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The longer races (not that 12 hour stuff). but the 3-4ish hour stuff is more enjoyable to me. Even if I have no aspirations on a top finish I can still find a good tempo zone, tune everything out, focus on riding clean, taking in enough calories, having fun... If I can comfortably do that stuff, then I can start pushing a little more during the race and then leaving most/all of it out there before the end of the race. But that last usually takes care of itself.

What bike are you planning on racing with?
 
jShort said:
What bike are you planning on racing with?
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I don't know the answer to this question yet. As you're probably well aware, I switch off during winter. Right now I am a combination of indoor riding and ski weekends. Last year I skied 16 times over the season, and rode my mountain bike maybe twice. This is my way of admitting I have not even ridden the Orbea yet. I want to get out there, but man this thing was kept in mint condition, and the conditions are so horrible. Mark says I need to rip the bandaid off, and he's right.

After I ride it a few times I'll figure that out. Neither bike is ideal for a race, which will be a limiting factor in some sense. But who cares. I am not going back to owning a race bike any time soon. So it'll have to be 1 of these 2. At this stage, I really couldn't say which is more likely.
 
Norm said:
I don't know the answer to this question yet. As you're probably well aware, I switch off during winter. Right now I am a combination of indoor riding and ski weekends. Last year I skied 16 times over the season, and rode my mountain bike maybe twice. This is my way of admitting I have not even ridden the Orbea yet. I want to get out there, but man this thing was kept in mint condition, and the conditions are so horrible. Mark says I need to rip the bandaid off, and he's right.

After I ride it a few times I'll figure that out. Neither bike is ideal for a race, which will be a limiting factor in some sense. But who cares. I am not going back to owning a race bike any time soon. So it'll have to be 1 of these 2. At this stage, I really couldn't say which is more likely.
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Don’t you guys have a scalpel in the basement somewhere? If it needs work, @UtahJoe needs a project 🙂
 
Norm said:
I don't know the answer to this question yet. As you're probably well aware, I switch off during winter. Right now I am a combination of indoor riding and ski weekends. Last year I skied 16 times over the season, and rode my mountain bike maybe twice. This is my way of admitting I have not even ridden the Orbea yet. I want to get out there, but man this thing was kept in mint condition, and the conditions are so horrible. Mark says I need to rip the bandaid off, and he's right.

After I ride it a few times I'll figure that out. Neither bike is ideal for a race, which will be a limiting factor in some sense. But who cares. I am not going back to owning a race bike any time soon. So it'll have to be 1 of these 2. At this stage, I really couldn't say which is more likely.
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ya didn't I build @Dominique a scalpel?

jShort said:
If it needs work, @UtahJoe needs a project 🙂
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I suppose I could lend @Norm my scalpel since I wont be riding for a long time.....carbon wheels, dropper, carbon ocho lefty....(visualizes norm riding my bike).....ya on second thought, over my dead fucking body 😂
 
Which Orbea did you go with? I'm mostly wondering if you went with something similar to your Pivot or very different.
 
Santapez said:
Which Orbea did you go with? I'm mostly wondering if you went with something similar to your Pivot or very different.
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Orbea Occam M30 - Large

Up for sale is my Orbea Occam M30. I purchased the bike new back in March and made some upgrades. The only original parts left on the bike are the shock,crankset, grips and saddle. Crankset, grips and saddle have zero miles. Frameset and most components have 301 miles according to Strava and...
www.mtbnj.com www.mtbnj.com
 
MadisonDan said:

Orbea Occam M30 - Large

Up for sale is my Orbea Occam M30. I purchased the bike new back in March and made some upgrades. The only original parts left on the bike are the shock,crankset, grips and saddle. Crankset, grips and saddle have zero miles. Frameset and most components have 301 miles according to Strava and...
www.mtbnj.com www.mtbnj.com
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I feel like everyone bought Scalpels, then Pivots were the hot thing, then Orbea Occams.
 
Norm said:
This is my way of admitting I have not even ridden the Orbea yet. I want to get out there, but man this thing was kept in mint condition, and the conditions are so horrible.

After I ride it a few times I'll figure that out. Neither bike is ideal for a race, which will be a limiting factor in some sense.
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Congratulations on the new Orbea! It sounds like a great bike with awesome components.

I understand it has been named " Zorro the Gray Blade". This leaves me, and perhaps others wondering if "Grey Poupon" was ever in the running - to fit in your stable with Cordon Bleu.
 
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