Crit racers are smooth...
10-24-14, 10:32 AM
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So, other than in the last min of the race...what things have you done/do you do to disrupt smoothness and efficiency?
10-24-14, 10:36 AM
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Do you even race? It doesn't seem so based on your usac page and what you seem to express as tactical and practical understanding of how a race unfolds.
10-24-14, 10:38 AM
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I could have won the field sprint.
10-24-14, 11:01 AM
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I can't help feeling like this is all an elaborate setup for some punchline that I'm too obtuse to get.
I mean, I read this as sarcasm. But people respond to it literally, and then doge just strokes his chin inscrutably. Will there be a social sciences research paper published at the end of all this?
I mean, I read this as sarcasm. But people respond to it literally, and then doge just strokes his chin inscrutably. Will there be a social sciences research paper published at the end of all this?
10-24-14, 11:22 AM
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10-24-14, 12:14 PM
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10-24-14, 01:29 PM
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Bar end mirrors, while technically legal because they plug the bar end, are on the edge of what an official might deem safe. You have to put your head down to view them.
10-24-14, 02:05 PM
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I see Bahati 5 or so times a year - last 6 years. He is of course outstanding. This year he was son's opponent in 3 races. But with the exception of a few races, Bahati normally rides in the back - until the end, unless there is a break and you can see he at the front organizing. This year he chased down a gap himself. Most racers cannot do what he does, which is why creating a gap/being nowhere around Bahati near the end works better.
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10-24-14, 02:20 PM
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I know nothing of that. His name is in many places in SoCal and kid's trainer/coach knows him. I'm told he is willing to share the wealth with those that help him win. I just have watched him race with and without my kid, I sometimes video, say hello, he appears approachable, and friendly.
10-24-14, 02:29 PM
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I race against a 27 time national champion who has been wearing a helmet mirror for as long as I have known him, at least the early 80's. He wears it on the left. I attack him on the right.
Bar end mirrors, while technically legal because they plug the bar end, are on the edge of what an official might deem safe. You have to put your head down to view them.
Bar end mirrors, while technically legal because they plug the bar end, are on the edge of what an official might deem safe. You have to put your head down to view them.
Just remember when you see it on the pro-tour where they copied it from...
10-24-14, 04:18 PM
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Single fist pumps get more media attention Masi Bikes
10-24-14, 04:29 PM
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I post (essentially) crits are raced too smoothly and that leave the most likely winners the sprinters and I get disagreement
- except a moderator more interested in my credentials than discussing what I posted.
I posted (essentially) the main stream view of how to ride a crit - smoothly - and I get disagreement
- except a moderator more interested in my credentials than discussing what I posted.
10-24-14, 04:32 PM
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Single fist pumps get more media attention Masi Bikes