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 2011-11-15 8:42 AM in reply to: #3902476 |
Champion  5522   Frisco, TX |  Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closeddalessit - 2011-11-15 8:18 AM ashort33 - 2011-11-15 9:03 AM dalessit - 2011-11-15 7:41 AM Scalded_Dawg - 2011-11-14 2:01 PM badgerintx - 2011-11-14 11:35 AM SSMinnow - 2011-11-14 11:28 AM dalessit - 2011-11-14 8:22 AM Sorry I've been slack on RR's, lol I think I am caught up now. Very nice racing lately everyone! LOL, same story different week for me, crashed Sunday, but came back to finish 16th, banged up my knee a bit and bent the derailleur hangar, nothing that can't be fixed pretty quickly. Why do people participate in this sport again? http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamwisconsincycling/sets/72157628000203627/show/ Slide show from this weekends Race ..... And to answer your question, PBR handups, who can resist!! That sand looks like pure hell to ride thru... add some beer on top of that and I can see this becoming a BIG spectator sport. I really don't get it though... Is the beer drinking actually part of the race? Yeah it's pretty fun to watch. As for the beer, cross has a thing called "hand ups" where as it sounds you hand something to someone riding by. Could be twizzlers, cheeze its, dollar bills, bacon and sometimes beer. The guys near the front of the race aren't normally grabbing the beers unless it's in a tandem or other fun type of race. Normally the beer is being consumed by the spectators and guys that finished racing so you heckle the guys going through the sand that faceplant or struggling up hills. It's a big party atmosphere. And rumor round town has it that there will be a 3rd person in the MG participating in CX this weekend... Is it someone that had some pics posted on FB? I believe she did. Oh goody - I am so glad to be in the know for a secret race... |
| 2011-11-15 9:00 AM in reply to: #3434069 |
Master 2005 Silverton, Oregon | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed Had to go over to FB to figure it out... bunch of crazy CX folks!  |
| 2011-11-15 9:23 AM in reply to: #3902544 |
Champion 7163  Verona WI--Ironman Bike Country! | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed RoniS - 2011-11-15 9:00 AM Had to go over to FB to figure it out... bunch of crazy CX folks! My FB seems to be FU'ed. Who are we talking about? |
| 2011-11-15 9:38 AM in reply to: #3902595 |
Champion 5522 Frisco, TX | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed |
| 2011-11-15 10:27 AM in reply to: #3434069 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed Knee pads? Wait, our cheer girl has had her face stepped on, she doesn't need any protection! Suzy, c'mon!!! |
| 2011-11-15 11:19 AM in reply to: #3434069 |
Master 1497 Maryland | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed |
| 2011-11-15 11:28 AM in reply to: #3902809 |
Champion 9060 Charlottesville, Virginia | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed Terps421 - 2011-11-15 12:19 PM ??????????????????? I've been reading through this morning but I'm very confused. Tracys daughter is trying out Cyclocross this weekend so she is also going to also race.
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| 2011-11-15 12:17 PM in reply to: #3434069 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed Do any of you guys/gals have the Adamo saddle? Thinking of possibly making a change. It's a pricey little saddle! I currently use the Specialized tri-tip gel saddle...my sits bones are okay, it's more the soft tissue...come to think of it, was not too happy at about mile 80-112 on IM day, either! |
| 2011-11-15 12:18 PM in reply to: #3434069 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed |
| 2011-11-15 12:23 PM in reply to: #3902817 |
Master 1497 Maryland | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed dalessit - 2011-11-15 12:28 PM Terps421 - 2011-11-15 12:19 PM ??????????????????? I've been reading through this morning but I'm very confused. Tracys daughter is trying out Cyclocross this weekend so she is also going to also race.
