I use these when riding my Cross bike on trails
http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Quick-Water-Bottle-Holder/dp/B00P4ALJ7Y
Running With the Foghorn Leghorn
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I use these when riding my Cross bike on trails
http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Quick-Water-Bottle-Holder/dp/B00P4ALJ7Y
jnos
Well-Known Member
Promoters will usually help you out if you let them know ahead of time and are in the Elite race (especially if you travel from far away and don't have friends). I pitted for Matt White at HPCX one year. He won the race and beat Chris Horner (who was trying cross that year). By the transitive property, I beat Chris Horner, thus I could totally win a Grand Tour if I had a sponsor...USADA still makes me pee in a cup.
The Heckler
You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
was that the dude that belly flopped the mud at HPCX 2 years ago??
And the winner is....
http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/threads/sport-vs-pageant.32837/
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guy in hovercraft didn't have a helmet
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
I am not referring to myself as it pertains to bottles. As anyone who is familiar with the Bible knows, the 9th Commandment was as such:
9. Thou shall not have water bottle cage bosses on thine cross bike. Bosses may only be on thine road bike, and sometimes on thy mountain bike.
10. The words thy and thine are interchangeable
11. Buy a new amplifier
I was really just highlighting the issues with UCI/USAC and so on. You know we talk about rules and how arduous they are. But mankind cheats. I mean mankind cheats no matter what. We were in the cross practice last night and someone who shall remain nameless was ahead of me at the time. And this guy hates to lose at anything. So when we got to the part of the course up top that did some zigging & zagging through cones, he just plowed through it all to try and make up time. Man cheats. This is like one of the golden rules of humanity. In fact, it's commandment number 3.
2. Winning is everything.
3. Cheat. Fuck it, it's not like it matters. We can pretend we are being a good example to our kids but you know what's going to happen to them when they get older? They're just going to cheat because cheating is winning and winning is everything. Right?
4. Love thy neighbor, especially if he/she has enormous tracts of land.
So yesterday was a great high-end workout. Like I was saying to Monte last night after practice, it's really hard to get this kind of effort by yourself. When you have a bunch of us out there, even doing laps in a field around cones to practice corners, it becomes a competition. We all want to dig in on each other and it makes you work harder than you would by yourself. The human factor just helps you push yourself in that setting.
Today was the opposite. I talked with Fred a bit yesterday and we almost hooked up but in the end he had some time constraints and I had some work riff raff I had to take care of. So we ended up not riding together. After yesterday I wanted to follow it up with some tempo work, a solid 2 hours. One of the things I have seen in past cross seasons is that your ability to ride 2-3 hours goes to shit. And every year I say I am going to try and not have that happen. Today is a good example of helping that not happen. I did a bit over 2 hours and 38 miles. It was hot as balls out there. As usual, with this heat and with yesterday's work in my legs, things started to unravel in the 1:15 realm. By 1:30 it was an effort in staying the course. And the last half hour was just slogging it out to get myself home.
Tomorrow will be an off day. Then something pre-racey on Friday and then Nittany on Saturday.
Cross Results finally got all their shit together and according to them, this was my worst cross race since 2013. I don't normally put much stock in the early season stuff since a lot has to shake out, but this year I put no stock in it. Last night one of the guys who was at the practice was laughing because he said I beat him on Sunday on a mountain bike. He is listed as 24th. I am in 31st still. So these results can SaD.
Right now I am predicted to be 49th this Saturday but when my CR total gets properly updated that will drop to 53 or so out of 89. The start of this race is likely going to be a major CF. But I look forward to it.
Jake promotes races? Neat. Would love to do one someday.
I am not referring to myself as it pertains to bottles. As anyone who is familiar with the Bible knows, the 9th Commandment was as such:
9. Thou shall not have water bottle cage bosses on thine cross bike. Bosses may only be on thine road bike, and sometimes on thy mountain bike.
10. The words thy and thine are interchangeable
11. Buy a new amplifier
I was really just highlighting the issues with UCI/USAC and so on. You know we talk about rules and how arduous they are. But mankind cheats. I mean mankind cheats no matter what. We were in the cross practice last night and someone who shall remain nameless was ahead of me at the time. And this guy hates to lose at anything. So when we got to the part of the course up top that did some zigging & zagging through cones, he just plowed through it all to try and make up time. Man cheats. This is like one of the golden rules of humanity. In fact, it's commandment number 3.
