Recent content by slippyB

Thank goodness. You should definitely not. It's scary town here.

I'm just giving you sh** man. don't mind me. I guess I just feel that one of the main reasons i commute/ride around town is for a less-stress mode of transport, not more. so if a certain path at a certain time of day/year is bad...avoid it. and the CC path is pretty bad especially at commute...

Yep... Know whatcha mean but that path is the worst. You do have other options and if the path is bumming you out (and darkening your view of our lovely little cow-town) then go via platt trail or up side streets. Iride all over Denver and there are definitely alternatives... Plus you can pick...

A premature welcome to the front-range! The others have shelled out some solid tips and I'll concur that in Lakewood you're in a nice location for some road riding. It's not Boulder...but there are some positives to that fact;) Deer Creek Canyon Road (just southwest of lakewood) will also be...

These stories/experiences are definitely a bummer. I live/ride in denver and see that stuff too. And I've lived/ridden in other cities (including the twin cities, and while better than denver...there were still plenty of a-hole offenders) and seen the same behavior. Roadies and tri-guys...

what the other 2 posters have said, and bike fit. you mentioned body position in regards to its importance in swimming and that idea applies to the bike too and how you fit on it. how well you end up sprinting, in races and in training (which impacts the races!) depends upon bike fit and your...

sorry to hear this. there's a special place in hell for people that steal Bridgestones. My "old" bike/commuter (a Rossin steel-frame) is similarly special to me and I leave it locked on campus or around town and i always have bad thoughts about walking out and it's missing.

city park is probably my favorite neighborhood...and the park streets/loops are semi-closed to traffic and offer a good option for intervals and the like. I live very close to City park and ride in the city all the time. It's not like riding in the hills/mtns but it is good for a post work...

Englewood...what part? I moved here 11 years ago (from Ohio) and the suburb structure struck me as odd b/c they're huge (square-mileage-wise) and sometimes islands of one suburb can be w/in another. Englewood spreads from almost Aurora (huge East side burb) to the foothills. The older part is...

train problems i think one problem HTC/Cav had today was that the train got derailed just inside the red kite. I think it was a Lampre rider that shot up the right side of the road at the same time as one of the HTC guys pulled off from his push to leave Renshaw and the reaction was slow and...

Designcycle doesn't need to apologize...this is a condescending remark...primarily the "fred" part. I'm mostly amazed that a "senior member" doesn't know what a fred is, but whatever. elitism at it's finest. so it was originally posted in the wrong place...whoopeee. Color me underwhelmed...

Good for you and a good find too. Shimano Sora will be fine as you get started and your frame is a good one to upgrade components onto as the Sora stuff wears out. Unless you're planning on doing triathalons or lots of time trials...lose the aero bars especially if you plan on riding w/...

+1...the fashion police/elitist rule-makers about kits and gear (race on 105...OMG!!!) are what drummed me out of this sport a few years ago. Now I'm getting back on the bike, back onto race courses, back in the fast group rides as an older/wiser/thicker skinned/don't-give-a-f*** rider that...

I'm a huge Hampsten fan, and while I hope beyond hope that he never (nor any of my other favorites) ever use/used...i'm starting to doubt a lot, perhaps looking at these threads too much. Anyhoo...I don't think he looks "roided up". The first picture is from early in his career...could have...

red herring http://redkiteprayer.com/?p=2761 this whole mechanical doping bit...I don't buy it. and whether it's an intentional or unintentional distraction, it's a distraction from what is the major concern here...biological doping.