Thanks Tony, that is great for her! |
| 2011-11-15 12:26 PM in reply to: #3434069 |
Expert 847 Brevard, North Carolina | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Guess who is officially going to be a pacer at Leadville?? Can you tell I'm just a little bit STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't run motivation, I don't know what is!!!!! LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 |
| 2011-11-15 12:38 PM in reply to: #3902957 |
Master 1478 Horseheads, NY | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed jfought - 2011-11-15 1:26 PM Like!LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Guess who is officially going to be a pacer at Leadville?? Can you tell I'm just a little bit STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't run motivation, I don't know what is!!!!! LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 |
| 2011-11-15 12:49 PM in reply to: #3902957 |
Master 2501 | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed jfought - 2011-11-15 10:26 AM . Ooooh, I cannot wait to hear stories from that one! Congratulations, Jayne!LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Guess who is officially going to be a pacer at Leadville?? Can you tell I'm just a little bit STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't run motivation, I don't know what is!!!!! LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 |
| 2011-11-15 12:54 PM in reply to: #3902957 |
Veteran 336 Yorktown, VA & Langley AFB | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed jfought - 2011-11-15 12:26 PM LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Guess who is officially going to be a pacer at Leadville?? Can you tell I'm just a little bit STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't run motivation, I don't know what is!!!!! LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012
COOL! Congrats! |
| 2011-11-15 1:07 PM in reply to: #3902957 |
Champion 5522 Frisco, TX | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed jfought - 2011-11-15 12:26 PM LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Guess who is officially going to be a pacer at Leadville?? Can you tell I'm just a little bit STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't run motivation, I don't know what is!!!!! LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012
I'm sorry, is something happening? Maybe in 2012? Maybe in CO? |
| 2011-11-15 1:08 PM in reply to: #3434069 |
Veteran 336 Yorktown, VA & Langley AFB | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed Dilema: It's dark when I leave for work, dark when I get home and I'm not really fond of riding the bike in the dark. Yes. I'm skeered. Just did a search thru BT on bike trainers, didn't really come up with many answers, other than, like most things, "you get what you pay for" and most recommend the fluid style. Main concerns are: Looking for some MG advice/input/experience... Thoughts? |
| 2011-11-15 1:14 PM in reply to: #3903050 |
Champion 5522 Frisco, TX | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed Scalded_Dawg - 2011-11-15 1:08 PM Dilema: It's dark when I leave for work, dark when I get home and I'm not really fond of riding the bike in the dark. Yes. I'm skeered. Just did a search thru BT on bike trainers, didn't really come up with many answers, other than, like most things, "you get what you pay for" and most recommend the fluid style. Main concerns are: Looking for some MG advice/input/experience... Thoughts? mag if you are on a budget; fluid if you are not quite so money conscious. Kurt Kinetic is most popular and with the fluid model you can approximate training with power due to the resistance curve (Tony can probably explain that better). Personally I had a cycleops mag and had no issues with it. It was a bit noisy, but not overly so. Lots of LBS in this area have spin classes on different trainers - maybe you could take your bike down and put it up on a couple of different ones and see what you prefer. BTW, some folks swear by rollers instead of trainers, but given my accident prone self, those look like a trip to ER just waiting to happen... |
| 2011-11-15 1:22 PM in reply to: #3902936 |
Champion 9060 Charlottesville, Virginia | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed kt65 - 2011-11-15 1:17 PM Do any of you guys/gals have the Adamo saddle? Thinking of possibly making a change. It's a pricey little saddle! I currently use the Specialized tri-tip gel saddle...my sits bones are okay, it's more the soft tissue...come to think of it, was not too happy at about mile 80-112 on IM day, either! I have had one for years and I like it. They aren't for everyone though, which is good if you want to pick up a used one. If you do buy one, give it a month or so before you say you don't like it. It just fits a bit different I think and it takes some time. I didn't like mine at first then I seemed to get used to it and didn't have any more issues. |
| 2011-11-15 1:30 PM in reply to: #3903062 |
Champion 9060 Charlottesville, Virginia | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed ashort33 - 2011-11-15 2:14 PM Scalded_Dawg - 2011-11-15 1:08 PM Dilema: It's dark when I leave for work, dark when I get home and I'm not really fond of riding the bike in the dark. Yes. I'm skeered. Just did a search thru BT on bike trainers, didn't really come up with many answers, other than, like most things, "you get what you pay for" and most recommend the fluid style. Main concerns are: Looking for some MG advice/input/experience... Thoughts? mag if you are on a budget; fluid if you are not quite so money conscious. Kurt Kinetic is most popular and with the fluid model you can approximate training with power due to the resistance curve (Tony can probably explain that better). Personally I had a cycleops mag and had no issues with it. It was a bit noisy, but not overly so. Lots of LBS in this area have spin classes on different trainers - maybe you could take your bike down and put it up on a couple of different ones and see what you prefer. BTW, some folks swear by rollers instead of trainers, but given my accident prone self, those look like a trip to ER just waiting to happen... Honestly I don't know much about trainers, I have a cheapo from Performance that I take to races and a Computrainer I picked up used for 300 bucks a few years back. On the cheapo performance trainer it has a resistance lever you can move to add or lessen, and after that I use my gears to make the ride harder or easier. Pretty much does everything I need and I can hear the TV while riding. We've had it for 4-5 years now and it gets loaded and unloaded at every race so it's been banged around a lot. Computrainer is awesome for workouts, I can put in a workout and resistance changes as it goes along. New they are over $1000 bucks, but they last forever. I found a good deal on mine, I think Doug and Andy bought used ones also. The Lemond trainer looked interesting, you just hook your bike up to it and put your chain over the cassette on the trainer, so you don't need to use your own rear wheel. It had gotten good reviews when it first came out, not sure what it goes for though.
