The 2013 Race Results Thread
04-15-13, 07:44 AM
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04-15-13, 08:10 AM
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Saturday - Cat 4/5 - Ronde Van Palouse - At the start line it was F***in snowing a bit and blowing like 20-30mph. Race goes off and I just wait and watch some random dude attacks and I follow 3 wheels back and sit for a bit until we come up a roller with a crosswind so I attack and go clear. I am out there for about two miles and I feel like my rear end is squishy so I stop and check figuring (not the greatest idea but w/e). So the chase group of 5 catch me and I just go and catch onto them and then slowly they widdle off until its just me and tom (fake name). I stay with tom because it is windy and we work together for the first lap and he is really hurting but super nice. Then on the second lap he is struggling so I pull the majority of the time (he agreed to give me the win if we stayed away) because I want some one to give me a little help into the headwind then 20 miles out I just blow him off and take off. I end up rolling up all the Cat 3 masters along with the winner of the 3 masters who was soloing and win by like 6 or more minutes. BTW about 18miles of the race (out of 50) was on dirt roads with gravel and 90% of the dirt riding was into a direct headwind. So it was tough. So basically I was in a two man break for 28miles then solo for 20miles.
After the race I took off from Spokane at 4:00 to head back to Seattle and race on Sunday but they close the pass right before I can go over so I end up sleeping in my car in Cle Elum after waiting till 11pm to decide and sleept for about 4 hrs then I woke up and decided to take off at 4am over the pass and raced at 8:40 on Sunday morning...
Sunday - Cat 4 - Volunteer Park- Attacks go off for some random reason. Then about 20min in the pace eases up and people would randomly launch off the front. A little more than 5 laps to go and I attack and go clear and solo it to the finish. Turns out people were going for primes which I could never hear. Then I got a prime and was happy.
So two wins in two days and 17pts in my first weekend as a 4. My only loses came in sprints and I have been really working on it and I think it will start showing if it comes down to a sprint any time soon.
After the race I took off from Spokane at 4:00 to head back to Seattle and race on Sunday but they close the pass right before I can go over so I end up sleeping in my car in Cle Elum after waiting till 11pm to decide and sleept for about 4 hrs then I woke up and decided to take off at 4am over the pass and raced at 8:40 on Sunday morning...
Sunday - Cat 4 - Volunteer Park- Attacks go off for some random reason. Then about 20min in the pace eases up and people would randomly launch off the front. A little more than 5 laps to go and I attack and go clear and solo it to the finish. Turns out people were going for primes which I could never hear. Then I got a prime and was happy.
So two wins in two days and 17pts in my first weekend as a 4. My only loses came in sprints and I have been really working on it and I think it will start showing if it comes down to a sprint any time soon.
Are you planning on driving over this weekend for the NWCCC Championship Race and Citizens Race? No gravel for this course, but if you want to take shovelhd's advice ... I'll try to teach you a few lessons of what it's like to be OTB.
04-15-13, 08:14 AM
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Are you planning on driving over this weekend for the NWCCC Championship Race and Citizens Race? No gravel for this course, but if you want to take shovelhd's advice ... I'll try to teach you a few lessons of what it's like to be OTB.
04-15-13, 09:24 AM
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3rd on GC.. I was going to put it in the "suffering thread" because I wanted to win, but I thought that would be a bit much.
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Guy in the middle forgot to take off his "cycling is serious business" face. Good job RX!
