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#8064828 - 01/28/15 01:00 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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 Originally Posted By: nato2377
hows everyones first month going? had a 190 mile week last week, just undr 600 miles and 40hrs so far. first race is feb 22, have to race against jeremiah bishop, keck baker who is the virginia state road race shamp, jared neiters who is the national stxc champion, gordon wadsworth who is national ss champ and a slew of other fast dudes in a 50 mile gravel grinder. oof. gonna be fast


Just got 18+" of snow today. Temps in the teens for the next 7 days. Looks like I'll be on the trainer for much of February.

I managed to ride in the snow on the cross bike for an hour on Sunday. I think I'm around 100 miles outside for the month (haven't added it up yet).

Gonna sign up for a 43 mile road/dirt ride (Rhodekill Classic) at the end of March. Should be fun.
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#8092679 - 02/14/15 02:46 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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good v-day so far. rode 75 miles this morning and rolled 1000 miles for the year (65hrs) and won a set of 50mm carbon clinchers with michelin pro race 3 tires for 500 bucks on ebay lol woot!
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#8093281 - 02/15/15 09:35 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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1000 miles already? That's just nuts!
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#8093612 - 02/15/15 04:11 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: JT]
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I've done ~75 total.

Another foot of snow last night and no sign of anything melting anytime soon.
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#8093656 - 02/15/15 04:44 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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screw that! lol it was 4 here today with 60mph winds. brrr

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#8093769 - 02/15/15 06:23 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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 Originally Posted By: nato2377
screw that! lol it was 4 here today with 60mph winds. brrr



You're riding outdoors in 4 degree weather?!

Are you doing this offroad???
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#8093781 - 02/15/15 06:33 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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hell no i sat my ass indoors today LOL im not that crazy. i havent even ridden mtb this year, its all been road and trainer.
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#8093798 - 02/15/15 06:53 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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I did ~6 miles today. At 10 degrees, 5" of fresh powder, with 5psi in the tires. Fuck riding the trainer!
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#8094119 - 02/16/15 01:12 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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 Originally Posted By: nato2377
hell no i sat my ass indoors today LOL im not that crazy. i havent even ridden mtb this year, its all been road and trainer.


Ah, I don't have a mileage counter on my trainer, so I just do it by time. In that case, I'm on my trainer 3 hours a week. I've been good about doing hard interval sessions each time.

JT--badass in getting out there at 10F! I'm jealous of the fatbike, but the snow here is too deep for even a fatbike. I'd have to find some groomed XC ski trails.
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#8097450 - 02/18/15 09:04 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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Just over a 100 miles YTD on the rollers \:\| Pretty pathetic.
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#8103683 - 02/22/15 08:20 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: Risky Business]
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So does this mean I have finally won at life and can just retire?

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#8105758 - 02/24/15 03:10 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: shamrok]
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woo hoo, got notification today that i got a slected for a sponsorship with Tailwind Nutrition for 2015. that makes 2 now! lol
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#8105778 - 02/24/15 03:15 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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nice!
I'm at like 120-130 miles YTD lol. Basically its down so much because I changed my cleats/shoes/pedals and still dont have it right. My left knee is hurting a bit so I dont want to do too much until I get it right.

I think its as simple as my seat being about a half inch too high now [my former shoes were mtb clipless so they sit a bit harder than the tri shoes I swapped to]

ebikin' y0
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#8106345 - 02/25/15 12:17 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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 Originally Posted By: nato2377
woo hoo, got notification today that i got a slected for a sponsorship with Tailwind Nutrition for 2015. that makes 2 now! lol


RAD.

BTW--I still have that July 11 race in MA in my phone's calendar and I'm going to try to keep it open in case you need me to crew for you.

Meanwhile, we've had one thaw day which didn't do much. Snowing a few inches tonight after a couple of days in the teens. I'm stuck on the trainer for at least another 2 weeks. Praying for a warm week by mid-March to do some serious melting.

I've been doing some hard intervals on the trainer with the mindset of "this will make me faster".
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#8110785 - 02/27/15 02:44 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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so I had a "Eureka" moment with my left knee [new tri shoes, cleats and pedals]

and realized that not only was the pedal somewhat lower than the old SPDs but that the shoe itself is lower too [mtb clipless had much bigger sole]

so I dropped the seat about 1.25" or so. Probably overshot. Now my knee hurts on the top of the knee by the quad AND I can still feel a little twinge on my outer knee/left hamstring tendon behind/beside the knee

I chock that up to 'I hurt it a bit so its still gonna feel funny for a while', probably need to bring the seat up about 0.5" from here and then slide it back a hair [or forward lol not sure]

#nailedit

so I think I found the problem and am getting closer to fixing it
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#8111031 - 02/27/15 05:47 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: stickaz_old]
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As much as I hate the whole internet "Z0MG you need a $400 fitting before you even look at your bike!!!11!" thing, maybe getting looked at for seat position/height might not be a bad idea. If you have "bro status" at an LBS, they might not even charge for it (if you bring a 6-pack/food).

