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04-11-11 | 11:08 AM
#2501
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 53,967
Likes: 2,406
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
04-11-11 | 11:11 AM
#2502
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,182
Likes: 0
Have you thought about buying the windscreen for that helmet, Jen? I think they look better with them. I cite Team Sky and Emma Pooley in particular as having the aero cyborg look. Without the reflective visor she would look way less cool.
Last edited by miyata man; 04-11-11 at 11:25 AM.
04-11-11 | 11:12 AM
#2503
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 14,723
Likes: 21
Bikes: Cervélo S2
Yeah, I plan to get one, they're just tough to find. Though to be honest I haven't put in much effort yet.
04-11-11 | 11:15 AM
#2504
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 14,723
Likes: 21
Bikes: Cervélo S2
And for coasting, my race face.
04-11-11 | 11:16 AM
#2505
So it is
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 22,878
Likes: 6,382
From: Westminster, CO
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
I like the first bike choice a lot. Blasphemous or not, it's nice, and of course, it's got checkered flag graphics.
04-11-11 | 11:18 AM
#2506
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,942
Likes: 282
From: Colorado
I wouldn't buy it used. I should be able to get good pricing, but we'll see.
04-11-11 | 11:27 AM
#2508
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 53,967
Likes: 2,406
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
04-11-11 | 11:30 AM
#2510
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,182
Likes: 0
I sent my camera out to the friend I was on a road trip with last year so I filled the void with one of these. It's charging right now and then I'm going to figure out some way to mount it to the bike. Hopefully it will look decent since it doesn't shoot in HD.
Last edited by miyata man; 04-11-11 at 11:40 AM.
04-11-11 | 11:45 AM
#2513
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,823
Likes: 6,193
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
How do you figure?
As far as the choice, it would depend on what you want to do with it. If OS X is the flavor you like, well, you choice is a little more clear. Personally, I'd build a new gaming rig and rest easy knowing that I can upgrade parts as they become a little longer in the tooth. With the release of AMDs bulldozer, I may finally be in line for a bigger overhaul of my computer, but I've already gotten 3 generations of CPU and GPU out of my current motherboard. Even so, a "big" overhaul will only be a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, everything else (GPU, BD drive, SSD, PSU, case, monitor) can stay put.
As far as the choice, it would depend on what you want to do with it. If OS X is the flavor you like, well, you choice is a little more clear. Personally, I'd build a new gaming rig and rest easy knowing that I can upgrade parts as they become a little longer in the tooth. With the release of AMDs bulldozer, I may finally be in line for a bigger overhaul of my computer, but I've already gotten 3 generations of CPU and GPU out of my current motherboard. Even so, a "big" overhaul will only be a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, everything else (GPU, BD drive, SSD, PSU, case, monitor) can stay put.
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04-11-11 | 11:46 AM
#2515
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,823
Likes: 6,193
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
04-11-11 | 11:49 AM
#2516
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,182
Likes: 0
We really do have similar riding styles. If I make it out to CO this year I might have to time it to coincide with a brevet. I'm caring less and less for the expense of navigating through the beginner racing categories. $500-$1300 in race fees alone to get through the 5's? I'll take a day in the country without seeing a field of angry office workers anytime for free.
04-11-11 | 11:51 AM
#2517
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,823
Likes: 6,193
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
04-11-11 | 11:52 AM
#2518
Mostly Harmless
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 58,823
Likes: 6,193
From: Adrift
Bikes: Have two wheels
04-11-11 | 12:35 PM
#2520
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,726
Likes: 9,738
From: TC, MN
Bikes: R3 Disc, Haanjo
72° outside, and I'm framing/sheetrocking a laundry closet. FML.
04-11-11 | 12:51 PM
#2521
So it is
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 22,878
Likes: 6,382
From: Westminster, CO
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
No Velo Vol. You are on your own when on a Brevet/Populaire. I was planning on running the route backwards in my truck, as I knew there may have been people left out there. Unfortunately, by the time I warmed up and quit shivering enough to drive, the folks that were near me were back. It was only a 106K, and there were 3 that finished in 6 hours.
04-11-11 | 01:00 PM
#2522
So it is
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 22,878
Likes: 6,382
From: Westminster, CO
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
We really do have similar riding styles. If I make it out to CO this year I might have to time it to coincide with a brevet. I'm caring less and less for the expense of navigating through the beginner racing categories. $500-$1300 in race fees alone to get through the 5's? I'll take a day in the country without seeing a field of angry office workers anytime for free.
04-11-11 | 01:06 PM
#2523
Banned
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,468
Likes: 0
Bikes: 2011 Cervelo S2, 2001Trek USPS 5200, 06 Cervelo P3 Alum, 1999 Schwinn Pro Stock BMX, 1987 Schwinn Traveler
Took off at midnight for the first 41. Got home went to bed. Woke up at 8:00am went for another 42 at 9:45am. Heading back to my house my friend texted me asking if I had ridden yet. I told him I had 83miles in, but sure why not? He wanted to meet me in an hour. I told him make it two. Then we repeated the loop I did at midnight. I slept like a baby. Then I woke up, and rode 55miles at 7am on Sunday, and spent the rest of the day working on my bikes. I'll take some pics of the progress when I get home. The Trek dropped 151g, and the Cervelo gained 66g. 
04-11-11 | 01:07 PM
#2524
Banned
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,468
Likes: 0
Bikes: 2011 Cervelo S2, 2001Trek USPS 5200, 06 Cervelo P3 Alum, 1999 Schwinn Pro Stock BMX, 1987 Schwinn Traveler
Good job VG, well done!
04-11-11 | 01:10 PM
#2525
VFL For Life
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 53,967
Likes: 2,406
From: Knoxville, TN
Bikes: Velo Volmobile