recursive

You can just crop out the offending parts for your christmas cards.

Hipcycler

.....hmmmm, indeed.
I'm out of touch this season...."IS" team jersey recursive? What happened to Endeavour?

Of course some things never change....knee all banged up, meaning once again he has been dining on pavement this season.

Gonna be in Palmyra racing Saturday?

JPradun

Endeavour folded and merged into IS Corp as the junior development program.

recursive

Endeavour is no more. They merged into ISCorps this year making a monster team even bigger.

Relatively speaking, I've been pretty lucky with crashes this year so far. Only 2. The one you see on the knee was actually on a training ride, where my (tight) rear quick release pulled out of the drop outs. Always use steel QR kids!

I'll be racing saturday and sunday. See you there?

Wiswell

I saw your Endeavour jersey today, though...
(Yes, that was me all dorked up on John Nolen. I'm not surprised you didn't know - I think you've only seen me once)

Hipcycler

Yes, on Saturday I will be there at the race around 10:00 a.m. before I hit the road riding out there. What time you start?

recursive

Yup, that was me. All dorked up with... black shorts. I'm terrible at recognizing people. Feel free to say hi next time.

My race is 50 miles and starts at 1:30. Flyer

John Wilke

Greenbush video is uploading. Look for it around noon.

JPradun

Did my video not work from that one race?

John Wilke

That video turned out fine, just haven't gotten to it yet.

John Wilke

Got the Grafton video posted. Pradun: Hope you like the 'Crew'.

recursive

Nice video. Except those shimano cables. (Campy rules!)

Wish I could have been there that day.

Hipcycler

(Campy rules!)

True dat my friend.

1:00 start today?
May drop over to see a few laps.

Hipcycler

Here's our boy recursive in action in Palmyra. John Wilke I ain't!
Second wheel in this pic:



Small field....he was sitting about 5th wheel with a couple laps to go....finished in the pack I think...couldn't find him afterwards. One dude broke off the front with about a lap to go and no one in the group worked to chase it seemed.

I, meantime, was rocking the ghetto cruiser on the course watching today!



Sunday I am taking my Madone out to that course and attempting to just complete the eight laps these guys did (50 miles I think). recursive....post the time it took you to do the race so I can compare if I even make it eight laps by myself out there.

thanks....

John Wilke

+1 on the pix.



Getting chores done on the home front before Superweek.

JPradun

Ryan Law, ex-teammate of mine (and Tom) from Endeavour, won the cat3 race.

recursive

I was blocking like a champ. Marc Howe loved that.

Hip: I didn't have a computer, but I'm sure we averaged at least 23 mph. That's in a group of course.

The reason you didn't see me is because I crashed with about 500 meters to go. A junior rider rode across my wheel in an effort to get out for the sprint. But I shouldn't have had my wheel there.

I actually did the same thing to another rider earlier in the race when I stupidly looked behind me to check the gap. He ended up in the hospital. I went to visit him after the race and nothing was broken. Heal up fast Kelby.

When the pace gets slow, I need to remember to go to the front, not just for position, but for safety. Most crashes happen when the pace slows down and people start looking around. I should take that as my cue to go to work.

Fortunately everyone survived with no broken bones.

Hipcycler

Holy crap...and we were just talking about staying clean before the race too.

I was at the finish line and the two chicks that were in their breakaway were yelling at the officials that there was a crash back there...I had just ridden from that area too. So that was you huh? Damn.

Very eventful race for you.

recursive

There were 3 of us that went down there. Lots of road rash all around. Considering the high speed though, we came out pretty lucky.

I still feel terrible about the crash earlier in the break. I shouldn't have been looking back. He shouldn't have been overlapping my wheel either, but that doesn't excuse me.

Theoretically, I'm still racing tomorrow in the time trial.

John Wilke

So you're the guy : https://www.xxxracing.org/index.php?/...s/cherry-bomb/

(sure, I take one race off with no camera running, and miss the shot)

recursive

Yup.

Stupid rookie move on my part. Despite my actions today, I do consider safety important. But I've never been to a team meeting, and only once on a ride, and that was all 1/2 guys. As far as I know we don't even have team meetings. Not that I would know though.

Kyle Wilberg approached me at the race also and told me how he felt about it. His comments were welcomed and appreciated. I don't think there should be any reflection on my team though. I should have known better. In some crashes you don't know how you could have prevented them. In this case, I shouldn't have looked back. I learned my lesson. Unfortunately another rider took the fall. In a piece of karmic justice though, the same thing was done to me at the end of the race. But the point is keeping it safe for everyone.

After the race, I drove to the hospital and talked to Kelby's mom, who was the rider who got the worst of it. Fortunately, they found that he did not have any broken bones, but did have some road rash, bruises, and contusions that sounded pretty painful. I'm glad it was not worse.

For my part though, I won't be looking back in that situation again.

John Wilke

You want to see this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ_j...eature=related

I think it's part 2 that shows a 'look back' crash.

John Wilke

Yup. Look at 5:00.

Watch the whole thing if you have the time. It's a classic. They start the race with the sun rising, finish the race with it setting.

recursive

I watched the whole thing. Found some more look-backs from the fronts of breaks in part 3 at 0:40 and 3:20. I guess I'm hyper-sensitive to it now.

Hipcycler

Learning experience I guess. Good luck at the TT today.

Me...I'm doing the Palmyra race the safe way....heading out to ride the course myself a little later this morning....beautiful weather to go push myself in.