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hey, all--
so psyched to read all the good news from battenkill now that i've arrived back at home. it is clear that all the racers who show up here are prepared, which makes the results all the more meaningful.
i was hoping to add my own good result to the mix, but instead it's just a story of how missing 7.4 volts changed my day around.
summary: OTF to OTB, with a twist.
i scoped the course on friday and felt good about the dirt sections. something happened to my bike when it was shipped--i'd get perfect shifts from hard to easy gears, but have missed shifts going from easy to hard. it's a bit bizarre as i have electronic shifting. i tried a new hanger, different cassette, checked the chain...could not figure out what was up so i set it to the best compromise. oh well--not a show-stopper, just an annoyance.
saturday dawned cold but without rain, which was about as good as it was going to get. my inner optimist appreciated the fact that there would not be any dust on the course.
i was one of the last in my field of 100+ to go through the covered bridge. the pace really ramped leading in and i wasn't in the greatest position, but i felt pretty confident in the road ahead. without much trouble i was able to move through the pack and also gain ground on the 1st dirt section. my handling in those areas felt solid relative to much of the competition.
when we made the hard left onto juniper swamp's dirt section, i was in good position and at or near the front. not too long after i'd been given a gap by the group; 3 other riders bridged. no one was truly committed, and when one member of the group said 'the peloton is chasing' it seemed to completely kill the motivation of the others. i tried to encourage them to keep going (chasing does not mean catching) to no avail. since i didn't feel like it was my only card, i decided not to go alone and didn't fight it. i was feeling at ease. i'd noticed on the hard sections i was definitely working, but if the labored breathing of many in the group was not an act then i was doing relatively well.
hit joe bean at a good clip and realized i was unable to shift out of 39x21. uh oh. with a bit of grinding, i managed to come over the top in the first few riders.
here's where we come off the rails. the descent down the back side is fast, but i struggled to get up to speed in 39x21. once descending there was not much to be done, but i lost many places going over the top, and many, many more (60? 70?) when we hit the dirt on ferguson. ferguson was, if my memory is correct, one of the rougher patches of dirt and was a spot where you needed to hammer in a big gear.
looking back on my data i can see i was spinning at 130.....even 150+ for brief periods (6 minutes at 130+!). there's no good time for this to happen, but i went from feeling comfortable at the head of the race to watching the pack ride away.
on the positive side, many helpful riders did offer good advice: "get in the big ring!" yeah...thanks for that one. i'm sure they meant well.
i won't lie: after spinning so fast and going nowhere i thought about getting off my bike and calling it a day. i let myself wallow for about 30 seconds and committed to give whatever i had to the race. i was there to ride hard.
after some more bumps i would get a shift here or there and took advantage of it. i didn't lose battery charge--i was getting no signal from the shifters--couldn't get any lights to go on.
i figured out what it was: i have a custom battery inside my seat post. i have electrical tape over the connection as an added protection. i disconnected the battery for shipping and when i put it back together i just re-used that tape...it was just for one race, and in the past i'd even run it without tape with no problems. i didn't even have a problem when i pre-rode the course. what happened was the sum of all the little vibrations loosened the connectors. i was able to do some hard bunny hops and get a shift here or there.
ah well....it wasn't di2's fault -- it was totally my own mistake in not re-taping it. of course i regret that simple decision now. at least i can put my finger on the source.
for the middle 1/3rd of the race, i thought i might have a chance to re-attach. i made it to within about 250m of the pack at one point (they must have lulled around the 2nd feed zone) but could not close. for the last 1/3rd of the race i knew i was on my own. even if i did miraculously make a catch, i would have been blown for any meaningful result.
rode the final ~38 miles solo, passing the guys who got blown off the back of their respective fields. passed many riders; at most i caught a draft for 10 or 20 seconds here or there. just motored along in TT mode, as aero as i could be. at least i was getting in a hard workout. it was pretty pleasant to be able to hit all the dirt sections hard.
in the end, i finished ~50th. not bad for ~110 starters, but of course not how i expected it to play out.
i later learned that the 2 fields ahead of mine had been neutralized (but not mine). i wasn't thinking about that possibility while i chased, but it is a good lesson. in another situation, one might be able to fight their way back--i've had it work the other way in races where dropped riders got back on.
i LOVED the course (what an AMAZING course for a bike race, even if you removed the dirt elements it would be memorable) and thought the organization was incredible given the amount of riders. i got in a really hard effort
had i not had this issue, i have no idea how things would have gone later in the race, but i suspect i would have been in contention -- at least as far as meeting house. it's all part of bike racing, though.
