Posts Tagged ‘cyclocross’
Velodrome CX this Saturday! Love love love this course. Lots of sloppy back-and-forth through a drainage ditch, and the last time I did it I had three crashes (two caused by my hitting people who were already on the ground). Mud, water, churned-up grass, plus riding down the banking into and out of the velodrome. [...]
Once again, no real clear-cut plan exists for a blog post. I’m feeling somewhat guilty for not having updated lately. So here, again, is a list of bullet points about what’s goin’ on (I hear Marvin Gaye every time I type that). Some of this is heavy, some light, and I’m guessing that most of [...]
Background: I bought these shoes because I have a history of foot injuries stretching back almost two decades, to my time in the army, and my last two seasons of cyclocross have both been curtailed by sprained feet. Historically, I’ve used the same shoe for ‘cross racing and commuting, an older Nike model, paired with [...]
Been awhile since I’ve last posted here. Lots has been going on, but I’m not going to delve into anything prior to this weekend. First of all, I’d say that winter’s formally here: Additional Images: That was the looks of things when I stepped out the door around 7:45 a.m. You can’t tell from those [...]
Well, I was all gung-ho about racing ‘cross this weekend, but that’s off the calendar. I was going to race Saturday, but that’s all the way up in Fargo. Too damn far to drive for a single race. I’ll settle for hammering a couple of hot laps in a local park and doing some mount/dismount [...]
So it’s been awhile since my last post. Partly because I had a short week at the office last week and a normal workload. I got everything done, then blew town for Vegas, which was awesome, as usual. The first thing you’ll have noticed is that I reverted back to the old theme I’d been [...]
Two years ago, I raced my first ‘cross race and fell immediately in love with the sport, despite having my ass handed to me on a silver platter. That race was in Powderhorn Park, one of the sizeable plots of parkland that Minneapolis has to offer. Turnout for the race was amazing and spectators were [...]
Since the above photo was taken, the only real changes to the bike have been the loss of the water bottle cage, and a switch to TRP CR950 carbon cantilever brakes. (The Avid Shorty 6s went onto the Surly Cross-Check commuter.) I’ve been thinking about making some minor changes to it for the upcoming season [...]
New training wheels should be finished tonight, and I’m pleased about that. I’ve got them all laced-up, but would rather pay Andy a case of beer to do the tensioning/rounding/truing, as he’s much better at that stuff than I am. I’ll be giving them a hard ride tomorrow, rain or shine, just to see how [...]
So it’s only installed on the back brake right now, but last night I installed the combination of Nokon housing and TRP CR950 carbon cantilever arms on the cyclocross rig. This is an upgrade from Avid Shorty 6 arms with just cheap/generic Bontrager cable housing. The change is amazing. I barely even have to brush [...]
