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03-26-24, 04:01 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

wow much easier to get the bike out etc. Sweet...

wow much easier to get the bike out etc. Sweet set up. That bed... I'd probably end up sleeping in it after some of my rides.
03-24-24, 05:44 AM
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Posted By carpediemracing

Your garage is a lot more, uh, nicer than mine....

Your garage is a lot more, uh, nicer than mine. I'd be sharing my rides with the chipmunks that like to run through it. And the odd frog in the summer.

This is my basement. Track bike to the...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-22-24, 05:10 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

My Eddie story is the opposite. I was riding with...

My Eddie story is the opposite. I was riding with a college teammate and a good friend. As a team we'd done a semester of bike handling drills, 2x a week, about 10-12 weeks, including front wheel...
03-22-24, 04:38 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

31337. I took advantage of the 13 month...

31337.

I took advantage of the 13 month license in the 90s. If you renewed in, say, March sometime, your license was good until April. I didn't race after October usually, so I realized that the...
03-22-24, 04:28 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

5 kilos! Holy. I did a slew of Big Spin...

5 kilos! Holy.

I did a slew of Big Spin rides. Got 5 little things, including something like socks for the 5th ride which I late joined. 6th ride bike. 7th ride I went for the sprint segment time...
03-22-24, 04:23 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

I find Zwift racing pretty rewarding. I think...

I find Zwift racing pretty rewarding. I think part of it is that it's easier, because it's related to my actual strength/fitness rather than my category. On Zwift I'm a D, because I'm a 2.5 w/kg FTP...
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Posted By carpediemracing

Hopefully you see this. It's Aki from the track....

Hopefully you see this. It's Aki from the track. Nice to see you were here. As you can see I was on here a lot before.
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Posted By carpediemracing

Related to the "a day at the track is like a long...

Related to the "a day at the track is like a long ride", albeit one with a lot of sitting or spinning between efforts, what sort of nutrition do you all consume?

For 2-3 hours I'm drinking a...
08-23-23, 09:33 AM
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Views: 1,188
Posted By carpediemracing

Ninigret Park in RI, Wednesdays. Super laid back....

Ninigret Park in RI, Wednesdays. Super laid back. If I was closer I'd do it all the time, but I've only ever made like 4 or 5 races over the course of 5 or 8 or something years.

There used to be...
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Posted By carpediemracing

I'm so inexperienced on the track that I have no...

I'm so inexperienced on the track that I have no idea. I wasn't sick, but the effort was at the end of a long day at the track, and I probably hadn't fueled properly. Thinking in font, I got up 5ish,...
02-28-23, 10:21 AM
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Posted By carpediemracing

I hope the test goes well.

I hope the test goes well.
02-25-23, 11:33 AM
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Posted By carpediemracing

Popped my back a few weeks ago doing a big jump....

Popped my back a few weeks ago doing a big jump. Back is crooked again, 3rd time in about 2 years, and 2nd time in 8? months. So since popping it my back is getting more straight, doing aggressive...
02-25-23, 11:26 AM
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Posted By carpediemracing

What kind of flat? single puncture? double?

What kind of flat? single puncture? double?
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Posted By carpediemracing

I get the reason for not having a computer...

I get the reason for not having a computer visible. On the track in NH no one said anything, but at the same time I never look anyway, even on my road bike. Took me a few years to realize that I was...
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Posted By carpediemracing

I didn't realize it used the word "read". That...

I didn't realize it used the word "read". That seems to imply an LED would be illegal (like one that is green if you're over x watts). It took reading your reply for it to sink in.
02-20-23, 07:46 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

I'm no doctor so I don't know anything about this...

I'm no doctor so I don't know anything about this stuff. I was just curious if the test is easier, or the prep, or something.

I'm also legit overweight, even more so when my mom died. I was about...
02-19-23, 05:30 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

That was pretty sketch, to be honest. I mean,...

That was pretty sketch, to be honest. I mean, okay, I can ride in that stuff, but it's totally not necessary. Some of it I get, the grass surfing, it happens, and you have to take a "whole world"...
02-19-23, 05:10 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

You must have something going on for the diet...

You must have something going on for the diet requirement? I've had a number of them, from age 35 (my mom and her dad both died of colon cancer, and they found a benign polyp on my first one). I...
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Posted By carpediemracing

Question. It's illegal to have a computer on a...

Question. It's illegal to have a computer on a track bike. I assume that a heads up display on glasses is considered a computer? And finally, if not numbers, just LEDs, is that also considered a...
02-02-23, 11:12 AM
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Posted By carpediemracing

You mention F1, and I love many aspects of F1, so...

You mention F1, and I love many aspects of F1, so you got my attention. I think there are a few times where the bike has made a difference, but those opportunities are now very hard to find, due to...
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Views: 1,177
Posted By carpediemracing

I had to cut my Dolan DF4 post. Prior to that I...

I had to cut my Dolan DF4 post. Prior to that I cut a few steerer tubes. I used a Park carbon fiber cutter blade in a normal hacksaw. I don't remember if I sealed the cut bit.

The Dremel idea...
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Posted By carpediemracing

lol

lol
01-21-23, 12:29 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

I think it's one thing to say "I won the M55 race...

I think it's one thing to say "I won the M55 race at such and such, and I broke the M55 record doing it." It's another thing to say "I set the such and such course record." without any clarification...
01-13-23, 10:07 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,348
Posted By carpediemracing

I'm a bit horrified at how quiet BF is. Psimet...

I'm a bit horrified at how quiet BF is. Psimet pointed out good reasons, but it's still appalling.
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Views: 1,618
Posted By carpediemracing

No pursuits, to answer here.

