Posted: 2/17/2023 9:21:52 PM EDT
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Starting up 6 weeks late but heck here we go. I am already 1100 miles in for this year. |
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 Driveway is BACK!!! ICEBREAKER 2023 Race this last Sunday |
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and back...had a injury for the last two weeks. Driveway is running again. Driveway Cat 3/4, 3/16/2023 |
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 Driveway 3/23/2023 - Cat 3/4 - Speed Loop! |
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 Driveway 4/13/2023. Cat 3/4 Getting some racing again. |
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Another Driveway....with a team mate wrecking at the end. Driveway 4/27/2023 Cat 3/4 Speed Loop! |
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Driveway again...I got 9th this time.... Driveway May 4, 2023 Cat 3/4 |
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Originally Posted By mouthpiece: Man I haven't had time to watch these vids. I am approaching 2000 miles for the year. |
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I saw you made it to Tulsa Tough! How did you do? Sorry I missed you! I'm at 2800 for the year. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
AcidGambit, I’ve always wanted to milk a lactating chick... Like make her get on her knees, milk her tits, and make her moooo.
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Yeah I made it to Tulsa late Friday and my Saturday race was wet so I was more careful in the corners so lost ground quickly. Sunday I felt good but poor stage placing (mid pack) and first go up Cry Baby Hill my chain dropped from the big ring to small....and I did not want that. So killed all my speed. This is the 2nd time my front jumped to the small ring so I am going to convert my crit bike to single chainring in front since I never use the small ring. |
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Attached File Attached File What a difference a proper bike fit makes. I’m finally kind of comfortable and can get into a groove. These were Sunday and today. I set a new heart rate threshold of 156 today. The bike is a Quintana Roo CD0.1 on a Wahoo Kickr. |
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Originally Posted By Sumo6: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/206560/18D72D6E-553B-4B75-A65E-BD9499594803_jpe-2850091.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/206560/7C5006E0-BB79-42A6-93E3-A5D2D2ECD75B_jpe-2850084.JPG What a difference a proper bike fit makes. I'm finally kind of comfortable and can get into a groove. These were Sunday and today. I set a new heart rate threshold of 156 today. The bike is a Quintana Roo CD0.1 on a Wahoo Kickr. |
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Originally Posted By Sumo6: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/206560/18D72D6E-553B-4B75-A65E-BD9499594803_jpe-2850091.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/206560/7C5006E0-BB79-42A6-93E3-A5D2D2ECD75B_jpe-2850084.JPG What a difference a proper bike fit makes. I’m finally kind of comfortable and can get into a groove. These were Sunday and today. I set a new heart rate threshold of 156 today. The bike is a Quintana Roo CD0.1 on a Wahoo Kickr. Dang, 26-27 mph is fast. What's the otr avg? |
AcidGambit, I’ve always wanted to milk a lactating chick... Like make her get on her knees, milk her tits, and make her moooo.
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Originally Posted By mouthpiece: Dang, 26-27 mph is fast. What's the otr avg? I haven't been outside in awhile. I lost six months last year to a significant leg injury (broken heel/torn Achilles) so I'm only just now feeling like my legs are ok. Before the injury I was running seven minute miles for distance but I think that's lost for good. Now I'm deep in the nines. I struggled so bad with this bike. Two cockpits, three cranks, and seven saddles later I'm finally able to groove. I added Solestar BLK insoles to my shoes and that seemed to help too. I'm very happy with those insoles. They say proper insoles can take pressure off the saddle. I don't know if that's true, but I ride better with them. My shoes are Lake CX219. I went into this year with an eye on three 70.3 races, but my swim is just garbage. So I've been working on resistance training to build upper body strength. Just a work in progress like everybody else. Today’s HR chart. Once I got warmed up I was getting after it. The dips below average were a couple breaks I took. It’s kind of cool how everything you do will show in the charts. Attached File |
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Cycling goals ? At the start of the year it was just to lose some weight and "participate" again in whatever way possible. I procured a e-bike (Specialized Turbo Levo) at the tail end of last year. Weighed in at 325 in February , now at 260ish (5'9" too - i need to be below 200 , but thats another set of goals ) I had to get some help from Ozempic on the weight loss part and still have a long ways to go with that, -- but i finished the Hotter N Hell (50 mile option) 2 weeks ago and entered an E-MTB race yesterday (was a DNF, but for technical reasons - was just glad to be there anyway ) . Got another e-bike race in October on the schedule , -- so i guess i am continuing to push my goals by the week I have ridden with a local group enough that the road bike bug bit again and i am feeling good enough that i had a fresh road machine built up I didnt have enough seat time on it to trust it at the HHH so i ingloriously used my e-bike there too. I was self conscious, so started near the back of my group and soft pedalled for the first few miles -- lots of people with helmet mirrors, handlebar baskets, and even folks pulling their kids in trailers back there - it was a new experience and a fun crowd. Just staying seated and pedalling for that long felt like an accomplishment pics or it didnt happen - 260 lbs and rolling an E-bike at a big event is a clown show for sure , and it was a last minute decision for me to even go, but i'm glad i did (interestingly i was far from the only e-bike there ) -  But my new build combines a Dura Ace 7800 groupset and some older aero profile alloy wheels (should be bulletproof for a Clydesdale class hombre' , but they are heavy ) along with a secondhand Roubaix frameset. Its the SL4 version, so perhaps 8 or 10 years old.  So the goals evolve. I mentioned the late season E-bike races at the Tour De Dirt series -- but probably more importantly . I want to get comfortable enough on the new road bike to move out of the "C group" on my local rides and into the B group by years end. I still have time and i feel like a participant in the local cycling community again . |
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I just recently started riding regularly and need to check my current mileage and set a reasonable goal for the calendar year. I also want to branch out to riding in other locations and with some of the local groups. I have a pretty nice bike, but the components are at the very entry level of good and they are old. I want more gears and a lighter drive train and I want wider, tubeless rims. Heck. I might even want a new frameset to hang all of those new components on. |
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I just recently started riding regularly and need to check my current mileage and set a reasonable goal for the calendar year. I also want to branch out to riding in other locations and with some of the local groups. I have a pretty nice bike, but the components are at the very entry level of good and they are old. I want more gears and a lighter drive train and I want wider, tubeless rims. Heck. I might even want a new frameset to hang all of those new components on. |
Pour over coffee is best coffee.
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This year has been less mileage and such as last year. The heat in Texas was just too much and I had tons of work. In addition I had a few injuries' that forced me off the bike for a while. So now I am still riding and on keto diet to drop 30 lbs for next season of racing. |
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I have eased back on my riding last 2-3 months. Have several projects going in personal and other and have been super busy. Just passing 4600 miles. Avg about 4 rides/week for avg 115 miles. Attached File |
AcidGambit, I’ve always wanted to milk a lactating chick... Like make her get on her knees, milk her tits, and make her moooo.