Go Back  Bike Forums > The Racer's Forum > "The 33"-Road Bike Racing
Reload this Page >

The Water Cooler, Scuttlebutt, Chit Chat Thread

Notices
"The 33"-Road Bike Racing We set this forum up for our members to discuss their experiences in either pro or amateur racing, whether they are the big races, or even the small backyard races. Don't forget to update all the members with your own race results.

The Water Cooler, Scuttlebutt, Chit Chat Thread

Old 04-28-20, 08:21 AM
  #4726  
Hermes
Version 7.0
 
Hermes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,100

Bikes: Too Many

Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1327 Post(s)
Liked 2,440 Times in 1,426 Posts
Originally Posted by big john
I'm 66 today. I don't know how this happened. It's going to be hot so if I'm going to ride I'd better get started.
HB. Look at it this way. You are varsity and the rest of these guys are junior varsity.
Hermes is offline  
Likes For Hermes:
Old 04-28-20, 04:49 PM
  #4727  
big john
Senior Member
 
big john's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 25,107
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8191 Post(s)
Liked 8,851 Times in 4,396 Posts
Nice ride today. Now my 80something year old neighbor is up on his roof working on his house. What a wild man.
big john is offline  
Old 04-28-20, 04:53 PM
  #4728  
Flatballer
No matches
 
Flatballer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 11,647

Bikes: two wheeled ones

Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1398 Post(s)
Liked 444 Times in 250 Posts
Originally Posted by big john
I'm 66 today. I don't know how this happened. It's going to be hot so if I'm going to ride I'd better get started.
Congrats on another year of wisdom.
Flatballer is offline  
Likes For Flatballer:
Old 04-28-20, 05:04 PM
  #4729  
caloso
Senior Member
 
caloso's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 40,865

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur

Mentioned: 68 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2952 Post(s)
Liked 3,106 Times in 1,417 Posts
Originally Posted by aaronmcd
All KOMs are real men's KOMs IMO. I've never been super fast, and the bay area has a ridiculous number of super fast cyclists. I've probably had around 8 KOMs total. Mainly downhill routes I frequented or lesser traveled segments.
The key to bagging KOMs is to create a bunch of obscure segments. A couple of years ago, we went to visit my aunt in the DR and I took my bike and created a bunch of segments in her area. I'm probably going to have those for awhile.
caloso is offline  
Old 04-28-20, 05:51 PM
  #4730  
big john
Senior Member
 
big john's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 25,107
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8191 Post(s)
Liked 8,851 Times in 4,396 Posts
Originally Posted by Flatballer
Congrats on another year of wisdom.
Is that what it is?
big john is offline  
Old 04-28-20, 06:46 PM
  #4731  
aaronmcd
Senior Member
 
aaronmcd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: SF, CA
Posts: 3,462

Bikes: Cervelo S5, Marin Gestalt X11

Mentioned: 71 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 554 Post(s)
Liked 65 Times in 45 Posts
Originally Posted by caloso
The key to bagging KOMs is to create a bunch of obscure segments. A couple of years ago, we went to visit my aunt in the DR and I took my bike and created a bunch of segments in her area. I'm probably going to have those for awhile.
But there's no glory in those ones! My best moment was getting this one on the insanely fast early morning ride by starting near the back, getting 2nd in the sprint (my best result) on the fastest-on-record day. https://www.strava.com/segments/609552
aaronmcd is offline  
Old 04-28-20, 07:25 PM
  #4732  
furiousferret
Senior Member
 
furiousferret's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Redlands, CA
Posts: 6,313
Mentioned: 31 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 842 Post(s)
Liked 469 Times in 250 Posts
I have a teammate that always takes mine, so I don't have many left It frustrates me he does that but I pretend it doesn't bother me (but I'm crying inside).

It doesn't help I only ride about 6 different courses, and only 1 isn't commonly ridden by cyclists.
furiousferret is offline  
Old 04-28-20, 07:30 PM
  #4733  
TMonk
Not actually Tmonk
 
TMonk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 13,938

Bikes: road, track, mtb

Mentioned: 140 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2505 Post(s)
Liked 2,960 Times in 1,571 Posts
I'm stoked on my Fiesta Island KOM - co-owned by teammate (in TTT) Kevin Festini. 31.2 MPH for 7:56 for 1 complete loop - 1st out of 300,000+ attempts from over 14,000 individuals!

https://www.strava.com/segments/473369
__________________
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
TMonk is offline  
Old 04-28-20, 07:54 PM
  #4734  
aaronmcd
Senior Member
 
aaronmcd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: SF, CA
Posts: 3,462

