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Thanks Levi,Where did you finish in the race?
Cool bike! You need to get some derailers on that puppy! I have a friend who rides a modest aluminum Giant that is probably ten years old with thousands of miles, on original wheels and at least 20 lbs and he crushes people every week. It's got gears and is set up perfectly for him but it doesn't stop him from being a fast guy. Glad to see more people riding. Tragic weekend for my group, my friend Mike, who is a leader of our bike group, was hit by a car during a ride. A young man blew a red light with a car and hit my friend. He's in bad shape with broken ribs, punctured lung, three cracked vertebrae and torn knee MCL but he expects a full recovery. It's going to take a while but at least he's alive. His Specialized S-Works Roubaix didn't fair as well but the SRAM Red is probably salvageable. I feel bad for him because he was in the shape of his life and was one of the fastest riders in the group this year. Be careful out there!J
Sorry to hear about your friend Jack. We all need good luck riding out there.As far as training goes, you need to have a plan or racing goal. Then once you have that, simply do the mileage and train to where you will be racing "train the terrain". My take is train hard, race easy.
Good to know you are riding Paul.
Hi Levi, I got your wheels right here.....
That's it! Can I borrow them?
This will fix your flat problems. http://www.bike24.com/p230630.html $6000 for a set of clinchers. It is still cheaper than audio.
jajajaja.I was going crazy attempting to identify what was the problem....then I fixed the front flat.....I pumped to 100+ pSI.....left it to ride next morning. Then, I wake up, go there and I feel the tire....a little mushy. Pump more to 100 Psi again....then I hear more air leakage. Hell, I ditch the bike and with a bicycle jersey, helmet on, I ditch the bike and drive to work. I was obsessing about tube quality the whole day and then, I get home, check the fixed tube and I notice that there is another place where the leak is occurring. I swapped the tube with a new, cyclocross tube, with thicker wall, something I got 8 for $5.99 closeout when HucknRoll was closing them out. The tube holds the pressure much better, but then I still wonder why some tubes are better than other in holding these insane pressures. My other ride, I rode 2 weekends ago and still keeping pressure well. Oh well. The puzzle of riding skinny tires in shi--y roads in NYC. I noticed it not too much when riding thicker tires. Perhaps I will need to take out my Santa Cruz High Ball and shocks, to ride without all these hassle. Paul