new season

[VamP]

Tommy Voeckler - eat your heart out!

 

[VamP]

Second round at Springfield last Sunday... lots of running up steps!

Now in joint 5th in Elite Vets standings, but there's a lot of competition this year.

 

[Howard]

Jealous. I haven't raced yet, save for the summer series. First one for me is looking like LL Hog Hill or CXL Hillingdon.

But in other news, the wife has a new race rig.

 

[VamP]

Jealous. I haven't raced yet, save for the summer series. First one for me is looking like LL Hog Hill or CXL Hillingdon.

But in other news, the wife has a new race rig.

I love that

You gonna make her race on clinchers?

 

[Howard]

Tubeless clinchers, yah.

50mm deepsections looked kinda rad too though.

 

[VamP]

Tubeless clinchers, yah.

50mm deepsections looked kinda rad too though.

Rhinos on carbon will look rad in any setting , but yeah that looks really good!

How's your project coming on BTW?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Second round at Springfield last Sunday... lots of running up steps!

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is the course that technical that you need GPS?

 

[VamP]

is the course that technical that you need GPS?

Actually, the Edge 500 in the picture is a bit of a glorified clock in cross races. But having the file for review afterwards is handy, to compare lap times for instance.

Of course it's a head unit so if I'm after HR or power data then it captures those, but TBH I don't usually bother with either for cross.

So mainly, as I said, a glorified clock to make sure I get to the start on time.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

So mainly, as I said, a glorified clock to make sure I get to the start on time.

What if you're not stood that close to your bike, when the time comes to get to the line????

"In my day", I just wore a watch (& you knew the race was an hour)

 

[VamP]

What if you're not stood that close to your bike, when the time comes to get to the line????

"In my day", I just wore a watch (& you knew the race was an hour)

I'm always riding my bike for the last hour before the race starts, so that never happens. Believe it or not, I don't actually have a watch.

 

[Howard]

HR data is useful in cross. To me, anyway. I like to know when I'm going to blow up.

How's your project coming on BTW?

S'alright

 

[VamP]

I can tell I'm about to blow when the vomit starts rising...

That is a totally awesome looking machine H!

 

[Howard]

Ha yeah, thanks. I have Matt at Talbot to thank for that. - might just pop it up on the wall and stare at it.

Kidding. Need to get racing again

I've never got the vomit stage - I suspect it's because my lactate threshold is too low, meaning I run out of strength before I run out of fuel. Which is something I need to work on. Power thread is this way etc.

 

[dan_bo]

HR data is useful in cross. To me, anyway. I like to know when I'm going to blow up.



S'alright

 

[Howard]

Pop it in the Pretty Cross Bike thread then pls - I'm not going to do it

...well, if I get the steerer chopped down I might.