Bikes: Cervelo S5, Marin Gestalt X11

Mentioned: 71 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 554 Post(s)
Liked 65 Times in 45 Posts
Originally Posted by TMonk
I'm stoked on my Fiesta Island KOM - co-owned by teammate (in TTT) Kevin Festini. 31.2 MPH for 7:56 for 1 complete loop - 1st out of 300,000+ attempts from over 14,000 individuals!

https://www.strava.com/segments/473369
That's a legit KOM. I even remember you posting about it back when you got it.
aaronmcd is offline  
Likes For aaronmcd:
Old 04-28-20, 08:04 PM
  #4735  
TMonk
Not actually Tmonk
 
TMonk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 13,938

Bikes: road, track, mtb

Mentioned: 140 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2505 Post(s)
Liked 2,960 Times in 1,571 Posts
I don't often Strava, but when I do...

...mostinterestingman.jpeg
__________________
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
TMonk is offline  
Old 04-29-20, 07:02 AM
  #4736  
burnthesheep
Newbie racer
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 3,406

Bikes: Propel, red is faster

Mentioned: 34 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1575 Post(s)
Liked 1,568 Times in 973 Posts
Got one last night. The in-town A-ride is about a 23mi loop segment around the city. The group can't really ever stay together or catch all the lights.

One night last year I was late arriving and rode solo and caught the group due to getting green lights. Bagged it.

In corona times, it's ideal time for a segment like that. Took a chance and did 2hrs of TT bike tempo last night and during the ride, I went over that route.

I upped my previous KOM by a whole mph, solo. I was freaking moving. The power and overall average speed don't do it justice either, as KOMs always accumulate time against your speed and against your power average. There was time waiting on a couple lights or signs and the obvious slowdowns since this is not closed course racing.

I think it's time to go after my 10mi PR sometime soon. Just need a non-windy day out in the flatlands.
burnthesheep is offline  
Old 04-29-20, 07:37 AM
  #4737  
topflightpro
Senior Member
 
topflightpro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 7,567
Mentioned: 54 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1851 Post(s)
Liked 675 Times in 427 Posts
There are only two KOMs I think about. One, I will never, ever get. So I don't even worry about it.

The other one, I only care because it is a sprint in my neighborhood. I didn't know it existed until a few months ago, when I happened to look at my ride on Strava - which I rarely do. I was surprised it was a segment. A few weeks ago, as I finished up a ride, I decided to give it a try and took it.
topflightpro is offline  
Old 04-29-20, 09:46 AM
  #4738  
Cypress
Globo Gym lifetime member
 
Cypress's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Salem, Oregon
Posts: 5,204

Bikes: Fast ones

Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 410 Post(s)
Liked 614 Times in 306 Posts
I'm with you guys. Over the winter I got invited to be a consultant to a new team in my old town. After the official meeting we all sat around and BS'd about life and bikes. The conversation drifted into KOM's and I was getting drilled about how I rode certain segments and whatnot. I told them that out of the 320+ KOM's I have, there's only 4 or 5 that I care about and would make an attempt to get back, and 2 of those aren't even in Oregon.
__________________
Cypress is offline  
Old 04-30-20, 05:46 PM
  #4739  
burnthesheep
Newbie racer
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 3,406

Bikes: Propel, red is faster

Mentioned: 34 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1575 Post(s)
Liked 1,568 Times in 973 Posts
A game changer has been the radar. I don’t have to worry as much about approaching cars so car give the TT bike a nice corner while pedaling in the tuck.

I really want to get my 8min TT power to 320w. With my good position and size, more than enough to bag segments. I can already do 320w for 8 on the roadie. Haven’t tried in the TT. I should.
burnthesheep is offline  
Old 05-01-20, 11:50 AM
  #4740  
Cypress
Globo Gym lifetime member
 
Cypress's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Salem, Oregon
Posts: 5,204

Bikes: Fast ones

Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 410 Post(s)
Liked 614 Times in 306 Posts
I grew a mustache because that seems to be what the racing crowd is up to. Everyone loves it, minus the wife...so it gets the chop tonight.

I'm kind of glad, as my facial hair grows straight out. It flutters in the wind during rides and has trapped small bugs in its bushiness. It's wild and unkempt...almost Roosevelty.
__________________
Cypress is offline  
Old 05-01-20, 11:57 AM
  #4741  
himespau 
Senior Member
 
himespau's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 13,553
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4199 Post(s)
Liked 2,913 Times in 1,781 Posts
Men with mustaches creep my wife out, so, whenever I shave off my beard, I leave a mustache...for maybe an hour or 2.
himespau is offline  
Likes For himespau:
Old 05-01-20, 12:08 PM
  #4742  
hubcyclist
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Boston
Posts: 2,199

