i just got my photo from this years haystack TT and it inspired me to go back and look at previous years haystack photos for comparison.

seeing them all in a row was pretty cool and made me think maybe everyone has similar photo sequences of thier evolutions as racers. some will be hilarious, some will be inspiring, some will just be dumb. hopefully a lot will be interesting though.

so heres 4 years of me on a TT bike

post your evolution in here too.

2010 cat4 12th place




2011 cat 3 4th place




2012 cat 3 2nd place




2013 35+ cat1/2 3rd place

I don't think I've even started that many time trials in my life.

they dont have to be TTs just any race pics that show you changing over the years

Mine is too drastic..

thats the fun part

2006 - short, fat, and off the front

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2008 - still short, still fat, still off the front

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2009 - i might be skinnier here, but i'm still fricken' short, and i'm still off the front

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2010 - i'm a little skinnier here, same height though, and oh yeah, off the front

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2012 - same story



2013 - definitely fatter

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You're beefy like me

sausage arms, mmmmm, sausage.

You make it sound so dirty.

I didn't look for reasonably similar pictures.

1984. Second year of racing. 16 years old, under 103 lbs (which I hit at 17 years old). 51 cm frame, 11 cm stem. Off the back in a RR.

Credit: I don't know but they owe me

1991. Not sure of weight, probably in the 120 lbs range (I was 112 in 1989, 132 in 1994). My leadout man, in the old purple kit, just blew up, coming up on the bell. I'm looking for someone to come around. 50 cm frame, 52.5 cm top tube?, 14 cm stem. If I was that light again...

Credit: Jim Gerwick

1999? If so I'm 156ish lbs. I broke 160 lbs over the winter of Y2K, I could bench 200 lbs for the first time. Wearing a friend's Euro team kit. Size M Giant, 55.5 cm top tube, 12 cm stem.

Credit: Zui Hanafusa

2005. 175 lbs? Size S Giant, 53.5 cm top tube, 12 cm stem. Down from 215 lbs in 2003.

Credit: another racer's wife using her cell phone camera.

2008. 185 lbs? 52 cm, 53.5 cm top tube, 12 cm stem.

Credit: Matt Stuart

2009, 185-190 lbs aka fat. 52 cm frame, 53.5 cm top tube, 12 cm stem.

Credit: Terry Unkert

2010. 158 lbs or so. The first custom, 56.5 cm top tube, 12 cm stem.

Credit: John Specht

2011. 170 lbs. Second Tsunami, 56.5 top tube, 12 cm stem. Getting shelled in SoCal.

Credit: Rich Kelly

Last weekend 2013. 175-180 lbs. Same frame front end as 2010 but with 14 cm stem, compact bar, so 1-2 cm shorter reach.

Credit: me

You look nothing like your avatar, Badhat.

PS, Is it just the camera angle, or do you have a larger-than-normal chainring in 2012?

First year of racing


real year of bike racing:

145 lbs versus 165 in the previous picture

12 and 13 are the same ring. its just a SRAM TT 55t

this is an excellent thread.

doubt it: once a fred, always a fred.

Lol.

**** you too, blotto.

Maybe you can show us the evolution of your trash 'stache?

hahahahahahaha! My advisory thought that was pretty funny

TT positions since 2007

Head position in 2013 systematic and purposeful? And man... you've been through a lot of gear...

Correct.

Correct.

And man you sure are sexy...

But you should put up your entire evolution. You posted a pic a long time ago from before you started riding that was good for a smile...

ex is too old to be sexy. his bikes on the other hand, are very sexy.