Race Report (March 17th)
03-18-07, 11:31 AM
#51
Realist
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,083
Bikes: Roubaix, Tarmac, Fixed Gear
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Originally Posted by botto
As i was waiting at the line for the race to start, I thought No more beer sessions in smokey squatter bars with 70s punk, and 80s post punk, until 2AM the night before a race.
One of the local hard men pulled alongside. He was asked if i was a conservative/smart rider.
The race started, I attacked 1 meter from the line. My initial impressions were pretty good. Right behind was van der Moser. We started working together
At 30 minutes we heard that we had a 30 second gap.
At 50 mins, we were told that we had 1:40 on the field
On the last lap, van der Moser tried an attack. The sprinter caught on, and I was gapped.
I waited too long.
Blew it.
Only managed 4th for the day.
In the words of Beck:
That is all.
One of the local hard men pulled alongside. He was asked if i was a conservative/smart rider.
The race started, I attacked 1 meter from the line. My initial impressions were pretty good. Right behind was van der Moser. We started working together
At 30 minutes we heard that we had a 30 second gap.
At 50 mins, we were told that we had 1:40 on the field
On the last lap, van der Moser tried an attack. The sprinter caught on, and I was gapped.
I waited too long.
Blew it.
Only managed 4th for the day.
In the words of Beck:
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
That is all.
03-18-07, 11:37 AM
#53
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 496
Bikes: Bianchi FG Lite, Cervelo R3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by celticfrost
Iggy Pop/ Teddy Bears playing on a Caddy commercial
Ozzy, The Smiths playing on Nissan commercials
The Buzzcocks playing on a Toyota commercial
and The Buzzcocks playing on a AARP
commercial!!
I'm getting old
Ozzy, The Smiths playing on Nissan commercials
The Buzzcocks playing on a Toyota commercial
and The Buzzcocks playing on a AARP
commercial!!I'm getting old
03-18-07, 11:39 AM
#54
.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 40,375
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 15 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 27 Times
in
12 Posts
Originally Posted by sverrefehn
Don't forget: The Violent Femmes playing on a Wendy's commercial.
03-18-07, 11:41 AM
#55
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 496
Bikes: Bianchi FG Lite, Cervelo R3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by botto
yeah, but the violent femmes suck, have always sucked, and will continue to suck. hard.
03-18-07, 11:42 AM
#57
Making a kilometer blurry
Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
Ay, don't discount attacking at the starting line. I won my last race last year doing that and beat the guy in second place by 4 minutes
03-18-07, 11:59 AM
#58
Making a kilometer blurry
Great report. Good job. Sounds like you have some changes already in effect to make the next time work out even better for you. Should be a great season, congrats!
03-18-07, 02:30 PM
#59
Realist
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,083
Bikes: Roubaix, Tarmac, Fixed Gear
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Originally Posted by botto
Why do you hate writing talent?
03-18-07, 06:19 PM
#61
Shut Up and Ride
Join Date: May 2005
Location: PA (Worst roads in existence)
Posts: 1,969
Bikes: 05 Cannondale Six 13 (Record 2008 with DT rr 1.1 rims, WI H2 Hubs and CX-ray spokes), OLMO Antares (Micx of 06 Record and Chorus), 1988 Tunturri, 1980's Fuji, 1970's Crescent (Sweeden)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Nice report!
4th is better then pack fodder!
4th is better then pack fodder!
03-18-07, 06:38 PM
#62
Up on the Down Side
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Chicago(ish)
Posts: 6,334
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
Originally Posted by botto
if i had won the race in a field sprint my report would have been exactly like my previous reports.
03-18-07, 08:33 PM
#64
Gios my baby
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,135
Bikes: Gios 96, Mercier 72, Peugeot 74 X 2, Sears full suspension High rise banana seat, Kona 94, CCM Rambler 70s.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Thanks for the cool report Botto and congrats. I puked a little in my mouth during my race today too. You will be happy to know, thats the only similarity from your race to mine: LOL.
03-18-07, 09:59 PM
#65
Now Racer Ex
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,709
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Bleary eyed, 3 hours of sleep partially hungover from a wedding race today.
Channeled my boy. Struck the match and lit the entire box at the base of the final climb (itsy bitsy hardly can burn off a fat boy on this 30 second marvel of vertical)
1.7 miles to the finish.
I needed 20 more seconds to screw the sprint teams.
The rabbit got devoured.
12th.
At least, I've heard, I made them yell at each other.
3rd loser. Taint bad. Es Pointalonees. B B B B Botto and the Jetsssssssssssss.
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Bleary eyed, 3 hours of sleep partially hungover from a wedding race today.
Channeled my boy. Struck the match and lit the entire box at the base of the final climb (itsy bitsy hardly can burn off a fat boy on this 30 second marvel of vertical)
1.7 miles to the finish.
