I raced today. I got dropped.

Yes, I told them. The ride breaks at Market Square for 10 or 15 minutes for people to get food and drinks. Bare in mind that it's only a 30-35 mile ride.

That's pretty Fredly.

hey pcad

i just bought a Ti frame. Am I going to love it like all the Ti fanboys?

I don't like riding with a group.

Why wouldn't you?

eh? I keep hearing Ti is for life and you got rid of yours?

will it make me go faster?

Rain today and tomorrow. This spring has been rough, not so much with the weather, more with my health. Photo below was my last race with the team (besides the TT), 3.28 in Prospect Park, I had a bad cold, got shelled on lap 7. In all the photos from this race, everybody looks like they're suffering.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11.../PP328cold.jpg

After that a complicated tooth extraction and two weeks on pain pills. Like I said it has been a crappy March/April.

Yep, I too gave up on traveling hours and spending a lot of money for a 35 minute crit...time was better spent on a hard, team training ride.

Would you have it any other way?

As has been said to you...recently in fact...it takes time to become a good racer. It took me several years before I was in the top 10 at the finish of cat3 and vets races...a few more years before I won my first race.
Think about what went right and what went wrong in today's race.
Do you keep a journal? You should. I have 20 years worth of the darn things. Very valuable...Write down what went right and wrong, how you felt, etc.
Then think about your preparations. Do you lack strength and conditioning? That takes time. Did you make mental mistakes, inadequate food/water, etc. It is not one thing but many that go into making a good racer.
Give it time and don't give up...

Pcad, do old guys not know about the drops?

you had a Ti bike... and downgraded to the 1.5? right.

it's the name of the 2 founders of cervelo. vroomen and white.

That photo was taken on the 'hill' in Prospect as we 'climbed' it.

the man behind you looks like he smelled something awful...


Midget his car is an acura RDX their smallish SUV with the SH awd.

danke!

3+ hours of mountain biking today. Oh god, exhausted and still have homework to do. FFFUUU

That SH AWD is the shizzle. Absolutely amazing in all conditions. By far the best AWD system on the road I've ever driven. We drove down to Manhattan in late February on the night of the biggest blizzard up here ever, and we were going 50 mph on the snowpack no problem. Never had a car that would do that before. The car won't get turned sideways by traction loss in the snow and higher speeds like every other car I've owned, including some AWD cars.

Acura's system diverts power front to rear and side to side as dictated by traction loss, no other system out there does that, and it really does work, particularly in the snow, but also on wet pavement.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...ntcad/RDX1.jpg

Love the car. I've owned it now for 3.5 years.