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03-20-13, 04:47 PM
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Got the screws out. Needle nose vice grips are my tool of the year. PB Blaster is a perpetual podium finisher.
03-20-13, 05:25 PM
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I gotta try track before I am too old to pedal (getting close). It would probably be a good fit for me.
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03-20-13, 05:41 PM
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How many of you guys race track on the side?
I'm just finishing up doing my taxes and looks like I'll have some spare dough (ugh always get a return even though I try not to). Dick Lane Velodrome is like 10 miles from my house so I might be able to swing by a few times a month.
You guys think I should grab myself a track bike and start doing some track races? Good summer fun during the week? Good training? (Keep in mind my 5s is <900w and I weigh 135lbs, should still be fun though? Prob can use my strengths somehow?)
I'm just finishing up doing my taxes and looks like I'll have some spare dough (ugh always get a return even though I try not to). Dick Lane Velodrome is like 10 miles from my house so I might be able to swing by a few times a month.
You guys think I should grab myself a track bike and start doing some track races? Good summer fun during the week? Good training? (Keep in mind my 5s is <900w and I weigh 135lbs, should still be fun though? Prob can use my strengths somehow?)
I raced a steel frame I bought for $90 back in 1989 or so, put it together with whatever I could find. Ended up buying new cranks for it but otherwise it's "vintage". Like "wow, that's a cool vintage bike!". Um it's my only one.
Track is good. One tip - if you race both then use the same crank lengths. When I started using 170s on the road bike (vs 175s) things went much better on the 170 equipped track bike. I lost just enough speed to not win the keirin, not sprint well, etc. I only had about 2 weeks on the 170s before my bad crash of 2009 and that ended my season.
You'd think someone like me would be good on the track and I was okay, definitely better than a beginner due to knowing how to ride in a group, but you need endurance to contest races over a 3 hour time frame. I was dying when we had back to back races and a lot of times I'd get shelled before the finish. I finished some absurd amount of time down in the pursuit, I think 1:50 or so for 3 km. I never broke 35 mph in a sprint either. The biggest thrill was spinning the roller on the back of the moto warming up before the keirin (which I won handily that night). I had a hard time getting within 3 feet of the next wheel due to not being able to coast.
03-20-13, 06:02 PM
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Yeah. I used to work at an insurance company. One of my projects was a huge parallel processing system to calculate derivative yields. They had no idea how the system worked. The one thing they understood was that it calculated their derivatives 4x as fast as the $750K system it was replacing and cost them $150K. Gotta speak their language.
On another note- is there more cold & sinus garbage going around? I started feeling lousy last night and have a full blown head cold tonight. Time changed and I still can't ride.
03-20-13, 06:08 PM
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It's one thing to know the technical side but another to be able to understand what the business need is and to be able to translate that to the technical world. When I started, finance worked out of a ginormous Excel workbook they called "The Book" with umpteen hundred tabs and about 14,700 VLOOKUPs. Our group created forecasting and planning tools that functioned with our data warehouse for headcount, expense, revenue and cost allocation. The SAP BPC folks scratched their heads when we were looking into what direction to head with this BPR project. At that point we made the decision to create what we needed in house. Now most everything is automated or requires no manual record keeping or god awful excel reporting on the side.
On another note- is there more cold & sinus garbage going around? I started feeling lousy last night and have a full blown head cold tonight. Time changed and I still can't ride.
On another note- is there more cold & sinus garbage going around? I started feeling lousy last night and have a full blown head cold tonight. Time changed and I still can't ride.
Weird and gross but effective.
03-20-13, 06:21 PM
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i cant wait for track to start.
it was funner than like 4/5 crits on the socalcycling calender when i started at the end of last summer.
it was funner than like 4/5 crits on the socalcycling calender when i started at the end of last summer.
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03-20-13, 06:22 PM
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Yeah, I have a neti pot. Problem being nothing would flow through my nose it's so clogged up right now. 
TMI-->...and unlike that pic it never comes out the other side without running everywhere.
TMI-->...and unlike that pic it never comes out the other side without running everywhere.
03-20-13, 07:18 PM
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03-20-13, 07:44 PM
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Second cold in three weeks for me.
03-20-13, 07:44 PM
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Out riding tonight...Freezing my ass off!
Up ahead I see a person walking down the road with a white fluffy, which I think is a dog, but turns out to be a lamb... The dude was walking it like you would walk a dog...
Up ahead I see a person walking down the road with a white fluffy, which I think is a dog, but turns out to be a lamb... The dude was walking it like you would walk a dog...
03-20-13, 08:39 PM
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You can rent a bike from Dick Lane on any scheduled event. Last item on the FAQ: https://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/faq.html
BTW -- do you know Firmon H? He lives up that way and does road races + track, comes down here every now and then and rides with us. Teammates with Tony Scott.
BTW -- do you know Firmon H? He lives up that way and does road races + track, comes down here every now and then and rides with us. Teammates with Tony Scott.
I'm a bit iffy on renting bikes, I've always had knees that are super sensitive to position changes. I'd much rather pay a few bucks and get something fit by my coach if possible. Track bikes are pretty cheap anyways, at least at entry-mid level it looks like.
Hmm..I'll have to think about it a few days. I think it'd be a fun way to get some top end training in during the week without doing vo2 and 1min intervals every week over and over.
On a side note, cat 2 upgrade was just officially approved!
03-20-13, 08:55 PM
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03-20-13, 09:43 PM
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03-20-13, 09:59 PM
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I just lined up a powertap to borrow tomorrow for a 20' test. should be interesting... first test in over 6 months.
03-21-13, 12:31 AM
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How many of you guys race track on the side?
I'm just finishing up doing my taxes and looks like I'll have some spare dough (ugh always get a return even though I try not to). Dick Lane Velodrome is like 10 miles from my house so I might be able to swing by a few times a month.
You guys think I should grab myself a track bike and start doing some track races? Good summer fun during the week? Good training? (Keep in mind my 5s is <900w and I weigh 135lbs, should still be fun though? Prob can use my strengths somehow?)
I'm just finishing up doing my taxes and looks like I'll have some spare dough (ugh always get a return even though I try not to). Dick Lane Velodrome is like 10 miles from my house so I might be able to swing by a few times a month.
You guys think I should grab myself a track bike and start doing some track races? Good summer fun during the week? Good training? (Keep in mind my 5s is <900w and I weigh 135lbs, should still be fun though? Prob can use my strengths somehow?)
And my midget friend your size was an alternate to the Canuck Olympic track team.
03-21-13, 12:33 AM
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03-21-13, 12:36 AM
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Or the not so fat. On the other hand my teammate was so happy about this he showed up a day early.
