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I'm ashamed to admit I was conned.
On Dec 31, 9:12*am, Brad Anders wrote:
On Dec 30, 2:13*pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni." wrote: On Dec 30, 6:07*am, Cicero Venatio wrote: Doing some house cleaning in the cold weather, and I found a stash of old cycling race mags, and a stack of vhs tapes on tour de france and those other races they have in Europe. *I kind of thumbed through some of the mags, put a couple of the vhs tapes in, and I thought of how stupid I was back then. *All of it went into the dumpster. *The only thing remotely interesting was some of the hype on that old equipment, bikes, and shoes, clothes. *It was all an elaborate illusion, and they actually fooled me in those days. *But now I know the magic behind the tricks, and I kept one tape, that I recorded myself, to remind me of how fake it all was. *That is the stage that Landis won, after he covered himself with t-patches the night before. *He looked like a crazed crack head fleeing the police in that stage, it is so obvious now. It was all such a waste of time. *Still have a couple of CF wonder racing bikes that I hardly even use because they are so impractical to ride. *Most of riding is now on a Surly LHT, with 35 wide tires, spd pedals and shoes, and have discovered the real joy of riding. Dumbass - I feel the same about some of my memorabilia, especially anything that has to do with Greg LemonD. Great athlete. Tool of a human being. thanks, Kurgan. presented by Gringioni Hey, what about all those pricey Graham Watson books sitting in my bookshelf? When I look at them now and page through, all I say is, "doper.... doper.... dead... doper... doper..." Well, they were (probably mostly) all doping (at least) at one point or another. Bad rules, bad enforcement. If you know the guy next to you can dope and get away with it... etc. The heroes of old were (some of them, depending on era) quite open about it. Then, the irony of Tom Simpson's death, due to dehydration, being blamed on "doping", and "the war on drugs" started. Too bad, and they're not going to start making sense anytime soon either--- oh, the children! --D-y |
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On Dec 31, 7:08*am, Brad Anders wrote:
On Dec 30, 1:36*pm, RobertH wrote: On Dec 30, 10:25 am, Jay Beattie wrote: [...] Brad mentions road sprinters pulling out of SPDs, and frankly, that is a real problem for me with my M520s. *Even with new cleats and tension at max, my right foot pulls out frequently. *I have a really mobile right ankle due to injuries and surgery, and that results in frequent disengagement that I do not get on my Keos. -- Jay Beattie. That's a serious danger, I recommend Time pedals as they do not release inadvertantly until the cleat is quite worn. I could always tell who was riding Time pedals in crits, they were the guys hitting their pedals in the turns. Maybe the new ones are better, but years ago, it was an issue. Way back when my wife and I were both racing, I bought her a pair of first generation Time pedals that she couldn't get to release. I thought she was being a dork and just having a tough time transitioning from cleats to a step-in system until I tried them myself. Gawdamighty death pedals. That got fixed, and the later ones also had very low lean angles -- so the pedal strike issue got handled, too. -- Jay Beattie. |
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It's winter, going fast just dries your skin out and makes your nose run. 100 mm tire 10 psi you won't even notice curbs.http://salsacycles.com/bikes/mukluk/ That's a romantic notion to go out and ride a bike in the snow but I am pretty sure it's why god invented cross country skiiing. |
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On Dec 31, 12:05*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Dec 30, 5:42 pm, Dan O wrote: On Dec 30, 1:24 pm, Jay Beattie wrote: On Dec 30, 11:47 am, Chalo wrote: raamman wrote: Cicero Venatio wrote: It was a such a waste of time. *Still have a couple of CF wonder racing bikes that I hardly even use because they are so impractical to ride. *Most of riding is now on a Surly LHT, with 35 wide tires, spd pedals and shoes, and have discovered the real joy of riding. it sounds like you've discovered a joy of eating; 35 wide tires carry such rolling resistance that only massively overweight riders use them for "comfort" You are full of gas (and you're a prick, but I guess that's just a racer thing). *A supple 700x35 tire like the Pasela, Rivendell Jack Brown, or Schwalbe Marathon Racer has _less_ rolling resistance than a narrow race tire, because it flexes a lot less deeply to establish its contact patch. *It weighs a little more and has more aerodynamic