2. Winning is everything.
3. Cheat. Fuck it, it's not like it matters. We can pretend we are being a good example to our kids but you know what's going to happen to them when they get older? They're just going to cheat because cheating is winning and winning is everything. Right?
4. Love thy neighbor, especially if he/she has enormous tracts of land.
So yesterday was a great high-end workout. Like I was saying to Monte last night after practice, it's really hard to get this kind of effort by yourself. When you have a bunch of us out there, even doing laps in a field around cones to practice corners, it becomes a competition. We all want to dig in on each other and it makes you work harder than you would by yourself. The human factor just helps you push yourself in that setting.
Today was the opposite. I talked with Fred a bit yesterday and we almost hooked up but in the end he had some time constraints and I had some work riff raff I had to take care of. So we ended up not riding together. After yesterday I wanted to follow it up with some tempo work, a solid 2 hours. One of the things I have seen in past cross seasons is that your ability to ride 2-3 hours goes to shit. And every year I say I am going to try and not have that happen. Today is a good example of helping that not happen. I did a bit over 2 hours and 38 miles. It was hot as balls out there. As usual, with this heat and with yesterday's work in my legs, things started to unravel in the 1:15 realm. By 1:30 it was an effort in staying the course. And the last half hour was just slogging it out to get myself home.
Tomorrow will be an off day. Then something pre-racey on Friday and then Nittany on Saturday.
Cross Results finally got all their shit together and according to them, this was my worst cross race since 2013. I don't normally put much stock in the early season stuff since a lot has to shake out, but this year I put no stock in it. Last night one of the guys who was at the practice was laughing because he said I beat him on Sunday on a mountain bike. He is listed as 24th. I am in 31st still. So these results can SaD.
Right now I am predicted to be 49th this Saturday but when my CR total gets properly updated that will drop to 53 or so out of 89. The start of this race is likely going to be a major CF. But I look forward to it.
Jake promotes races? Neat. Would love to do one someday.
Does anyone think that this prediction nonsense is well, nonsense? X person is predicted to come in 15th and they come in 13th, hey, wow, I WON because I did better than I was supposed to.
I know it is just one more set of numbers to mindfuck and is obviously an excellent resource is you want to size up your of others results but...
I know it is just one more set of numbers to mindfuck and is obviously an excellent resource is you want to size up your of others results but...
The Kalmyk
Well-Known Member
Like in the literal sense?
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Is Race Predictor nonsense? Does the Pope shit in the woods? Of course! Did you have an epiphany to tell you that? What the hell is all of this stuff we do? It's all nonsense to keep us mentally occupied while we sit in front of our computers from 9-5 every Monday through Friday. But it's something to talk about. Bonnie Raitt has it more or less right:
Man that song sucks. Sorry if you like it. But the point is this. It gives people something to talk about. You know what this board becomes if we remove cross in the fall? It gets completely enveloped by Jimmy & Luke's Like War. Then what the hell happens? If people don't like the content, talk about something else. Create conversation. Ride your bike and post a picture. Don't just sit on your couch screaming about how much everything sucks.
Do Something. Create content. Be the ball.
@bonefishjake - actually that was more of dig on @Mountain Bike Mike than you. But feel free to take it as a dig too. 2 for the price of 1!
@rlb - I've sort of gone down these roads before, w/r/t sugar. I generally know everything that's in my food. So I don't think there's any nefarious thing going on there. I would like to think I am figuring things out a bit this time around, and things are still going in the right direction despite my vacation explosion. I think when I get back to some sort of respectable weight maybe I'll say that yes, this is a better way for me. I am no longer starving myself, I will say that. What seemed to work before does not work now. Anyway, always appreciate the feedback.
