Isn't crashing half the point of cyclocross? The other half being tutus of course.
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Originally Posted by mattm
(Post 16047288)
Fwiw it doesn't seem like it needs to be 11-speed specific, my campy PT from 2009 works fine with Campy 11.
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Originally Posted by rkwaki
(Post 16047346)
I don't know **** about Campy, nor cycling for that matter, any direction would be great...
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Originally Posted by mattm
(Post 16047423)
Direction? Forward is usually best, for a start!
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Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 16047341)
Isn't crashing half the point of cyclocross? The other half being tutus of course.
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Originally Posted by rkwaki
(Post 16046774)
I have always struggled with this myself...
I completely understand what you mean about focus and tenacity being important for http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...oons/bth_2.jpg |
Originally Posted by jsutkeepspining
(Post 16046976)
That was the hardest part of this season. I had no motivation, and just didnt work towards my goals. I got 4 upgrade points, versus the 35 i wanted, and i probbaly will not get asked onto a bigger team for next season (ships already sailed). It sucks to look back and see that i "wasted" a season, but i enjoyed my summer of just being a kid. It was the best summer i've had in a long time.
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Originally Posted by rankin116
(Post 16047531)
I think you should read Grolby's 'cross rant from a couple weeks back.
At the cross race my team attended this weekend there was a Settler's of Catan tournament, and best combined finish with the actual bike racing and the board game got a big trophy. I like the game, just not sure how I feel about mixing it with bike racing. |
Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 16047633)
At the cross race my team attended this weekend there was a Settler's of Catan tournament, and best combined finish with the actual bike racing and the board game got a big trophy.
Is nothing sacred?? |
Also, I'm sick as balls right now. Kind of sucks getting sick after a rest week. Too much traveling, and too much school. I always get sick this first month back at school, my body just isnt ready for the germs yo
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someone say cyclocross? Bought this the other day-
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Hmmm. Never had trouble with my Acura TSX before, but here at 85K miles, it seems a tooth got busted off a gear somehow in the final drive assembly of the manual transmission. Prolly looking at $2k. :crash:
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Hmmm I was just thinking of getting a Kawa KLX250S (or similar) with a bike rack on it for riding to far-ish away races (say 2-3 hours max, mostly backroads from here, so not much more than 50mph). Part of the criteria though is that I want it light enough to throw on a hitch mount rack to bring it around when we travel. Would this work? :)
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How exactly does that happen? I've never heard of that being something people break. Out of warranty I assume? Have you been drag racing it or something?
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On the category versus time versus work vs life thing... With a full time+ job, family, I'm tapped out at like 5-6 hours a week. Usually up to 3 rides/week is fine. I'm cat3 fodder but on a long climb I'm probably a bit better, because that is what I train for. I'm sure I could train smarter i.e. more specifically, and do better in road races, crits, etc. but on 5-6 hours, even if I cobbled points together over the years, I don't think I should upgrade given time constraints.
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man, back at work today and I'm sore, itchy, and my head is swimming. Thinking I did concuss myself a bit.
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Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 16047341)
Isn't crashing half the point of cyclocross? The other half being tutus of course.
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i don't understand the contempt for cyclocross. for all the negative nellys, have you actually raced cyclocross? it's a good way to keep some intensity and competitive fire in the belly in the early/late fall, which is "tweener" time for road season in most of the country (i.e. too early to train for next year, but road season is over for he current year). i've raced a few seasons of it a few years ago, but since having kids and preferring road racing, decided to stop as i wanted to dedicate more time to family. cx definitely helped my bike handling and enhanced my ability to suffer, that sport is fricken' hard.
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Originally Posted by rankin116
(Post 16047531)
I think you should read Grolby's 'cross rant from a couple weeks back.
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Oh, and cyclocross rules. I'm probably going to focus most of my training on crits and cyclocross in the future and not worry about specific training for road races.
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I have nothing against cyclocross, I just have no use for it in my life.
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Originally Posted by pjcampbell
(Post 16048313)
Hmmm I was just thinking of getting a Kawa KLX250S (or similar) with a bike rack on it for riding to far-ish away races (say 2-3 hours max, mostly backroads from here, so not much more than 50mph). Part of the criteria though is that I want it light enough to throw on a hitch mount rack to bring it around when we travel. Would this work? :)
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Originally Posted by Flatballer
(Post 16047633)
Read at the time, re-read (along with Ex's excellent explanation of cross). Still think it's a silly sport, although it does look like fun and I might try it sometime down the road.
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I've been told cat 2 road racing is serious stuff. Serious.
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doesn't mean it couldn't be seriously silly or silly and serious
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