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2013 Cycling Thread
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XYZ
Smoking in the selection room.
Hope you are all handling your TDF withdrawal better than I am..........
I can finally read twitter and certain websites without embargoing them for 12 hours. Otherwise...wish it never ended. Plan on heading over there for it in 2015. Should be fun.
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
Well I watched the Tour of Wallone the last two mornings online. Good win for Van Avermart! Kolobnov seemed to have a mechanical on the finishing climb after Van Avermart attacked.
And the Tour of Poland starts on Saturday and features a MTF on the Passo Pordoi.
Well I watched the Tour of Wallone the last two mornings online. Good win for Van Avermart! Kolobnov seemed to have a mechanical on the finishing climb after Van Avermart attacked.
And the Tour of Poland starts on Saturday and features a MTF on the Passo Pordoi.
XYZ
Smoking in the selection room.
rufus
rock and roller
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
Just picked up a Garmin 510, and so far I absolutely love it. My former neighbor and occasional riding partner went to the local bike shop to have one ordered, the owner said he'd give him a great deal on it. So the guy ended up ordering two, and told my neighbor if he knew anyone else interested, he'd give them the same deal as well. So despite the fact that I should have saved the money, I bought the thing anyway. The 510 bundle for less than the unit alone sells for.
First thing it's shown me is that my cadence needs work. I thought I had a pretty decent cadence, but this shows me I'm only around 79-81 rpms. So my ride today was little gears and working on getting the legs moving. So that and the heart rate function shows me I'm seriously out of shape. Time to start again from ground zero.
Just picked up a Garmin 510, and so far I absolutely love it. My former neighbor and occasional riding partner went to the local bike shop to have one ordered, the owner said he'd give him a great deal on it. So the guy ended up ordering two, and told my neighbor if he knew anyone else interested, he'd give them the same deal as well. So despite the fact that I should have saved the money, I bought the thing anyway. The 510 bundle for less than the unit alone sells for.
First thing it's shown me is that my cadence needs work. I thought I had a pretty decent cadence, but this shows me I'm only around 79-81 rpms. So my ride today was little gears and working on getting the legs moving. So that and the heart rate function shows me I'm seriously out of shape. Time to start again from ground zero.
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
Tour of Poland has been pretty cool the last few days. It looks like the UCI/World Tour is using it as a bit of an experiment to breed more interesting racing. First teams are only 6 riders so they aren't as dominant. This give attacking riders more of a chance, see Phinney's win a couple of days ago. There are also time bonuses for the rider who is most attractive (sort of a revamped daily combination classification). Under this Jon Izaguirre picked up a 10 second bonus and is now the leader, having started the day 9 seconds down on Majka. He attacked, I guess, on the penultimate climb and got some points there so he ended up with an "attractivity" bonus, now he is the leader. Should be an excellent stage today, it has 10 climbs of a cat.1 (not TdF type cat 1 but still a tough climb).
Oh, yeah, double Zoncolon in next year's Giro... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2014-giro-ditalia-could-include-double-climb-of-the-zoncolan
Tour of Poland has been pretty cool the last few days. It looks like the UCI/World Tour is using it as a bit of an experiment to breed more interesting racing. First teams are only 6 riders so they aren't as dominant. This give attacking riders more of a chance, see Phinney's win a couple of days ago. There are also time bonuses for the rider who is most attractive (sort of a revamped daily combination classification). Under this Jon Izaguirre picked up a 10 second bonus and is now the leader, having started the day 9 seconds down on Majka. He attacked, I guess, on the penultimate climb and got some points there so he ended up with an "attractivity" bonus, now he is the leader. Should be an excellent stage today, it has 10 climbs of a cat.1 (not TdF type cat 1 but still a tough climb).
Oh, yeah, double Zoncolon in next year's Giro... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2014-giro-ditalia-could-include-double-climb-of-the-zoncolan
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
Did my fastest century ever today: 3hr, 15 minutes. Of course, it goes a lot quicker if you don't have to ride the last 43 miles after one of your tubes buckles for no reason whatsover (flat ground, no pothole, not even a pebble). Trek and I will be having words on Monday... Grrrrrr. 99.9% positive that my frame has an "original owner lifetime warranty" so shouldn't cost me any money, just a bit of the riding season.
Oh, wait. I live in SoCal - the riding season is 12 months per year....
