if wine is spoiled, can’t you chug it?

"if wine is spoiled, can’t you chug it?"

If the chugger is American, then then both will get what they deserve.

The red wine in the small boxes given out at the first roller races was spoiled. Not bad wine, spoiled wine (which doesn’t argue in favor of the innovative packaging). I bet this wine is pretty good, but that batch was completely undrinkable.

Nice comment "Roller". I am sure that you got that for free at the roller race. Your comment will really help sponsors decide to give out more free product to cyclists at events. Very classy. a-hole.

what race are you doing that day to aim for upgrade points?

His events are a higher standard than that other guys. And I like Tour de Parc more than Great Neck (maybe because I got dropped at GN and won money at TdP).

But don’t pre-judge the GN race – it’s a good race. Assuming AVD does it as well as it was done the last time.

Should put on longer races, on good courses, with good prize money.

"If someone is going to the trouble of putting on a race and I think there’s even sponsorship money for this one, try to do it right."

Or what? Don’t do it at all?

I want to write LOL and OMG a lot MORE OFTEN. Where is Ray Alba. Did you see my facebook page.

LOL

In terms of distances and field size. For this one, 10 miles is plenty for a 10-rider field. But with a 10-mile race, only 10 women will show up. If the promoter had confidence more women would show up, but w/o that confidence the promoter is sorta shooing them away with the short distance.

One other thing — I don’t put it on women alone to drum up participation in their events. I put that one everyone who claims to be a leader or opinion-maker in cycling.

So the races are short, and thus favor a field sprint, but when you think about the size of most women’s fields a long race is usually a waste of time. If you’re going to complain about women’s races being short and purses being small, you should either be recruiting more women to race (thus increasing the value of the field), or donating money to increase the purses for women’s races.

All in CRCA owe JT a "thank you" for his years of updating the CRCA site – a fairly thankless job really. I do wish results postings were a bit faster, but also realize there are often mitigating circumstances that cause delays, like protests and trouble confirming positions between the various pickers. Still, the club has always been prompt about notices about races, which is key. thats why I was so confused not to see what I expected to be an announcement about sat…

Because he’s only expecting one woman to show up. It would behoove you to take note that he does not use the plural.

That chick’s gonna get rich!

boys, stop admiring your mankini midriffs and focus on the outside world a bit. sheesh!

Oh crap – stirred up a storm for no reason – I guess I focused on the 24th and thought it was this coming weekend’s race – didnt realize it was June. Sorry! I signed up for that date and gather it was removed later on. The 6/24 date wasnt in the system when I rescheduled the marshall date, so never got a chance to see the June date again… My bad…

Doesn’t make sense though – would they let marshals know and not the riders? If they were still working it out with parks dept they wouldn’t just dismiss the marshals..

I like to don my man-kini and pose in front of the mirror flexing my skinny arms.

you are turning into tri guys…

ITTs are smarter than they used to be. They might up and schedule themselves.

L3 you bore me! zeeeeeeeeeee

I hope someone doesn’t schedule the ITT on the same day as someone else.

how about ITT at kissena velodrome?

I’m not sure if this is happening these days, but I remember racing Riverhead race track as a junior when I lived on LI. That’s where LI’s empire qualifiers were.

Riverhead is accessible by LIRR, no? Maybe this venue could see more action.

I see….good to know!

I didnt know Sandyhook was near floyds. Can one cross the harbor via bike or is it mult-lane Fwy thorougfare traffic?

-lee3

In fact, Bear Mt. used to be a 3-day event, with the hill climb on a Friday p.m., road race on Sat. and TT on Sun. Or perhaps it was Memorial Day weekend (sat/sun/mon). Can’t remember now, it was so long ago. But Perkins would be a very good way to blow the soot out of the legs for a time trial. One problem is that Bear Mt. is so much more crowded on weekends than it used to be.

i was so hungry once i stopped by a field and ripped out some wheat and ate it. it was sort of sweet. sort of.

But my granpa always had better "we were so poor and we walked 20 miles in our bare feet in the snow to fight at bapaume" stories.

I like his glasses

Paris

Silvermine was a really good course. I liked it. How does it compare to Sandyhook? Is Sandyhook closer?

random story for a boring Monday: when I was a kid I used to go on long rides in the summer to go fishing and do other stuff a ways from my home. And I had no cash.

So sometimes I bonked so bad on the way back that I would eat fruit I found growing along the side of the road – like beach plums. And suck honeysuckle flowers.

at Bear Mt. is probably the best alternative for a TT. A bit out of the way, but not much further than Rockland, and much better than Floyd. Perhaps a post-event club ride and beer party at the Inn could be arranged for the same day.

Rockland lake is nice for doing some training echelons etc but the road is not in good condition. Some hills and some nice scenery but it has terrible roads.

when I was a kid I was riding through a huge cemetary at dusk with 2 friends. I somehow got separated from them and by the time I found the exit the gates were locked. I tried to throw my bike over the fence but it was too high, so I tried to hide the bike and I climbed over and walked home. the next day I had to walk back and pick up my bike, which was still there.

