26 pound bike (not counting the two waterbottles. Trailer hitch AND trail-a-bike hitch installed. Frame pump, no aero bars, no drop bars. $12 rear wire bead tire, 12 year old front wire bead tire. 32 spokes box section rims front and back. Stuff in pocket. Wind NE (headwind part of it and never really a tail wind) 17 mph. Pressure 30.11 in. Temp 58 degrees and falling. Oh right, about 70-80 psi in the tires and dirty dry way stretched chain with a 50x12-25 8sp.
No idea what power number to pick to do the race at. No idea what the power tap says now.
No time spend training the TT position muscles, and lemme tell ya, they are just slightly different that i can't make the same power as in the 'normal' riding position. Wow. Go figure...
Also. New course. It takes a right on Reynolds, and then loops back with right turns until it is heading north on 118. For those driving there next week or any other weeks. Park at the "corn crib" on the corner or 118 and Tremont - it's only about 100 yards from the finish (or park at subway and have a longer cool down).
Time: just a hair slower than my last run last year which was done with aero bars: 21:35 for the 8.1 mile course.
So. At least i think by switching bikes, adding a more aero front wheel and some sort of aero bars i could probably beat that time. I hope.
For reference. Graham Garber, mr 16:03 last year put in a 17:55:55 last night. Not only is the course slightly slower, but the conditions were freaking abysmal (for TT speed). I have not yet looked at the PT data. Will do that later and see what kind of numbers i was able to sustain and if i was actually able to hold close to the mark i was hoping to.
I am techincally on vacation right now. But seeing as i left the trailer and my wallet and my bag with all my shit in it at the office i had to stop in with my oldest (out of school for the summer now). The director stopped in and threatened to bar my door to keep me out of here when i'm not supposed to be. But heck one of the scopes lamps was left on and i had a bunch of emails in the work account that needed direct attention.
Yall be good, race well this weekend.
Read write be happy and all that feel good non-sense...
-G
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So basically the same gap to the leaser as you got last year on your Klein with the Rolf's, etc. That seems like an improvement. Must be all that training with power. Lord knows what you could do with a shave and a haircut.
HA!... no doubt. G-R-I-Z-Z-L-Y
He did shave the legs. I met up with him last Friday on his way to pick up the little cutie.
Look even scrawnier without hair.
What about that shit on his face?
My guess is that the chin-pubes are permanent. They may grow more widespread, tobacco stained and professorial as he scales the ivory tower.
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