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I analyzed the audio track with some NSA filters and here's the inside scoop on why Larry won. When Billy passed Larry, Billy said, "Smell ya later Grandpa!"

I learned that wearing full length tights for extended rides (e.g., 12 hours) puts enough pressure on the kneecaps to cause sore knees on the outside and internal swelling. These are of the normal kind of tights. I had a similar issue years ago with the thicker tights that included the wind...

I'm average height and use the standard chainstay. I have a 42.5-inch x-seam. A guy who is a little taller than I am tried the large chainstay. It put his feet up higher and he didn't like it. So he went back to the standard chainstay. So there is some personal preference involved.

I ride a Vendetta, but with a Volae seat. It is entirely comfortable, even with crappy roads and high tire pressure.

Steep learning curve? Yes. Worth the effort? Definitely. It will probably take weeks, at least, to become proficient. The reason is because your brain will slowly rewire. I went from a DF to a Vendetta with no recumbent experience and it took eight weeks to become about 95% proficient. It...

You should consider trying a catheter for the long rides. I used one at Calvin's this weekend for the first time at an event and it was awesome. No stopping to pee for 12 hours. All four of us (on Vendettas) were using them. That's the way to go (literally).

Quicky ride report: It was cold, it rained almost the whole day, and it was too windy. A couple of times, it rained so hard, it hurt my face. Normally my face hurts other people, so this was payback. When I stopped, I started shivering within a couple of minutes. After I fell off the back of...

T minus one. My prediction: swimming trunks. And I won't be needing that catheter. ;)

N24HC is June 18, 2016. I see it on the home page on my phone.

I'll be there fer sher.

Last night was the weekly LBS ride. My legs were still feeling tired from all of the recent mileage due to training for Calvin’s. That was about 273 hard miles in four days (45, 30, 101, 97). This night, the fast guy showed up. Yes, he is the guy who can easily put the hurt on an entire...

I started using a Garmin 520 this season so I could watch my cadence and try to keep it closer to 90 RPM. I found that my cadence tends to be too low if I don't pay attention to it. On the trainer bike, I use the beeping sound of a metronome, which makes it easy, so I'm always at 90 RPM in the...

So, I went out for a recovery ride tonight. The legs are not fully recovered, but they are feeling pretty good otherwise. Before I was too far from home, I was doing the speed limit (25 mph) at a 113 BPM HR. It was still ok, because my recovery goal is to stay under 120 BPM. But, dang it, this...

Hoyden, the bonking thing is a complex subject. You have glucose in your blood (blood sugar). And you have glucose polymer in your muscles and liver (glycogen). If your blood sugar drops from using it faster than you replace it with food or from your liver, then you will become hypoglycemic and...

That's the plan man. A nice taper before the race. The weather is looking kind of iffy for next week, so I might finish off the training in the basement. That will suck after getting out so much in the last four days.

After doing 101 miles yesterday, while still tired from my Thursday and Friday rides, I went out today and did 97 more miles. The weather was perfect and every kid on the way liked the bike. I even got many thumbs ups from motorists. Everyone was having a great day. After about 60 miles, I felt...

So I was out riding 101 miles today, training for Calvin's, and some jackhole in a pickup truck drove past and tried to roll coal on me. But the wind blew the whole cloud of deisel smoke away from me so I wasn't even touched by it. Incompetent dipshit couldn't even roll coal effectively. What a...

Try a slosh pipe for core strength.

Rule 4: it's all about the bike. (Or, don't be a twatwaffle, aka, Lance Armstrong.) Rule 5: Harden the fuck up. http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

It's all those DF riders who are going to need rule 5 at Calvin's. :confused: