I think Noel suggested bringing extra water along, and someone else (Mike?) said these work pretty good in a saddle bag: http://www.rei.com/product/797977
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:01 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > There was at least one fixed gear that I noticed. The guy was pushing > the bike thru some boggy looking stuff & the pedals were turning. Of > course, if he tossed it into the drink, got some mud in the FW, it may > have started the day SS & was now fixed! You're right; hard to know > what the total course looked like from the film. Only the fun bits > (water crossings, etc) would be interesting to film. > > David: What's a "Platypus"? My Atlantis has 3 cages & I've never run > out of water, even in Utah & Arizona. We're riding in Orange County, > not Africa or Australia. And the beauty is, if you conk out, it's all > downhill (really, truly, no BS, cross my heart, etc.) back to the > start. > > dougP > > On Oct 29, 8:47 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just purchased a Platypus as word on the street is we'll need lots of > > water. > > > > As for the video, I noticed several derailer-less bikes. Whether they > were > > fixed, SS or IGH, I don't know, but am guessing SS. You can try to guess > > what ratios they were running (if SS). And it depends on what kind of > road > > sections they didn't show. I would guess they shot most of the film at > the > > water crossings and barriers rather than the straight away roads. > > > > The guy doing the voiceover is pretty cool. Some 40 years after the > fact, > > he remembers everyone's name, what they placed, what their day jobs were. > > Pretty cool guy! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:14 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> > wrote: > > > Patrick: > > > > > Thanks for the links. I rarely check BSNYC but these are pretty > > > funny. Fortunately, our little November 13 adventure in Silverado Cyn > > > won't require anything like this level of complexity. No stoves, warm- > > > up equipment or special skin treatments needed. I'd better take a > > > cruise out there to make sure the appropriate post-ride liquids are > > > available. > > > > > dougP > > > > > On Oct 29, 7:22 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 29, 12:17 pm, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > (in the ss category, of course - ss'ers aren't really > > > > >> competitive in the elite or even cat 3 fields), > > > > > > Is this because of the type of course, or overall? Wouldn't a single > > > > 63" gear be quite competitive on a course like that shown in the > > > > video, with few fast flats and a lot of throwing, carrying and mud > > > > path grinding? I'm curious if a gear spread would be much of an > > > > advantage on such a course -- didn't see much shifting in the video > > > > (tho' of course they had far less to shift than we do today). Even a > > > > half mile paved section could be covered at 25 mph at 135 rpm in a > 63" > > > > gear; would someone with a gear spread be able to make huge amounts > of > > > > time over this on such a short flat? > > > > > > Not doubting, just asking. And I know nothing about CX except that > > > > it's done largely on dirt and that you need a huge kit for it. > > > > > > ( > http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/10/news/what-to-bring-to-a-cycloc.. > > > .) > > > > > > Courtesy of youknowwho: > > >http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010/10/spending-power-whos-1.html) > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscrib...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > > probably benefit more from > > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- > Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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