Some guy is just asking for it.
06-01-06 | 06:24 AM
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2-Cyl, 1/2 HP @ 90 RPM
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I'm beginning to wonder if this guy's joking or serious now...
06-01-06 | 06:48 AM
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pan y agua
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Just as curiosity, R600, do you actually race? What category? any results you'd care to share?
06-01-06 | 06:50 AM
#30
Baby it's cold outside...
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Originally Posted by R600DuraAce
Coming home via the West Side bike path, I was taking it slow. An hour earlier I have a very nice Mexican meal. I was carrying my Easton EC90 fork in my back pack. I will be off tomorrow. Just enjoying my commute and looking forward to install my new fork. Spining on my small ring and going about 17 mph. Up ahead, I saw this dude on a MTB with slick tire and SPD pedals. I just rode pass him. 50 sec or so later, he was coming up on my left side. Mind you, it is a bike path. You just don't take up the entire path. Then, he rode ahead of me. Fine. The bike path got a bit crowded in some particular section. I let this dude just go. Well, it was like he was waiting for me. He slowed down again. And I passed him again. He did the same thing. Rode pass me on my left and got to the front and slowed down again. He looked back and to see what I was. This went on for 3 or 4 times. I got very annoyed. The wind was really kicking up. The next time I was behind him, I shifted into my big ring and on my 53 x 14. Stood up and attacked.
Ready for some wattage??? The first 30sec I was at 440w. Top speed hit 26 mph. About 1 minute later, I settled in to my TT pace and power output. About 5 minutes at 290w. 2 minutes after my attack, I looked back and, surprisingly, he was about half of block away. Since it was very windy, I knew he won't be able to get onto my wheel and he would blow up. I stayed on my TT pace for another 2 minutes or so. Looked back, he was 2 blocks down away. By this time, I was about to turn to Chamber street and up the Brooklyn bridge. I hope he wasn't too tired to work tomorrow.
Ready for some wattage??? The first 30sec I was at 440w. Top speed hit 26 mph. About 1 minute later, I settled in to my TT pace and power output. About 5 minutes at 290w. 2 minutes after my attack, I looked back and, surprisingly, he was about half of block away. Since it was very windy, I knew he won't be able to get onto my wheel and he would blow up. I stayed on my TT pace for another 2 minutes or so. Looked back, he was 2 blocks down away. By this time, I was about to turn to Chamber street and up the Brooklyn bridge. I hope he wasn't too tired to work tomorrow.
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06-01-06 | 07:20 AM
#31
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From: Rocket City, No'ala
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
The real question is who had more blinkie, and did they have adequate amounts of it or not. Anyone can have a PowerTap rear wheel and still be completely noOb on their blinkie layout, you see that all the time.
Why, just today there was some guy on an R600 riding along with a PowerTap wheel and a carbon fork in his backpack and would you believe he had NO BLINKIE AT ALL.
I made sure to pass him a few times so he could appreciate my superior visibility and maybe learn something (although the Nova isn't installed yet, but still). Then he went flying by really fast, and dropped a $50 bill as he was zooming away. I tried and tried to catch up and give it back, but he was going too fast, so I blew it all on pizza instead.
Why, just today there was some guy on an R600 riding along with a PowerTap wheel and a carbon fork in his backpack and would you believe he had NO BLINKIE AT ALL.
I made sure to pass him a few times so he could appreciate my superior visibility and maybe learn something (although the Nova isn't installed yet, but still). Then he went flying by really fast, and dropped a $50 bill as he was zooming away. I tried and tried to catch up and give it back, but he was going too fast, so I blew it all on pizza instead. Exactly. This being the commuter thread and not Foo, the question on everyone's mind is how many watts was R600DuraAce putting out with his lights?
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06-01-06 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Just as curiosity, R600, do you actually race? What category? any results you'd care to share?
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06-01-06 | 07:22 AM
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pan y agua
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Just as curiosity, R600, do you actually race? What category? any results you'd care to share?
06-01-06 | 07:35 AM
#34
Stop it.
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I want to see R600DA take on Lance.
Not someone who looks like Lance, but Lance himself.
Not someone who looks like Lance, but Lance himself.
06-01-06 | 07:43 AM
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From: Rocket City, No'ala
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Originally Posted by slvoid
And yet... still too chicken to race us. Plenty of commuters here in NYC to kick your ass. Come on, we've been calling you out for ages and you keep chickening out. Just one race, come on... actually one of the guys just made cat 4 and I'm a hundred bucks or so away from buying my own cat 4 license so don't worry, I'll be looking for the races you do, shouldn't be too hard beating someone who consistently finishes dead last in races so he has to brag about dropping commuters to boost his ego.