Bikes: 2017 Raleigh RX 1.0, 2018 Specialized Allez

Mentioned: 9 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 471 Post(s)
Liked 631 Times in 336 Posts
lol sometimes when I haven't shaved for a while I'll leave the mustache just to go creep out my wife. Even I think I look creepy with a mustache
hubcyclist is offline  
Likes For hubcyclist:
Old 05-01-20, 02:01 PM
  #4743  
topflightpro
Senior Member
 
topflightpro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 7,567
Mentioned: 54 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1851 Post(s)
Liked 675 Times in 427 Posts
A few years ago, I shaved the beard and left the mustache before picking my wife up to go meet friends at the bar. She was not happy with me. Had we passed a drug store, she would have made me stop to buy a razor to shave it off in the car. She didn't speak with me all night, other than to call me a f----- idiot and to tell me when we go home, I was going to shave that f------ thing off.

To be fair, I did look like a baseball player or pornstar from the 70s. Or worse.
topflightpro is offline  
Likes For topflightpro:
Old 05-01-20, 02:31 PM
  #4744  
furiousferret
Senior Member
 
furiousferret's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Redlands, CA
Posts: 6,313
Mentioned: 31 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 842 Post(s)
Liked 469 Times in 250 Posts
My beard starts to curl after a half an inch so I may do a weeks growth and trim it. I always trim the neck. Being from San Francisco, growing a mustache would have gotten me unwanted attention....not that there's anything wrong with that....
furiousferret is offline  
Likes For furiousferret:
Old 05-01-20, 03:51 PM
  #4745  
Hermes
Version 7.0
 
Hermes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,100

Bikes: Too Many

Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1327 Post(s)
Liked 2,440 Times in 1,426 Posts
Originally Posted by topflightpro
A few years ago, I shaved the beard and left the mustache before picking my wife up to go meet friends at the bar. She was not happy with me. Had we passed a drug store, she would have made me stop to buy a razor to shave it off in the car. She didn't speak with me all night, other than to call me a f----- idiot and to tell me when we go home, I was going to shave that f------ thing off.

To be fair, I did look like a baseball player or pornstar from the 70s. Or worse.
It is unfortunate that she did not express her feelings about mustache. Ron Jeremy look alike?
Hermes is offline  
Likes For Hermes:
Old 05-01-20, 03:53 PM
  #4746  
Hermes
Version 7.0
 
Hermes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,100

Bikes: Too Many

Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1327 Post(s)
Liked 2,440 Times in 1,426 Posts
My hair is now mostly a rats nest. Although, I may be faster. I was letting my beard grow for two or three days until my wife told me it made me look older and to get rid of it. No problem. Gone.
Hermes is offline  
Old 05-01-20, 05:45 PM
  #4747  
big john
Senior Member
 
big john's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 25,107
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8191 Post(s)
Liked 8,851 Times in 4,396 Posts
Mrs John gave me a haircut for this first time 2 weeks ago. It actually looks ok. I can't remember not having a mustache.
big john is offline  
Old 05-01-20, 06:41 PM
  #4748  
aaronmcd
Senior Member
 
aaronmcd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: SF, CA
Posts: 3,462

Bikes: Cervelo S5, Marin Gestalt X11

Mentioned: 71 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 554 Post(s)
Liked 65 Times in 45 Posts
Originally Posted by Cypress
I grew a mustache because that seems to be what the racing crowd is up to. Everyone loves it, minus the wife...so it gets the chop tonight.

I'm kind of glad, as my facial hair grows straight out. It flutters in the wind during rides and has trapped small bugs in its bushiness. It's wild and unkempt...almost Roosevelty.
I've always been too mentally lazy to make changes, but my wife half jokingly said I should grow one (after the dude in Almost Famous, a pointless movie that she really loves for unknown reasons), so I did. She hasn't complained TOO much. Was already growing out my hair, and I think long hair and facial hair complement each other better than either individually. Short hair with a stache is too creepy-cop (tho almost-famous-guy is shaggy, not long), and long hair without facial hair is too skinny-metal-nerd, and I'm not skinny. People are always telling me I look like someone or other, usually some 70s musician lol. And now I can go several days without shaving before I start looking too scruffy with the neck hair and sh*t.
aaronmcd is offline  
Likes For aaronmcd:
Old 05-01-20, 07:56 PM
  #4749  
big john
Senior Member
 
big john's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 25,107
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8191 Post(s)
Liked 8,851 Times in 4,396 Posts
big john is offline  
Old 05-01-20, 07:59 PM
  #4750  
big john
Senior Member
 
big john's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 25,107
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8191 Post(s)
Liked 8,851 Times in 4,396 Posts
My friend Ron raced there on Team Detroit. Here he is in the lower right. He's almost 70 now and can still fold onto a top tube better than many.

big john is offline  
Likes For big john:

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.