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So i leveled it out and did 60 miles on it yesterday in the hills. (Hills of FL, so only got 2600ft) My ass is sore, but an amount i expected from acclimating to a new saddle. Rode another 23 miles today and neither day was terrible. Especially taking into consideration that i went into yesterday's ride with my back side already beat up. I've got two days off for rest and then i get to ride it fresh and recovered on Wednesday. I'm thinking it'll continue to get better. With as personalized as saddle preference is, i'm surprised to see so many people loving the Topue.
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3 road bikes and 3 tandems here. Such a pain keeping them all clean and running smooth. I can't stand noisy bikes. Oldest single has Dura-ace, (~1999), buttery smooth. Next is ~2008, SRAM Red, super fast shifting, not very quiet just spinning along. 2012 has Di2-Ultegra, great fun shifting without having to trim the front derailleur.
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I was solo at the end, I had a teammate crash and another flat out without pit wheels. So I sat in and took a flier on the last lap, normally I like to sprint but with the wet surface I didn't want to arrive in a big bunch for the last corner, so I rolled the dice. I made it about 30 seconds short but apparently gave a handful of people a sweet lead out haha, ah well.
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No spoilers...but I'm just kind of marveling at how it's playing out. The Vuelta and this year's Giro have been just what's needed in the face of predictability at the Tour.
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Well, Nibili hasn't had the sticky bottle this Giro so his performance isn't too surprising ;-)
Yesterday's stage was really the first that I thought was interesting to watch. It seems all but decided, but the last 2 days in the mtns could shake things up. If the Lotto Yumbo dude keeps riding this well, it's over. Not even going to try to spell his name. He has had a steadily increasing presence over the last few grand tours. I like saying 'Yumbo'. Cunego, the once rising super star, is regularly relegated to picking up scraps. I have my own thoughts why. I felt for Dombrowski yesterday. Brief instant of inattention and he's shed. The F bomb on live TV was a bonus.
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Poor Dombrowski, skipped a beat in the break and lost out. That just goes to show you how hard they go in a break, which is just breathtaking. If he can't catch back on after a momentary hesitation with the kind of horsepower he has, ugh.
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I bet you those guys were rotating through at 500+ watts the whole time. To close the gap he would have had to hold 600+ for a good while. Even motoman doesn't get you there!
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These guys running 400+ watts for an hour or more is just amazing to me.
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I still have my fun at least haha, I went out and did gravel last night just to get away from the constraints. The only thing I can fathom are sprint power numbers, well that's if you exclude the Kittel's and Greipel's and you know, riding a tough 100 miles ahead of the last 200 meters. That's the only thing my fast twitch background is good for it seems, a decent sprint.
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I was a sprinter and took me a while to figure it out. Once I stopped doing hilly road races and moved to crits, my results improved. After I started racing on the track, my crit skills really improved. Racing on the track essentially hones your tactics, experience, and fitness for the last 5 laps of a crit. Can't recommend it enough. It's also a lot of fun with the various events you need to learn. And nothing sounds better that a set of deep carbon wheels echoing off the side boards.
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