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Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
11-03-10, 08:11 AM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

If you do road races (as opposed to crits), wheel...

If you do road races (as opposed to crits), wheel changes will be a bit of an issue. One thing you can do is change to a 10 speed chain (without changing anything else). That way, if you have a...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-27-10, 11:53 PM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

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Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-12-10, 10:23 AM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

Big guys tend to be sprinters or time trialists...

Big guys tend to be sprinters or time trialists (usually not the two together). Crit and track specialists tend to look like linebackers. Google Chris Hoy; he's no small guy and a monster on the...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-11-10, 11:53 AM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

It's not about the pace. It's about stalling the...

It's not about the pace. It's about stalling the pace line because the guy won't pull off the front. The result is that either everyone just bumps along waiting for their pull, or the ride becomes...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-11-10, 11:47 AM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

I don't know what a "sprint ride" is in this...

I don't know what a "sprint ride" is in this case. However, I might ask the question: what are you doing leading out a sprint with a long stupid pull? If the purpose of the ride is to practice...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-04-10, 01:50 PM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

I dunno. The teammate had a good point. Breaks...

I dunno. The teammate had a good point. Breaks don't stay away because of leg power. The field can almost always muster up enough collective leg power to pull back anything it wants. A break has...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-04-10, 01:40 PM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

shovelhd said it pretty succinctly. ...

shovelhd said it pretty succinctly.

First, you aren't working so much for someone, but you are working for the good of the team. When someone says they are working "for someone", it means they...
Forum: "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
08-04-10, 11:07 AM
Replies: 1,870
Views: 195,052
Posted By Brian Ratliff

Just for added finger protection. I don't wear...

Just for added finger protection. I don't wear them myself (though at crits and on the track I do wear a set of Ironclad fingerless gloves...
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