drag at speeds over 20mph or so, but neither of those things equal rolling resistance. I sell 700x23 Soma Everwear and 700x25mm Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires at my shop. *Those tires are sluggish, even though they are narrow. If you want to compare an armored 35mm utility tire to a skinny tire, compare with those. *But a fast 35mm tire is simply a fast tire by any measure. Chalo Big fat tires ride like big fat tires. *They are pigs climbing and can ride like pogo sticks at real low pressure . . . but you get better traction in crappy conditions and get good pinch flat resistance. *I switch between tires frequently on my cross-bike. *I will throw on the fatties this weekend because conditions have turned very soupy, and riding in the dark and the rain is just asking to whack something. But if it were summer, I would stick with my 25s or 28s because I hate dragging the fatties uphill. The walnuts that litter my driveway every year have a rock hard inner shell about 2 cm diameter, and a green outer coating that is tight at first, but loosens after a day or so on the ground, and is slimy inside. *So, what you have here is a big rock with a thick slimy coating. Coming into the driveway one night on my 28 mm tires, I hit a single walnut, which immediately put me on the ground (where my knee hit another walnut). *OTOH I can ride the 1.95" slicks on my wheelie bike right through myriad walnuts no problem. Right now the driveway is covered in frozen moss: http://i52.tinypic.com/1zwymau.jpg LOL where the hell is that? Must be tough air dry clothing in that area |
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On Dec 31, 11:13*am, Dan O wrote:
On Dec 31, 8:56 am, N8N wrote: On Dec 30, 8:50 pm, Dan O wrote: On Dec 30, 6:07 am, Cicero Venatio wrote: Doing some house cleaning in the cold weather, and I found a stash of old cycling race mags, and a stack of vhs tapes on tour de france and those other races they have in Europe. *I kind of thumbed through some of the mags, put a couple of the vhs tapes in, and I thought of how stupid I was back then. *All of it went into the dumpster. *The only thing remotely interesting was some of the hype on that old equipment, bikes, and shoes, clothes. *It was all an elaborate illusion, and they actually fooled me in those days. *But now I know the magic behind the tricks, and I kept one tape, that I recorded myself, to remind me of how fake it all was. *That is the stage that Landis won, after he covered himself with t-patches the night before. *He looked like a crazed crack head fleeing the police in that stage, it is so obvious now. http://bikeportland.org/2010/12/29/f...ng-father-of-p.... It was all such a waste of time. *Still have a couple of CF wonder racing bikes that I hardly even use because they are so impractical to ride. *Most of riding is now on a Surly LHT, with 35 wide tires, spd pedals and shoes, and have discovered the real joy of riding. I put the most miles on my LHT, too (ATM 32 mm front, ~35 mm rear tires). *It has SPD pedals, too - sweet M747's ($5 for the pair on CL!) *My shoes are Shimano MT40's ($55 on closeout) and sandals. *I'd like to have a nice pair of winter boots, but booties over the shoes aren't too bad unless it rains a lot. *The sandals are even good in the rain if it isn't too cold, and they're great in the heat. I put plastic MKS pedals on my wheelie bike - so I can ride it barefoot. Possibly Bad Idea time... I've found that when it is legitimately cold out that my Red Wing work boots are the ticket for riding (on the platform side of the pedals, natch.) *Anyone ever take some work boots with deep lug soles and carve the centers of the tread out for spuds? A friend who doesn't Ride Bike (but is otherwise well-intentioned) once went into the LBS to get some SPD cleats, intent on fabricating some winter shoes for my poor cold feet. *They tried to tell him that bike shoes were special, and recommended neoprene booties, but he already had hiking boots in my size, went ahead and carved out a space in the tread (with a Dremel, I believe, after measuring one of my shoes), and mounted the cleats. The soles were obviously much too flimsy to try and push SPD's. *I never tried to pedal in them, moved the cleats to my old shoes, and filled the holes and extra tread gap with Shoe Goo. *Both soles split across the mounting holes, and the cracks lap up water when I walk. Great story ! Is he the guy that made this bridge? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs |
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Brad Anders wrote:
On Dec 30, 2:13 pm, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni." wrote: On Dec 30, 6:07 am, Cicero Venatio wrote: Doing some house cleaning in the cold weather, and I found a stash of old cycling race mags, and a stack of vhs tapes on tour de france and those other races they have in Europe. I kind of thumbed through some of the mags, put a couple of the vhs tapes in, and I thought of how stupid I was back then. All of it went into the dumpster. The only thing remotely interesting was some of the hype on that old equipment, bikes, and shoes, clothes. It was all an elaborate illusion, and they actually fooled me in those days. But now I know the magic behind the tricks, and I kept one tape, that I recorded myself, to remind me of how fake it all was. That is the stage that Landis won, after he covered himself with t-patches the night before. He looked like a crazed crack head fleeing the police in that stage, it is so obvious now. It was all such a waste of time. Still have a couple of CF wonder racing bikes that I hardly even use because they are so impractical to ride. Most of riding is now on a Surly LHT, with 35 wide tires, spd pedals and shoes, and have discovered the real joy of riding. Dumbass - I feel the same about some of my memorabilia, especially anything that has to do with Greg LemonD. Great athlete. Tool of a human being. thanks, Kurgan. presented by Gringioni Hey, what about all those pricey Graham Watson books sitting in my bookshelf? When I look at them now and page through, all I say is, "doper.... doper.... dead... doper... doper..." Whatever goes through your mind reading a newspaper then? thief, scoundrel, idiot, alcoholic thief, liar, doper... It's not as if competitive cyclists come from a different pool than we other humans ( Karol Wotylja may be a special case). -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Dan O wrote:
On Dec 30, 5:42 pm, Dan O wrote: On Dec 30, 1:24 pm, Jay Beattie wrote: On Dec 30, 11:47 am, Chalo wrote: raamman wrote: Cicero Venatio wrote: It was a such a waste of time. Still have a couple of CF wonder racing bikes that I hardly even use because they are so impractical to ride. Most of riding is now on a Surly LHT, with 35 wide tires, spd pedals and shoes, and have discovered the real joy of riding. it sounds like you've discovered a joy of eating; 35 wide tires carry such rolling resistance that only massively overweight riders use them for "comfort" You are full of gas (and you're a prick, but I guess that's just a racer thing). A supple 700x35 tire like the Pasela, Rivendell Jack Brown, or Schwalbe Marathon Racer has _less_ rolling resistance than a narrow race tire, because it flexes a lot less deeply to establish its contact patch. It weighs a little more and has more aerodynamic drag at speeds over 20mph or so, but neither of those things equal rolling resistance. I sell 700x23 Soma Everwear and 700x25mm Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires at my shop. Those tires are sluggish, even though they are narrow. If you want to compare an armored 35mm utility tire to a skinny tire, compare with those. But a fast 35mm tire is simply a fast tire by any measure. Chalo Big fat tires ride like big fat tires. They are pigs climbing and can ride like pogo sticks at real low pressure . . . but you get better traction in crappy conditions and get good pinch flat resistance. I switch between tires frequently on my cross-bike. I will throw on the fatties this weekend because conditions have turned very soupy, and riding in the dark and the rain is just asking to whack something. But if it were summer, I would stick with my 25s or 28s because I hate dragging the fatties uphill. The walnuts that litter my driveway every year have a rock hard inner shell about 2 cm diameter, and a green outer coating that is tight at first, but loosens after a day or so on the ground, and is slimy inside. So, what you have here is a big rock with a thick slimy coating. Coming into the driveway one night on my 28 mm tires, I hit a single walnut, which immediately put me on the ground (where my knee hit another walnut). OTOH I can ride the 1.95" slicks on my wheelie bike right through myriad walnuts no problem. Right now the driveway is covered in frozen moss: http://i52.tinypic.com/1zwymau.jpg All that stuff would be in the way of snow shoveling here. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Dec 31, 10:27 am, "