while it is frustrating to know that this one was completely preventable, i take some comfort in knowing that i was at least able to ride. i could have had an issue that ended my race, like a crash ending in injury. 3 riders i know that decided to race locally this past weekend wound up having issues (1 crash at 50mph; another crash at 40 resulting in a concussion; the 3rd went hypothermic), so it puts things in perspective.
i didn't take the a. schleck route, though at moments i wanted to.
instead of focusing on the negative, i'm grateful i got to ride the course. i wanted to do well, but my "A" races for the season are still ahead of me.
thanks for reading! this is the longest report for essentially a non-result.
so psyched to read all the good news from battenkill now that i've arrived back at home. it is clear that all the racers who show up here are prepared, which makes the results all the more meaningful.
i was hoping to add my own good result to the mix, but instead it's just a story of how missing 7.4 volts changed my day around.
summary: OTF to OTB, with a twist.
i scoped the course on friday and felt good about the dirt sections. something happened to my bike when it was shipped--i'd get perfect shifts from hard to easy gears, but have missed shifts going from easy to hard. it's a bit bizarre as i have electronic shifting. i tried a new hanger, different cassette, checked the chain...could not figure out what was up so i set it to the best compromise. oh well--not a show-stopper, just an annoyance.
saturday dawned cold but without rain, which was about as good as it was going to get. my inner optimist appreciated the fact that there would not be any dust on the course.
i was one of the last in my field of 100+ to go through the covered bridge. the pace really ramped leading in and i wasn't in the greatest position, but i felt pretty confident in the road ahead. without much trouble i was able to move through the pack and also gain ground on the 1st dirt section. my handling in those areas felt solid relative to much of the competition.
when we made the hard left onto juniper swamp's dirt section, i was in good position and at or near the front. not too long after i'd been given a gap by the group; 3 other riders bridged. no one was truly committed, and when one member of the group said 'the peloton is chasing' it seemed to completely kill the motivation of the others. i tried to encourage them to keep going (chasing does not mean catching) to no avail. since i didn't feel like it was my only card, i decided not to go alone and didn't fight it. i was feeling at ease. i'd noticed on the hard sections i was definitely working, but if the labored breathing of many in the group was not an act then i was doing relatively well.
hit joe bean at a good clip and realized i was unable to shift out of 39x21. uh oh. with a bit of grinding, i managed to come over the top in the first few riders.
here's where we come off the rails. the descent down the back side is fast, but i struggled to get up to speed in 39x21. once descending there was not much to be done, but i lost many places going over the top, and many, many more (60? 70?) when we hit the dirt on ferguson. ferguson was, if my memory is correct, one of the rougher patches of dirt and was a spot where you needed to hammer in a big gear.
looking back on my data i can see i was spinning at 130.....even 150+ for brief periods (6 minutes at 130+!). there's no good time for this to happen, but i went from feeling comfortable at the head of the race to watching the pack ride away.
on the positive side, many helpful riders did offer good advice: "get in the big ring!" yeah...thanks for that one.
i'm sure they meant well.i won't lie: after spinning so fast and going nowhere i thought about getting off my bike and calling it a day. i let myself wallow for about 30 seconds and committed to give whatever i had to the race. i was there to ride hard.
after some more bumps i would get a shift here or there and took advantage of it. i didn't lose battery charge--i was getting no signal from the shifters--couldn't get any lights to go on.
i figured out what it was: i have a custom battery inside my seat post. i have electrical tape over the connection as an added protection. i disconnected the battery for shipping and when i put it back together i just re-used that tape...it was just for one race, and in the past i'd even run it without tape with no problems. i didn't even have a problem when i pre-rode the course. what happened was the sum of all the little vibrations loosened the connectors. i was able to do some hard bunny hops and get a shift here or there.
ah well....it wasn't di2's fault -- it was totally my own mistake in not re-taping it. of course i regret that simple decision now. at least i can put my finger on the source.