No pursuits, to answer here.
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Posted By carpediemracing

I appreciate the responses. I'm definitely...

I appreciate the responses. I'm definitely someone that likes to tinker and see what does what. It's hard for me to get to a track though, so that's a tricky bit. For example, I never got to do a 500...
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Posted By carpediemracing

Thanks. I wanted to do a sanity check.

Thanks. I wanted to do a sanity check.
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Posted By carpediemracing

I was thinking that having the bars lower helps...

I was thinking that having the bars lower helps me, but that may not be the case. I'll need to experiment. On my road bike I had tremendous control issues sprinting when my drops were 3 cm higher. I...
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Posted By carpediemracing

Heh makes sense. If I got them the primary...

Heh makes sense.

If I got them the primary function would be as a sprint bar. I'll have to check my set up and measure things out.

*edit somehow missed everything above it. Thanks for pictures,...
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Posted By carpediemracing

Geometry question

I have unusually short legs and a long torso. My road bike is an equivalent 50 cm level TT frame (but with a 40 cm c-c seat tube and a sloping top tube). So the main specs are:

Effective seat...
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Posted By carpediemracing

thanks, that clarifies things.

thanks, that clarifies things.
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Posted By carpediemracing

I haven't tried a standing start with a flatter...

I haven't tried a standing start with a flatter base bar but if I wanted to replicate the height of my drops (or the drop of my drops) I'd need a much lower base bar. Hence the appeal of a non-TT bar...
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Posted By carpediemracing

lol I realize now it's probably all of it. ...

lol I realize now it's probably all of it.

So the thing I understand is that you want your hands up to your face, but your arms had to be almost level. So there must have been some workaround for...
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Posted By carpediemracing

Could you explain to a aero bar newbie?

Could you explain to a aero bar newbie?
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Posted By carpediemracing

Can you post a picture? Also, in a different...

Can you post a picture?

Also, in a different line of thought, do you think if a narrow stem is used, there is a chance of putting aero bars on it?

I'm interested in both the sprint bar but also...
01-02-23, 12:23 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

Happy New Year! For me 2023 will be...

Happy New Year!

For me 2023 will be relatively significant. I'm taking on more responsibilities with the spring series in March (registration in full, BikeReg page, and running reg at the race)....
12-31-22, 04:58 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

I've often noticed that there are more people in...

I've often noticed that there are more people in the track area than here.
12-31-22, 04:57 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

One of my SoCal trips (stayed near Carlsbad so a...

One of my SoCal trips (stayed near Carlsbad so a touch north of San Diego) it rained for something like 14 of 17 days. I guess Jan is the rainy season.
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Posted By carpediemracing

Googling says it's a Mavic 575 hub? I can't find...

Googling says it's a Mavic 575 hub? I can't find any information on the hub, but a fixed gear conversion kit will rely on some kind of a non-round bit inside the hub to anchor the conversion kit. The...
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Views: 951
Posted By carpediemracing

Imagine. People would start their F200 like a...

Imagine. People would start their F200 like a pursuit, get into the bars, and then just roll through the 200m. lol.

Actually...

With aero being so important... aero bars in an F200? I don't...
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Views: 951
Posted By carpediemracing

Ganna's Hour Record

So he did some insane speed. To put it in perspective (borrowing the concept from a meme post I saw, but I did the math so if it's wrong let me know) he did the equivalent of following:

283 x...
10-04-22, 06:27 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,259
Posted By carpediemracing

I've always enjoyed the racing. I tried very hard...

I've always enjoyed the racing. I tried very hard to do intervals when I first started racing, and it totally burned me out. Since I like racing more than I like training, I decided to focus on the...
10-04-22, 06:22 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,040
Posted By carpediemracing

Calorie counting may be a pain, but it's...

Calorie counting may be a pain, but it's objective and very hard to argue with. It's hard to track something (like potential weight gain) if you don't know what's going into the equation (aka...
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Views: 813
Posted By carpediemracing

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08-26-22, 01:27 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

Flipped the mental switch, finally. Am in dieting...

Flipped the mental switch, finally. Am in dieting mode with some training thrown in there. Starting like I did in 2009, when I ended up transforming myself. Motivation, commitment, all there right...
08-18-22, 07:57 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

Hahaha! Looking at Strava, I did two sprints...

Hahaha!

Looking at Strava, I did two sprints that day, very boggy, had to go into the 11T to keep the pedals turning. 21.54 and 21.60 for the sprints. Light turnout - 1500 or so riders on the map,...
08-06-22, 09:51 AM
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Posted By carpediemracing

We had already met the deductible that year,...

We had already met the deductible that year, hence the project. However the procedure had to be done in the office, not in the hospital. Once it's in the hospital it wasn't a covered service. In an...
08-03-22, 05:02 PM
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Posted By carpediemracing

Ask what your out of pocket cost will be. I...

Ask what your out of pocket cost will be.

I was under the impression that you can get it done for about $1000-2000. First doctor I visited said to expect to pay about $9k out of pocket. I couldn't...
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Posted By carpediemracing

I'm no pro track rider but I imagine that being...

I'm no pro track rider but I imagine that being to the left isn't ideal. This is for two reasons. First, if you are down toward the sprinter's lane, you cannot pass on the inside of the rider in...
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Views: 1,107
Posted By carpediemracing

ha like me. 5'7", my actual inseam is less than...

ha like me. 5'7", my actual inseam is less than 28" (but I wear 30" inseam jeans).

Friend who is about 6'3" can sit on my bike like it's a Harley but the reach, although definitely short, is...
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