Did my fastest century ever today: 3hr, 15 minutes. Of course, it goes a lot quicker if you don't have to ride the last 43 miles after one of your tubes buckles for no reason whatsover (flat ground, no pothole, not even a pebble). Trek and I will be having words on Monday... Grrrrrr. 99.9% positive that my frame has an "original owner lifetime warranty" so shouldn't cost me any money, just a bit of the riding season.
Oh, wait. I live in SoCal - the riding season is 12 months per year....
XYZ
Smoking in the selection room.
Not sure who will be riding in support but seem to recall Henao being announced as leader.
XYZ
Smoking in the selection room.
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
League Name: USCHO
League Code: 21141607
Good news is that I head out on vacation today and will be away from cell service and internet until Saturday night. This means it won't be possible for me to change my roster 400 times like I usually do.
League Name: USCHO
League Code: 21141607
Good news is that I head out on vacation today and will be away from cell service and internet until Saturday night. This means it won't be possible for me to change my roster 400 times like I usually do.
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manurespreader
Still upright
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
that is moving! Have you seen the site..www.bustedcarbon.com, it will get your attention. I love carbon bikes, but it really makes you wonder. BTW, Is anyone on this board doing the tour de Troit?
Did my fastest century ever today: 3hr, 15 minutes. Of course, it goes a lot quicker if you don't have to ride the last 43 miles after one of your tubes buckles for no reason whatsover (flat ground, no pothole, not even a pebble). Trek and I will be having words on Monday... Grrrrrr. 99.9% positive that my frame has an "original owner lifetime warranty" so shouldn't cost me any money, just a bit of the riding season.
Oh, wait. I live in SoCal - the riding season is 12 months per year....
that is moving! Have you seen the site..www.bustedcarbon.com, it will get your attention. I love carbon bikes, but it really makes you wonder. BTW, Is anyone on this board doing the tour de Troit?
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
OK, I'm in. hate my team and disappointed in the prices of some riders. Where are the 2 pointers? I've heard Basso is in great form...I can't believe I picked him over Henao! At least I got 2 sprinters.
Vincenzo Nibali AST
Carlos Betancur ALM
Joaquin Rodriguez KAT
Winner Anacona LAM
Theo Bos BLA
Javier Aramendia CJR
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg ARG
Juan Jose Oroz EUS
Ivan Basso
Edit: Bos caught cheating kinda so out he goes, now:
Vincenzo Nibali AST
Carlos Betancur ALM
Joaquin Rodriguez KAT
Wouter Poels VCN
Michael Matthews OGE
Diego Ulissi LAM
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg ARG
Daniel Schorn APP
Ivan Basso CAN
Guess thats about as balanced as I can get... 3 GC guys, a backup GC guy (Betencur), a TT guy who can climb (Poels), A Stage hunter (Ulissi), and 2.5 sprinters (Matthews, van Rensburg, and Schorn.
OK, I'm in. hate my team and disappointed in the prices of some riders. Where are the 2 pointers? I've heard Basso is in great form...I can't believe I picked him over Henao! At least I got 2 sprinters.
Vincenzo Nibali AST
Carlos Betancur ALM
Joaquin Rodriguez KAT
Winner Anacona LAM
Theo Bos BLA
Javier Aramendia CJR
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg ARG
Juan Jose Oroz EUS
Ivan Basso
Edit: Bos caught cheating kinda so out he goes, now:
Vincenzo Nibali AST
Carlos Betancur ALM
Joaquin Rodriguez KAT
Wouter Poels VCN
Michael Matthews OGE
Diego Ulissi LAM
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg ARG
Daniel Schorn APP
Ivan Basso CAN
Guess thats about as balanced as I can get... 3 GC guys, a backup GC guy (Betencur), a TT guy who can climb (Poels), A Stage hunter (Ulissi), and 2.5 sprinters (Matthews, van Rensburg, and Schorn.
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XYZ
Smoking in the selection room.
Re: 2013 Cycling Thread
Yeah, my team is getting smoked. Guess that's what happens when I'm getting ready for vacation and pick it in three minutes without bothering to look at rosters or the route
Nibali back in red after today's ITT. Thankfully. This Horner nonsense is so laughable I hardly want to watch it when I get home from work.
Yeah, my team is getting smoked. Guess that's what happens when I'm getting ready for vacation and pick it in three minutes without bothering to look at rosters or the route
Nibali back in red after today's ITT. Thankfully. This Horner nonsense is so laughable I hardly want to watch it when I get home from work.