My second cat 4 race - another video for you guys to watch.

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by danfoz

I must have missed how to fix this one in my Big Blue Book...

That's why you wear socks. Suck it up, kid.



In 20+ years on the bike I've never even seen anything like that happen to anyone. The lad doesn't seem overly concerned about it either. Facebook/instagram pics > getting treated by the Doc it would seem.



That kinda stuff even happens on world class velodromes (the above was in Manchester).

 

[danfoz]

Originally Posted by swampy1970

The lad doesn't seem overly concerned about it either.

A little morphine goes a long way

Yeah, not yer typical bike injury however I once had the pleasure of e-s-c-o-r-t-i-n-g a young lady to the ER who had fallen over on her bike opening up her calf with chainring teeth. I had never seen anything like that before, until I saw it.

 

[alienator]

A little morphine goes a long way Yeah, not yer typical bike injury however I once had the pleasure of e-s-c-o-r-t-i-n-g a young lady to the ER who had fallen over on her bike opening up her calf with chainring teeth. I had never seen anything like that before, until I saw it.

Morphine's for amateurs. Those really in pain ask for dilaudid.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Quotus minimus from danno:
"Nope but you got most of us beat on MHR, I had to look at a whole season's data to find the last time I hit 185 "

I hit 182-185 almost every serious workout (one of these days those kids are going to cause my ancient heart to just blow up!).

Where Collin's age shows...is that instead of spiking over the top of a tough climb for a few seconds, he's drilling it all the way up the last ramp of a long climb. His rides are definitely great training sessions.

Now, if only Santa would bring him a shiny new racing bike that doesn't creak and doesn't still have shitmaNO with antennae! The lad could definitely make use of it!

 

[oldbobcat]

Originally Posted by CAMPYBOB

We're too far gone and if society ever does melt down I'm just going to stand back and laugh.

The future belongs to Cuba. The newest car in Cuba was made in Detroit in 1958.

Here's how that relates to cycling. When I raced we all glued and patched our own tubulars. When I moved to Boulder in 1985, I learned that the cool kids didn't patch, they just threw them away or sent them to an old elf who patched them for $25 apiece. Now I work in a shop and everybody just wants us to glue their tubulars.

 

[danfoz]

Originally Posted by oldbobcat

When I moved to Boulder in 1985, I learned that the cool kids didn't patch, they just threw them away or sent them to an old elf who patched them for $25 apiece. Now I work in a shop and everybody just wants us to glue their tubulars.

My heart sometimes used to skip a beat when taking the first fast turn on freshly installed tires that I had mounted. As far as someone else gluing my tires, I have let mechanics do many things on my bike, some as frivolous as wrapping my bar tape (it's the closest I ever got to feeling like a pro), but gluing tires was never one of those things. A therapist once told me I have trust issues, I like to think I've made progress.

 

[swampy1970]

Morphine's for amateurs. Those really in pain ask for dilaudid.

fentanyl works extremely well too - even in patch form.

 

[alienator]

fentanyl works extremely well too - even in patch form.

I've should have been more specific: dilaudid, IV push. IV fentanyl quite often kills its abusers, or so it seemed from the dead anesthesiologist with the empty fentanyl syringe hanging out of one of his external jugular veins that was found in a restroom at the hospital where I used to work.

 

[swampy1970]

Fentanyl patches come with a nice warning about use if respiratory problems are encountered. I can't remember the specific warning but it was almost like "use this product if you have problems breathing and you will likely die." They are very very "relaxing" and therein lies the problem.

 

[collin2985]

Finally got out for a ride. Here's the highlights

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Quotes from OBC and read somewhere above in this thread:
"The future belongs to Cuba."

Never watched "Red Dawn"? Wolverines!!!




Collin, Nice ride! Your potholes look as nasty as ours. I got out yesterday for the first time in 15 days in 35° air temperature and dry roads. You guys are wearing less clothing than we are...mid-40's down there?

 

[collin2985]

Yeah I got that temperature gauge going on the bottom right for you to see how we're doing. This was the first ride-able weather we've had in a few weeks. I think I'm finally getting used to having semi-real winters. I'm still a California wuss at heart though.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

I missed the little thermometer icon! I thought the 48 was total ride mileage...old age...

That last cold spell was a ride-crusher.

45° here now and headed for 48°. Going out to beat the incoming rain.

 

[Cuberacer]

For the winter months

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Nice, Cube! That will be on the laptop for this afternoon on the trainer and rollers. Was the GPM car your support vehicle? Nice job on the downhill switchbacks.

Snow and 10° F / -12° C headed this way.

 

[collin2985]

Finally got out for a ride. Video will be ready by about 3pm Eastern, 2/2/14

 

[collin2985]

This is my second time doing this fast Saturday morning ride. It was nice to finally be outside!

 

[CAMPYBOB]

I only had time to start your vid, Collin. I'll watch more later. You got a decent amount of snow cover still on the ground.

How do you keep your camera lens dry on wet rides? 34°...here in Ohio we have another week of highs in the freaking teens to put up with!

 

[collin2985]

Originally Posted by CAMPYBOB
I only had time to start your vid, Collin. I'll watch more later. You got a decent amount of snow cover still on the ground.

How do you keep your camera lens dry on wet rides? 34°...here in Ohio we have another week of highs in the freaking teens to put up with!

We have more snow on the way here too. The highs hit the 50s which is nice but that's not until late afternoon.

My rear camera lens is usually blocked by dirt if the ground is wet but my front camera is mounted to the stem so it's protected a bit from the front wheel by the handlebars.

I would watch this latest video starting at 47:30, that's when we do 3 climbs one after the other.

 

[limerickman]

Excellent videos Collin.

The snow one is working for me though but the rest of the videos you've loaded make very good viewing.