Climb all day fixed.

Descend tho? EHHHH.

Yeah, I'm kinda with you on this one. Can't go nearly as fast, but I guess it's good for learning to spin.

That's what I found most impressive about the higher avg speed on your ride fixed v geared... Knowing that the downhill speed is much lower on the fixed means that you must have really been truckin' on the other sections!

Nice work.

I think it's a bit of "the bike wants to go fast" phenomena.

Got *nudged* by a car over the weekend. They gunned it through a stop sign on a side street and I barely avoided becoming a hood ornament. They hit my rear wheel and pancaked it. Had to carry the bike home for 5 miles (wouldn't even rool due to the wheel hitting both the seat stay and the chain stay. Our car just blew head gaskets the week before, so I can't really afford a new rim. So I will be bussin it to work for a little while until I can get a new wheel. Could've been worse, but damn my luck right now. .

did they run? that's a felony.

It was after the UF vs LSU football game and there were thousands of people everywhere. They stopped for a second, and then drove off.

F*** people.

But at least you came out unscathed. Anybody nearby that can loan this guy a wheel?

Today I stumbled across this video. Airborne!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow, 2:15 is nuts! just gets crazier from there too. nice stuff.

Went to LA for the weekend for the resume builder crit. I had a bunch of stuff due the week before so I hadn't ridden much, but still went down. Rode with a teammate on sunday for 60 miles,and then raced today.

Some idiot tried to dive a corner lap 2, and another idiot behind me swerved to try and avoid it and hooked my bars and we all went down. I got back in after straightening my bars and got 13/40 in my category. Guess they scored the 4s and the 5s separately. Raced the Cat4 only race an hour later and got 15/43.

My heartrate hit a high of 196 on Saturday, 199 in the 4/5 race, and 203 in the 4s. I also bonked the hardest I've ever bonked on Saturday and almost passed out while I was still rolling. Definitely not my best weekend of cycling, but I'm not too hurt (hopefully) so that's cool.

in this context I'm gonna go with: what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger! Nice riding [MENTION=224802]Muffin Man[/MENTION] - it gets (a little) safer as you cat up but you'll still have ******** that will divebomb you when it isn't the final lap(s).

Backpack trip over, 5 days off the bike, lots of hiking and scrambling though. Up next: time to start getting in (cycling) shape for next year!

also it gets pretty damn cold at night >10,000', even in Cali!

[MENTION=224802]Muffin Man[/MENTION] Glad you're in one piece after some tough riding.

I spent the weekend racing SSCX and had to constantly avoid the slow 4/5 guys since our field starts about a minute after theirs. Gets old fighting for position with other guys without being able to take the lines you want. Also, part of the fun I suppose.

Post some photos. Sounds rad.

Today I was looking at the last ride I did on Strava. There is a 4.9 mile gravel segment which drops 1100+ feet complete with hairpin turns and sheer dropoffs.
I did it in 21:18 and thought I was rolling pretty well. A guy named George Hincapie did it in 10:52.


-Tim-

There's a guy named Lance Armstrong on the leaderboard too! Assuming these are the real guys of course We should try riding that sometime. I'm sure George and Lance will beat my time though lol.

Dave

I'd assume they're real. A lot of the KOMs in my area are held by current or former pros.

Yeah, the numbers speak for themselves.. But can they do it fixed gear??

Dave

Real. They raced the Southern Cross gravel race in March 2017.Lance came in 4th, 2:30 off the leader. I think George DNF'd.

Dopers or not, it takes cuilones to descend that fast. My time would have been good for 536'th place.


-Tim-

Today/tonight I rode with a few friends - 35 miles, got some dinner, and came to the sad realization that winter is on the way. 44° when we left the restaurant and even though I was dressed for it, still felt really cold.

Went to the track for structured training session, good times. We did some training races and I beat a couple people who used to dust me easily -- partially due to them being out of shape, but hey, still counts.

200 mile fixed gear weekend at the Bike to the Bay for MS. Nothing gets me going like a bunch of geared bikes ahead of me. The only fixed gear on the ride :-)

2:57, dropping in from way above a street light.


That's why I'm a freak about gluing grips on.

Ha ha ha. I remember when I raced motocross, and every time I moved up a class I'd be feeling pretty good about myself. Then I'd ride in pre-race practice with the next level of FREAKS and realize how slow I was.