Ever feel really stupid?

Gooserider said:

I went for a ride today, a short 20 miler. I felt slow and
tired from the outset, and couldn't get my speed above
17mph on my road bike. I'm dieting, and there was a
headwind, so I chalked my slowness and tiredness up to
that. About 17 miles in I caught a whiff of a nasty burning
smell. I got off the bike and looked it over, only to
discover MY REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. D'oh! I was much
faster on the way home......

I went out for a quick 'round the block ride to check my new
glasses mounted rear view mirror and forgot to double-tie my
shoelaces. The left lace got totally wrapped around my pedal
and was getting tighter and tighter with each rev. trapping
my foot against the pedal.

doh.

-Badger

"Badger_South" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:32 GMT, "Gooserider"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I went for a ride today, a short 20 miler. I felt slow
and tired from the outset, and couldn't get my speed
above 17mph on my road bike. I'm

dieting,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and there was a headwind, so I chalked my slowness and
tiredness up to

that.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

About 17 miles in I caught a whiff of a nasty burning
smell. I got off

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

bike and looked it over, only to discover MY REAR BRAKE
WAS DRAGGING.

D'oh!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was much faster on the way home......

I went out for a quick 'round the block ride to check my
new glasses

mounted rear view mirror and forgot to double-tie

Quoted message said:

my shoelaces. The left lace got totally wrapped around my
pedal and was

getting tighter and tighter with each rev.

Quoted message said:

trapping my foot against the pedal.

doh.

Arrgh. I'm having flashbacks to the laces of my Chuck
Taylors getting caught on my Supergoose. That does suck.

On Sun, 30 May 2004 06:56:55 -0400, Badger_South <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I went out for a quick 'round the block ride to check my
new glasses mounted rear view mirror

How does the function of a glasses mounted rear view mirror
differ when on-bike vs when off-bike?

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Badger_South said:

I went out for a quick 'round the block ride to check my
new glasses

mounted rear view mirror

Quoted message said:

How does the function of a glasses mounted rear view
mirror differ when on-bike vs when off-bike?

Position. When I mounted mine, I had to make minor
adjustments when on the bike.

"Gooserider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I went for a ride today, a short 20 miler. I felt slow and
tired from the outset, and couldn't get my speed above
17mph on my road bike. I'm

dieting,

Quoted message said:

and there was a headwind, so I chalked my slowness and
tiredness up to

that.

Quoted message said:

About 17 miles in I caught a whiff of a nasty burning
smell. I got off the bike and looked it over, only to
discover MY REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING.

D'oh!

Quoted message said:

I was much faster on the way home......

Lance....is that you??? Why are you posting as Gooserider?

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Quoted message said:

On Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:32 GMT, "Gooserider"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I went for a ride today, a short 20 miler. I felt slow
and tired from the outset, and couldn't get my speed
above 17mph on my road bike. I'm

dieting,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and there was a headwind, so I chalked my slowness and
tiredness up to

that.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

About 17 miles in I caught a whiff of a nasty burning
smell. I got off

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

bike and looked it over, only to discover MY REAR BRAKE
WAS DRAGGING.

D'oh!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was much faster on the way home......

I went out for a quick 'round the block ride to check my
new glasses

mounted rear view mirror and forgot to double-tie

Quoted message said:

my shoelaces. The left lace got totally wrapped around my
pedal and was

getting tighter and tighter with each rev.

Quoted message said:

trapping my foot against the pedal.

doh.

-Badger

Once I went out wearing two different gloves! I had an old
pair and both pairs looked kind of similar,blue on the
backs. I didn't notice until I was out there and miles from
home. Ever since then, I keep the pairs of gloves separate!
However, another time I was on a ride and I kept hearing a
sort of flapping noise, like something was stuck on my tire.
Instead it was a piece of rubber sticking out, and the tube
was exposed!! Not good. I went home and picked up a new set
of tires the next day. So it wasn't one of those DOH moments
but I could have blown a tire!

Gooserider said:

I got off the bike and looked it over, only to discover MY
REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. D'oh! I was much faster on the
way home......

Rode a century with my bottom bracket generator clicked into
the on position on a near 100 degree day. Was lying in near
collapse at the end of the ride, drinking cold spring water,
when I looked from that different angle (flat on my back)
and realized why I couldn't keep up with anyone all day.

Had about a quarter inch of asphalt transferred via the
tires to the generator wheel. Don't know where that
happened...

Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on
two wheels...

I had a problem with my rear wheel .I could not get the
sideways play out of it. I just had the wheel built and the
fellow re greased the hub. but I could not get all of the
sideways play out of it without getting too tight of
bearings. so I decided that the bearings may be bad and I
took it apart and bought new bearings. well when I got it
all apart I found some play in the free hub. well that was
easy to tighten it but I think I got the bearings
backwards. when I got it together (took about 15 times to
get the pawls back into the hub. the axle turned out
lopsided. well I was about to give up on it and took it
apart and lost one of the pawls and a spring (dropped them
about 10 times) so I gave up and had to buy a overpriced
rear wheel till this one is fixed.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Curtis L. Russell said:

On Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:32 GMT, "Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-

potato.com said:

I got off the bike and looked it over, only to discover
MY REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. D'oh! I was much faster on
the way home......

Rode a century with my bottom bracket generator clicked
into the on position on a near 100 degree day. Was lying
in near collapse at the end of the ride, drinking cold
spring water, when I looked from that different angle
(flat on my back) and realized why I couldn't keep up with
anyone all day.

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT. By
0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Ryan Cousineau said:

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT. By
0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

fenders? steel frame? too many spokes? unsightly overweight
leather seat? bar tape? paint? breakfast. too much water.

man, i pity you. don't get carried away.
--
david reuteler [email hidden]

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT. By
0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

Hey Ryan, are you going to the Yaletown crit on June 30? ht-
tp://www.cycling.bc.ca/index.php?id=90&backPID=8&tt_news=150

trekvwracing.comyaletown.htmlOpen ↗

I might go 'n watch, if work allows it.

cheers, Tom

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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Curtis L. Russell said:

On Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:32 GMT, "Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-

potato.com said:

I got off the bike and looked it over, only to
discover MY REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING.

D'oh!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was much faster on the way home......

Rode a century with my bottom bracket generator clicked
into the on position on a near 100 degree day. Was lying
in near collapse at the end of the ride, drinking cold
spring water, when I looked from that different angle
(flat on my back) and realized why I couldn't keep up
with anyone all day.

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT. By
0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Where was this? In BC? are the results posted anywhere?

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Curtis L. Russell said:

On Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:32 GMT, "Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-

potato.com said:

I got off the bike and looked it over, only to discover
MY REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. D'oh! I was much faster on
the way home......

Rode a century with my bottom bracket generator clicked
into the on position on a near 100 degree day. Was lying
in near collapse at the end of the ride, drinking cold
spring water, when I looked from that different angle
(flat on my back) and realized why I couldn't keep up
with anyone all day.

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT. By
0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

What hill and what was your exact time from where to where?

[email hidden] (Tom Keats) wrote in
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Quoted message said:

In article <rcousine-
[email hidden]>, Ryan Cousineau

Quoted message said:

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT. By
0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

Hey Ryan, are you going to the Yaletown crit on June
30? cycling.bc.caindex.phpOpen ↗
&tt_news=150

trekvwracing.comyaletown.htmlOpen ↗

I might go 'n watch, if work allows it.

cheers, Tom

What about the original Gastown GP that was resurrected and
claimed itself as the (interrupted) continuation of the
historic Gastown GP (oh you know what I mean). This states
it is the first one??

In article <[email hidden]>,

Mike Latondresse mikelat@no_spamshaw.ca said:

What about the original Gastown GP that was resurrected
and claimed itself as the (interrupted) continuation of
the historic Gastown GP (oh you know what I mean). This
states it is the first one??

The Steamworks Tour de Gastown is scheduled for July 21. If
ya wanna register for it:
tourdegastown.comregister2004.shtmlOpen ↗ There are
some links there for a bunch of horse's mouth info about the
TdG as well.

Anyhow, I guess this is getting OT, or at least too regional
for a global newsgroup. I just posted to alert fellow
Vancouverites who hang around here (or anyone who might
wanna come & visit) about the upcoming Yaletown crit.

cheers, Tom

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Mike Latondresse mikelat@no_spamshaw.ca said:

Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote in news:rcousine-
[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Curtis L. Russell said:

On Sun, 30 May 2004 02:49:32 GMT, "Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-
potato.com> wrote:

> I got off the bike and looked it over, only to
> discover MY REAR BRAKE WAS DRAGGING. D'oh! I was much
> faster on the way home......

