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Scott SoCal said:Geez Hugh, is that a doughnut in your raised hand?
Gotta keep the energy stores up when it's cold and wet.
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60km road race, big bunch, I would say 40-50 riders in my grade alone we averaged 39km/h the whole way. I managed to get home in 12th, although on the finishing climb (the line is at the bottom), I was a little too far back and as guys started to sit up and soft pedal, I had to go around them at 55km/h, although I was never really in contention.
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Valley of the Sun Stage Race. Last weekend Phoenix, Arizona. Finished 14th in the GC. Got pinched in the sprint and finished 7th in the crit.....
Three races today! Good luck to whoever is pinning a number today!
Yesterday.....chasing Thurlow, Meeker and Watty. Yes, it felt as bad as it looks....
Good news is it ended with this from my teammate.....
Photo credit to my buddy Dan Munson. You can see more of his work at DMunsonphoto.com
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slowoldman said:
Yesterday.....chasing Thurlow, Meeker and Watty. Yes, it felt as bad as it looks....
Good news is it ended with this from my teammate.....
Photo credit to my buddy Dan Munson. You can see more of his work at DMunsonphoto.com
Yeah, really bummed I missed it....
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This is a pic of me at a mtb race in Jamaica, I soloed from about 8 km to win. The next day in the road section of the race I bonked to lose the lead.
mostly OT Exeter riding nostalgia - token MTB racing pic only
I lived in Exeter in 2008 and it's a lovely part of the world - you are certainly blessed with good road riding options.
Rode MTB at Woodbury common most Friday nights with the Bike Shed crew, some nice fun singletrack and pints at the White Hart in Woodbury on the way home...say hi to Mike, Dan and the guys for me if you drop in (they may remember the Aussie with the crazy home-brew lights).
Tuesday nights from the summer on I was riding with a great bunch of roadies who were mostly doctors at RDE. Some great rides along quiet back roads starting at Jack in the Green, down through Aylesbeare, over Woodbury hill, Outer Ting Tong, Budleigh Salterton, and back through Exmouth, Woodbury, Marsh green...Or from Thorverton up the Exe Valley. Even though none of the climbs are long compared to what's out my front door (Mt Wellington, 1270m starting near sea level), there are some ridiculously steep hill about those parts that made me wish I had a a compact chainset!
The canal bike path was good for an after dark training blast, dodging dogs and little tykes, and the occasional fly fisherman casting is all part of the charm. That section of narrow gravel/dirt between turf lock and Powderham was a right pain on my roadie with 23c tyres and zero frame clearance. Weekends I occasionally went for solo rides around Dartmoor, some nice sustained climbs.
English bunch rides are so civilised - the guys I ride with in Oz would might go for coffee but never pints of Otter and cheesy chips after a ride...
Of course the advantage is that it doesn't rain anything like so much here in Australia's second-driest capital city!
Just so I'm not totally OT, here's a picture of me in a MTB race a couple of years ago:
dimspace said:
I lived in Exeter in 2008 and it's a lovely part of the world - you are certainly blessed with good road riding options.
Rode MTB at Woodbury common most Friday nights with the Bike Shed crew, some nice fun singletrack and pints at the White Hart in Woodbury on the way home...say hi to Mike, Dan and the guys for me if you drop in (they may remember the Aussie with the crazy home-brew lights).
Tuesday nights from the summer on I was riding with a great bunch of roadies who were mostly doctors at RDE. Some great rides along quiet back roads starting at Jack in the Green, down through Aylesbeare, over Woodbury hill, Outer Ting Tong, Budleigh Salterton, and back through Exmouth, Woodbury, Marsh green...Or from Thorverton up the Exe Valley. Even though none of the climbs are long compared to what's out my front door (Mt Wellington, 1270m starting near sea level), there are some ridiculously steep hill about those parts that made me wish I had a a compact chainset!
The canal bike path was good for an after dark training blast, dodging dogs and little tykes, and the occasional fly fisherman casting is all part of the charm. That section of narrow gravel/dirt between turf lock and Powderham was a right pain on my roadie with 23c tyres and zero frame clearance. Weekends I occasionally went for solo rides around Dartmoor, some nice sustained climbs.
English bunch rides are so civilised - the guys I ride with in Oz would might go for coffee but never pints of Otter and cheesy chips after a ride...
Of course the advantage is that it doesn't rain anything like so much here in Australia's second-driest capital city!
