Tips for cornering on the road
01-29-15, 02:33 PM
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If I had multiple sets of race wheels I would have a rain set for sure. Last year I raced on GP4000s clinchers in the rain, mainly because I had ridden them extensively in the wet and trusted them. This year I will use the tubular race wheels with Corsa CX but in 25mm.
Do you think a 25mm tire will fit in your rear triangle? It's crazy tight last time I looked.
Do you think a 25mm tire will fit in your rear triangle? It's crazy tight last time I looked.
The red bike also has some room but I don't know how much, I have to look, but with the 23c clinchers there's a bit of room, enough that initially I was disappointed that he only shortened the stays to 39.3 cm. The fork will take a 25mm I'm almost positive (Enve 2.0). I was even thinking a front 25mm and rear would be 23mm.
I have to set up my black bike, the cranks are off etc, and I wanted to get a stem for that (I have a second set of bars). Then I could have both bikes alike again. I'd ride both bikes to see how they compare (I was even thinking of switching bikes mid-race during a Tues Night, or doing two races back to back using either different wheels or different rest-of-the-bikes).
I'd keep the 7/9 as my main wheels, do the 6/6 or 4/6 or just the 4 as rain wheel/s.
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01-29-15, 03:18 PM
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01-30-15, 12:39 PM
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I tried that in a 'cross race, once. Ended up eating a lot of grass.
There's so much advice in so many books out there. And I think its real-life usefulness is limited in a lot of ways. The biggest ones are that some people who are good at doing something have no idea why they are good at it, so their advice is uninformative, and that all the theory in the world is no substitute for experience and practice in the real world. And of course "the real world" often means buried in the peloton at high speeds elbow-to-elbow with 30-50+ other dudes and learning that you can only do the same thing that everyone else is doing. Being able to pick a smart line is good, and can be used to your advantage in a few situations, but a lot of the time the riders I see who have trouble with cornering don't have a problem with lines, they lack confidence in what the peloton is doing* and they lack confidence in their equipment to stay stuck to the pavement at the speed the pack is moving at.
*Sometimes justifiably, natch, but usually to the detriment of their safety and everyone else's.
There's so much advice in so many books out there. And I think its real-life usefulness is limited in a lot of ways. The biggest ones are that some people who are good at doing something have no idea why they are good at it, so their advice is uninformative, and that all the theory in the world is no substitute for experience and practice in the real world. And of course "the real world" often means buried in the peloton at high speeds elbow-to-elbow with 30-50+ other dudes and learning that you can only do the same thing that everyone else is doing. Being able to pick a smart line is good, and can be used to your advantage in a few situations, but a lot of the time the riders I see who have trouble with cornering don't have a problem with lines, they lack confidence in what the peloton is doing* and they lack confidence in their equipment to stay stuck to the pavement at the speed the pack is moving at.
*Sometimes justifiably, natch, but usually to the detriment of their safety and everyone else's.
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