it on your own instead of all the jibber-jabber about taking each other on and all that?


A gap is worthless if it can be closed. We had to work as efficiently as we could to keep adding time to a fast pack. The last couple miles of a race is usually the fastest for a pack, but for two guys not too much changes. If anything we slowed down due to him not pulling as much as he should have (in the last mile).

[Hipcycler]

A gap is worthless if it can be closed. We had to work as efficiently as we could to keep adding time to a fast pack. The last couple miles of a race is usually the fastest for a pack, but for two guys not too much changes. If anything we slowed down due to him not pulling as much as he should have (in the last mile).

Understood.
So in other words, at that point you knew you couldn't pull it off yourself then because the gap was not great enough.

Cool having to think about all that while you are out there working so hard. I like that brain part of racing...the strategy and the planning is very important if you are not going to get swallowed up by the group right at the end.

[Cypress]

Understood.
So in other words, at that point you knew you couldn't pull it off yourself then because the gap was not great enough.

Cool having to think about all that while you are out there working so hard. I like that brain part of racing...the strategy and the planning is very important if you are not going to get swallowed up by the group right at the end.

There have only been a couple times when I was too winded to think about what was happeneing. It's not fun to be working that hard.

As for last night's TT, I flatted on the way to the course. Methinks something is up. Out of the last 4 races I have done, I have flatted somehow in 3 of them. One during the race two weeks ago, in Rapelje my front spare flatted in the back of the wheel truck, and now last night on the way to the course.:mad:

[Cypress]

I should add that it was my swanky Tufo S3 Lite tubular that flatted.

After getting a ride home, I tried to remove the tire from the rim and now I have absolutely NO fear of a Tubular EVER rolling off during cornering.