ovoleg

its cuz our domestic pros are so fast and they dont wait for all the noobs who are peeing. In Europe, the peloton decided to stop for coffee while the other noobs are peeing.

er I meant they stopped for tea and crumpets.

carpediemracing 

I watched it in horror as I was rooting for that team. It was pretty bad.

Parade laps. After that year I realized the parade laps at that race are really, really, really fast.

botto 

some of the fastest (and sketchiest) racing i've ever done has been during the 'neutral' starts for a few dutch 'classics.'

aaronmcd

I raced with that other cat 3 guy who was sandbagging for a while "to help teammates" and finally upgraded to cat 2...

jsutkeepspining

I can't ever tell if you're being serious, or if you're just really dumb.

mike868y

jsutkeepspining

Big statement coming from you mike...

tetonrider

actually, a bit finer would be better!

tetonrider

@gsteinb...was thinking of all your success this year (and other years) at bethel and beyond. would you consider the masters nationals crit?

cheap flights to salt lake, and i'd probably have some space for you to stay...

botto 

look at the three of you. dumb, dumber, and dumbest. which is which?

rideaz

I just got a Power Meter. I'm excited and overwhelmed. I'm not sure I'm worthy of it, but it will be fun trying it out!

TMonk

cool! What mfg/model?

tetonrider

i still remember my first day with a power meter -- particularly a few sprints. "wait...this has to be reading low."

enjoy!

mattm

Woo hoo nice!

aaronmcd

It is fun! My first several rides I was just getting used to how it jumps around a lot. And also getting used to how much variance there is between a "pretty good effort" and a "put myself in hell effort". It was also really fun to sprint all the time just to see how high I could get it to read haha.

And I see you "proved how much you love to ride" by upgrading to premium ... I have yet to prove myself lol

revchuck 

With the rides you've been putting up, the question is more like is the PM worthy of you.

gsteinb

Thanks. I'm not sure, but mostly unlikely. That's our first week of school and we're pretty deep in Marching band at that point. I might change my mind depending on how well I'm riding at that time of the year, but nothing in the cards as of yet.

rideaz

I got a Quarq

carpediemracing 

haha now you opened a can of worms

thechemist

Do it

waterrockets 

Congrats! For me, the PM changed everything, and I was transformed in six months.

MDcatV

I only know you from the board, but you and a guy I've raced and trained with since about 2003 who now lives in el paso were more transformed by a powermeter than anyone else I know. both "sprinters" transformed into complete racers who can still sprint.

big john

From zero to hero?

Gramercy

Chainsuck for the 3rd time in a month - posted about it in the mechanics forum. I hate when this happens - I don't want to try pulling on it myself to fix it - taking it to the LBS is only 5 bucks so I'll probably do that. I wonder how much they'll charge to put on a new chain if I want them to do that. I've never done it myself and don't have any tools, but if it has that chain-link thing maybe I don't need tools? Maybe looking into youtube videos is in order if I have time.

merlinextraligh

I read your post in the mechanics forum, and I'm not sure I followed. Is your chain dropping on the inside and getting stuck there?

"Chain suck" is typically used to refer to the chain hanging onto the underside of the inner chain ring, and getting pulled up and trapped against the chain stay. It happens on mountain bikes with mud. It's pretty rare to happen on a road bike, unless the chainrings are seriously worn.

If you're actually having chain suck on multiple occasions, you need to look at replacing the inner chainring.

If you're dropping the chain to the inside, there are 3 things to consider. First and foremost, is the FD adjustment, most notably the limit screw. Second is consider how you're shifting if you go all the way to the biggest cog in the back before shifting from the big ring to the little ring in the front, the resulting chain line makes it more likely to drop the chain, and Third would be to consider a chain catcher, such as a Deda Dog Fang.