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10-11-17, 07:21 PM
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Went out for a ~25mi fixed ride on one of the routes I usually do on my road bike. Not super climby, but there's a few hills that I thought would kick my ass without gears. I PR'ed on pretty much all of them and my average speed for the ride was slightly faster than my usual on the road bike. So that was a nice little surprise.
10-11-17, 08:50 PM
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Went out for a ~25mi fixed ride on one of the routes I usually do on my road bike. Not super climby, but there's a few hills that I thought would kick my ass without gears. I PR'ed on pretty much all of them and my average speed for the ride was slightly faster than my usual on the road bike. So that was a nice little surprise.
Descend tho? EHHHH.
10-11-17, 09:12 PM
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10-11-17, 11:07 PM
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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.
Nice work.
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10-12-17, 01:47 AM
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I think it's a bit of "the bike wants to go fast" phenomena.
10-12-17, 04:23 PM
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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. .
10-13-17, 11:34 AM
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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.
10-14-17, 04:37 AM
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Today I stumbled across this video. Airborne!!!!!!!!!!!!
10-15-17, 09:32 PM
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wow, 2:15 is nuts! just gets crazier from there too. nice stuff.
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10-15-17, 10:20 PM
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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.
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.
10-16-17, 09:39 AM
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in this context I'm gonna go with: what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger! Nice riding @Muffin Man - 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).
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10-16-17, 09:40 AM
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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!
also it gets pretty damn cold at night >10,000', even in Cali!
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10-16-17, 10:20 AM
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@Muffin Man 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.
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.
10-16-17, 12:47 PM
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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.
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I did it in 21:18 and thought I was rolling pretty well. A guy named George Hincapie did it in 10:52.
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10-16-17, 05:31 PM
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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-
I did it in 21:18 and thought I was rolling pretty well. A guy named George Hincapie did it in 10:52.
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We should try riding that sometime. I'm sure George and Lance will beat my time though lol.Dave
10-16-17, 05:41 PM
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I'd assume they're real. A lot of the KOMs in my area are held by current or former pros.
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10-16-17, 07:51 PM
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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.
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Dopers or not, it takes cuilones to descend that fast. My time would have been good for 536'th place.
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10-16-17, 09:07 PM
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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.
10-16-17, 11:49 PM
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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.
10-17-17, 04:26 AM
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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 :-)
10-17-17, 11:09 AM
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10-17-17, 11:24 AM
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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.
