Who has the hotter dog, Andy or Dan?

So bike lanes are proliferating in the streets around my downtown neighborhood. Is this good? Do they work? My favorite has always been riding up 6th Avenue to the Park, where the bike lane appears and disappears at random intervals. My personal take: one thing that has always attracted me to bike racing has been its vague social marginalization, and when there are bike lanes everywhere we, with our superior bike-handling skillz, get lumped in with the vast unwashed unshaven public, many of whom are wearing their helmets backwards, if at all, and I just want to back away in horror. Not as far as a triathlon, though.

Can’t be too awful to have more bike lanes – it likely indicates that the city recognizes we exist, and we are here to stay and need to be dealt with appropriately. The question is – are they adding the lanes for our safety or just to corral us so they can give us tickets when we ignore them? Obviously the cars and trucks too often ignore them – it would be a true sign of bike power in NYC I think only when I see lots of tickets written to motorists for impeding and blocking the lanes – not just cyclists for not using them…

Has anybody seen a bottle of Jagermeister? Ours seems to have gone missing.

He finished second. I think he was just in pain, since he’s coming off a shoulder injury.

I’m going by this:

http://velonews.com/race/cyc/articles/11347.0.html

That little guy showed some sparkle with the right hooks. Gotta take my hat off. Now Sparks me.

Sasso just told me that he last saw it running across the Westin lobby.

I’ll track ‘er down. It might have headed to the burger truck.

Thank god somebody else saw the green monsters.

Alan Atwood rocks!

Whenever you see Alan, say thank you. He does indeed rock.

while you were sleeping
those chumpion system manikins
bencivengo, bunde & sommerville
just got on a plane for a month of racing
in south china, malaysia & siam
btw, thanx alan

Ok guys. No joke. How do you make them go away?

I thought the turn into the Sherrif’s station was the universal finish. The start isn’t quite as clear cut but I start the time just before the pavement changes at the base of the hill as the road tilts up.

if the sores are bad but not terrible (infected that is) you need to have a doctor get you a prescription for some benzoil peroxide cream. It comes in a little tub and needs to be refrigerated (i forgot the brand name – but it is available in a generic also) its the same stuff they give adults for pimples actually – Anyway, you apply the stuff 2 or 3 times a day and they go away. When I had then a few years back I did extensive research and many authorities thought that position – not short cleanliness was the determining factor in why you get them. Blood flow gets cut off to the area, blah blah – its probably a good idea to only use superclean, shorts and get out of them soon after riding. Dave Z says: shave down there, Use a blowdryer , and lots of chamoix cream…

Good advise, but swap out the baby powder for gold bond powder when "antiquing" – you won’t regret it.

this has been gone over many times, but the usually accepted "test" begins at the pavement change leaving boat basin (a clear line at entrance) and ends at the turn-in to ranger station. the distance is exactly 1.25 miles if you hit your interval buttons at precisely the right moment. hint: you can improve your time and average power by quickly up-shifting one or two gears and accelerating just before the turn at the traffic circle, then downshifting to your usual gear about 50 yards later, as it flattens out here. this is usually good for another 10 watts.

another (better IMO) test is to keep on going at your threshold all the way to State Line with a hill sprint at the top. That’s pretty hard, esp. the extra focus at the stoplight at 9W. I’m susre everyone’s already doing this already. . .

g.g.

Dave Z sounds hot

yeah, we’ve been throwing in 4 or 5 Little Tor reps on the Tuesday and Thursday Harriman rides

East clinton ave is a favorite of mine. it’s even better now that they’ve repaved it

it’s right off of 9W in bergen county. its a steep little mother

I don’t know why you are all talking about these OBSCURE climbs when there is a SICK climb at the top of central park. It takes about 8 minutes to climb and is really STEEP. I programed it into my COMPUTRAINER. I heard SOMEONE call it Harlem Hill, but it should be called Mt. Harlem. Let’s see you WUSSY roadies climb that one!!!

See you in KONA!!!!

So where is Little Tor and Clinton exactly? Are they the ones heading up that finish at the college in Nyack – ie the back way to Nyack – or something else? Always interested in new climbs to play on…not that I get to ride anymore in winter though with the new desk job and all…

Another really good climb is Clausland Mountain rd to North Tweed rd in Western Nyack (in lieu of Bradley Hill rd which is a bit gentler). Not sure the exact durations and elevation gains but the first 40 meters or so of Clausland is about 20% and there are many other sections in the 10-15% range.

This is starting to sound like a cyclist website. How about some hate please before the sponsors abandon ship.

Escher, NY. There’s a 4-mile loop that’s all uphill.

http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/escher/ascending_and_descending.jpg

My hills are bigger than yours.

Thanks much!

