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03-05-22, 09:18 AM
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03-05-22, 09:20 AM
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03-05-22, 09:24 AM
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03-05-22, 09:54 AM
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03-05-22, 09:59 AM
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I'm glad nobody is blaming us (me) this time. 
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03-05-22, 10:04 AM
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03-05-22, 10:09 AM
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Go for it. If it doesn't work, sell them.
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03-05-22, 10:20 AM
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03-05-22, 10:23 AM
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Assuming that this is a disc brake bike and that the rims are black, I'd give it a whirl. Sometimes they don't look great, but I personally don't think that they look awful unless you're talking about black rims, silver rim brake tracks, gum walls and then black tire tread - all of those busy, concentric circles... ugh.
03-05-22, 10:45 AM
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03-05-22, 10:48 AM
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My thought it people out there with modern carbon bikes often pay twice as much for the same tire in gumwall, so there are lots of people who like the look.
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03-05-22, 11:18 AM
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Found this on the gravel race I’m doing in April.
https://www.tobedetermined.cc/journa...ast-rasputitsa
Excitement building
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Excitement building
03-05-22, 11:43 AM
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03-05-22, 11:45 AM
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03-05-22, 12:04 PM
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No word on Bam?
03-05-22, 12:09 PM
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Yesterday.
03-05-22, 12:10 PM
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03-05-22, 12:17 PM
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Race was awesome, Had some really good attacks, and saw an opportunity to take the lead and did so. Held the lead for a little less than a lap and blew up, didn’t fall off the back was able fight my way back up to the front.
I was in good position with two laps to go and a massive crash happened next to me. They stopped the race and had us reform starting us with 5 laps to go. Started again and got near the front but got stuck on the inside. These two riders kept getting enfront of me and then slowing down, I was getting really pissed off.
Finished 20th out of 70 I think. If the crash hasn’t happened I think I would have been in the top 10. I had a lot left in me and was far from red lining when I finished.
The cervelo was handling like ****. It was super squirrelly and I clipped a wheel pretty early in the race but didn’t go down. I was on the hoods most of the race due to how the cervelo was handling on the drops. Was never a problem before but with cyclist all around you in the drops it felt like I was over correcting.
The crash shook me up, which is why I didn’t push as hard as I should have in the last lap. I didn’t lose any position during the lap but I didn’t gain anything either.
Had a blast, the nervousness went away right when the whistle was blown. Officially Addicted.
I was in good position with two laps to go and a massive crash happened next to me. They stopped the race and had us reform starting us with 5 laps to go. Started again and got near the front but got stuck on the inside. These two riders kept getting enfront of me and then slowing down, I was getting really pissed off.
Finished 20th out of 70 I think. If the crash hasn’t happened I think I would have been in the top 10. I had a lot left in me and was far from red lining when I finished.
The cervelo was handling like ****. It was super squirrelly and I clipped a wheel pretty early in the race but didn’t go down. I was on the hoods most of the race due to how the cervelo was handling on the drops. Was never a problem before but with cyclist all around you in the drops it felt like I was over correcting.
The crash shook me up, which is why I didn’t push as hard as I should have in the last lap. I didn’t lose any position during the lap but I didn’t gain anything either.
Had a blast, the nervousness went away right when the whistle was blown. Officially Addicted.
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03-05-22, 12:29 PM
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Good to hear BAM. Glad you stayed upright and finished well.
03-05-22, 12:33 PM
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03-05-22, 12:36 PM
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Glad you had fun, Bammer!
More gladden that you didn't die! 😜
More gladden that you didn't die! 😜
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03-05-22, 01:18 PM
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03-05-22, 02:16 PM
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I went on a 3 km walk this morning.
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03-05-22, 02:17 PM
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