for the middle 1/3rd of the race, i thought i might have a chance to re-attach. i made it to within about 250m of the pack at one point (they must have lulled around the 2nd feed zone) but could not close. for the last 1/3rd of the race i knew i was on my own. even if i did miraculously make a catch, i would have been blown for any meaningful result.
rode the final ~38 miles solo, passing the guys who got blown off the back of their respective fields. passed many riders; at most i caught a draft for 10 or 20 seconds here or there. just motored along in TT mode, as aero as i could be. at least i was getting in a hard workout. it was pretty pleasant to be able to hit all the dirt sections hard.
in the end, i finished ~50th. not bad for ~110 starters, but of course not how i expected it to play out.
i later learned that the 2 fields ahead of mine had been neutralized (but not mine). i wasn't thinking about that possibility while i chased, but it is a good lesson. in another situation, one might be able to fight their way back--i've had it work the other way in races where dropped riders got back on.
i LOVED the course (what an AMAZING course for a bike race, even if you removed the dirt elements it would be memorable) and thought the organization was incredible given the amount of riders. i got in a really hard effort
had i not had this issue, i have no idea how things would have gone later in the race, but i suspect i would have been in contention -- at least as far as meeting house. it's all part of bike racing, though.
while it is frustrating to know that this one was completely preventable, i take some comfort in knowing that i was at least able to ride. i could have had an issue that ended my race, like a crash ending in injury. 3 riders i know that decided to race locally this past weekend wound up having issues (1 crash at 50mph; another crash at 40 resulting in a concussion; the 3rd went hypothermic), so it puts things in perspective.
i didn't take the a. schleck route, though at moments i wanted to.
instead of focusing on the negative, i'm grateful i got to ride the course. i wanted to do well, but my "A" races for the season are still ahead of me.
thanks for reading! this is the longest report for essentially a non-result.
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Ha! I just put 2 and 2 together. Sounds you finished close to a guy I work with. He told me about the moto crash this morning. Nice job!
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hey, all--
so psyched to read all the good news from battenkill now that i've arrived back at home. it is clear that all the racers who show up here are prepared, which makes the results all the more meaningful.
i was hoping to add my own good result to the mix, but instead it's just a story of how missing 7.4 volts changed my day around.
summary: OTF to OTB, with a twist.
i scoped the course on friday and felt good about the dirt sections. something happened to my bike when it was shipped--i'd get perfect shifts from hard to easy gears, but have missed shifts going from easy to hard. it's a bit bizarre as i have electronic shifting. i tried a new hanger, different cassette, checked the chain...could not figure out what was up so i set it to the best compromise. oh well--not a show-stopper, just an annoyance.
saturday dawned cold but without rain, which was about as good as it was going to get. my inner optimist appreciated the fact that there would not be any dust on the course.
i was one of the last in my field of 100+ to go through the covered bridge. the pace really ramped leading in and i wasn't in the greatest position, but i felt pretty confident in the road ahead. without much trouble i was able to move through the pack and also gain ground on the 1st dirt section. my handling in those areas felt solid relative to much of the competition.
when we made the hard left onto juniper swamp's dirt section, i was in good position and at or near the front. not too long after i'd been given a gap by the group; 3 other riders bridged. no one was truly committed, and when one member of the group said 'the peloton is chasing' it seemed to completely kill the motivation of the others. i tried to encourage them to keep going (chasing does not mean catching) to no avail. since i didn't feel like it was my only card, i decided not to go alone and didn't fight it. i was feeling at ease. i'd noticed on the hard sections i was definitely working, but if the labored breathing of many in the group was not an act then i was doing relatively well.
hit joe bean at a good clip and realized i was unable to shift out of 39x21. uh oh. with a bit of grinding, i managed to come over the top in the first few riders.
here's where we come off the rails. the descent down the back side is fast, but i struggled to get up to speed in 39x21. once descending there was not much to be done, but i lost many places going over the top, and many, many more (60? 70?) when we hit the dirt on ferguson. ferguson was, if my memory is correct, one of the rougher patches of dirt and was a spot where you needed to hammer in a big gear.
