Hunt3r's cycling career

heh "career."

on the interwebs, nobody knows you wuz a 3 on road expert in mtb.

i raced once in front of my parents and won it, that was nice. i won a big mtb hillclimb once in sport (like over 150 in sport class), that was shocking. i even got the vanity photo of that
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4416/winterparkhillclimb025xfd9.jpg

probly not to return other than cx or mtb races for "fun"

LOOKIN GOOD HOMIE! winning in front of parents also grounds for kudos

I got my ass handed to me by rode on a group ride today with a guy who, after looking at his USAC card online, appears to enter one single stage race (in Tahoe, Nevada) for the team that you are on (or whose kit you're wearing ^^^) but otherwise rides for Bissell. I just want to let you know that he destroyed me and chatted with me (albeit one-sidedly) while doing so.

That is all.

offhand can't place who that is, but dude sounds really really real if he was putting it on a shasta. vc (which is now natural gr0cers pb wtf knows) has had a bunch of national level elite boulder bros go through, or park for a year, or finish up at. you got your bajadalis, mccarthys, bakers, coyles (rip). probly others i cant think of.

if youre interested in riding in boulder let me know, i still know some guys up in that b.

What do you think of this wacky idea:

I want a track bike (for kilo/pursuit/points race) but I also would like a TT bike for stage races.

Other than obviously the gearing, cockpit (+cables) and the hub widths, these bikes (frames/geometry/wheels) really aren't that different right?

So I was thinking, is it possible to do two bikes for the price of one (well... 1 1/4?)

And then I thought, what about a fixed/SS TT bike (drilled for brakes)?

Most of the TTs out here are pretty flat out and backs without a lot of bumps/rollers.

Is this wise economical thinking or pure idiocy?

i think you could do a tt/pursuit bike theoretically, but i think a kilo/points bike would be a distinct setup?

i knew a guy who tt'd for real and very well on a fixed/ss bike aero bike with a single front brake, but i don't know if he used the frame for pursuit or what.

I 'm dying, thought of you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azqituimwI8

oh shit, awez.

i've witnessed enough worthless free lap/mechanical protests to be damaged tho, man.

K@rl Er1cks0n showed up today on a noon-ride down in the peninsula and wowwed the local hammerheads, is he one of yours?

i've heard the name but he was after my time.

i've never done a mid workday ride, that seems like it would be weird! also i would not get home til like 9 pm.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200277_163463593708960_162244493830870_336360_4087500_n.jpg

one pocket was not enough dude

also, no one could make factory pilots look good u know

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schueyjr/5162695589/in/photostream/

What about those bulbous Bolle's? Trying to figure out which were worse. Whichever it is, gotta love Grewal wins.

uhh... no idea what I was trying to write there. Hopefully some communication made good by I in sincere please.

what do you think about drop handlebar shapes...?

i have only rode a "classic bend" and frankly think shallows and ergos are D-U-M.

I have only used a wooden racquet and think graphite and oversized heads are D-U-M.

shallow = awes

ergos = suxxx

i have ergos on my good bike! :(

Gerard vroomen goes on a lot about this on his blog.

I have ergo on the condor and shallow on the BMC. I find the Ergo more comfortable but I think the position is a bit better on the condor.

I should really get classic bend for the Moser but might buy better bars for the BMC and shift everything down.

i don't have an official opinion on bar shapes other than it should be wide enough for good control + breathing, and positioned so that you can be as comfortable and aero as possible. personally, i am an ergo user. i am not a fan of real deeps, but then i used to ride with rather a lot of saddle/bar drop to start with.

the most recent big shift seems to have been in early 2000s when lever positions were rotated way up toward the bar tops. that looks wrong to me, as the hoods should be level imo. and it feels wrong to me, since i chose the right length stem and do not need a shorter cockpit.

i have a set of salsa shortnshallows on my iro, and i like em for that application.

what do level hoods look like exactly

like the top of the brifter is level with top of the bars or just having the grip part flat?

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you should be able to lay a ruler or spirit level along the top of your bar and on to the hood, and it should be flat. that's the look to go for (stretches you out a bit more too)

right ok

yeah, this is an issue that applies mostly to ergo bends and brifters. these bars and brifters generally are shaped such that the extension portion of the bar will be positioned nearly horizontal or horizontal. that brifter bodies originally (early 90s) were made to go horizontally as well, such that you basically have a long flat. around 2000, you started to see climbers push the brifters back, consequently causing the brifter bodies to be angled significantly upward. this makes for a shorter position that actually does work fine for long climbs- your chest is open for breathing though you are a bit less aero. otoh, your brake lever position when youre in the drops is slightly worse. i guess you could ask "why would YOU ever be on the brakes in the drops it will only slow you down and drops are serious business." xpost

for classic bends, not really the same since the curvature starts right at the bend transition, there isn't much of a flat to begin with.