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Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

02-05-15, 07:07 PM

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Posted By Racer Ex

What size do you need? I have a few laying...

What size do you need? I have a few laying around. PM me.

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

02-05-15, 07:06 PM

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Agreed. The caveat I run with is that work on...

Agreed. The caveat I run with is that work on your weaknesses until they aren't obviously exploitable. You don't want to be the sprinter everyone knows they can kilo out.

Unless you want a new...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-31-14, 09:06 PM

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My autograph will net you $1200 on Ebay if I sign...

My autograph will net you $1200 on Ebay if I sign your SRM and you throw it in.

Daytona 80-something. Bunch of the Euro factory teams came over, Eddie was on a factory Kwakersaki, Honda had a...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-31-14, 01:06 PM

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Nah. We generally tried to avoid swapping paint;...

Nah. We generally tried to avoid swapping paint; it would happen from time to time but rarely intentional. He's spot on though about most bike racers being pretty squeamish/freaked out about any...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-31-14, 12:30 PM

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Yessir, stateside. 250 GP, and Superbike as well....

Yessir, stateside. 250 GP, and Superbike as well. I once followed this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Lawson) through the haybales in the chicane at Daytona. Champion at the state level, top...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-31-14, 02:46 AM

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I pretty much concluded the Crr tests could be...

I pretty much concluded the Crr tests could be variabled to the point that it would take a year to test one tire. One "engineer" who was doing some testing claimed that Crr was the same regardless of...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-30-14, 03:39 PM

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Hey, I'm not selling anything and I'm not going...

Hey, I'm not selling anything and I'm not going to let air out of your tires when you're not looking.

Well, probably not.

Think of it this way:

If you wrapped a rim in some kind of stickum...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-30-14, 03:28 PM

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There are a lot of folks running the 88's who are...

There are a lot of folks running the 88's who are bigger. Quite a few of them at the last two Elite Nats I raced.

As was pointed out, the build quality matters. That said I can build my own...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-29-14, 10:35 PM

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(http://www.ebay.com/itm/23mm-width-carbon-fiber-r...

(http://www.ebay.com/itm/23mm-width-carbon-fiber-road-wheel-set-700C-high-quality-88mm-tubular-wheels-/331052099197?pt=US_Wheels_Wheelsets&hash=item4d143e267d)Check out Ebay....

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-29-14, 08:06 PM

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FWIW there are some interesting hoops from China...

FWIW there are some interesting hoops from China in deep section right now...23-25mm stuff to 88mm that's worth looking at if your riding outdoors and eat wind.

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

01-29-14, 07:55 PM

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This factory factory builds a large percentage of...

This factory factory builds a large percentage of the carbon rims and supplies most of the "generic Chinese hoops".

That is correct. You have the board.
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For almost all carbon items...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-29-13, 08:03 PM

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That would be the case. Pretty simple...

That would be the case.

Pretty simple physics; assuming the same wheel speed the tighter the radius the more a chain has to bend so there's more friction in the roller and side plates if they are...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-24-13, 06:43 PM

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Happy Holidays! A song for everyone....

Happy Holidays!

A song for everyone. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/927350-The-12-days-of-Critmas?p=16357041&viewfull=1#post16357041)

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-23-13, 06:39 PM

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Damn discs kill off a splined hub system for most...

Damn discs kill off a splined hub system for most folks. That's why I'm on the Miche adapter.

The 13 cog with a coating is kind of a reach if the papers I've read about friction losses on smaller...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-23-13, 12:31 PM

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Having watched a few hundred threaded cog changes...

Having watched a few hundred threaded cog changes I'd say "reasonably easy" is relative. Especially at the Superdrome in the summer when all those nice bits that were assembled in air conditioned...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-23-13, 12:16 AM

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Understand the theory of thread pitch. And in...

Understand the theory of thread pitch. And in some applications fine thread is just fine.

The problem with an engineering theory is that it has to go out into the real world. Any greater "bite"...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-22-13, 06:07 PM

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I have it. No chain whip is nice. At least that's...

I have it. No chain whip is nice. At least that's what my knuckles say .

I've seen a number of spun cogs, and one spun Miche carrier. If you do a lot of on/off and your hub isn't robust the odds...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-12-13, 08:06 PM

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Can't comment on the shield vs. non shield...

Can't comment on the shield vs. non shield Attack. But Jim's got no dog in that fight and his set up is top notch for 0-7 yaw.

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-12-13, 08:04 PM

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You're well in the ballpark. It's the muscles...

You're well in the ballpark. It's the muscles that are in extension that are "pulling" on your power producing muscles. If you stretch the mirror image muscles you reduce or eliminate this pull....

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-12-13, 07:53 PM

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354885 I'm riding a 130 SRM/Rotor. Nice...

354885

I'm riding a 130 SRM/Rotor. Nice crank. Not any difference in feel from the Shimano 144 I used or the FSA I had. The extra $$$ come from a lot of machining to make them light for the road...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-07-13, 07:34 PM

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If you can pass the motor and keep going it's an...

If you can pass the motor and keep going it's an endurance event.

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-07-13, 12:01 PM

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I would bet. Just took a look at the 2013 wheels,...

I would bet. Just took a look at the 2013 wheels, anything new for 2014? I'm considering going over to a tubeless clincher in the 50-60mm depth for crits...have folks used the Stan's conversion with...

Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area

12-07-13, 12:57 AM

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The high flange hubs were designed to shorten the...

The high flange hubs were designed to shorten the spoke to rim length to take the additional effective weight loading caused by g-forces on a banking back when people were using box section rims....

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