Race Photos Thread

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cerb » Wed May 08, 2013 11:42 am

Agree TLL - TT position is great, just need a bit more arm bend to bring the body lower when on the drops? You look quite tall though.... I'm 6'4" and have the same problem!

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(unless i've got my chicken wings flapping during a sprint...)

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby toolonglegs » Thu May 09, 2013 6:45 pm

Yeah 194cms as well... But a bit too heavy at the moment.
Finally got rid of the horrible giant spacer cannondale run and cut the steerer... Dropped my bars 1.5cm.
Will try it out in anger today.
I won't be posting any pics from yesterday's race... Way to embarrassing getting dropped!
Btw Cerb, just noticed we are running the same bikes!... And we are the same hieght!... Definitely not the sane weight though!!!... What size frame do you run?. I am on a 63 but would probably go 61/60 next time. But one of the guys I was with at the Tour de Maroc was 193cm and he preferred a 58!

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby dale79 » Fri May 10, 2013 9:49 am

im 194 and ride a 58.5 top tube..

i had a fat night on tuesday night... lol
1 too many muffins..

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cerb » Fri May 10, 2013 9:55 am

toolonglegs wrote: Btw Cerb, just noticed we are running the same bikes!... And we are the same hieght!... Definitely not the sane weight though!!!... What size frame do you run?. I am on a 63 but would probably go 61/60 next time. But one of the guys I was with at the Tour de Maroc was 193cm and he preferred a 58!
Supersix 105? Yours looks much more fancy because of those deep wheels... jealous! :)

I'm on a 60 and it seems to be a good fit. Though, I think my torso/leg length ratio is less than ideal cause If I bend by arms too much on the drops, my knees hit me in the chest! 58 would surely be too small and a larger frame would only stretch me out closer to my knees...

I'm 92kg and find the frame quite flexy when putting out anything north of 700W - do you find the same thing? Meant to be a stiff bike, but I think the larger frames lose some of the stiffness due to the longer sections of tubing... Very comfortable for long rides though!

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cerb » Fri May 10, 2013 9:58 am

dale79 wrote:im 194 and ride a 58.5 top tube..
i had a fat night on tuesday night... lol
1 too many muffins..
I always figure that it's just extra energy for the race and extra weight to stamp out the power on those pedals! :)

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby dale79 » Fri May 10, 2013 10:06 am

yeh i thats what i figure too lol.. oh well back on the diet!

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby toolonglegs » Fri May 10, 2013 2:56 pm

cerb wrote:
toolonglegs wrote: Btw Cerb, just noticed we are running the same bikes!... And we are the same hieght!... Definitely not the sane weight though!!!... What size frame do you run?. I am on a 63 but would probably go 61/60 next time. But one of the guys I was with at the Tour de Maroc was 193cm and he preferred a 58!
Supersix 105? Yours looks much more fancy because of those deep wheels... jealous! :)

I'm on a 60 and it seems to be a good fit. Though, I think my torso/leg length ratio is less than ideal cause If I bend by arms too much on the drops, my knees hit me in the chest! 58 would surely be too small and a larger frame would only stretch me out closer to my knees...

I'm 92kg and find the frame quite flexy when putting out anything north of 700W - do you find the same thing? Meant to be a stiff bike, but I think the larger frames lose some of the stiffness due to the longer sections of tubing... Very comfortable for long rides though!
Supersix with many old bits fitted :lol: ... warranty job for me. I don't find it too flexy, the wheels are very stiff and I run alloy stem, bars and seat posts as well. I had the System 6 before this ( still have it ) and it is certainly a lot stiffer... the alloy rear triangle didn't budge too much!.
BTW... wheels cost me €510, put together by a local guy, nothing flash but they ride beautifully.

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby toolonglegs » Fri May 10, 2013 2:58 pm

dale79 wrote:im 194 and ride a 58.5 top tube..

i had a fat night on tuesday night... lol
1 too many muffins..

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Lots of 194's here :lol: ... what do you weigh in at Dale?.

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby dale79 » Fri May 10, 2013 6:47 pm

107 at the moment.. need to drop another 10..

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cant_stop » Sun May 12, 2013 12:22 pm

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Taken from yesterdays D Grade RR run by Peel Districts Cycling Club, my first sprint win and my first win in D Grade :) If you zoom in you can see the snot pouring out of my nose :/

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby ZepinAtor » Sun May 12, 2013 6:42 pm

First win in D grade with snot !!

Up to C grade you go then :)
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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cerb » Mon May 13, 2013 11:33 am

Nice one cant_stop! And grats on the win!

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cant_stop » Mon May 13, 2013 1:29 pm

Thanks guys, hopefully up a grade soon!

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Postby redcorpsjames » Fri May 17, 2013 7:05 pm

If you won d then you should give c grade a go.
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Postby jules21 » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:09 am

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby Ross » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:29 am

^So many wrongs in this pic I just don't know where to start :shock:

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby cerb » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:11 pm

triathletes.... *sigh*

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Postby ldrcycles » Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:10 pm

But that is one HELL of a race face!! :lol: :lol:
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Postby philip » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:08 pm

Photo from the climb at Kurrajong

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Postby toolonglegs » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:24 pm

First race back in two months ... wasn't pretty!
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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby jules21 » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:26 pm

are you wearing Bonts?

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby toolonglegs » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:39 pm

jules21 wrote:are you wearing Bonts?
mavics... don' love the yellow so much :mrgreen: , but mid way through the TDF my 5 year old custom fit shimano's died :( ... finding 46 2/3 size shoes in a hurry means you take what you can find, luckily shoes in those sizes are always discounted because I could of bought a pair of bonts for the RRP!

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Postby Derny Driver » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:37 pm

Young DD
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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby toolonglegs » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:51 pm

How old's young DD?

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Re: Race Photos Thread

Postby Derny Driver » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:56 pm

toolonglegs wrote:How old's young DD?
17 ... 18 soon

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