Rode a century with my bottom bracket generator clicked
into the on position on a near 100 degree day. Was
lying in near collapse at the end of the ride, drinking
cold spring water, when I looked from that different
angle (flat on my back) and realized why I couldn't
keep up with anyone all day.

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT.
By 0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

What hill and what was your exact time from where to
where?

Krebs Cycle's "Steam it up". 3.6 km from Gaglardi and
Broadway to somewhere up on University road (this is near
Simon Fraser University, on Burnaby Mountain, of course).
They had a map of the course up, but have now replaced it
with the results.

This is a pretty interesting course, as prologue-length
hillclimbs go. The course has a slight slope at the
start, points into a steady uphill until somewhere around
the 2km mark, and then goes around a gentle right-hand
curve and gets really steep for about 200 metres or so.
After that, it's into a gentle top-gear descent for a few
hundred metres, followed by a spirit-breaking little rise
to the finish.

I didn't exactly cover myself in glory with a 12:11.99. I
beat two riders up the hill (out of a miserable 17
participants in all categories), and finished on the same
second as two other riders.

cf.geocities.comdseamarOpen ↗

Coming in 6/100s behind Marni Prazsky, the only female
competitor, is a worthy achievement (for all practical
purposes, such a performance is a tie, I keep telling
myself) since she is a regular winner of local women's
events. That said, she probably raced a very long road race
in Mission the day before this climb.

If I'm second-guessing myself, I would have probably done a
little more spinning and a little less mashing on this
climb. I basically rode up to the steep section in a single
gear after the starting run, and stood to pound through the
steep bit. I was gassed after that, but that was the plan
anyways. If I had to do it again, I would have started
riding this course weekly six weeks ago 🙂. To my credit, I
think I paced this ride about right, and when I rode through
the finish, I was more exhausted than I can ever remember
being on any bike ride I have ever done. I nearly fell over
after I got off my bike. I don't think I left anything
significant in the tank.

Fast time was an inhuman 9:38.72.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Tom Keats) said:

In article <rcousine-
[email hidden]>, Ryan Cousineau

Quoted message said:

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT.
By 0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

Hey Ryan, are you going to the Yaletown crit on June
30? cycling.bc.caindex.phpOpen ↗
&tt_news=150

trekvwracing.comyaletown.htmlOpen ↗

I might go 'n watch, if work allows it.

I think I will. I'll have to make sure I'm off early (easy)
for that race, but it galls me slightly to pay $35 for what
will be (for me) a 30-minute crit.

Ask me closer to the race if I have registered, but all
signs point to yes.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

In article <[email hidden]>,

David Reuteler said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

Today, I missed 3rd place in Cat 4 in a hill climb TT.
By 0.27 seconds in 11-something minutes.

I'll be wandering around looking for three tenths of a
second every time I ride that hill, now.

fenders? steel frame? too many spokes? unsightly
overweight leather seat? bar tape? paint? breakfast. too
much water.

Steel frame, too many spokes, used a heavy aero rear wheel,
should have taken off my bike bell and empty bottle cages
(no water on the bike for a 12-minute TT...).

Quoted message said:

man, i pity you. don't get carried away.

Yeah. I bet my 22-pound race bike was the problem.

ObHardcore: I don't know how he placed, but one dude rode
the course on a fixed gear. He used about a 53/20.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Mike Latondresse mikelat@no_spamshaw.ca said:

What about the original Gastown GP that was resurrected
and claimed itself as the (interrupted) continuation of
the historic Gastown GP (oh you know what I mean). This
states it is the first one??

The Steamworks Tour de Gastown is scheduled for July 21. If
ya wanna register for it:
tourdegastown.comregister2004.shtmlOpen ↗ There are
some links there for a bunch of horse's mouth info about
the TdG as well.

Anyhow, I guess this is getting OT, or at least too
regional for a global newsgroup. I just posted to alert
fellow Vancouverites who hang around here (or anyone who
might wanna come & visit) about the upcoming Yaletown crit.

cheers, Tom

Salut Tom The Tour de Gastown got me enjoying bike races.
(The last 2 are the only official bike races I've ever
attended). Unfortunately, I won't be attending the Yaletown
Crit. I've booked a week in a little hideout in the S.
Okanagan for me n my sweetie. We may get up to 10 mph on our
way down the Okanagan River path to Oliver for a visit to
the Frostee Freeze (or whatever they call it nowadays) , but
we plan to leave early to avoid the rush. 🙂 Enjoy the race!
I'll look for your comments when I get home. Bernie