I needed 20 more seconds to screw the sprint teams.
The rabbit got devoured.
12th.
At least, I've heard, I made them yell at each other.
3rd loser. Taint bad. Es Pointalonees. B B B B Botto and the Jetsssssssssssss.
Last edited by Vinokurtov; 03-18-07 at 10:34 PM.
03-18-07, 11:48 PM
#66
Cheers!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Woodinville
Posts: 1,284
Bikes: Scott Addict R15, Cadd 9
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Great report. Floyd would have been proud of that off the front ride fueled by beer.
Seriously, good ride and a good read.
Cheers
Seriously, good ride and a good read.
Cheers
__________________
03-19-07, 05:32 AM
#67
RustyTainte
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 28012
Posts: 12,340
Bikes: zilch
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Great job, man.
I really think you manned up on this regardless of the outcome. So many guys throw in the towel for less pain and more on the line.
Quite an inspiration for my next race this coming Saturday.
Peace.
I really think you manned up on this regardless of the outcome. So many guys throw in the towel for less pain and more on the line.
Quite an inspiration for my next race this coming Saturday.
Peace.
03-20-07, 03:32 PM
#69
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 2,910
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 140 Post(s)
Liked 327 Times
in
161 Posts
We can all learn from this well scripted race report if we take a moment to disect it:
Before posting the race report, Botto gave us a teaser, putting us all on the edge of our seats:
Notice how Botto set up an excuse in the first paragraph. This is a very important part of a race report that we should never neglect.
This was followed up with excellent character development. Lets face it, race reports are boring if you don't know the players.
Botto then brings us all into the story by pretending he was actually thinking about Bike Forums posts during the race.
The race is slowly unrolling before us when a humorous anecdote is inserted to keep us interested and teach us a little something about Dutch culture.
This next line expresses without a doubt that Botto was riding hard.
And finally, after giving us the results, botto quotes this self-effacing line from a pop song, to let us know that he won't let a great ride go to his head.
This is truly the best race report I have read on BF.net. Let it serve as an example of what we should strive for in a race report.
Thank you botto for the great read.
Before posting the race report, Botto gave us a teaser, putting us all on the edge of our seats:
Originally Posted by botto
I raced today. I attacked 1 meter after at the start. Details tomorrow. That is all.
Originally Posted by botto
No more beer sessions in smokey squatter bars with 70s punk, and 80s post punk, until 2AM the night before a race.
Originally Posted by botto
While I was busy making this resolution to myself, one of the local hard men pulled alongside. I used to refer to him as van der Moser, because he has a similar profile, and is strong as hell. He made some small talk that was nigh impossible to understand. This was partly due to the fact that i was still groggy from my late night, partly because it was in Dutch, and partly because this is a guy of very few words, which made it all the more surprising that he was saying anything at all to me.
Originally Posted by botto
After that thought passed through my head, I actually though of some of the stuff in the " Racing and pain -- an observation" thread, and did my best NOT TO THINK.
...
I kept digging, thinking of Event "we're going to yell at you" Services line 'when you think you don't have anything left, you do', or something like that.
...
I kept digging, thinking of Event "we're going to yell at you" Services line 'when you think you don't have anything left, you do', or something like that.
Originally Posted by botto
So, there we were, four of us, off the front. ...
At 30 minutes we heard that we had a 30 second gap ...
At 50 mins, we were told that we had 1:40 on the field. ...
There's a Dutch saying "twee fingertjes in de nose", or two fingers in/up the nose. It basically means that "it's easy" On the next lap, as I rode by, I stuck two fingers up my nose.
At 30 minutes we heard that we had a 30 second gap ...
At 50 mins, we were told that we had 1:40 on the field. ...
There's a Dutch saying "twee fingertjes in de nose", or two fingers in/up the nose. It basically means that "it's easy" On the next lap, as I rode by, I stuck two fingers up my nose.
Originally Posted by botto
I started throwing up a little in my mouth with 5 laps to go.
Originally Posted by botto
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
Thank you botto for the great read.
03-20-07, 03:51 PM
#71
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 2,910
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 140 Post(s)
Liked 327 Times
in
161 Posts
Originally Posted by botto
[/IMG]
03-20-07, 03:53 PM
#72
No one carries the DogBoy
Originally Posted by botto
...In the words of Beck:
...perdedor
...
...
03-20-07, 06:55 PM
#74
No one carries the DogBoy
Originally Posted by botto
whatever. it was a cut and paste.
Oops...My bad.
03-20-07, 11:10 PM
#75
Blue Straggler
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Delta
Posts: 1,187
Bikes: Miele Pisasheeta, Airborne Thunderbolt
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Perdido is a Dizzy Gillespie song, among other things.
__________________
Coach Bill
Coach Bill