wrote: On Dec 31, 11:13 am, Dan O wrote: On Dec 31, 8:56 am, N8N wrote: On Dec 30, 8:50 pm, Dan O wrote: On Dec 30, 6:07 am, Cicero Venatio wrote: Doing some house cleaning in the cold weather, and I found a stash of old cycling race mags, and a stack of vhs tapes on tour de france and those other races they have in Europe. I kind of thumbed through some of the mags, put a couple of the vhs tapes in, and I thought of how stupid I was back then. All of it went into the dumpster. The only thing remotely interesting was some of the hype on that old equipment, bikes, and shoes, clothes. It was all an elaborate illusion, and they actually fooled me in those days. But now I know the magic behind the tricks, and I kept one tape, that I recorded myself, to remind me of how fake it all was. That is the stage that Landis won, after he covered himself with t-patches the night before. He looked like a crazed crack head fleeing the police in that stage, it is so obvious now. http://bikeportland.org/2010/12/29/f...ng-father-of-p... It was all such a waste of time. Still have a couple of CF wonder racing bikes that I hardly even use because they are so impractical to ride. Most of riding is now on a Surly LHT, with 35 wide tires, spd pedals and shoes, and have discovered the real joy of riding. I put the most miles on my LHT, too (ATM 32 mm front, ~35 mm rear tires). It has SPD pedals, too - sweet M747's ($5 for the pair on CL!) My shoes are Shimano MT40's ($55 on closeout) and sandals. I'd like to have a nice pair of winter boots, but booties over the shoes aren't too bad unless it rains a lot. The sandals are even good in the rain if it isn't too cold, and they're great in the heat. I put plastic MKS pedals on my wheelie bike - so I can ride it barefoot. Possibly Bad Idea time... I've found that when it is legitimately cold out that my Red Wing work boots are the ticket for riding (on the platform side of the pedals, natch.) Anyone ever take some work boots with deep lug soles and carve the centers of the tread out for spuds? A friend who doesn't Ride Bike (but is otherwise well-intentioned) once went into the LBS to get some SPD cleats, intent on fabricating some winter shoes for my poor cold feet. They tried to tell him that bike shoes were special, and recommended neoprene booties, but he already had hiking boots in my size, went ahead and carved out a space in the tread (with a Dremel, I believe, after measuring one of my shoes), and mounted the cleats. The soles were obviously much too flimsy to try and push SPD's. I never tried to pedal in them, moved the cleats to my old shoes, and filled the holes and extra tread gap with Shoe Goo. Both soles split across the mounting holes, and the cracks lap up water when I walk. Yeah, you need a metal plate inside to reinforce and hold the bolt. Oh he put a plate in there. Like I said, though - I never pedaled a bike in those shoes with the cleats. I took the cleats off, filled the holes, and used them for walking around in at work. Just walking around flexing the soles split them across the space between the holes. |
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Years ago there was a Time model that an MTB-riding acquaintance told
me completely solved the clogging problem. Time ATAC pedals. |
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Archemedis prefers the use of Sidi Denominator 5.
Archemedis Plutonium "Phil W Lee" wrote in message ... " considered Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:54:04 -0800 (PST) the perfect time to write: On Dec 30, 9:23 am, "Duane Hebert" wrote: "landotter" wrote in message ... On Dec 30, 8:07 am, Cicero Venatio wrote: That said, on a hot day, I got nothing against putting on a lycra monkeysuit and going for a long haul on my SS roadie bike. It's got spds--but I'll never ever buy another road shoe. Sorry to hijack this thread a bit but I'm wondering what the big deal is about road shoes. I have spds on both my bikes (sport tour and road.) I have a pair of Shimano MTB shoes that I use with both bikes. My pedals are full pedals with the spd on one side and grips on the other. I get grief from roadie buddies but I'm not sure I understand why. I've used Look pedals before and I don't see a big difference. They say that Look type pedals are easier to get into and out of but I don't see that. They also talk about hot spots on the spd cleats but I don't notice that either. Maybe it's because of the full size pedals that I have. I can actually park my bike and walk into the office with these shoes. The cleats are recessed into the sole. Part of my commute is through a park with gravelly trails. I can unclip and use the pedal side for when I'm sliding through the gravel. I can take off from the red light without fumbling with the cleat until I get across the intersection. The cleats seem to last longer and the shoes are $150 bucks. I can use the same shoes in the spinning classes in the off season. What's the argument against this setup on a road bike? Road shoes are lighter :-p I use SPDs because I can get a model which takes proper robust reflectors, which are mandatory here for road use after dark. I don't know of any other clipless pedal with this capability. |
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