I moved my saddle forward in the rails and now I can have it parallel to the ground, where I used to have it pointing down. Getting a new saddle soon, doe--current one gets uncomfortable after 50 miles.
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#8111032 - 02/27/15 05:47 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: stickaz_old]
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sit on the saddle with the cranks in the 12 and 6 position. on the one in the 6 position, put your heel on the pedal. if your leg is bent, raise saddle, if you cant reach or have to rock your hips, lower saddle. if your legs is juuuust about or right at full extension, you got it

Edited by nato2377 (02/27/15 05:47 PM)

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#8111186 - 02/27/15 07:38 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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thanks guys \:D
[I had a fitting done w/my earlier setup last year, I figured it couldnt be that far off just for swapping some minor shit]

heh, I guess I thought wrong
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#8111193 - 02/27/15 07:43 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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 Originally Posted By: gamby
As much as I hate the whole internet "Z0MG you need a $400 fitting before you even look at your bike!!!11!" thing, maybe getting looked at for seat position/height might not be a bad idea. If you have "bro status" at an LBS, they might not even charge for it (if you bring a 6-pack/food).

I moved my saddle forward in the rails and now I can have it parallel to the ground, where I used to have it pointing down. Getting a new saddle soon, doe--current one gets uncomfortable after 50 miles.



i know saddles are a personal thing, but i really like the Prologo Scratch Pro saddles. I use them on my road and mtb. might wanna check it out



Edited by nato2377 (02/27/15 07:44 PM)

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#8111333 - 02/27/15 09:40 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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in my uber-scientific guess-n-check method I raised the seat ~0.5" and moved it forward ~0.5"

in the aerobars I was crusing 19+ on some segments on the ride back in the dark and my knee felt good. I dare say I nailed it. I was fully thinking I was just simply slower now because of running too much or not biking enough or who knows

the entire year I've been limiting my speed because my damn left knee would hurt if I pushed it [sad to admit this]

I was even mostly mtbike commuting because of it
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#8111446 - 02/28/15 01:21 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: stickaz_old]
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another saddle rec.

Love Speshy's Henge for dirt and road

also have had good luck with the Avatar as well
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#8111584 - 02/28/15 11:09 AM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: shamrok]
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That Avatar looks like the shape that has worked well for me in other "heavier" saddles. I need something in the 145-150mm range. I have a skinny ass, but my sit bones are wide. I get raped by a 130mm saddle.
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#8111730 - 02/28/15 02:34 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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22 degrees, 73 miles, 7100ft climb. fucking owowowoow. first ride outside in like 2.5 weeks
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#8111735 - 02/28/15 02:42 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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I don't know how you ride road in that. With no wind, it's no biggie in the woods, but on the road? Fuh dat shihhh

I'm still putting off today's impending 1.5 hour trainer sesh.

More snow coming tomorrow. I seriously don't foresee many miles in March. This sucks.
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#8111737 - 02/28/15 02:44 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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well it was sunny, so that helped, a friend came so that helped to suffer with someone else lol the wind did suck though, i started dogging pretty hard the last 20 miles. i rode that route 3 times this month, the first i did it solo at 17 avg, today was 15.7 and hurt 2x as bad lol

that sucks you are getting more snow \:\(

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#8121250 - 03/07/15 02:20 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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"nice" out for once, just got 10" of snow on thursday, today was like 36 degrees, which felt like a heat wave, so i slapped my mud tires on my cx bike and did 40 miles in 2hr 40min with 3900ft of climb



1310 miles and 83.5hrs of riding ytd

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#8121824 - 03/08/15 02:35 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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another 55 miles and 4K of climb today, woo hoo! both rides this weekend on mud tires, which sucked on the road!
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#8121976 - 03/08/15 05:40 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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another 55 miles and 4K of climb today, woo hoo! both rides this weekend on mud tires, which sucked on the road!


Man, I wish I had access to climbing like that here.

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#8121980 - 03/08/15 05:45 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: The Mighty BellRacer]
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Yesterday race was cancelled due to conditions. And today its ~49 degrees out. Weather.

And I was inside on daddy day care duty. Sadface.

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#8122051 - 03/08/15 07:19 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: The Mighty BellRacer]
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 Originally Posted By: nato2377
another 55 miles and 4K of climb today, woo hoo! both rides this weekend on mud tires, which sucked on the road!


Man, I wish I had access to climbing like that here.



thats nothing, i can go out and get 5k in 35 miles if i tried lol

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#8122224 - 03/08/15 11:34 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: nato2377]
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Killin' it, nato.

The thaw has finally started here, but the roads are sketchy to run on, nevermind ride on.

My most frequently-used path doesn't get plowed. I have to look in the the other one. I'm thinking the frost heaves this year are going to be a nightmare (on the paths and on the roads).

I still don't think I'll be out there by end of March. We'll see.
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#8127784 - 03/12/15 12:06 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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https://youtu.be/EdSEsvJMBG0 suggest watching on mute sound is borked and I'm too lazy to upload a fixed replacement right now.

small sampling of what we get to race on this weekend. relatively short distance (even cat 2 ~ 12 mi)... But this place abuses you badly. Two laps and I feel it the next day.



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#8128285 - 03/12/15 05:22 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: shamrok]
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Looks like a really nice trail, though. The climbs look brutal, and a few really rocky sections, but it doesn't look as treacherous on film.

The woods around here are a lot more dense, for the most part. Cool to see singletrack with that much elbow room.
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#8128478 - 03/12/15 08:36 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: gamby]
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 Originally Posted By: gamby
Looks like a really nice trail, though. The climbs look brutal, and a few really rocky sections, but it doesn't look as treacherous on film.

The woods around here are a lot more dense, for the most part. Cool to see singletrack with that much elbow room.


don't let youtube's image stabilization thing fool ya!

and it is around ~620ft of climbing in a 5.5mi loop

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#8128657 - 03/12/15 11:26 PM Re: Cyclists that race - training [Re: shamrok]
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I'd still love to ride it. \:\)

I would not want to race it doe.
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