Have you ever been in a race with someone on Lightweights?
06-02-09, 06:55 PM
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I tend to notice things that I can see from directly behind people's bikes, not so much from the sides (such as wheels).
I was entranced in one of my first races (not literally entranced, but entertained for sure) by a guy's KCNC titanium jockey pulley on his RD. It was red and drilled. Beautiful to watch spinning.
I was entranced in one of my first races (not literally entranced, but entertained for sure) by a guy's KCNC titanium jockey pulley on his RD. It was red and drilled. Beautiful to watch spinning.
06-02-09, 07:13 PM
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I've never seen any around here.
Now for the true reason I posted...
Damocles, that's not your butt in your avatar is it? If so, that's disturbing.
Now for the true reason I posted...
Damocles, that's not your butt in your avatar is it? If so, that's disturbing.
06-02-09, 07:29 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVw1Dom_wfo
At 5:08 - 5:38 there's a guy to my left in red with a white band - he's on a Parlee, Lightweights, Campy, carbon everything. A few guys had them on that team. One of the guys/teammates even had Aerolites.
I don't know if I could race on them with my current job, but if I could afford them, I would. Why not, right? I race what I have, I buy what I can afford. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. I'd have to be in a totally different atmosphere fiscally though before I'd race Lightweights.
cdr
At 5:08 - 5:38 there's a guy to my left in red with a white band - he's on a Parlee, Lightweights, Campy, carbon everything. A few guys had them on that team. One of the guys/teammates even had Aerolites.
I don't know if I could race on them with my current job, but if I could afford them, I would. Why not, right? I race what I have, I buy what I can afford. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. I'd have to be in a totally different atmosphere fiscally though before I'd race Lightweights.
cdr
06-02-09, 08:22 PM
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06-02-09, 10:50 PM
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If you can afford them, why not have them. I can't afford them, but the guy mentioned in the above quote sure can......and if he crashes, he can afford to replace them. It must be nice
06-02-09, 10:52 PM
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There's a guy who races here and owns a bike shop. He pulled up to a race once in his newish 7-series BMW.... he pulls a De Rosa King 3 out of the car and puts on a pair of Lightweights. Then he pulls out his spare wheels. You guessed it... another pair of Lightweights 
06-03-09, 12:40 AM
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There's this kid I always saw in the 5's now I see him tail gunning with me in the 4's, really young. He rides a Pinarello Prince in crits, man must be nice to have that sort of disposable income at that age.
06-03-09, 09:32 AM
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Yes, was at a race not too long ago and my cat-aka slow 4/5 was over. So wife and I were watching the CAT 3 crit, saw a guy with a nice S3 and Lightweights. Told my wife the guy had better be fast. He was very fast and was off the front the entire race.
06-03-09, 09:43 AM
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Actually saw a pair at our local (Plano/Dallas Tx) Tuesday nighter last night. This was the B race - 4's, women, and 35+3's, 45 minutes on a flat open non technical crit.
06-03-09, 12:10 PM
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I haven't seen every post in here, but I think I might be the only one so far to finished behind a pair of Lightweights...
Ugh.
Ugh.
06-03-09, 12:40 PM
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I don't know if I could race on them with my current job, but if I could afford them, I would. Why not, right? I race what I have, I buy what I can afford. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. I'd have to be in a totally different atmosphere fiscally though before I'd race Lightweights.
cdr
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06-03-09, 01:53 PM
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funny. there was a dude on lightweights at tonight's race.
saw the bike before the race, but didn't notice it during. might have been one of ^oZ's teammates.
saw the bike before the race, but didn't notice it during. might have been one of ^oZ's teammates.
