Recent content by ashpelham

Can't believe I haven't seen this thread before. Man, I've got so much to complain about. I can start with complaining about all that has been given to so many, while so little has been given to me. To everyone else: I hate you. That's my opener. On to specifics. I'd like to start with...

I've received some great answers here. With the new job coming up for me, and many more nights spent in a hotel room, I've dreaded the time I'll miss on the bike. However, I think my strategy will be to mix up the running and they cycling to maintain a good level of fitness, and ride like hell...

Hey, thanks for the responses folks. I get the feeling that many people have to let their cycling take a hiatus, though it's sometimes a break for good. I love cycling. Absolutely love it, and probably like it even more on the road than anywhere. Like many places, we've had a long tough...

I was wondering if there is anyone here who cares to share their experiences or reasons why they USED to road bike, but have now quit, either giving up cycling altogether, or moving to mountain biking, cross, or some other form of cycling? Perhaps there are people here who used to road bike who...

As usual, I'm late to the little party you folks are having. I'd like to offer a link that I'd like to share, and you'll see some of my comments after the link as well. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/03/draft-on-broker-movement-unions/#comments I'll restate some of those comments more...

Those enve wheels are certainly nice to look at. The weights are great too, but I'm on a little stricter budget than that. But those are some dream wheels. Whatever consumer grade wheels means, I can tell. They are built exceptionally well, however, and they roll very smoothly. Still, the...

Well, I'm planning on racing on the aero wheels in criteriums in the south this season, like every year. But now, after riding them a bit, I'm having a hard time even justifying keeping them, because all of that cornering and accelerating, then cornering, etc and so on looks a lot more tiring...

I've been doing some mileage on a set of Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL, 2009 edition. These are basically aluminum rims with carbon fairings. So far, basically same tires, same tubes, I feel like I'm working harder to turn these things than I was with a set of Mavic Ksyrium elites. I know the...

To begin with, I've been racing and riding for about 9 years now, so I'm used to riding at great intensity. I've been a serious year-round cyclist, with an emphasis on the road, since about 2004. I'm 35 going on 22. Now, to the point. We've recently had an abrupt stoppage of our winter...

About 70 degrees, 29% humidity here in Pelham, Alabama, USA. <commence with Alabama jokes> No I didn't poison the Live oak trees....http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/02/toomers_corner_trees_sga_presi.html

Well, first, let me say how glad I am to finally be able to post on the cn.com forums. I've been lurking a long time, but just hesitated to join because I already devote so much time to message boards and comment places. This is one of the few cycling related things I can do sitting at my...