Southern California - So Cal needs a long thread "What's Up?" type thread!

I wanna carry nunchucks in my jersey pockets and throwing stars in my Bento box.


/off to teh Ninja store!

Is that better? Go Team REI....

Hey, I'm a member...:p

Nice. :)

Now if i can just find a way to put a balaclava on my owl avatar...

Looks like I got hit too.... :(

good morning all, no rain yeppie, but was freaking cold this morning at 6am burrrrr

:shucks:

I wanna be a ninja, too.

Be a wannabe ninja, Mo'. It's all up to you. And a little change of Avatar. :)

Looks like I got hit too.... :(

By a car! :eek: I hope not, Mark? Or did you mean, by a wayward meteor?

good morning all, no rain yeppie, but was freaking cold

http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/photos/lucky.jpg

Be a wannabe ninja, Mo'. It's all up to you. And a little change of Avatar. :)

Back from teh Ninja Store...was good.

Back from teh Ninja Store...was good.

:roflmao:

suh wheeet!! Just got all of our proofs back from Champ-sys....should have our kit in like 5-6 weeks...maybe just in time for boulevard!!

And i got a good ride in today...we did 20 miles in an hour...it hurts...poor ben...all he does is tow and gets no pull at all.

By a car! :eek: I hope not, Mark? Or did you mean, by a wayward meteor?


Nope. Just by the bug going around. But the context got lost amongst all the ninja talk...

...though my head feels like maybe it DID get hit by a wayward meteor....

Nice. :)

Now if i can just find a way to put a balaclava on my owl avatar...

Done.

...though my head feels like maybe it DID get hit by a wayward meteor....

Sorry, Mark. :( I just got over mine and it was yucky. Unfortunately, tis the seaon. Feel better!

Only ninja can kill other ninja (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9nVENReGBY).

suh wheeet!! Just got all of our proofs back from Champ-sys....should have our kit in like 5-6 weeks...maybe just in time for boulevard!!

And i got a good ride in today...we did 20 miles in an hour...it hurts...poor ben...all he does is tow and gets no pull at all.


way to help your buddy out there:p

way to help your buddy out there:p

you go ride with ben and see if you can be much use to him...he damn near rode me off his wheel with a 6-8mph tail wind....we were doing like 29 for about 2 miles or so...and i almost got drisoped.

Only ninja can kill other ninja (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9nVENReGBY).

That was very interesting, James. But I'm not a ninja, so I can't even kill other ninji.

Drisoping isn't any fun.

Drisoping isn't any fun.

getting drisoped is not any fun...however...doing the drisoping is a good time:D

you go ride with ben and see if you can be much use to him...he damn near rode me off his wheel with a 6-8mph tail wind....we were doing like 29 for about 2 miles or so...and i almost got drisoped.

But Ben didn't climb that hill at the top of Crousgfl;jerwer Canyon. He was askeered!!

But Ben didn't climb that hill at the top of Crousgfl;jerwer Canyon. He was askeered!!

true...you hold that title O' misery.

you go ride with ben and see if you can be much use to him...he damn near rode me off his wheel with a 6-8mph tail wind....we were doing like 29 for about 2 miles or so...and i almost got drisoped.

29 with tail winds is very doable and fun, should break that 30 # to feel better;)

29 with tail winds is very doable and fun, should break that 30 # to feel better;)

jeff...get your computer checked....29 to me is flying...and if you can maintain that on your own you should be riding off the front of Cat 5 races...just sayin.

Actually, no. It dies here around this time of year, rain or shine. I've found the boards to be more active when people are riding. I'm always on here though. You have that to look forward to. :D


:p

I stand corrected. You're basically saying that without our bikes, we have no character, personality, or value. :eek::(;)
I can live with that (kisses bike).

my computer is up to spec:D But you're talking about holding that pace for only a few miles, which is fine.
That is part of my "jumping" training, speed jumps that is. Roughly 8-10mph speed jumps in less then 10 second.

jeff...get your computer checked....29 to me is flying...and if you can maintain that on your own you should be riding off the front of Cat 5 races...just sayin.

Was doing 39.8 the other day on a descent. Yeeehaaaa! One wrong twitch though and... SPARKS! Hopefully the road burn cauterizes open wounds at that speed.

Out in Joshua Tree Jeff was trolling along effortlessly at about 36 MPH... this was on a slight downhill (<1%) with a slight to neutral tailwind...

Out in Joshua Tree Jeff was trolling along effortlessly at about 36 MPH... this was on a slight downhill (<1%) with a slight to neutral tailwind...

And didn't he try to pass the mini-van he was drafting at 50 on the way down?

