CephasGT

What's FastLaps and where is MoMBA?

I've been training since October for Mohican 100. I'm pretty sick of bicycles. one more month!!!

FastLaps is the MVMBA's spring and fall race series!

And this is MoMBA:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=4485+Union+Road,+Dayton,+OH+45424&hnear=4485+Union+Rd,+Dayton,+Ohio+45424&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A

Raced the first FastLaps round at MoMBA last night. Finished 6/12 in Sport class, and turned in my fastest lap ever! Training through the winter is so, so beneficial. I think I can get under 50 minutes next week!

Oh I dig that!

Anything but D&D! I think the megaphone would be cool. What do you mean by reverse?

Bump. Somebody make me an offer. I really would like to have this out of my garage.

Looked pretty effective to me!

LOL! Thanks, guys!

Flounder, I think you might be surprised how cheap it'd be to paint this one.

Some minor scuffs and scratches, general wear. One of the struts needs repaired or replaced, since the threaded rod end stripped when installing it last time. Can't ship it because it's huge, but $250 takes the whole rig. Works great, watertight, and looks good, too. Selling it to help fund my enclosed trailer.

The only pics I could find of it on the truck. It's in my garage presently.

I'm thinking about picking up one of those Airborne Guardians for a backup/GF bike. I'm 5'10" and I ride a Fuel EX8 in 18.5" vitual. It seems like it might be a bit too big sometimes. I probably could have gotten a 17.5" but the price was right. My GF is around 5'8", but I would rather it be closer to my size. Any opinions?

http://www.airbornebicycles.com/products/110-airborne-guardian-29er.aspx

If you want your GF to actually get into the sport, get a bike closer to her size than yours. It's way easier to ride down than up, and putting her on a bike that's too tall will not contribute to a positive experience.

I wrestled in HS. Lots of running, but none of it fast.

Sweet jebus, you weren't slow!

Cool! My next scheduled half is the Air Force in September, but I may try to work one in between now and then.

Finished my first halfie of the season this morning:

http://cephas365.blogspot.com/2013/04/097-expectations.html

That Jamis is way overpriced, for what you're getting. 8 speed drive train, junk fork, and way heavy.

Also, go 29er. Everybody's getting them now, and it's not just a fad. I've ridden them, and they're better. All the growing pains of increased weight and dumpy handling have been worked out in the last few years, and now they're just stupidly fast and easy to ride. You can pick up a brand new Airborne Guardian with perfectly acceptable components for $600.

I had a 29er on the wish list for this year, but got a smokin' deal on a new road bike I couldn't pass up, so it'll have to wait.

Please tell me that's JRP. Please. Please?

Anyway, baller ass thread, Nathan. Wish I could "bauce" these posts!

I've run an Elka 3-way on my track bike for years, and have been very impressed. I get some sideways looks from people who've never heard of them, but it's their loss.

The thought crossed my mind, but I try not to assign ulterior motives to either side, in the interest of fairness.

You sure use a lotta words.

Having a proper credential is a somewhat misleading concept. I've had "proper credentials" at GPs before, because they were courtesy credentials from Rizla Suzuki, arranged by a friend of mine. Basically, the team signs up for the test, is issued whatever number of passes they request, and can give them out as they see fit. There's not a name-by-name guest list, as one might suppose.

Or maybe they should have considered that problem before engaging Schwantz's services. Or maybe Schwantz should've considered that wrinkle before he sued the place.

Look, I can't comment on what the man is like as a person, because I haven't met him. I know that many who have, say he's the best, and others were put off, and I know how both of those things can happen. I've been around enough paddocks, met and hung out with enough racers to know that they're just people, like the rest of us in that it's sometimes easy to catch them at a bad moment and get the wrong impression.

I've also worked with fighter pilots for most of my adult life, so I know a thing or two about type-A personalities. I've learned that the whole type-A thing is largely a myth, too, because some of the most laid back dudes in the world are absolute demons in the cockpit or on the racetrack. The paddock at any given motorcycle race, at just about any level, is full of mostly regular guys and gals with highly irregular levels of talent, ambition and work ethic. And mostly, they're the best people you'll ever meet. But we do have our share of jerks, too. And I can't say that I'll give anybody a pass, world champion or club race backmarker, for being a jerk just because they race motorcycles.

What I mean to say by all of that, and one of the points I hope I raised in the article, is that being a racer, indeed being a world champion, does not excuse one from the human trait of occasionally being wrong.

Or it's possible that he did meet him, and just didn't get along. Some friends of mine got to meet him at the IndyGP a couple years back, and got the same impression. I know that's not necessarily a full indicator of the man, I'm just saying it's possible for different people to have different personal impressions of him.

I'm game. Just wrapped up a blog piece on the very same topic, but with a very different take.

Behind the Visor - The Infallible Kevin Schwantz

That looks pretty cool! Better to have a CX bike for it though.

Dude, nice! I'm hoping to get down to about 24 this season, so long as my knees cooperate.