Just so I'm not totally OT, here's a picture of me in a MTB race a couple of years ago:
MacRoadie said:Here you go:
Me on the front, Thurlow Rogers on my wheel.
San Dimas Stage Race TT
Nice MacRoadie, now I am going to have to get my Thurlow pics.....
(does that guy EVER slow down?????)
- May 6, 2009
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An update:
Have just come off two days straight of racing. I traveled into New South Wales (for those playing at home, I live in the Australian state of Queensland, but it only took me an hour to drive there) to do a 65km road race. There was some solid climbing at 7-8%, but we had some great descending as we took in a loop that that meant we would go back in the opposite direction, and it was there were I was went down at 74km/h, on wet, windy, country roads. There must of been at least 60 of us in the B grade bunch, but it broke up in the end. There was a hectic start with three people getting off the front, and inside the first KM we were doing 50km/h to get back on. I finished well down in the sprint, but my legs ran out of gas inside the last 3km. But it didn't matter as we all got disqualified. Former Silence Lotto pro Nick Gates won A grade easily.
Turned up today and raced a B grade crit, which has a nice 8% climb (it goes for 250m) in it, which was 50min + 3 laps. I got into a two man break and we had at least 500m on the bunch, but the other guy ran out of steam and I couldn't do all the work. I think in hindsight I did wait a little bit when I should of just forged on myself and tried my luck. Danny Clark soon joined us and dropped us both, he passed us like as if we were standing still. The guy is nearly 60! So the break was caught and I finished well down in the bunch, but I was pleased as I gave it everything and that I'm now competitive in B grade. Not bad considering I had raced the previous afternoon, and that I got 9 hours sleep really helped. I rode strong yesterday and today, so I have to be happy, considering my hours of training are very limited because of my work hours.
And BTW, the aforementioned Nick Gates again won today in the A grade race, despite doing 250km yesterday (that included riding to and from the race, and racing). But then he has rode the Giro, the Tour, so I guess this is nothing.
Have just come off two days straight of racing. I traveled into New South Wales (for those playing at home, I live in the Australian state of Queensland, but it only took me an hour to drive there) to do a 65km road race. There was some solid climbing at 7-8%, but we had some great descending as we took in a loop that that meant we would go back in the opposite direction, and it was there were I was went down at 74km/h, on wet, windy, country roads. There must of been at least 60 of us in the B grade bunch, but it broke up in the end. There was a hectic start with three people getting off the front, and inside the first KM we were doing 50km/h to get back on. I finished well down in the sprint, but my legs ran out of gas inside the last 3km. But it didn't matter as we all got disqualified. Former Silence Lotto pro Nick Gates won A grade easily.
Turned up today and raced a B grade crit, which has a nice 8% climb (it goes for 250m) in it, which was 50min + 3 laps. I got into a two man break and we had at least 500m on the bunch, but the other guy ran out of steam and I couldn't do all the work. I think in hindsight I did wait a little bit when I should of just forged on myself and tried my luck. Danny Clark soon joined us and dropped us both, he passed us like as if we were standing still. The guy is nearly 60! So the break was caught and I finished well down in the bunch, but I was pleased as I gave it everything and that I'm now competitive in B grade. Not bad considering I had raced the previous afternoon, and that I got 9 hours sleep really helped. I rode strong yesterday and today, so I have to be happy, considering my hours of training are very limited because of my work hours.
And BTW, the aforementioned Nick Gates again won today in the A grade race, despite doing 250km yesterday (that included riding to and from the race, and racing). But then he has rode the Giro, the Tour, so I guess this is nothing.
slowoldman said:Dana Point Grand Prix 2010
Nice!! Looks like you are puttin' the hurt on the old men.
Michele said:
Schroeder Iron Masters
53 x 11 said:
Team issue, not really a big fan of black socks.
craig1985 said:
Ha! I like to think I am a lot more friendly than I look...
Scott SoCal said:
A nice reversal of what is usually going on, my normal "job" is to mark Thurlow and Meeker and be the early lead out for our sprinter, not fun. I love the DPGP course, or anything with a lot of corners.
TRDean said:
Luckily none of them (tattoos) have been damaged by off the bike excursions.
Ferminal said:
That was actually last years socks.(check pics on first page)
Anybody else with racing pics.....in my old age I am more of a participator than a spectator.
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