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Old 01-20-13, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
The CAAD is too light. I lift the front wheel off the ground when sprinting.

Gotta figure out how not to do that.
almost a good problem.

p.s. I'll msg you about a saddle in the near future. I may end up settling on a toupe anyway, I just noticed a small crack in the shell of my arione today and I gotta remeasure my bum anyway because I forgot what I ended up with when I did it last.
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Old 01-20-13, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
The CAAD is too light. I lift the front wheel off the ground when sprinting.

Gotta figure out how not to do that.
Aerospoke FTW.
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Old 01-20-13, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
Aerospoke FTW.
Hahah, no joke.
Also, that rear hub is silent.
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Old 01-20-13, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by solipsist716
almost a good problem.

p.s. I'll msg you about a saddle in the near future. I may end up settling on a toupe anyway, I just noticed a small crack in the shell of my arione today and I gotta remeasure my bum anyway because I forgot what I ended up with when I did it last.
Cool, no rush. They don't sell many, if any.
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Old 01-20-13, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
Hahah, no joke.
Also, that rear hub is silent.
I was wondering about that. It seemed like it would be when I spun the freehub by hand.
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Old 01-20-13, 02:55 PM
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Today I'm watching footbal.

Only because it's a rest day and I'm working on my biekz.

Originally Posted by Nagrom_
The CAAD is too light. I lift the front wheel off the ground when sprinting.

Gotta figure out how not to do that.
Easy, learn how to sprint properly.

In a flat sprint, lean forward a bit... I had the problem with my track bike at the velodrome till I fixed my form.
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Old 01-20-13, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
I was wondering about that. It seemed like it would be when I spun the freehub by hand.
i can't stand silent free hubs. sounds like it's not working right because i expect to hear a sound when i coast.
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Old 01-20-13, 03:53 PM
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make the noise with your mouth. annoy your fellow cyclists with your angry bee noise
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Originally Posted by Jaytron
Today I'm watching footbal.

Only because it's a rest day and I'm working on my biekz.


Easy, learn how to sprint properly.

In a flat sprint, lean forward a bit... I had the problem with my track bike at the velodrome till I fixed my form.
Im talking OTS sprints. I'm probably pulling up too hard.
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Old 01-20-13, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by solipsist716
almost a good problem.

p.s. I'll msg you about a saddle in the near future. I may end up settling on a toupe anyway, I just noticed a small crack in the shell of my arione today and I gotta remeasure my bum anyway because I forgot what I ended up with when I did it last.
FWIW, I cracked the Toupe I had a while ago. Took me a little while to figure out what all the creaking on my bike was until I noticed it. I really liked that saddle and will probably get another one in the future.
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Old 01-20-13, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Pinkbullet3
make the noise with your mouth. annoy your fellow cyclists with your angry bee noise
I was really hoping for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tYc7QKYLbE
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Old 01-20-13, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
Im talking OTS sprints.
So am I.
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Old 01-20-13, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaytron
So am I.
Implying that I'm pretty much leaning over the front of my bike.
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Completed my first road race yesterday in Patterson, where I met Jandro briefly, it was a fun day. I had a mechanical issue, hit a huuge pothole which caused my bars to drop down a couple inches somehow (rotated downwards so far I couldn't really reach the hoods), and front wheel started rubbing brake. Had to stop for a couple minutes and fix both things, so I lost the pack, ended up 26th / 44. There was some gnarly black ice in the shadows, and a few nasty crashes because of it. So I'm just glad I finished safely. Really liked the road race style more than the crit I did a couple weekends ago, hope to start doing them regularly. Need to start trying to actually train for them.

Today, about to go on a nice slow cruise to the beach as a recovery ride... it's absolutely beautiful outside, feels like spring already here.
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Originally Posted by cali_axela
Completed my first road race yesterday in Patterson, where I met Jandro briefly, it was a fun day. I had a mechanical issue, hit a huuge pothole which caused my bars to drop down a couple inches somehow (rotated downwards so far I couldn't really reach the hoods), and front wheel started rubbing brake. Had to stop for a couple minutes and fix both things, so I lost the pack, ended up 26th / 44. There was some gnarly black ice in the shadows, and a few nasty crashes because of it. So I'm just glad I finished safely. Really liked the road race style more than the crit I did a couple weekends ago, hope to start doing them regularly. Need to start trying to actually train for them.

Today, about to go on a nice slow cruise to the beach as a recovery ride... it's absolutely beautiful outside, feels like spring already here.
I heard it was icy (spoke to Jandro).

Glad you made it out of there in one piece.
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Originally Posted by Nagrom_
Im talking OTS sprints. I'm probably pulling up too hard.
Solution is obvious: Learn to do wheelies super fast.
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Originally Posted by seau grateau
Solution is obvious: Learn to do wheelies super fast.
Hah, call me Aziz Awang.
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Originally Posted by nagrom_
hah, call me aziz awang.
aziz, light!
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Originally Posted by Jaytron
aziz, light!
i love. this movie.

every time someone with that name is mentioned thats all i think about
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Originally Posted by Mumonkan
i love. this movie.

every time someone with that name is mentioned thats all i think about
They keep taking it off Netflix instant queue :C
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They keep taking it off Netflix instant queue :C
good thing i still got it on dvd
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Niners won.
Yeah football.
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Today I was surprised with how much my mini wedge can hold.
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Get rid of the seatbag and get a handlebar bag. That will cure your wheelie problem.
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Hah, it might.
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