Bicycle thread

[jeep44]

New Schwinn Bike! I went to pick up an old rototiller from a CL ad, and this followed me home,too.

[sixer]

Sweet bike.

[sixer]

Went for a nice ride this afternoon. Near perfect weather.

[Bimble]

Nice looking trail, sixer. I like long open single track.

[playzNmud]

Wish me luck....

Tomorrow is my first MTB race... 5.5 mile HILL freakin climb @ 10,000'
anybody have a strap on barf bag??

[Bimble]

Luck.

Sounds... fun.

Sincerely,
Flatlander O'Two.

[Mr Head]

Originally Posted by playzNmud

Wish me luck....

Tomorrow is my first MTB race... 5.5 mile HILL freakin climb @ 10,000'
anybody have a strap on barf bag??

Good luck out there. Which hill you climbing?

Oh, and blow chunks on the ground, it's good for the flowers.

[playzNmud]

Originally Posted by Mr Head

Good luck out there. Which hill you climbing?

Oh, and blow chunks on the ground, it's good for the flowers.

A 5.3 mile non-technical hill climb with a 2,062 foot elevation gain. The course starts at the base of the Winter Park Resort and climbs to the top of Mary Jane Ski Area following the mountain service road.

Oh.. and regarding the chunks - A couple of summers ago I was told if you ate "Tums" the latic acid buildup would not be as bad.... I thought, "what the hell, the flavored ones aren't so bad".... so I ate a few - let's just say I puked rainbows!

[Gummee!]

2 werds: negative splits



You don't attack a giant at his feet do ya?!



M

[playzNmud]

Originally Posted by Gummee!

2 werds: negative splits



You don't attack a giant at his feet do ya?!



M

... if you cant reach his knees or balls... where else ya gonna attack???

[Gummee!]

Originally Posted by playzNmud

... if you cant reach his knees or balls... where else ya gonna attack???

Can I help it if you don't need to kneel when yer...

I'll stop with that right now lessen someone gets aggravated at me!

Seriously, try for negative splits. Faster at the top than the bottom. Most folks are gonna go the other way. If you can start moderate and go faster, you'll win hands down. 'Course, if there's someone out there that starts fast and goes faster towards the top, yer hosed.

M

[playzNmud]

Originally Posted by Gummee!

Can I help it if you don't need to kneel when yer...

I'll stop with that right now lessen someone gets aggravated at me!

Seriously, try for negative splits. Faster at the top than the bottom. Most folks are gonna go the other way. If you can start moderate and go faster, you'll win hands down. 'Course, if there's someone out there that starts fast and goes faster towards the top, yer hosed.

M

my goal




is to finish




actually... I warm up as I go.... in practice, Joe and I rode up Pole Hill Road (in Loveland), which is a 4.something mile climb with approximately 1450' climb... we did it back to back. On the 2nd pass, I closed the gap and actually decreased my time (I was going to say, increased my speed, but at that kind of pace.. there isn't any speed )

[Flaco]

Originally Posted by playzNmud

A 5.3 mile non-technical hill climb with a 2,062 foot elevation gain. The course starts at the base of the Winter Park Resort and climbs to the top of Mary Jane Ski Area following the mountain service road.

Oh.. and regarding the chunks - A couple of summers ago I was told if you ate "Tums" the latic acid buildup would not be as bad.... I thought, "what the hell, the flavored ones aren't so bad".... so I ate a few - let's just say I puked rainbows!

It often snows at the first WP HC of the year. Be prepared.

[Gummee!]

Originally Posted by playzNmud

my goal




is to finish




actually... I warm up as I go.... in practice, Joe and I rode up Pole Hill Road (in Loveland), which is a 4.something mile climb with approximately 1450' climb... we did it back to back. On the 2nd pass, I closed the gap and actually decreased my time (I was going to say, increased my speed, but at that kind of pace.. there isn't any speed )

I call bullshit. You wanna win and you know it.

Did I tell y'all that I went and 'upgraded' my Fetish to Rival? Well I did. Inherited a rear der. and bought shifters when I went home for the last funeral () (that reminds me! I still owe em $$! ) First ride was this AM.

Likes: the shifting. Nice firm clunks. Two of em when yer upshifting. I like the one paddle thing. Didn't hafta think about it. ...and that's someone that's ridden almost exclusively Shimano brifters for eons.

Dislikes: the shifting. Them firm clunks are LOUD. Makes it hard to sneak in a few downshifts in preparation for sprinting around someone. Hoods aren't the most comfy things I've ridden *the way they're set right now* (they need to be rotated up some) I'll report back when I do some ergonomic modifications to the bike.

All in all, I had a decent ride considering I haven't been out in weeks. The lightweight box-section Mistrals on the bike now make the shitty roads round here somewhat rideable. Big, stiff, aero wheels? Pass. Roads are too crappy. Lots of chip seal and bad patchwork.

I need the rest of the Rival group. Brakes, crank/bb, f. der. Gotta be matchin y'know!

Maybe I should find a pair of hubs and see bout building a pair of wheels out of some of the tubular rims I have stashed in the garage? Then I could find some Paris-Roubaix 24c Vittorias and have a smmmoooooovvvvveeee ride.

M

[playzNmud]

Originally Posted by Flaco

It often snows at the first WP HC of the year. Be prepared.

THANK YOU!!!!!! My mind is in foothills temperature and I packed my bag accordingly!!!!

I would think I would have learned something from being in Salida last weekend - I packed somewhat the same and forgot my warm coat... apparently I still have East Coast mentality
If it wasn't for my 'Michigan neighbors' DentedVW and his wife Helene I would have been totally screwed...

thanks Flaco!!! time to repack