steveyo
May 16th 06, 05:16 PM
I just mailed off my entry fee to the this year's 'Whiteface Mtn Uphill
Bike Race' (http://whitefacerace.com) after waffling about whether I
wanted to endure 'that much pain again (link to last year's writeup)'
(http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/race2005/).
I decided I did.
Last year I rode it with a KH29 modified only in that I'd replaced the
Kenda Claw knobby with a BA3.0 tire; (American for tyre). That tire is
a fun tire for playing around, but it turned out (for me, at least), to
be squirrelly on side hills. The twisty route up Whiteface Mtn turned
out to be strongly tilted because of the banked turns and strongly
crowned road, and I, as a fairly new rider, back then, was flailing
like a one-armed paper hanger with three sheets to the wind, to mix a
few metaphors.
This year, after reading the 'reports of some fellow hill climbers who
rode Mt. Washington last year'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42747), I changed a
couple more things on it.
1. 165mm cranks instead of the stock 150s
2. BA2.35 tire
A few weeks ago I swapped to the 165s and immediately noticed a
difference in their climbing leverage. Today I switch to the BA2.35,
completing my planned setup, and it feels great. For the first time,
I'm really getting psyched to break my last year's record (the only uni
time ever) - 1:59:47. I've got a faster setup and my technique is much
smoother (I hope) as a 2yr rider, compared the 1yr rider I was last
year, so I'm pumped.
The time's ripe to be beaten, and quite slow compared to Mike and Ben's
times on MW last year, in a race with 1200 ft more of vertical gain.
Anyone want to give me some competition?
--
steveyo
steveyo
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Bike Race' (http://whitefacerace.com) after waffling about whether I
wanted to endure 'that much pain again (link to last year's writeup)'
(http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/race2005/).
I decided I did.
Last year I rode it with a KH29 modified only in that I'd replaced the
Kenda Claw knobby with a BA3.0 tire; (American for tyre). That tire is
a fun tire for playing around, but it turned out (for me, at least), to
be squirrelly on side hills. The twisty route up Whiteface Mtn turned
out to be strongly tilted because of the banked turns and strongly
crowned road, and I, as a fairly new rider, back then, was flailing
like a one-armed paper hanger with three sheets to the wind, to mix a
few metaphors.
This year, after reading the 'reports of some fellow hill climbers who
rode Mt. Washington last year'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42747), I changed a
couple more things on it.
1. 165mm cranks instead of the stock 150s
2. BA2.35 tire
A few weeks ago I swapped to the 165s and immediately noticed a
difference in their climbing leverage. Today I switch to the BA2.35,
completing my planned setup, and it feels great. For the first time,
I'm really getting psyched to break my last year's record (the only uni
time ever) - 1:59:47. I've got a faster setup and my technique is much
smoother (I hope) as a 2yr rider, compared the 1yr rider I was last
year, so I'm pumped.
The time's ripe to be beaten, and quite slow compared to Mike and Ben's
times on MW last year, in a race with 1200 ft more of vertical gain.
Anyone want to give me some competition?
--
steveyo
steveyo
...like having your own personal rollercoaster...
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