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| 2011-11-15 1:38 PM in reply to: #3903062 |
Veteran 336 Yorktown, VA & Langley AFB | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed ashort33 - 2011-11-15 1:14 PM Scalded_Dawg - 2011-11-15 1:08 PM Dilema: It's dark when I leave for work, dark when I get home and I'm not really fond of riding the bike in the dark. Yes. I'm skeered. Just did a search thru BT on bike trainers, didn't really come up with many answers, other than, like most things, "you get what you pay for" and most recommend the fluid style. Main concerns are: Looking for some MG advice/input/experience... Thoughts? mag if you are on a budget; fluid if you are not quite so money conscious. Kurt Kinetic is most popular and with the fluid model you can approximate training with power due to the resistance curve (Tony can probably explain that better). Personally I had a cycleops mag and had no issues with it. It was a bit noisy, but not overly so. Lots of LBS in this area have spin classes on different trainers - maybe you could take your bike down and put it up on a couple of different ones and see what you prefer. BTW, some folks swear by rollers instead of trainers, but given my accident prone self, those look like a trip to ER just waiting to happen... Thanks Andy and Tony! Yeah, rollers, already ruled those out... Edited by Scalded_Dawg 2011-11-15 1:41 PM |
| 2011-11-15 2:00 PM in reply to: #3902936 |
Master 2621 Almaden Valley, San Jose, California | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed kt65 - 2011-11-15 10:17 AM Do any of you guys/gals have the Adamo saddle? Thinking of possibly making a change. It's a pricey little saddle! I currently use the Specialized tri-tip gel saddle...my sits bones are okay, it's more the soft tissue...come to think of it, was not too happy at about mile 80-112 on IM day, either! I have the cobb. Tried the Adamo at my fit, and to make it work I would have needed to zip tie it a bit closer. The Cobb isn't perfect, but it's the best I've had, and I bought a second one so that they are on both bikes. Payback! You want to borrow one to try is out, you're welcome to!! |
| 2011-11-15 2:04 PM in reply to: #3903176 |
Champion 5522 Frisco, TX | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed velcromom - 2011-11-15 2:00 PM kt65 - 2011-11-15 10:17 AM Do any of you guys/gals have the Adamo saddle? Thinking of possibly making a change. It's a pricey little saddle! I currently use the Specialized tri-tip gel saddle...my sits bones are okay, it's more the soft tissue...come to think of it, was not too happy at about mile 80-112 on IM day, either! I have the cobb. Tried the Adamo at my fit, and to make it work I would have needed to zip tie it a bit closer. The Cobb isn't perfect, but it's the best I've had, and I bought a second one so that they are on both bikes. Payback! You want to borrow one to try is out, you're welcome to!! You used to be able to rent an Adamo from Trisports for like 30 dollars for 30 days to try it out. If I remember right the rental fee was applied to the purchase price if you pulled the trigger afterwards... Adamo was not for me. The Cobb feels much better (still not "perfect" though) |
| 2011-11-15 2:06 PM in reply to: #3902957 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed jfought - 2011-11-15 10:26 AM LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Guess who is officially going to be a pacer at Leadville?? Can you tell I'm just a little bit STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't run motivation, I don't know what is!!!!! LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 LEADVILLE 2012 Congrats, Jayne! That looks amazing. Has anyone else in the MG ever been a pacer? I was approached by the Impalas (a women's running club here in SF) to pace for Nike women's HM/Marathon next October...not sure if they really want someone this short to be a pacer!!! I imagine it could be lots of fun. |
| 2011-11-15 2:32 PM in reply to: #3903176 |
Elite 3072 san francisco | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed velcromom - 2011-11-15 12:00 PM kt65 - 2011-11-15 10:17 AM Do any of you guys/gals have the Adamo saddle? Thinking of possibly making a change. It's a pricey little saddle! I currently use the Specialized tri-tip gel saddle...my sits bones are okay, it's more the soft tissue...come to think of it, was not too happy at about mile 80-112 on IM day, either! I have the cobb. Tried the Adamo at my fit, and to make it work I would have needed to zip tie it a bit closer. The Cobb isn't perfect, but it's the best I've had, and I bought a second one so that they are on both bikes. Payback! You want to borrow one to try is out, you're welcome to!! No need for payback, but I would love to try it!!! I think you should come down to the city to meet Roni with me on the Dec. 3rd weekend and we can do all kinds of swapping! Omg, are you packed yet!!!??? |
| 2011-11-15 2:49 PM in reply to: #3434069 |
Master 2436 Apex, north carolina | Subject: RE: SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed My ears were ringing so I figured I'd better come set the record straight. Kim, I can't believe you remember that face stomping story - very impressive. Yes my oldest daughter is racing her first cyclocross race this weekend but was terrified to go it alone. So, being the supportive Mommy I am, I told her I'd ride with her. My Doug has been trying to get me to race cx for 2 years -we'll see. I'm not real confident about this whole flying mount/dismount thing but if I want to get faster at sprints next year I'd better give it a go. I'm sure Doug will post videos of me killing myself - stay tuned for a laugh. Jayne, that is such a cool race! Awesome!!! Roller vs trainers = spin class!!! Edited by tahrens 2011-11-15 2:50 PM |
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