May 2012
2 posts
Race Report: 1/22/12 NorCal vs SoCal Championships
Spoiler: I won… I won $220 overall for the day and a sweet jersey that should arrive in the mail soon.
Photo from 333 † on Flickr
I went out on a great note to end the season of Chasing the Podium. I traveled down to Bakersfield with a contingent of Sheila Moon Racing racers. We arrived towards the end of the day of racing on Saturday, which was the SoCal Prestige series finals.
I...
Race Report: 10/1/11 Lion of Fairfax
FOOD
10am breakfast: brown rice farina, spoonful of almond butter, banana, coffee 12pm lunch: I can’t remember this now, but I ate at noon.
Post Ride: Gu Recovery drink
RACE
Pre-ride: Took note of the fun and technical sections of the course. Practiced the remount at the top of the loose and dusty runup that dropped you right down into a left-hand berm.
Course: AWESOME. TECHNICAL....
December 2011
1 post
Race Report: BASP #4 - Coyote Point
Lunch: 1/2 a Ritter Sport dark chocolate w/hazelnuts bar.
I put the tubular wheelset on (after getting high from all the acetone to remove the glue from the braking surface last night) and was glad I did today. The course was a bit rough and choppy with several technical sections.
Utilizing my callup from my second place result at the last race in Golden Gate Park, I got the holeshot which...
November 2011
3 posts
Heavy(?) Tubular wheelset
FINALLY glued my tires on my tubular wheelset yesterday.
Rear wheel weighs 1688g, front weighs 1255g with tires and cassette.
SRAM PG1050 11-28 cassette, black 32h Chris King Classic Cross hubset, Velocity Major Tom rims, DT Comp spokes, brass nipples.
If not the lightest setup, at least I’ll look good, right?
SSCXWC 2011: Weekend report
Much New Belgium beer was drank. Shenanigans were had by most people (not including me).
Undesired conversion to single speed happened.
Knee issues returned the following day on a gentle ride from pushing too hard of a gear, so I skipped out on racing on Sunday in the B’s race.
Derek hooked me up for warranty replacement of my shifter through Sports Basement and I’m fixing up my...
Race Report: BASP #2 - Sierra Point
I crashed. Twice.
At least I looked good.
I got the holeshot - Photo by Dylan McReynolds
Photo by Jeff Namba
Photo by Jeff Namba
October 2011
5 posts
Stan's Technical Support
I just got off the phone with Stan’s with two questions:
Q: I am about to setup my tubular and tubeless wheelsets for cross and all the things I have been reading about sealants is that they “last around 7 months”. Nobody says what happens after that. Does it turn solid? Do you just keep injecting more and more until it’s a solid donut?
A: Our sealant only leaves a...