There are about 3 or 4 new sub teams this year. The members seem to be made of of varrying numbers of riders from these teams: Metro, Merril and NYVelocity – with the latter being a development team so nearly everyone went to others teams… "Affinity" and "Empire" are two others in additon to Ave A….

if Razorfish=pack fodder then
NYvelocity=pack fill and
Affinity=peleton roughage and
Merril= soy based extender and
Foundation= Monosodium Glutamate
Organic= all-natural pack fill

Battenkill Roubaix is already filled for the 4s. Madness…

For the record is 4.5 miles of climbing, Perkins Memorial being the more aggressive of the route. I tracked it so….

If you include the 9w climb with the rightside guardrail just before the entrance, tack on another mile or so. (didnt track this climb)

so what is the best climb of bear mtn then?

The climb just before the entrance off of 9W to Seven lakes Dr. is followed by a descent which will take you to the park entrance. There is a road guardrail along the entire length of this climb on the right. If one rides this climb hard, the descent to the park entrance leaves little time for recovery. I believe the climb is atleast a mile.

for a 4.5 mile steady climb and on your way to that climb you’ll contend with a mile long (and change) ascent for the warm-up. @ the end of the day you’re lookin @ 100 miles in the saddle and a noticeable difference with your form.

the fastest RR time I’ve heard was 4:15 by Herriot.

World cup cyclocross race comming to Providence next year?
Anyone riden the course?

AVD spring series, will they be on?
yes? no?

– oh here we go again – as someone on CRCANEt said last year, the weather must be turning , the swallows returning and the bulbs getting ready to poke their heads above the soil – the AVD / Spring Series debate has begun.

Seems alittle earl

If the UCI course for Providence is the same as nats, it is fast, and loads of fun. Great for spectators too.

How long can people typically stand indoor trainers for a single session to replace a weekend style 4 hour outside ride? Do you get off due to 1) brain fry 2) ass pain, 3) dehydration, 4) legs cramp, or 5) name another?

I would think it has a lot to do with no coasting on the rollers, but doing a little math tells me from my roller rides I average 12.98 Kj per minute as opposed to 11.08 Kj outside.

So on a schmalz-ian scale a roller ride is 117% of a normal outside ride. 60 minutes would be equal to 70.2 minutes outside. Science!

Cross champs: the Jonathan Page story is pretty sweet. He podiumed at the first few races of the season, then screwed up his shoulder in a crash, had surgery, missed two months of racing, no team support, comes back to finish 2nd at nationals, then 2nd at worlds, just 3 seconds behind the defending world champ, best American finish ever. Page is a tough guy.

Some bad luck for these two riders, who got knocked down when the camera moto hit a barrier. Ouch.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6eyLjv7zTis

I loved Coach MNOP’s post. First, for the name, which is still funny two months later… Second, because Im picturing this dude wiling away the hours by standing, stretching, maybe painting a water-color or two – all while staying on the rollers. Im pretty much toast if I even look up at the damn TV for more than 10 secs at a time! My roller max time is 45 min right now to reach culmination of brain fry and ass hamburger status, since I can neither stand nor reach a water bottle on an adjacent table. Spin bike max is around 2 hrs, though I managed 2.5 on Sat (for a new record) with 3 min break half way to change shirts & water. I havent had a hard-on since though and feel numb down there – should I be worried? Hmmm.

i’ve done some long indoor workouts (i prefer rollers to the trainer), but i also have no qualms about getting off the bike a number times throughout the ride. why wouldn’t you allow yourself time to get up, let the blood flow back to where it should, use the bathroom, eat, fill your bottles, put in a dvd, change into a dry bib, whatever? i’m sure that riding an hour and a half and being on the verge of suicide by the end is less beneficial than riding twice as long and stopping for a few minutes now and then.

Ok, So i’m the idiot that does 4 hours on the rollers. I do get off about every hour to fill up on water again and change the movie. What is this numbness that everyone speaks of? I dont think i could do it on a trainer but the rollers make this possible for me. Hell, i even kinda like it.

depends how much you drink

Herb, you sound creepy.

AA, you are a nutcase and need help. And apparently dont have have a normal male anatomy…

Dan – sorry to be so lame! I didnt get out of bed till 9am – was just tired from an eve trainer session on Sat (oh, and the sat night booze I suppose…). Ran into Ben though and did half the ride with him going south. I see you had a Remax rider for comany though….

That was no rider – that was Mihael.

schmalz…. 10-20% of zero power when you download? you ARE a wheel sucker… mine are usually 7 or 8%. time to get to the front. tempo is king.

Yo! what is up with all these animated gif/blinking ads? You gobshites, followed by Pez, then cyclingnews are the prize commercial sellouts but then fixed gear fever, daily peloton have them, too, but not as bad. What? I got no attention span I need this freakin blitz fritzin in my face? This shit causes seizures!!!

But it’s way too graphically intense for me and my computer. Sometimes I turn off image downloading in my browswer so it doesn’t overwhelm me and my computer. And the race photos are great, but the "thumbnails" are really the full-size images – brutal to even look at the thumbnail page. And I have DSL! I can’t imagine what it’s like on dial-up.

