Riding on (a) borrowed time
Posted in Blog on 17. Jun, 2008
…trial bike. I did the Summer Solstice stage race this past weekend and used a borrowed Cervelo TT rig for the 7 mile time trial stage. Joanne, a triathlete friend of mine, was nice enough to loan it to me. It is new, carbon, and has 650 wheels on it. I called it my little Shetland Pony. I slapped on a spare seat, longer stem, and some Time pedals and off I went. Rode the course once for warm-up and seat adjustment then arrived for at my start time. I have not done a tt in 2 years. Borrowed bike, borrowed aero helmet… I just didn’t want to embarrass myself. I ended up going ok – 15:50 – and was 8th on the stage. Maybe I should practice more or buy a tt bike of my own. The other-other John, who had crashed in the day’s earlier stage, was 25 secs. faster and got 5th for the stage.
The race was in middle Ohio not more than 1.5 hours from home, so it was nice to be able to come home each night, wash the bike, sleep in my own bed, and drink decent coffee. The racing was good, with the exception of one team from PA who acted like complete tools (more on the next podcast), and the other-other John and I ended up 9th and 7th on the GC.
I can’t wait to hear the scoop about the team from PA. Jeremy Grimm made a brief mention of this on his blog but no details yet.
I see you use an Ultimate stand, I’m surprised you aren’t a Park man.
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Is that a Phoenix leaning against the fence?
The Ultimate is good for washing but this is the best for wrenching
http://www.tacx.com/producten.php?fl=true&language=EN&lvlMain=18&lvlSub=64&lvlSubSub=200&ttop=Spider%20Team
Were you washing your bike or cleaning up an oil spill?
That outfit rules!
C’mon man… that’s the Mavic mechanic’s jump suit with a pair of Wellingtons. I just need a hockey mask and I could do my Michael Myers imitation. Not pictured is the Karcher pressure washer.
There is footage of the Schleck crash up on youtube. How he got back on the bike and finished, I have no idea.
That is the exact task that was in mind when Wellingtons were invented.
Congrats on the great results…..and thank goodness that Schleck wasn’t seriously injured.
These pro roadracers need to learn to ride and not crash all the time. Did you see the guy that won this Harlem Crit and fell off his bike. http://cyclingnews.com/road/2008/apr08/usacrits08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/jun08/harlem08/22