looking back on my data i can see i was spinning at 130.....even 150+ for brief periods (6 minutes at 130+!). there's no good time for this to happen, but i went from feeling comfortable at the head of the race to watching the pack ride away.
on the positive side, many helpful riders did offer good advice: "get in the big ring!" yeah...thanks for that one. i'm sure they meant well.
i won't lie: after spinning so fast and going nowhere i thought about getting off my bike and calling it a day. i let myself wallow for about 30 seconds and committed to give whatever i had to the race. i was there to ride hard.
after some more bumps i would get a shift here or there and took advantage of it. i didn't lose battery charge--i was getting no signal from the shifters--couldn't get any lights to go on.
i figured out what it was: i have a custom battery inside my seat post. i have electrical tape over the connection as an added protection. i disconnected the battery for shipping and when i put it back together i just re-used that tape...it was just for one race, and in the past i'd even run it without tape with no problems. i didn't even have a problem when i pre-rode the course. what happened was the sum of all the little vibrations loosened the connectors. i was able to do some hard bunny hops and get a shift here or there.
ah well....it wasn't di2's fault -- it was totally my own mistake in not re-taping it. of course i regret that simple decision now. at least i can put my finger on the source.
for the middle 1/3rd of the race, i thought i might have a chance to re-attach. i made it to within about 250m of the pack at one point (they must have lulled around the 2nd feed zone) but could not close. for the last 1/3rd of the race i knew i was on my own. even if i did miraculously make a catch, i would have been blown for any meaningful result.
rode the final ~38 miles solo, passing the guys who got blown off the back of their respective fields. passed many riders; at most i caught a draft for 10 or 20 seconds here or there. just motored along in TT mode, as aero as i could be. at least i was getting in a hard workout. it was pretty pleasant to be able to hit all the dirt sections hard.
in the end, i finished ~50th. not bad for ~110 starters, but of course not how i expected it to play out.
i later learned that the 2 fields ahead of mine had been neutralized (but not mine). i wasn't thinking about that possibility while i chased, but it is a good lesson. in another situation, one might be able to fight their way back--i've had it work the other way in races where dropped riders got back on.
i LOVED the course (what an AMAZING course for a bike race, even if you removed the dirt elements it would be memorable) and thought the organization was incredible given the amount of riders. i got in a really hard effort
had i not had this issue, i have no idea how things would have gone later in the race, but i suspect i would have been in contention -- at least as far as meeting house. it's all part of bike racing, though.
while it is frustrating to know that this one was completely preventable, i take some comfort in knowing that i was at least able to ride. i could have had an issue that ended my race, like a crash ending in injury. 3 riders i know that decided to race locally this past weekend wound up having issues (1 crash at 50mph; another crash at 40 resulting in a concussion; the 3rd went hypothermic), so it puts things in perspective.
i didn't take the a. schleck route, though at moments i wanted to.
instead of focusing on the negative, i'm grateful i got to ride the course. i wanted to do well, but my "A" races for the season are still ahead of me.
thanks for reading! this is the longest report for essentially a non-result.
so psyched to read all the good news from battenkill now that i've arrived back at home. it is clear that all the racers who show up here are prepared, which makes the results all the more meaningful.
i was hoping to add my own good result to the mix, but instead it's just a story of how missing 7.4 volts changed my day around.
summary: OTF to OTB, with a twist.
i scoped the course on friday and felt good about the dirt sections. something happened to my bike when it was shipped--i'd get perfect shifts from hard to easy gears, but have missed shifts going from easy to hard. it's a bit bizarre as i have electronic shifting. i tried a new hanger, different cassette, checked the chain...could not figure out what was up so i set it to the best compromise. oh well--not a show-stopper, just an annoyance.
saturday dawned cold but without rain, which was about as good as it was going to get. my inner optimist appreciated the fact that there would not be any dust on the course.
