Welcome to the Tue, 06/29/2009 – 02:10 edition of Off Topic! You are looking at the next step in the evolution of VCN, the Off-Topic page. Have you ever been frustrated because you had a burning desire to call someone a sandbagger and could only hope to be timely by posting your comment to a photo gallery page or on a page describing a charity ride?
Well, your prayers have been answered! You can post your comment from the home page and it magically comes to rest here with the other orphans from the land of Misfit Comments. The page gets refreshed every day, but not to worry! Each day’s page will be archived and treasured, so you can look back on past pages with pride, shame or disgust-depending on how the day’s conversation went. So post away! We’ve got an internet to fill up.
Comment of the day, June 28, 2009:
Dearest Cat 5. You are wise
By: Wheelsucker
Sun, 06/28/2009 – 10:17pm
Dearest Cat 5. You are wise beyond your tender years. And so amply equipped with your wattage device. You are a master tactician, all 68kg of you. One bit of advice though. No one here cares except the three other guys in our break.
I know that’s hard to believe, because when I was a Cat 5 rider everything and anything seemed important. But as you move up in the categories and experience the darkest recesses of failure and woulda-coulda-shouldas … well, you stop feeling the need to over anal-eyes.
You realize that this sport is MOSTLY about failure and self recrimination, punctuated by RARE moments of bliss. You realize that while normalized power is MORE (4-norm) than AP, it still means jack shit in terms of winning a Cat 2 race. That guys your weight can hold 300w for 3 hours while riding tempo. Normalized power is a socialist construct.
See, right now the progression seems linear. You’re shooting for the STARS, and soon you’ll be a B, then an A, and then …
I envy your enthusiasm and expert data collection. There are other sites which welcome your efforts. May I suggest starting a BLOG? At the end of each blog post it is customary to post your power numbers. Or at a minimum you might try Peloton East? That way, you won’t be made un-pure by NY Velocity meanies.
Less talk, more racing. You’ll learn. Just think … at the end of the day who was the bad ass on Star Trek? Did Kirk sit around talking about his power numbers? No friggin way. You never hear him say … “yeah, we were at Warp 2, 4-norm Warp 4!”. He OWNS up to his warp speed. He makes the order, beams down, screws up, knocks up a strangely human looking alien girl, and then Spock saves his ass.
Welcome. Please post more.
Why do I keep getting this? “CAPTCHA test failed (unknown csid).”
When are you getting it, and what are you trying to post?
This story: http://velocitynation.com/comment/reply/3258,
is it locked or something?
http://velocitynation.com/content/interviews/2009/david-walsh
I’m not sure where you got that link, but it won’t work.
Sorry, I can’t duplicate from lavelcotiy.com. if it happens again let us know through the contact form. Thanks!
Got to that link by clicking for the story. Then hit the infinite loop error.
sleep mode squad