I went for a walk today with a chainsaw to try and cut out some trees that are preventing me from taking a KOM at my favorite trail system (remember, I Get Jokes switch is supposed to be on). Started in on it and the gamble I had taken was a bad one. I knew the blade was getting dull but I was hoping I could cut one for the Gipper. Well, there would be no more magic in this blade. Got through 1 of the 3 trees laying down there but I'll need to swap it out and go back. Maybe tomorrow, we'll see. Then I had to get home for the 2:00 weekly Change Management meeting, aka the Dog & Pony Show.
No bikes today. I earned today off and my body is well aware of it. Putting in the effort, resting when I need it. I've also been trying to eat better, as in better before, during, and after. I feel like that may be 1 thing I have to pay more attention to these days. I feel like I was able to get away with sloppier eating habits a few years ago. Now it seems to matter more.
I think that's all I have for today. Nothing else is going to happen and it's going to be time for the kids to come home and we need to pack for the weekend tonight since we're jetting to PA tomorrow and hitting my parents for dinner. So I'll hit send now and be done with it.
Is Race Predictor nonsense? Does the Pope shit in the woods? Of course! Did you have an epiphany to tell you that? What the hell is all of this stuff we do? It's all nonsense to keep us mentally occupied while we sit in front of our computers from 9-5 every Monday through Friday. But it's something to talk about. Bonnie Raitt has it more or less right:
Man that song sucks. Sorry if you like it. But the point is this. It gives people something to talk about. You know what this board becomes if we remove cross in the fall? It gets completely enveloped by Jimmy & Luke's Like War. Then what the hell happens? If people don't like the content, talk about something else. Create conversation. Ride your bike and post a picture. Don't just sit on your couch screaming about how much everything sucks.
Do Something. Create content. Be the ball.
@bonefishjake - actually that was more of dig on @Mountain Bike Mike than you. But feel free to take it as a dig too. 2 for the price of 1!
@rlb - I've sort of gone down these roads before, w/r/t sugar. I generally know everything that's in my food. So I don't think there's any nefarious thing going on there. I would like to think I am figuring things out a bit this time around, and things are still going in the right direction despite my vacation explosion. I think when I get back to some sort of respectable weight maybe I'll say that yes, this is a better way for me. I am no longer starving myself, I will say that. What seemed to work before does not work now. Anyway, always appreciate the feedback.
I went for a walk today with a chainsaw to try and cut out some trees that are preventing me from taking a KOM at my favorite trail system (remember, I Get Jokes switch is supposed to be on). Started in on it and the gamble I had taken was a bad one. I knew the blade was getting dull but I was hoping I could cut one for the Gipper. Well, there would be no more magic in this blade. Got through 1 of the 3 trees laying down there but I'll need to swap it out and go back. Maybe tomorrow, we'll see. Then I had to get home for the 2:00 weekly Change Management meeting, aka the Dog & Pony Show.
No bikes today. I earned today off and my body is well aware of it. Putting in the effort, resting when I need it. I've also been trying to eat better, as in better before, during, and after. I feel like that may be 1 thing I have to pay more attention to these days. I feel like I was able to get away with sloppier eating habits a few years ago. Now it seems to matter more.
I think that's all I have for today. Nothing else is going to happen and it's going to be time for the kids to come home and we need to pack for the weekend tonight since we're jetting to PA tomorrow and hitting my parents for dinner. So I'll hit send now and be done with it.
Shouldn't you be practicing dismounts? Wouldn't those trees in fact be part of your practicing. Cut wood not rocks 🙂. Where's the Nike's no running this year? Didn't Jake in fact dig to China last March to help promote? I miss the non "utah said did eat content" in your post. Where exactly do the parents live in Pa. Forks? There is some amazing riding out that way. Jacobsburg would be awesome on a cross bike
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
@bonefishjake - I'll go for the kneecaps (Cause that's about how tall I am), you clothesline him!
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
@bonefishjake - I'll go for the kneecaps (Cause that's about how tall I am), you clothesline him!
EDIT - Violence is never the answer, but it does make a point. @pearl, I would never harm a hair on you - You're too pretty to mess up 😉
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Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
I have a bunch of balls to throw in the ring, it just this damn work thing hasn't allowed me to do much prep for throwing and damn if I am doing that on my own time.
Good call on Jacobsburg @mattybfat
Good call on Jacobsburg @mattybfat