i was one of the last in my field of 100+ to go through the covered bridge. the pace really ramped leading in and i wasn't in the greatest position, but i felt pretty confident in the road ahead. without much trouble i was able to move through the pack and also gain ground on the 1st dirt section. my handling in those areas felt solid relative to much of the competition.
when we made the hard left onto juniper swamp's dirt section, i was in good position and at or near the front. not too long after i'd been given a gap by the group; 3 other riders bridged. no one was truly committed, and when one member of the group said 'the peloton is chasing' it seemed to completely kill the motivation of the others. i tried to encourage them to keep going (chasing does not mean catching) to no avail. since i didn't feel like it was my only card, i decided not to go alone and didn't fight it. i was feeling at ease. i'd noticed on the hard sections i was definitely working, but if the labored breathing of many in the group was not an act then i was doing relatively well.
hit joe bean at a good clip and realized i was unable to shift out of 39x21. uh oh. with a bit of grinding, i managed to come over the top in the first few riders.
here's where we come off the rails. the descent down the back side is fast, but i struggled to get up to speed in 39x21. once descending there was not much to be done, but i lost many places going over the top, and many, many more (60? 70?) when we hit the dirt on ferguson. ferguson was, if my memory is correct, one of the rougher patches of dirt and was a spot where you needed to hammer in a big gear.
looking back on my data i can see i was spinning at 130.....even 150+ for brief periods (6 minutes at 130+!). there's no good time for this to happen, but i went from feeling comfortable at the head of the race to watching the pack ride away.
on the positive side, many helpful riders did offer good advice: "get in the big ring!" yeah...thanks for that one.
i'm sure they meant well.i won't lie: after spinning so fast and going nowhere i thought about getting off my bike and calling it a day. i let myself wallow for about 30 seconds and committed to give whatever i had to the race. i was there to ride hard.
after some more bumps i would get a shift here or there and took advantage of it. i didn't lose battery charge--i was getting no signal from the shifters--couldn't get any lights to go on.
i figured out what it was: i have a custom battery inside my seat post. i have electrical tape over the connection as an added protection. i disconnected the battery for shipping and when i put it back together i just re-used that tape...it was just for one race, and in the past i'd even run it without tape with no problems. i didn't even have a problem when i pre-rode the course. what happened was the sum of all the little vibrations loosened the connectors. i was able to do some hard bunny hops and get a shift here or there.
ah well....it wasn't di2's fault -- it was totally my own mistake in not re-taping it. of course i regret that simple decision now. at least i can put my finger on the source.
for the middle 1/3rd of the race, i thought i might have a chance to re-attach. i made it to within about 250m of the pack at one point (they must have lulled around the 2nd feed zone) but could not close. for the last 1/3rd of the race i knew i was on my own. even if i did miraculously make a catch, i would have been blown for any meaningful result.
rode the final ~38 miles solo, passing the guys who got blown off the back of their respective fields. passed many riders; at most i caught a draft for 10 or 20 seconds here or there. just motored along in TT mode, as aero as i could be. at least i was getting in a hard workout. it was pretty pleasant to be able to hit all the dirt sections hard.
in the end, i finished ~50th. not bad for ~110 starters, but of course not how i expected it to play out.
i later learned that the 2 fields ahead of mine had been neutralized (but not mine). i wasn't thinking about that possibility while i chased, but it is a good lesson. in another situation, one might be able to fight their way back--i've had it work the other way in races where dropped riders got back on.
i LOVED the course (what an AMAZING course for a bike race, even if you removed the dirt elements it would be memorable) and thought the organization was incredible given the amount of riders. i got in a really hard effort
had i not had this issue, i have no idea how things would have gone later in the race, but i suspect i would have been in contention -- at least as far as meeting house. it's all part of bike racing, though.
while it is frustrating to know that this one was completely preventable, i take some comfort in knowing that i was at least able to ride. i could have had an issue that ended my race, like a crash ending in injury. 3 riders i know that decided to race locally this past weekend wound up having issues (1 crash at 50mph; another crash at 40 resulting in a concussion; the 3rd went hypothermic), so it puts things in perspective.
i didn't take the a. schleck route, though at moments i wanted to.
instead of focusing on the negative, i'm grateful i got to ride the course. i wanted to do well, but my "A" races for the season are still ahead of me.
thanks for reading! this is the longest report for essentially a non-result.
