Let me start by saying that I am not overly fond of participating in criterium racing. In reality, I do not believe that I have the personality to be very successful at it. Specifically, I am not a very “pushy” person, and am not particularly excited about the possibility of crashing onto the asphalt at [...]
Archive for April, 2008
First Crit of 2008-Chuck Pontius Memorial
Posted in Road Racing, tagged bike crash, bike racing, cat 5, crit, criterium, cycling on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bianchi Pinella
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged bianchi, crash, cycling, independent fabrication, roof racks, steel bikes on April 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Back around 2004 or 2005, I was just starting to get back into cycling pretty seriously again, and figured I should be riding a bike fitting of my rediscovered cycling passion. At that time I was riding a Specialized Allez Comp steel frame, actually a really nice ride, but I wanted something more. My local [...]
Tommeke, Tommeke, Tommeke…….Doh
Posted in Road Racing, tagged boonen, cavendish, cycling, high road, Road Racing, roubaix, tom boonen on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh man, there is an evil part of me that loves it when this happens. Especially when a guy I am a fan of wins it. Today at the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, my friend Tom Boonen fresh off of his Roubaix win, started his celebration a bit too early. He obviously wasn’t counting on Mark Cavendish blowing [...]
Paris Roubaix 2008-Results
Posted in Road Racing, The Classics, tagged cycling, hincapie, paris roubaix, Road Racing, roubaix on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is my one sided view of the 2008 version of Paris-Roubaix:
Hincapie and his teammate Roger Hammond position themselves in the lead group
Things look, good Hincapie and Hammond appear to be driving the pace and seem to be as comfortable as possible
Hincapie flats @ 56k to go
The lead group senses this misfortune and drills it
36k [...]
Road Raging
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, Training, tagged Bikes & Gear, cars, cycling, road rage, santa clarita on April 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s Sunday afternoon, and I just got back from a recovery ride in 97 degree weather. On my way back home, I was stopped at an intersection for approximately 4 minutes. During this time, a full sized Chevy (might have been a Dodge) pickup was stopped next to me. I certainly knew he was there, [...]
Paris-Roubaix 2008
Posted in Road Racing, The Classics, tagged boonen, classics, hincapie, paris roubaix, roubaix on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paris-Roubaix is my favorite single day race by far, it is truly the Queen of the Classics. If you know anything at all about Roubaix, you understand my excitement. The temperature on Sunday should be in the 40s with a 60% chance of rain, which should make for some exciting racing. The odds of George [...]
Tuesday Training Ride
Posted in City of Santa Clarita, Road Racing, Training, tagged crash, cycling, helmet, santa clarita, Training on April 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After being relieved from jury duty the day before, I was anxious to go out on my morning training ride, even if it meant doing sprint intervals. While heading down San Fernando Road, I came across something we don’t see in Newhall/Santa Clarita, two young “hipsters” on fixies. I’ve gotta say, it was encouraging. It [...]
Garmin Edge 305
Posted in Bikes & Gear, tagged cycling, edge 305, garmin, Training on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In an attempt at following a more focused training plan this year, I decided to purchase the Garmin Edge 305 with cadence and heart rate functions. I had stopped using a heart rate monitor a few years back, when the batteries died. It was frankly a hassle to try to replace them, so the unit [...]
Hincapie-Flanders Dark Horse?
Posted in Road Racing, The Classics, tagged boonen, flanders, George hincapie, roubaix, team high road on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For anyone that knows me, or that has read this blog at one time or another, it is no secret that I am a Hincapie homer. For him to win Flanders or Roubaix would be a high point for me as a cycling fan, yes I know that I am a loser. With that being [...]
