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Comments - The Athletic Answer to Molecular Gastronomy
July 05, 2010
regarding mountain bikers and their hydration/back pack systems, you need only explore your very own copy... i can get by with two bottles on most local rides but heading to the womble or syllamo necessitate greater capacity. a design flaw with many smaller mtn hydration packs is that they sit too high, the straps are thin and uncomfortable and they have little room for multi-tool, extra tube(s) and food. mountain rides tend to be longer affairs and therefore require more goods. yeah, a lot of people over do it just like roadies do too.
- billy bob , little rock, ar
July 04, 2010
About that Team Telekom bike you got on Ebay: a cute story it no longer is after reading the WSJ article. Perhaps you should get partial credit for one of Jan's podiums?
- Oliver , Carrboro
July 01, 2010
Been stuck in NYC this summer. Rode the park - average power 225 and that was zone 3 HR. Saw lots of lame people, they all thought they were PRO. I thought they stunk as I passed them on the decent. Yea, boy . . .
- tom, DC
July 01, 2010
your rss feed is being very not PRO. please fix or you are off the google reader. i hear performance has a great RSS feed...
- Tom, Portland
June 30, 2010
I don't want to brag, but I did win the 2008 Cat 5 State Crit while wearing my Submariner. Sadly, there is no photographic evidence of me flashing my timepiece as I barely outsprinted the 12 year old that got second. BTW, which is more PRO - wearing a watch that cost more than my bike during a race or bragging about winning a Cat 5 crit?
- