The All Things Cycling Thread

#1,826
#1,826
If it's lasted more than a year, I'd consider that a good tape. I think I've run that before on my old Trek and was happy with it. We tend to sell a fair amount of it.
 
#1,827
#1,827
VOLatile said:
If it's lasted more than a year, I'd consider that a good tape. I think I've run that before on my old Trek and was happy with it. We tend to sell a fair amount of it.
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The way it's been going, I'd be surprised to not get 10,000+ miles from it. But I go through products slower than many other cyclists do.
 
#1,829
#1,829
Velo Vol said:
Faster, Stronger, Lighter: Olympic Track Cycles | Playbook | Wired.com

Watched a bit of the sprint race today. A weird event. Each team has two members, but one of them only serves to provide a draft for 15 seconds.

Link above says track bikes run tires at 220 p.s.i. Wow. My pump says it only goes to 180. I doubt it could even reach that.
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One of my goals is to get certified and race at track event. It's the purest of cycling sports and also the most hotly contested. There are two tracks in Chicago and one in Madison. If you think team pursuit is weird, then watch the Kieren or the Madison. March Sprint is cool, too, but very boring until the last 200m or so. It's a total mind game.
 
#1,830
#1,830
Velo Vol said:
The way it's been going, I'd be surprised to not get 10,000+ miles from it. But I go through products slower than many other cyclists do.
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Must be nice. I'm incredibly hard on my components, mainly because I'm 200+lbs, strong, and I crash a lot.
 
#1,831
#1,831
#1,832
#1,832
VOLatile said:
One of my goals is to get certified and race at track event. It's the purest of cycling sports and also the most hotly contested. There are two tracks in Chicago and one in Madison. If you think team pursuit is weird, then watch the Kieren or the Madison. March Sprint is cool, too, but very boring until the last 200m or so. It's a total mind game.
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I assume the closest track here is Atlanta. The only exposure I get to track is the few minutes I see at the Olympics. From that I see that:

(1) It's much different than the cycling I related to, and

(2) The U.S. stinks at it.
 
#1,834
#1,834
Velo Vol said:
I assume the closest track here is Atlanta. The only exposure I get to track is the few minutes I see at the Olympics. From that I see that:

(1) It's much different than the cycling I related to, and

(2) The U.S. stinks at it.
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The US does not suck at it. Women's pursuit team qualified 2nd. Sarah Hammer is a multiple World Champ and is expected to compete for gold in the omnium.
 
#1,836
#1,836
177 people registered for the novice race tomorrow, and there is bound to be more that register at the event. That's going to be wild.
 
#1,838
#1,838
tri_vol said:
We don't have 77 people register for races here
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This is the biggest race in IL. Tour of Elk Grove is in town, too. My friend raced in the crit this morning for that. Biggest race I've been in was 63 in my first race ever. This is a USPro sanctioned race, too, so all of the big names will be here to race expert/pro.
 
#1,840
#1,840
VOLatile said:
The US does not suck at it. Women's pursuit team qualified 2nd. Sarah Hammer is a multiple World Champ and is expected to compete for gold in the omnium.
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Seen very little of it, but we have one silver medal and GBR has four golds.
 
#1,841
#1,841
136th of 236 today. 37th in my age division. A lot of bad luck with riders in front of me, didn't help that we started uphill, either. Super fun race and I felt super strong.
 
#1,842
#1,842
I hate sprinting to start a race but you almost have to do it in an xc race. Too many fools don't know their limits, skill level or pace.
 
#1,843
#1,843
tri_vol said:
I hate sprinting to start a race but you almost have to do it in an xc race. Too many fools don't know their limits, skill level or pace.
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So very true. I outsprinted one guy at the finishing stretch, and may have gotten a second but didn't check the times for sure. It was an uphill finish, too. Very fun race. I can't wait to do it again next year.
 
#1,845
#1,845
50 mile group ride. Dropped everyone but my riding buddy. Got rained on. Turned Strava off after trying to set a KOM only to find out that it didn't record the segment. Then I had my best time up the killer hill, might have even had a chance to KOM but Strava was off. Oh well.
 
#1,848
#1,848
Tied for third in the Illinois MTB State Championship 20-29 age group standings with 2 points races left. Hoping to finish well on Sunday and solidify my spot on the podium. There's a small chance that I may be able to get 2nd if the guy currently in 2nd doesn't compete in a 5th points race. Top 5 places out of 8 counts towards state standings. Wouldn't want to back into it like that... 1st place is already won by a club member of ours. He is ridiculously fast and has won all but one of the division races.
 
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