They are just dumbasses, like that dumbass MTB commuter doing the "Fast and Furious" stuff. I am just waiting my thread to go 7 pages long without me having to read any one of them. They are worthless carp...... BTW, if any of these dumbasses think they have the balls, come to Prospect Park on 6AM this Saturday. Why? There is the NY Empire State Qaulifying races. Race format is simple. All fields racing the same distance. 77 miles. 22 laps in the park. The first top 10 will represent NYC in the NY Empire State Olympic game. All fields (Pro 1/2/3/4/5). If you have a MTB, sure, use it to race and maybe you can try to pull one of these tricks the MTB commuter was doing. And blame your result because you were racing with a MTB commuter weighting 30lb. Yeah, Slovid???
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06-01-06 | 08:31 AM
#38
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The guy on the MTB wanted a challenge and that is what he got. R600DA is on target this time.
If you've ever done a fitness test on a bike you know that kicking out the kind of numbers he was talking about ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
If you've ever done a fitness test on a bike you know that kicking out the kind of numbers he was talking about ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
06-01-06 | 08:56 AM
#40
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Originally Posted by badkarma
I think Euro and R600 should race each other down the MUP.
And my word for R600 is.....
"Tool"
Complete and utter.
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06-01-06 | 09:17 AM
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Well at least he's consistant. Once an idiot always an idiot. BTW your cp30s wattage is pretty freaking unimpressive as is your cp5min. Next time you want to brag at least make up some numbers that mean something.
06-01-06 | 09:20 AM
#42
pan y agua
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Originally Posted by flythebike
The guy on the MTB wanted a challenge and that is what he got. R600DA is on target this time.
If you've ever done a fitness test on a bike you know that kicking out the kind of numbers he was talking about ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
If you've ever done a fitness test on a bike you know that kicking out the kind of numbers he was talking about ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
Ok rushing in where angels fear to tread, 440watts for 30 seconds and 290 watts for 5 minutes is extremely pedestrian. Unless you weigh 120 pounds, these are OTB numbers in a Cat 5 race.
06-01-06 | 09:53 AM
#43
HenryL
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Since this is a commuter thread I really have to ask the original poster...
Who cares how much wattage you produced? Next we will have the road rage forum.
Who cares how much wattage you produced? Next we will have the road rage forum.
06-01-06 | 09:55 AM
#44
BF's Level 12 Wizard
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I blew by a couple of roadies on my way in to work this morning. Uphill. No wattage, no cyclocomputer.
Of course, they may have been over 50 miles already and I was just starting out.
Do I care? Not really. Why should you?
*yawn* I think I'm done looking at this thread.
Of course, they may have been over 50 miles already and I was just starting out.
Do I care? Not really. Why should you?
*yawn* I think I'm done looking at this thread.
06-01-06 | 10:01 AM
#45
2-Cyl, 1/2 HP @ 90 RPM
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Originally Posted by bbattle
Exactly. This being the commuter thread and not Foo, the question on everyone's mind is how many watts was R600DuraAce putting out with his lights?
I just realized he can save a lot of batteries if he got a tandem and had R600 powering his lights while he biked.
06-01-06 | 10:01 AM
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I didn't read the other responses but am curious as to #1, why you would post something like this, and #2 what was this "guy asking for"?
Are you trying to impress forum members?
If so, why would this impress anyone?
Are you trying to impress forum members?
If so, why would this impress anyone?
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06-01-06 | 10:08 AM
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Vello Kombi, baby
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"I didn't read the other responses but am curious as to #1,"
At least read the classic tractor post, FGS. Post #17. Greatest BF post ever. You owe it to yourself.
What the h-e-double toothpicks is "wattage" anyway, and why the heck should I care? And why anally retentive wise try to measure if it ain't gotta do with a light? Or even when it does?
So little I understand, I must be insignifigant. Oh, well, at least I got the tractor post.
Did I mention the tractor post?
At least read the classic tractor post, FGS. Post #17. Greatest BF post ever. You owe it to yourself.
What the h-e-double toothpicks is "wattage" anyway, and why the heck should I care? And why anally retentive wise try to measure if it ain't gotta do with a light? Or even when it does?
So little I understand, I must be insignifigant. Oh, well, at least I got the tractor post.
Did I mention the tractor post?
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06-01-06 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
In this category, I believe 2manybikes with this multiple HID lights would win. Somewhere between the lupines, L&M's, and niteriders, I believe he's sporting the equivalent of 3-400 watts of light...
I just realized he can save a lot of batteries if he got a tandem and had R600 powering his lights while he biked.
I just realized he can save a lot of batteries if he got a tandem and had R600 powering his lights while he biked.
06-01-06 | 10:27 AM
#49
You Know!? For Kids!
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Originally Posted by R600DuraAce
Yeah, whatever man. Just makes sure you don't pull that kind of **** on your commute to another rider decking out with a local team kit, added with a power tap wheel. And carrying backpack. You will expect the worst. You will get dropped. And come here crying about racers are snobs.
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