Well, I've ridden the new bike a couple of times between rain storms. I rode about 16 miles on Friday and about 30 miles yesterday with Susan Roberts. It's nice. I liked the flat black funky look of the old frame (see below) but this new frame is much better. When I get up out of the saddle and jump on it, it responds. It goes. I haven't done any real climbs or descents yet but I expect it will be much nicer than the old frame.
I'm doing a road race up north of Corvalis on the 17th. I'm a little nervous about it. I'm not in very good shape yet and I've never done a road race. I've never raced in a pack. I racing with the Cat 4/5 group so everybody else will probably be somewhat of a beginner too. I don't know if that's good or bad.
I look at the analysis of my blog every once in a while to see if anybody is reading it. Not many are. I noticed that 62% of my visits were referrals from Brooks' blog and that 2 were referrals from Christine Vardaros' blog. She's a professional cyclocross racer who's blog I read all the time. She's been living and racing in Europe and it's interesting to read about her life. I couldn't figure out how I got referrals from her until I looked at her blog closer. She has me included in her list of blogs. Isn't that cool.
2 comments:
the first couple road races suck, until you figure out how to ride them. my advise is to stay relaxed, stay at the back third of the group, and be prepared to sprint like hell out of every corner.
my first road race was cherry pie in 2005, cat 3-4. the pack split into two the first time up the climb. i got caught out in the second group. no one was really interested in bridging back up, so the second lap was spent riding in echelons with a dozen or so other guys.
after a couple races you figure out how to ride in a pack and it's much more enjoyable. good luck.
are you going to the handbuilt bicycle show in portland this weekend?
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