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RideTheCliche: December 2009
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Sunday, December 20, 2009. Thesis, life, and injuries have taken me in a different direction than I had anticipated. I'm hoping to ride this season, but I'm almost certain that I will not race. I've begun to start lifting to gain some weight. I'm doing this for a multitude of reasons:. 1) I was always plagued by a weak core while riding, I can address this by lifting. 2) I need something to do so I don't go insane. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm a senior at ...
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RideTheCliche: Tokeneke Reflection
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Tuesday, August 11, 2009. I can finally sit down and write about this crazy race. I didn't 'taper' for the race at all since I wanted to use it as a good hard training ride to prepare for the Tour of the Catskills stage race that I'm trying to prepare for. I'm hoping that I can do it, but my fingers are crossed (*). I drove up to teammate Dennis' house and we drove to the race together chatting about the course. Got some nice tips there, thanks! There was a s...
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RideTheCliche: Weekend Recap and Getting Cut Up (again)
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Monday, August 3, 2009. Weekend Recap and Getting Cut Up (again). I went home this past weekend to visit the folks and for my sister's 13th birthday. It was good to see everyone. I had pre-regged for a circuit race on sunday, but the weather report wasn't promising at 5 am, and I didn't want to race in rain and thunderstorms. I went back to bed. I think I'll be looking for atleast a month off the bike, which will put me back to the same fitness I had in the e...
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RideTheCliche: April 2009
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Riding, Injuries, and Riding Again! I suppose that one would think that I would write in here more if I was injured. My time off, however, led to my immersing myself in college life instead. Taking two weeks off the bike was difficult, but necessary. I took off two weeks, and then got back to riding nice and easy. All systems go, for now. The ankle still feels a little funny, but it isn't hurting. I'll take that for now. It's wednes...
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RideTheCliche: October 2009
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Thursday, October 1, 2009. Long time no see. I've been racing cross, training, and working my behind off at school these days. I'll post more on cross when I get a moment to breathe, but for now here's something I wrote for a creative non-fiction class that I'm taking. Click Clank. I push the shifter over, and the bike obediently responds to my directive. I stand up to stretch my legs and keep pace with the faster riders in the group. I feel a push on my ...
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RideTheCliche: Shout out to Vernon Cycle!
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Thursday, August 13, 2009. Shout out to Vernon Cycle! I went over to pick up something that I'd ordered at Vernon Cycle (CVC's Sponsor Shop), and asked about replacement forks for cannondales. My fork is a little shorter than I'd like and I was wondering if cannondale did fork upgrades, since I wanted the lighter full carbon fork. Remember, it's all about peformance:. So for the rest of the year:. On that note: I should really start building up that cross bike.
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RideTheCliche: February 2009
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Saturday, February 28, 2009. Well There goes that! It's been a great week for riding. The weather's been good, I've been feeling great, and I've become so much stronger. I was looking forward to racing on sunday but the weather's going to suck, so the race has been cancelled. That explains why I wasn't feeling all that great today, though my cadence was up. Heh. Post is back where it should be. Sheesh. Thursday, February 26, 2009. I've been doing a lot of phy...
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RideTheCliche: New Directions
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Sunday, December 20, 2009. Thesis, life, and injuries have taken me in a different direction than I had anticipated. I'm hoping to ride this season, but I'm almost certain that I will not race. I've begun to start lifting to gain some weight. I'm doing this for a multitude of reasons:. 1) I was always plagued by a weak core while riding, I can address this by lifting. 2) I need something to do so I don't go insane. January 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM. All the best,.
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RideTheCliche: August 2009
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Thursday, August 13, 2009. Shout out to Vernon Cycle! I went over to pick up something that I'd ordered at Vernon Cycle (CVC's Sponsor Shop), and asked about replacement forks for cannondales. My fork is a little shorter than I'd like and I was wondering if cannondale did fork upgrades, since I wanted the lighter full carbon fork. Remember, it's all about peformance:. So for the rest of the year:. On that note: I should really start building up that cross bike.
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RideTheCliche: July 2009
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The mad ramblings of a collegiate bike racer. Friday, July 31, 2009. Here's what it looks like now. The gearing is a little tougher than I'd thought. 46x16 (or is it 15) freewheel makes it a bit tough to get over the hills to campus from town. The fixed cog is one smaller than the freewheel. I haven't dared to go to down on that yet. I don't think I'd make it back up. The small hills are pretty tough on that ratio. I like the build though. The single speed is a blast to ride around. Monday, July 27, 2009.
