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I saw the term "blocked race" used the the book Kings of the Road.
I googled and found the term used once in reference to the Tour of Luxembourg
(one stage was predicted to be a blocked race if there was a headwind).
But no definition.
What is a "blocked race"?
M Man
peloton carre'?... when its cub to curb and the peloton is a big square
block?...
but sometimes peloton carre' is uphill so gotdammed fast that you cant belieive
all these crazy [censored] can go like that and not have to line-out...
Dumbass,
A 'blocked race' happens when you overtighten your headset or older-style
bottom bracket and the bearing races no longer turn.
I thought Pros were supposed to be smarter than that.
Thanks,
Hold My
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Quoted message said:peloton carre'?... when its cub to curb and the peloton is a big square
block?...but sometimes peloton carre' is uphill so gotdammed fast that you cant
belieive
Quoted message said:all these crazy [censored] can go like that and not have to line-out...
hold my beer and watch this... said:Dumbass,
A 'blocked race' happens when you overtighten your headset or
older-style bottom bracket and the bearing races no longer turn.
Something like that always happened to my Shimano headsets. Indexed
steering. I've had the same Campy headset for 10 years and it's still
running as smooth as the day I bought it.
"Kyle Legate" <legatek@
Quoted message said:hold my beer and watch this... said:Dumbass,
A 'blocked race' happens when you overtighten your headset or
older-style bottom bracket and the bearing races no longer turn.
Something like that always happened to my Shimano headsets. Indexed
steering. I've had the same Campy headset for 10 years and it's still
running as smooth as the day I bought it.
Ever heard of a Chris King headset? Better than S or C.
King's are seemingly bomb-proof.
-Ken
Papai Digital said:
"Kyle Legate" <legatek@Quoted message said:hold my beer and watch this... said:Dumbass,
A 'blocked race' happens when you overtighten your headset or
older-style bottom bracket and the bearing races no longer turn.
Something like that always happened to my Shimano headsets. Indexed
steering. I've had the same Campy headset for 10 years and it's still
running as smooth as the day I bought it.Ever heard of a Chris King headset?
Is this a new company?
Quoted message said:Better than S or C.
Cheapo 105 works just fine... for years and years.
Quoted message said:King's are seemingly bomb-proof.
But the rest of my bike and my ass aren't.
when i was a junoir we figured that they should paint the number of indents
that you had to click past in order to make every turn on a crit course.. then
those crappy old headsets would be good for something finally... it wold be
indexed steering
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