Out in Joshua Tree Jeff was trolling along effortlessly at about 36 MPH... this was on a slight downhill (<1%) with a slight to neutral tailwind...

yah but i couldn't hold it as long as you did, as you dropped me:o


And didn't he try to pass the mini-van he was drafting at 50 on the way down?

that mini van slowed down so I slungshot past it to catch up w/ bittingduck. I think we held 52ish for those 7-8 miles to the gate. That was FUN:D

I think the fastest i've ever gone is almost 40mph on a steep straight downhill, no wind or draft (wasn't pedaling once i got past 30mph). The red light at the bottom was a buzzkill though...

Fastest on a flat surface with a slight tailwind and a draft off a bus was 35mph (did that one on the heavy commuter while wearing a fully loaded camelbak). :D

fastest DH on the new bike so far was 62mph on an 7-8% grade for 2 miles

I am not saying it's impossible...I am just saying...if you can roll out at 30+ mph's for about 2-3 miles that is enough to get you pretty far off the front of a Cat 5 race that averages about 25. Cat 5 races are usually about 11-14 miles or so if that so if you can pull off the front towards the end you should be able to hold guys off and be fine.

Also i can put down about 31-32 on the flats on my own for about 40 seconds maybe and i can all out sprint at about 36-38maybe on my own.

as far as down hills i regurlarly hit about 55ish down Texas street in san diego, and with a 1-2 degree descent i can hold 25ish all day comfortably.

i never hit those kinds of speeds.

in fact, the only time i've broken 35mph on a flat section for any measurable amount of time was while drafting a bus and a big rig.

i never hit those kinds of speeds.

in fact, the only time i've broken 35mph on a flat section for any measurable amount of time was while drafting a bus and a big rig.

and that's bs cause we, well you were pulling at 25 the other day consistanly on the flats.

25 is one thing. but 35 is like 10mph faster.

25 is one thing. but 35 is like 10mph faster.

Oooooo! Math! Like.

Oooooo! Math! Like.

i'm not all stupid.

I am not saying it's impossible...I am just saying...if you can roll out at 30+ mph's for about 2-3 miles that is enough to get you pretty far off the front of a Cat 5 race that averages about 25. Cat 5 races are usually about 11-14 miles or so if that so if you can pull off the front towards the end you should be able to hold guys off and be fine.

Also i can put down about 31-32 on the flats on my own for about 40 seconds maybe and i can all out sprint at about 36-38maybe on my own.

as far as down hills i regurlarly hit about 55ish down Texas street in san diego, and with a 1-2 degree descent i can hold 25ish all day comfortably.

What kind of race are you speaking of. The cat 5 road races here are 48 to 52 miles.

What kind of race are you speaking of. The cat 5 road races here are 48 to 52 miles.

timed crits.

this is what I do, ride at 25-27mph (comfy pace), jump to as fast as you can without getting off the saddle too much, HOLD for as long as you can but don't go beyond redline, go back down to 25 and recover for a minute if that. Jump again. Rise and repeat til you can't jump any more.

What this exercise has done for me, was being able to hold that high of a pace/LT longer and
longer (solo). Might not see the results for a few trys though. I started with this exercise when I started riding with ranchos, what I found is that I can hold their pace, but once a couple of guys stir things up and the pace jumps 4-5mph, I can feel the pain. For me, jumping would be easier if I had an
11t in the back. Which I will order on the 1st.

i'm not racing with you. you're going to smoke the CAT5 fields.

so does this mean the brewery ride is going to turn into a big pissing contest once we hit the hills? because i think a good portion of the group is just treating it as a fun ride.

Jeff's exercise should work for me if I subtract 10mph from all his numbers... :lol:

Still very sunny in SD. Make me wonder whether I should trust the forecast for Wed/Thurs (forecast says rain).

so does this mean the brewery ride is going to turn into a big pissing contest once we hit the hills? because i think a good portion of the group is just treating it as a fun ride.

The pissing contest will work best if it happens after you hit the brewery and have a few pitchers behind you.

No...I'll be pretty much contesting the pissing during the entire ride.

i'm not racing with you. you're going to smoke the CAT5 fields.

I highly doubt that, I'm not fast enough to do that from the last race I was in.



so does this mean the brewery ride is going to turn into a big pissing contest once we hit the hills? because i think a good portion of the group is just treating it as a fun ride.

I hope not, I might attack a hill or two on the slip, but remain laid back

Jeff's exercise should work for me if I subtract 10mph from all his numbers... :lol:

Just ride a couple of MPH under your known comfy flat land speed. If it's 20, ride 17-18 and jump to 25, HOLD. For me, I can cruise at 27-28 on a good day, so I'll jump from 25 or so. The main objective to this to to get beyond you known comfy spot, as well as faster recovery from higher speeds.

so does this mean the brewery ride is going to turn into a big pissing contest once we hit the hills? because i think a good portion of the group is just treating it as a fun ride.

I know that I challenged people to 'Climb like Extort', but that is just so that they can earn a free beer from me as a holiday gift... otherwise I am planning on having a great time on this fun ride!

I'm thinking Jeff's mistaking his HRM for a speedometer...


Again.


I thought you didn't ride with a computer.