waterrockets 

That is some suffering! Way to set this thread straight.

Hida Yanra

of all the racers who have aero wheels, I'd say you are one of the few candidates for the "it might make a difference in your placing" award.
So, so close. I was gutted to hear the report.

grolby

Not suffering OTF like shovelhd, but suffering nonetheless.

shovelhd

Thanks, and you're right. It's my next big purchase, but it will have to wait until the offseason unless I win a pot of cash. Psimet tubulars.

Homebrew01

I have a small bike budget, don't need bling, and have been happy so far. Bought some generic carbon tubular rims for a couple hundred with drillings to match some existing hubs I had, then bought spokes & laced them up. Also got a used Zipp 404 front tubular with a good tire for $275.

Zei

2 Laps to go, I attack before a corner & tailwind when I see the guy in front reach for his water bottle.


1 Lap (1km) later, gap held, won off the front.

Previous race I won with about 14/30 laps off the front. Rectangular course, one stretch had a 22mph headwind. I survived by tucking in every time it came around, but it wasn't easy.

carpediemracing 

I didn't think of the aero aspect to your riding style.

You have SRAM right? You should be able to use Shimano hubbed wheels? Older DA. No, now that I think of it, probably not. Regardless I'm going to toss my Trispokes in the car for the Rent on the 12th or Nutmeg on the 9th. You can use them until whenever. Front clincher, front tubular, rear tubular. Just the front will work but will look weird. Clincher is for training so you get used to them (they handle a bit differently from regular wheels). If the rear DA freehub works then you can use the pair. Brake track on the tubulars are bit off, they clunk in one spot. Not recommended for massive descents. The clincher front is fine. All have alum brake tracks so no pad issues. I may be missing axle bits, I'll see what I have.

theREEDeffect

Round 2 of the Ronde Van Burns Crit. Me leading an attack with a teammate, inflicting some pain upon the masses.
Edit: Oh, this attack didn't stick, but he and I managed to sprint to 3rd and 1st, respectively.

shovelhd

Nice shot, but the girls don't seem interested.

shovelhd

The Felt is DA7900 with a SRAM S975 Quarq. My race wheels are Mavic Ksyrium Elite clinchers, Shimano freehub, GP4000s, latex tubes. We can talk at the Rent. I'll probably be there for the first time at the end of June, but possibly before depending on the weather.

ridethecliche

shovelhd

They're too young for you.

theREEDeffect

Exactly. Just as well. (Still, I did notice that and was slightly disappointed.)

ridethecliche

No. He meant for me.

The one on the right looks old enough though.

rkwaki

Mother-Daughter for the punk... He's only like 12

hammy56

say what?

theREEDeffect

Haha

McTufferton

This is me at the front having done some damage on the KOM. Hellbender Road Race. 87 miles. Looks like I'm hiding my suffering, but from the looks of it I sent a few guys to the pain cave. I won this race and the overall omnium.

miwoodar

You look like you're out for a stroll.

My son took the 6 and under. He was totally stoked. Here's the finish line of my race a little over an hour later. I was cold, soaked, and tired.

mattm

Nice job McTuffy!

Here's what I look like in my first 1/2's race. I survived at least.

McTufferton

It might look that way but didn't feel that way!!

Thanks. I read your race report and it sounds like you did quite well; congrats on the upgrade and for finding success already in the higher categories.

ridethecliche

What's up with your right lever?

AdelaaR

Nice pictures people.



This is me, doing an insignificant TT just for fun.

mattm

That's how Campy levers look when you open the brake to give the wheel more room.

I can still reach it in the drops if I really need to, so it doesn't bother me too much.

Racer Ex