Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 19552012)

Speaking of racing... I did one this past weekend that I got shelled in horribly last year. It played out in a similar fashion, crosswinds with two teams (mine being one this time) going at each other.

This year I missed the break by not much and found riding in the main group easy after that other than the downwind bit where I was close to spinning out 53x11... so progress I suppose. Team mates got 1st, 3rd and 4th from the break of 4.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19552016)

It says ADULT CONTENT

Originally Posted by RPK79 (Post 19552030)

Yes, some of my uncle's humor is dark and someone flagged his work as inappropriate.

I think it was the work toilet from the railroad that pushed his rating over the edge.

Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 19552022)

Nice.


So are you actually back at it? Or just the rare race every now and then?

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 19552032)

The porta porty from yesterday would have pushed Mr Rodger's photo stream rating over the edge.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 19552036)

Sorta back at it. Not as kooky about training as I once was and trying to just enjoy racing with a good team with as little effort as possible. :)

Originally Posted by RPK79 (Post 19552042)

Yeah, the amount of pre-ride unloading was substantial for one port-a-potty. Nearly filled it.

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19551769)

To never, ever pile on, for any perceived reason.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 19552012)

Speaking of racing... I did one this past weekend that I got shelled in horribly last year. It played out in a similar fashion, crosswinds with two teams (mine being one this time) going at each other.

This year I missed the break by not much and found riding in the main group easy after that other than the downwind bit where I was close to spinning out 53x11... so progress I suppose. Team mates got 1st, 3rd and 4th from the break of 4.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19552085)

Tell us more.

Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19538437)

I'll have to sell the kittens for one of these:

http://www.bicycling.com/sites/bicyc...ike_1_of_1.jpg

Originally Posted by Heathpack (Post 19551894)

Her name is Phoenix. She is half-Russian.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19552287)

After a couple days of rain and high winds, I saw the sun for a little while and thought, "Cool! I'm riding, 30 mph winds be damned!"

I got soaked. :(

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19551884)

Oh, on Saturday's epic 110 mile ride, one of the riders was running eTap and his RD battery died. He switched to the front and did the rest of the ride as a 1x11.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for electronic shifting.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19552286)

You keep saying marathon, but others' comments about a bike phase suggest it might have been a triathlon. Is that right? 1/2 Ironman?

Originally Posted by PepeM (Post 19552308)

Or just bring an extra battery or two.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19552311)

I think some people's memory is starting to go. :innocent:

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19552322)

What were we talking about?

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19552300)

How do you figure. Seems like the rider who doesn't get the endorsement. It is dead easy to avoid that problem. How could you go out for 110 miles, an organized event, and not check your battery charge indicator?

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 19552352)

He seems to think somehow the battery discharged during the ride or a rest stop. I dunno.

Another friend had his di2 die on him, the alleged cause was water got into battery case and caused battery to discharge.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19552286)

You keep saying marathon, but others' comments about a bike phase suggest it might have been a triathlon. Is that right? 1/2 Ironman?