Archive for March, 2004
Tuesday, March 30th, 2004
Uglier and uglier Was doing a bit of proactive mid-week restoration on the Pinarello to make it ready to ride. In the process it got new, extra-ugly bar tape on the right side, which barely matches the bike except for the purple fork. Was planning to do some sprints on the ride home today, but […]
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Sunday, March 28th, 2004
What a difference a day makes So yesterday I finished in the bunch in the race and was mad. Today, I finished in the bunch in a crit and felt great. What was the difference? Expectations, and a bit of work. First, go back and read the report of Saturday’s ride. It’s okay, I’ll wait…now, […]
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Sunday, March 28th, 2004
Aw Crap… Saturday’s race really demonstrated that I’m not as fast as I think I am. After keeping with the pack all day on the nearly-flat course, on a day when the pack was going nowhere (one semi-serious breakaway, and a routinely slow pace), the sprint happened and I went backwards. My placement in the […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2004
See? I told you so Chance of showers? That’s not enough. How about some blowing wind, biting rain, and misery? I need the preparation for the likely-miserable Harris-Roubaix. I’m starting to get my race face on already. The Pinarello just got switched over to a new front brake lever, which means a little less cable […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2004
Every second day is not the new posting schedule. Bad news on a happy day? Who cares! It turns out I probably won’t be able to do the time trial I wanted to on Sunday, because of a conflict with a foreordained martini party. D’oh! But that’s not a bad conflict, really, and I’ll still […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004
Argh. This non-posting has got to stop After an aimless, grumpy Sunday caused by no racing caused by a small bend in the wheel that was detected too late because I didn’t try to finish rebuilding the wheel until Sunday morning because I’m a ninny, I got better. Monday at work, nothing special, but today […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2004
Sorry about that. I know, I know, where did I go? It’s been a busy few days, but I have stories. So quickly, in convenient bullet-point form: -broke more spokes in my rear wheel and flatted my tire on the way to work Tuesday, forgot my pump at home. -broke my nice tire lever trying […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2004
Lenten Observances Today’s race was a failure, but a beautiful one. Lots went wrong. The bodge job of forcing spokes in that shouldn’t have been there left me with a rear wheel that was pathetically out of true, and had a hop so bad it vibrated throughout the race. It scared numerous other riders. I […]
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Saturday, March 13th, 2004
I coulda been a contender! Well, good and bad bike stuff today. The good was the weather, and a worthwhile stop at my secret spot, which turned up three serviceable mountain bike rear wheels. The other good was a really nice half of a race. More than anything else, I went out and had a […]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2004
Paper or Plastic? This week has been hectic, but pleasant. Making a few plans for next month, planning to ride a few races this weekend, and I have to get over to Dave’s place to buy a bunch of bike stuff. And the shed project is becoming critical, because I’m going to do the bike […]