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anyone here used "nextie" rims? considering a carbon hoop for my next build.
Thinking about a low profile rim (20-25mm deep) like a mtb rim for my all-in-one bike. I don't really ride fast anymore but I do a lot of accelerations so ultra lightweight might be cool to try. something like the enve gravel wheels but on a budget.
My brother and I stayed in Morrison from Wednesday to Sunday last week. We got in 85 miles of riding, 11,000 ft climbing, and 18,000 feet descending. We rode Little Scraggy @ Buffalo Creek, White Ranch, Dakota Ridge and Red Rocks, Staunton State Park, Buffalo Creek Big Loop, and did a day at Granby Ranch. The Bandit held up pretty well!
Very cool. I probably stayed close to where you grew up then, we stayed with a buddy that moved out there and now works for Guerrilla Gravity. He's near the peak of Hilldale Pines.
I ******* did it! Small race, but happy to finally pull one off. My cough situation is slightly better thanks to some steroid injection from the ENT doctor. Pedaled my ***** off and didn't crash. STOKED.
$200 for winning LOL- might cover my $110 entry fee and gas to get there and back.
Practice day- my friend blew up a carbon Nextie wheel for whoever was asking about those. They seem reasonably durable but I wouldn't run one for hard use:
Speaking of which, did you get a TUE for the treatment or plan to just avoid USAC/UCI events where you might get tested for a while?
My Hct sometimes drops below avg when I do big training blocks and skip some tent time to recover. Doc wants to put me on stuff to boost Hct. Not a road I want to go down so my Hct is all over the map during the year. It's up to me to be rested and get tent time before A races.
I've been on the trainer since October, really been going properly on it since January, FTP is up 43w but I won't get to my 4w/Kg goal this year which I told myself I needed if I was going to race. You really need 4w/Kg here to be moderately competitive as a cat-4.
Speaking of which, did you get a TUE for the treatment or plan to just avoid USAC/UCI events where you might get tested for a while?
My Hct sometimes drops below avg when I do big training blocks and skip some tent time to recover. Doc wants to put me on stuff to boost Hct. Not a road I want to go down so my Hct is all over the map during the year. It's up to me to be rested and get tent time before A races.
They don't test at any of these races. I'd get a TUE if I was worried about it.
Come to think of it- I'd probably need a bunch of TUE's for all the asthma inhalers I take...
I've been on the trainer since October, really been going properly on it since January, FTP is up 43w but I won't get to my 4w/Kg goal this year which I told myself I needed if I was going to race. You really need 4w/Kg here to be moderately competitive as a cat-4.
whoa- I could never sit on a trainer that much... are you close to competitive power? Can you improve cornering/handling skills to make up some of the time on the CX track?
whoa- I could never sit on a trainer that much... are you close to competitive power? Can you improve cornering/handling skills to make up some of the time on the CX track?
I am not going to be competitive this year, may need to wait until 2019. I weigh 180lb, 275w FTP which puts me at 3.3w/KG, not even close to the goal of 4w/Kg to race with dignity in Cat-4. Sadly, I missed the 2016 CX season to a broken clavicle and the 2017 CX season to a hurricane/work. I do quite well with bike handling and my "way better than the average cyclists" understanding of line theory and racecraft.
This is the kind of stuff I'm doing now, not really fun but I see the progress so I'm motivated.
Then race simulations as I get closer to the season:
I can't really be competitive with my current power in C-races or cat-4 crits and I'm not sure how this will shake-out in CX; Dallas is fast and I have to race against cat-1 and cat-2 roadies in CX who never claim points on weeknight races and only do a few weekend races per year so they never advance to cat-3. There was one race last year where I had to race against a guy on Elbowz, Squadra, Tilt, and a dude from the Jelly Belly team...all in one cat-4 CX race in Austin, the entire field was lapped and pulled. I fought it for many years but now I realize the race is to be the "best of the rest" and not get lapped while still getting a top-10. I have to be able to beat the Cat-1 and Cat-2 guys in CX to get points to move to cat-3 where there are far fewer.
Nice- seeing personal progress is fun and motivating... Road/CX classing is really weird- in MTB (enduro specifically) you can sign up for whatever class you want. If you win amateur class by 2 minutes you will be heckled into signing up for expert class next time by the announcer at awards lol.
Nice- seeing personal progress is fun and motivating... Road/CX classing is really weird- in MTB (enduro specifically) you can sign up for whatever class you want. If you win amateur class by 2 minutes you will be heckled into signing up for expert class next time by the announcer at awards lol.
Well, these ******* are shameful here, elite pro 1 and 2 crit racers who show up to take the cat-4 prizes (usually booze), promoters seem to be okay with it and their team management loves that podium photo. You have to consider that 99.9% of cat-3 roadies who race in CX are doing it in cat-4, so you need cat-3 level road fitness as a base-line to race in CX as a cat-4. The disparity is so huge that in a local C-race crit here, I'm getting toward the top half of the field and no one is lapped; yet I was lapping half the field in cat-4 CX with a lower FTP two years ago while the the front three riders in that same race have pro contracts and spare SWORKS!!! and Vinyl bikes. What I love the most is the time I had a pro blow-up on me and my friends for pushing him into the tape because he was afraid and I was endangering his safety, and he's a pro so he has to stay safe!
That sounds lame. "Real" pro's should know better...a Cat-4 win in CX is not going to help your contract negotiation.
Just ride crazy and take 1-2 of them out. maybe they will get the hint and move up to a more appropriate class. Or get a few of your friends who are also sick of the issue and talk to the event organizer. If they start losing entries and money they might do something about it.
That sounds lame. "Real" pro's should know better...a Cat-4 win in CX is not going to help your contract negotiation.
Just ride crazy and take 1-2 of them out. maybe they will get the hint and move up to a more appropriate class. Or get a few of your friends who are also sick of the issue and talk to the event organizer. If they start losing entries and money they might do something about it.
Or just go ride/race mountain bikes where everyone is there having a good time even at the top level and the community is self policing. Besides... dirt is better on fat tires and squishy bits anyway.
Or just go ride/race mountain bikes where everyone is there having a good time even at the top level and the community is self policing. Besides... dirt is better on fat tires and squishy bits anyway.
Nope, this is what I want and I need to get there before I have to race with Masters because that will eat me. I am going to do this, then hopefully do a couple crits.
MTB is the same way here, all "open" races where you just get lapped and pulled. A few weeks ago my friends did a 6-hour race and were pulled when they were lapped by this guy (and other pros) who is a Dirty Kanza winner. There is no point in doing the gravel races either because you are going up against the Panaracer team. Road and crit racing is self policed very well here, but CX and XC is not.
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