CX Skills Sessions (Unofficial)- Back to Basics - Thursdays in Madison

[MadisonDan]

Cool!!! What did you get?
Pics or it didn't happen

 

[chuprinko]

Sean was nice enough to take the broken bike back. I picked up another Giant TCX. Blue and white, mix of ultegra and mavic wheels. Handled pretty nice at hillsborough. Need a new crankset though, will probably drop a half a pound! . Will ad a pic tomorrow.

 

[The Heckler]

All those fast barriers last night gave me a wicked knot somewhere in the vicinity of plumber crack stage left.

 

[The Heckler]

Also, this:

@Santapez

 

[The Heckler]

Larger image, I like how you can see the colored zones from figure 8's

 

[MadisonDan]

View attachment 41308 Larger image, I like how you can see the colored zones from figure 8's

That's great... Color code by name FTW

Edit...
Blue - Dan
Grey? - Matt
Red - Tim
Yellow - Steve
Pink - John

 

[Santapez]

I want that on my wall on canvas.

 

[The Heckler]

I want that on my wall on canvas.

Snapfish probably has a 50-60% off sale going on.

 

[rsinger814]

Snapfish probably has a 50-60% off sale going on.

ALWAYS 50-60% off

 

[chuprinko]

Ok. So here it is. Nothing fancy but with a kid now in college glad I was able to get this. Couple tweaks before my first cross race at Hippo. ...

 

[MadisonDan]

View attachment 41341 Ok. So here it is. Nothing fancy but with a kid now in college glad I was able to get this. Couple tweaks before my first cross race at Hippo. ...

Sweet!!!
Can't wait to see it in action.

Post it up in this thread when you get it all squared away.

http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/threads/post-your-cross-bike.8029/

 

[chuprinko]

Did it! Registered for Hippo for my first cross! Oh man oh man....

 

[seanrunnette]

Did it! Registered for Hippo for my first cross! Oh man oh man....

I am gonna heckle the living poop out of you.

 

[StayHydrated]

Status report for Thursday? Will rain diminish the chances of birthday handups?

 

[MadisonDan]

As long as it's not s shit storm of rain, we're a go.

 

[The Heckler]

Ugh, if I have to clean my bike for KMC I'll just die. Maybe I'll put that one on the rack and hope it rains the way up.

 

[MadisonDan]

Thursday, September 29th.....

I can't make it. Back to school night for Trevor, and a meeting at Will's school for an enrichment program. No getting out of this.

I thought we would work on starts again. Not necessarily the full on sprint, but technique - gearing, pedal position, in/out of saddle, etc. Also some faster cornering work. Not the figure eight stuff, but more like tracing the penalty box of the soccer field. Really leaning into the turns, letting the tires do the work, getting a feel for how much you can push it before you loose traction.

Soooooooo... Have fun. @The Heckler Good luck at KMC. I'll be at Hippo & Caffeinated. Cat 4 40+ with Harry. See you sukka's there.

 

[Magic]

Thursday, September 29th is 66 cent coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Just sayin.

 

[MadisonDan]

Thursday, September 29th is 66 cent coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Just sayin.

Good to know!

 

[StayHydrated]

Thursday, September 29th is 66 cent coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Just sayin.

Good to know!

Free if you use the app.


Is anyone else still on for high speed cornering and starts at the usual jawn?
@Santapez @MissJR @The Heckler @rsinger814 @chuprinko
Can we procure stakes and a length of tape for handup practice? Am determined to have birthday handups, even if it means hanging a doughnut from a tree and trying to grab it as I ride past...