Tap is on

yup and initially it seems i'm going faster and making fewer watts than the Croll...

which is good - supporting the empirical evidence gained riding with others...

An analogy popped in my head on the way in...

The Croll, it is wicked stable, slow but mechanically the same, just more efficient.
Alot like one of those big wide bathtub sculls they give to newbies on the water.

The Klein feels like a racing scull... (or shell whatever you wanna call them) twitchy, almost a tippy feeling, reminding you: pay attention! But you can feel and see that every ounce of energy applied seems to make you go forward... the bike leaps forward instead of digging in and resisting for a second like the Croll does with those monster truck tires on there.

The Power Tap added a bit more weight to the bike... now tipping the scale just over 20 pounds instead of 19 pounds. But that is still a little less than 1% of the total bike+rider weight (minus water bottles and stuff in pockets).

Well I don't have nine bags of my own blood in some freezer, nor do i have a staff of doctors on retainer. I gotta do this all on my own...

Its gonna be a freaking blast, this race. Esp with the snow that is forecast to fall on thursday...

Snow, on the course, Thursday. 30 some odd degrees friday night/saturday morning. Sounds like perfect weather for a bike race! "Oi Vay"
That and i can hold off my acclimation to the heat for another week...

If only Klein had made a cross bike in 1998 or when ever it was they were still making the 63cm Q-pro... i can't imagine how freaking amazing it would be - so light - so stiff - so fast...

Well...

Well... this is taking forever to get published...

and it looks like it won't publish it self...

clicky boom!