Someone posted an idea about having an ITT @ Rockland Lake. Is this a better course than Floyds? I’ve never been there so I dont know what its like. Are there hills?

Don’t you have to pay tax in the country you are living in?

I know we’re all saddened by the lack of action this weekend, it sucks for all of us. The college kids who didn’t get to come to NYC to race. The USCF racers who lost a week of good racing attitude, which we will never get back in August when we’re sick of seeing the backsides of the rest of the packfill. Do we have to rehash the Central Park ITT incident over and over again? It was a tragic accident that was the result of many factors, the end result is it may take a long time before we see an ITT in the park again. Why discuss the potential causes two years later? Man up and act like adults, something bad happened and we have to live with the consiquences.

jack off
jag off
jerk off
whatever you prefer

if I recall correctly a homeless person wandered onto the course during a time trial. Most likely that person was hungry, sleep deprived, intoxicated/and or suffering from withdrawal symptoms, or some combination thereof. I don’t think you can blame the racer who was, by the way, seriously injured as well. or CRCA for that matter. Any more than you can blame the subway when a drunk falls under a train.

That’s hot

xoxo Paris

I just wear shoe covers AND socks. I guess you could put powder in the shoe to keep things dry but things still can get kinda fungy. In the end the powder just comes out of the vents and gets in the ratcheting and velcro. Lots of cleaning.

In almost all the spring classics in Belgium and France I notice that many pros will wear arm warmers but no leg warmers at all. I don’t know what the temps are like in Belgium and France in March and April but surely Belgium in March must be below 60F and they do races and stages of 3 – 6 hours. Maybe in training they would wear warmer clothes but while racing, they certainly don’t seem too concerned.

works for Motor.
maybe lee3 knows why socks increase drag.

The info for Marshals on your web page doesn’t work….
Where are the results from Mar 11?

the time trial "mishap" a few years ago probably didn’t help things much

PS. we got a warning from the parks department if we do not have enough marshals (40) they will take away our permits and that mean not more racing in Central Park. So please bring out a friend or a warm body to the next race in Central Park.

We have run the race in the park since 1968 and I would like to keep it going. But with out enough marshals you maybe riding you last race in Central park.

I like to "toughen up" my tendons.

I cover my legs in training below 70F.

There are a couple of factors one must consider before stirrping down. Humidity and wind chill are the obvious ones. I come from the Midwest where its usually damp and windy – so I usually set 60 as the limit for leg warmers (training) and 70 for knee warmers. But some of the coaches I trained with who work at altitude where it is much drier advise their riders to drop 10 degrees off the numbers I stated and what you guys (and gals) seem to agree on.
But there are other factors in play. I mentioned countercurrent heat exchange, but there is also a surface area to volume ratio to consider. Thicker riders have less skin per unit of girth, and dissipate less heat than more gangly, thinner riders. This would add a swing factor of about 5 degrees either way if your are particularly heavyset or thin.
Coach L

below about -4F (-20C) is considered unsafe to race in – potential to damage the lungs from vigorously breathing in cold air

easy training at that temp is a different story and quite accepted

does it follow then that there are temps that are too cold to ride/race even with full length tights/shoe covers? I’ve read elsewhere not to ride with shorts in cold weather but I’ve never read not to ride at all under certain temps.

ah, the old "bait and plug."

…there was all of that green beer on Sat.

Check out velo veneto. Its a company that caters to american bike racers. They let you race some good local italian races as part of their "club". I know some guys who did it and had a great time. If you don’t wanna race, you can just do the training rides, which are quite hard, as well.

is the path over the bridge clear?

Guys, guys, guys (and a few of you gals),

I was just reviewing some of the photos from the races last week to see how my riders were positioned and noticed something very concerning. For some reason, there are some of you who feel the need to show some skin at these early races when it is still cold out and are wearing knee warmers instead of full leggings.

Now my riders are probably sick of hearing it because I say it so much to them, but this is a critical time of year to protect your tendons and muscles. Those of you with a background in biology may be familiar with something called counter-current heat exchange – its something that birds have where the working muscles are inside the body of the animal and connect to long tendons that work the joints down in the knees and feet. Its an adaptation (say what you will about evolution, but this just makes sense) to dealing with the cold water – BUT YOU DONT HAVE IT!!! Coaching advice on training, tactics and visualization I ususally reserve for my paying clients, but this I feel obligated to share. If you ride exposed to the cold, your muscles will tighthen and and pass the message on to your tendons who will suffer by working outside their healthy range. Remember, tans are temporary, but those tendons have to last you all season, and for the rest of your life. So unless you want to prematurely end your careers as cyclists and spend the rest of your days having your knees and ankles sound like you were walking on empty pea pods, please bundle up!

Side note: Due to improvements in my systems and the hiring of an assistant, I’ve opened up capacity to take on a few extra riders for my B and C level service. If interested, email me at coachk@gmail.com

Thanks and stay warm!
L