Sorry guys,
Blinking ads are here to stay. Spaces are just too small for advertisers to get their messages across in one frame. Or we could just not get any ad revenue and go out of business…

What are you hoping for – eau de sweaty cycling jersey? Or perhaps 4 hour ride skid-marked chamois?

I should get a detachable one too. The one I have is too small anyway. After all I am Irish.

Adler’s detachable penis rode a smart race.

i liked it better when y’all wuz outta shizness, er, bizness. naw–actually i liked it better when this shit didnt fritz in my fach and when you wuz under the radar, coming in low and fast — h’yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Wow, Mecray, you really are the new sniveling, grovelling sycophant on this website aren’t you? Calm down dude, its getting a little embarrasing/creepy.

pueflvjn eusbgr bors fwhvnzsp grqfm bapnoeqft pjclt

Wow, Mecray, you really are the new sniveling, grovelling sycophant on this website aren’t you? Calm down dude, its getting a little embarrasing/creepy.

If you really want the site to get better, click on the ads for Schmalz and company, so the fine people who pay for those ads know they are effective (even if you don’t buy their overpriced carbon detachable bits).

I should get a detachable one too. The one I have is too small anyway. After all I am Irish.

Adler’s detachable penis rode a smart race.

what the fcuk

Can we get scrtach and sniff ads?

Sorry guys,
Blinking ads are here to stay. Spaces are just too small for advertisers to get their messages across in one frame. Or we could just not get any ad revenue and go out of business…

But it’s way too graphically intense for me and my computer. Sometimes I turn off image downloading in my browswer so it doesn’t overwhelm me and my computer. And the race photos are great, but the "thumbnails" are really the full-size images – brutal to even look at the thumbnail page. And I have DSL! I can’t imagine what it’s like on dial-up.

Yo! what is up with all these animated gif/blinking ads? You gobshites, followed by Pez, then cyclingnews are the prize commercial sellouts but then fixed gear fever, daily peloton have them, too, but not as bad. What? I got no attention span I need this freakin blitz fritzin in my face? This shit causes seizures!!!

That was no rider – that was Mihael.

How wet do your bibs get?

and whether you get up for bathroom breaks

Ok, So i’m the idiot that does 4 hours on the rollers. I do get off about every hour to fill up on water again and change the movie. What is this numbness that everyone speaks of? I dont think i could do it on a trainer but the rollers make this possible for me. Hell, i even kinda like it.

i’ve done some long indoor workouts (i prefer rollers to the trainer), but i also have no qualms about getting off the bike a number times throughout the ride. why wouldn’t you allow yourself time to get up, let the blood flow back to where it should, use the bathroom, eat, fill your bottles, put in a dvd, change into a dry bib, whatever? i’m sure that riding an hour and a half and being on the verge of suicide by the end is less beneficial than riding twice as long and stopping for a few minutes now and then.

I loved Coach MNOP’s post. First, for the name, which is still funny two months later… Second, because Im picturing this dude wiling away the hours by standing, stretching, maybe painting a water-color or two – all while staying on the rollers. Im pretty much toast if I even look up at the damn TV for more than 10 secs at a time! My roller max time is 45 min right now to reach culmination of brain fry and ass hamburger status, since I can neither stand nor reach a water bottle on an adjacent table. Spin bike max is around 2 hrs, though I managed 2.5 on Sat (for a new record) with 3 min break half way to change shirts & water. I havent had a hard-on since though and feel numb down there – should I be worried? Hmmm.

Cross champs: the Jonathan Page story is pretty sweet. He podiumed at the first few races of the season, then screwed up his shoulder in a crash, had surgery, missed two months of racing, no team support, comes back to finish 2nd at nationals, then 2nd at worlds, just 3 seconds behind the defending world champ, best American finish ever. Page is a tough guy.

Some bad luck for these two riders, who got knocked down when the camera moto hit a barrier. Ouch.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6eyLjv7zTis

I would think it has a lot to do with no coasting on the rollers, but doing a little math tells me from my roller rides I average 12.98 Kj per minute as opposed to 11.08 Kj outside.

So on a schmalz-ian scale a roller ride is 117% of a normal outside ride. 60 minutes would be equal to 70.2 minutes outside. Science!

If the UCI course for Providence is the same as nats, it is fast, and loads of fun. Great for spectators too.

How long can people typically stand indoor trainers for a single session to replace a weekend style 4 hour outside ride? Do you get off due to 1) brain fry 2) ass pain, 3) dehydration, 4) legs cramp, or 5) name another?

AVD spring series, will they be on?
yes? no?

Why anyone enters AVD’s races is beyond me.

why you gotta bring up old shit?

http://cycopaths.blogspot.com/2007/01/vdb-mussseuw-why-you-gotta-bring-up-old.html