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will tell you a bit more about it separately, but i wanted it to be clear that it was NOT a fault of di2. the shimano connectors lock into place (as does the external battery).
i think it was just a bit of me taking that shortcut when i re-assembled my bike in NY and the right combination of bumps. i've ridden my bike at race-pace over plenty of rougher roads than i found at battenkill. oh well!
there are other connectors that i could have used for my internal battery mount that lock into place--maybe a good thing to consider for your build. i'm not planning to change mine--but i will no longer forego the tape, no matter how short the ride! unfortunate time to learn the lesson, but i'd rather end my race that way than get crashed out.
i think it was just a bit of me taking that shortcut when i re-assembled my bike in NY and the right combination of bumps. i've ridden my bike at race-pace over plenty of rougher roads than i found at battenkill. oh well!
there are other connectors that i could have used for my internal battery mount that lock into place--maybe a good thing to consider for your build. i'm not planning to change mine--but i will no longer forego the tape, no matter how short the ride! unfortunate time to learn the lesson, but i'd rather end my race that way than get crashed out.
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teton, that suuuucks!
btw - i gave those conti's a stern test the past few weeks. they were really nice, but unfortunately both have punctured and have sealant leaking out all over the place.
REx, nice work for you and your team mate. beer laps? I would have been all in. i was off the front yesterday with another dude, and was more into getting to the line than i was listening to the primes, he took home a case of fat tire, all i took home was a fat midsection :-\
btw - i gave those conti's a stern test the past few weeks. they were really nice, but unfortunately both have punctured and have sealant leaking out all over the place.
REx, nice work for you and your team mate. beer laps? I would have been all in. i was off the front yesterday with another dude, and was more into getting to the line than i was listening to the primes, he took home a case of fat tire, all i took home was a fat midsection :-\
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I would bring some aircraft safety wire in the future vs. tape, which is still a bit sketchy. I think you have room above the connection to do a tight loop, then a twist down and another loop around the bottom of the fitting.
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teton, that suuuucks!
btw - i gave those conti's a stern test the past few weeks. they were really nice, but unfortunately both have punctured and have sealant leaking out all over the place.
REx, nice work for you and your team mate. beer laps? I would have been all in. i was off the front yesterday with another dude, and was more into getting to the line than i was listening to the primes, he took home a case of fat tire, all i took home was a fat midsection :-\
btw - i gave those conti's a stern test the past few weeks. they were really nice, but unfortunately both have punctured and have sealant leaking out all over the place.
REx, nice work for you and your team mate. beer laps? I would have been all in. i was off the front yesterday with another dude, and was more into getting to the line than i was listening to the primes, he took home a case of fat tire, all i took home was a fat midsection :-\
Jandro probably knows the guy.
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I saw that when I put your bike together. On the new connectors they screw on like a coaxial cable.
I would bring some aircraft safety wire in the future vs. tape, which is still a bit sketchy. I think you have room above the connection to do a tight loop, then a twist down and another loop around the bottom of the fitting.
I would bring some aircraft safety wire in the future vs. tape, which is still a bit sketchy. I think you have room above the connection to do a tight loop, then a twist down and another loop around the bottom of the fitting.
in any event, i'll take your suggestion and look for a more solid solution. i may also solder different (locking) connectors to both of those leads, as well as to my charger.
oh well!
mdV--damn...sorry about those punctures. they were nice tires for sure. maybe that's why conti doesn't give out tubulars with latex tubes to the masses.
was nice to know i was riding strong. my tire and tire pressure choices were excellent for b'kill.
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Hey, I stopped skateboarding when I was like 18 and lost contact with most of those guys.
I would have have made #50 in favor of beating him.
I would have have made #50 in favor of beating him.