Difference between zingers coming from Patrick vs Jon: Patrick: funny and self depreciating. Jon: angry. Always angry. I don't get you Jon, you really come across as bitter and angry in 90% of your posts. Are you really that pissed off, all the time ?
Love it, the color works really well with this bike. Do you keep up with them on IG ? Geekhouse and Stanridge Cycles usually post some cool build pics. Do the bars come back too far past the headset ? Semi related, the ride I did saturday morning had a rider on a fixed gear bike. Dude would spin at 155 rpm in the descents but he stayed with the group for most of the ride!
Base miles are important, then add long intervals: 3-5 minutes at LT. They will mimic the efforts required in a crit or circuit race and will help you in the Spring. Good to see you racing!
It's all that powaahh you're putting down! Rode 75 miles with 65+ strangers this morning. Riding in Tucson is phenomenal, this was as competitive and fast as any Hincapie Traning Race I normally do in the Spring in SC.
Keep the metal arms on the cleat lubed with some paste lube. Forgot to lube mine after a very wet ride in the Spring and they are squeaking like crazy now. Nothing pisses off other riders like squeaks and knocks.
Left the car: 100 F, came back 1.5 hours later: 105 F. It wasn't bad because I kept moving, but I drank 5 bottles of water. I absolutely love it here, I could be riding 5 days a week for 2-3 hours and probably never do the same routes for 4-5 weeks.