Followups

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:04:22 +0200, Donald Munro
wrote:

Curtis L. Russell wrote:
I just realized - I wasn't getting my nose broke, I was going aero.

Dumbass,
I would have though a greyhound was a good deal more aero than a pug.

One thing at a time.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

On 13 Jun 2006 09:26:57 -0700, "Tom Kunich" wrote:

Well, according to the group experts, a beginning racer who can't
average 23 mph on a ten kilometer flat course should run out and buy a
complete TT bike.

Makes sense to me.

Henry, "renaldo", Asher, RonSonic, Bret and Charles know where it's at!

Not sure how I made that list. I've got no doubt I said something disagreeable,
but it's very unlikely I advocated for the purchase of bike bling by a
newby/fred. Honest, look at my bikes.

Ron

On 13 Jun 2006 14:19:38 -0700, "Bret" wrote:


Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
Bret schreef:
equipment. How you are supposed to compete at this level (say 29 mph)
with a serious equipment disadvantage is not explained.

Time trialling is for pussies.

--
E. Dronkert

You'll get no argument from me. I'm more of a cyclocross specialist
myself now. I used some very bad judgement getting into a TT discussion
with Koach K.

Bret (who's racing a cross bike in an MTB hillclimb to 11,200 ft this
Sat)

Kickass.

Ron

Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
ronaldo_jeremiah wrote:

Is "making wattage" a euphemism for picking up chicks?

Frankly, I don't see how spending more time in bars is going to improve
one's TT, though getting laid more often might help indirectly. It's
at least as good as any of Tom's advice so far.

Dumbass -

You gotta get comfortable riding in that position. If a rider is doing
something long, like a 40k, they're gonna start sucking if their arms
get tight or the back gets tight. People who are flexible usually don't
have a problem, but a lotta riders, after thousands of hours of sitting
on their hoods/drops, become inflexible in some places and don't feel
comfortable in the aero bars for longer periods of time.

I'm not talking about just getting into aerobars like those guys that
clip some bars onto their regular bars and are practically sitting
straight up when they "get aero". I'm talking about getting in the bars
that are set up right and *getting aero* (getting low (but not too
low)).


thanks,

K. Gringioni.

Dumbass,

By "bars", Ronaldo meant places that serve alcohol.

Andy Coggan

in message .com, Bret
') wrote:

Bret (who's racing a cross bike in an MTB hillclimb to 11,200 ft this
Sat)

Is that as in 11,200 feet of climb (in which case, chapeau) or are you
starting from 11,100 feet?

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; An enamorata is for life, not just for weekends.

Simon Brooke wrote:

Is that as in 11,200 feet of climb (in which case, chapeau) or are you
starting from 11,100 feet?

Somewhere in between:

Distance: 5.3 miles
Start Elevation: 9,080 feet
Highest Point: 11,142 feet
Total Climbing: 2,062 feet
Average Grade: 7%

http://epicsingletrack.com/racedes/Race1des.html

Bret

On 14 Jun 2006 08:00:19 -0700, wrote:

Dumbass,

By "bars", Ronaldo meant places that serve alcohol.

Andy Coggan

KG has seriously impaired his chances of making the Livedrunk (c)
fraternity (but all sexes welcomes) when he gives up the Fattie
Masters Fan Club. Beyond appalling.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

in message . com, Bret
') wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:

Is that as in 11,200 feet of climb (in which case, chapeau) or are you
starting from 11,100 feet?

Somewhere in between:

Distance: 5.3 miles
Start Elevation: 9,080 feet
Highest Point: 11,142 feet
Total Climbing: 2,062 feet
Average Grade: 7%

http://epicsingletrack.com/racedes/Race1des.html

H'mmm... looks a nice event. On that course a crosser should be a much
better bet than a full-on mountain bike - if it is all non-technical, as
they claim.

This weekend I am mostly organising a 400Km 24hour event across 7
mountain bike centres, with road bikes to link up between them.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees,
;; lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk,
;; garbage, slime pits, and debris. -- Edward Abbey

Simon Brooke wrote:
in message . com, Bret
') wrote:

Simon Brooke wrote:

Is that as in 11,200 feet of climb (in which case, chapeau) or are you
starting from 11,100 feet?

Somewhere in between:

Distance: 5.3 miles
Start Elevation: 9,080 feet
Highest Point: 11,142 feet
Total Climbing: 2,062 feet
Average Grade: 7%

http://epicsingletrack.com/racedes/Race1des.html

H'mmm... looks a nice event. On that course a crosser should be a much
better bet than a full-on mountain bike - if it is all non-technical, as
they claim.

Yes, it's a well maintained dirt service road and the cross bike is
fine. It's just a question of having low enough gears as it's very
steep in places. For me, a 34-27 works well. The rest of the series is
pure MTB cross-country.


This weekend I am mostly organising a 400Km 24hour event across 7
mountain bike centres, with road bikes to link up between them.

How does that work? Are support crews shuttling the bikes from section
to section?

Bret

wrote:

Dumbass,

By "bars", Ronaldo meant places that serve alcohol.



Dumbass -


I am a Dumbass.


thanks,

K. Gringioni.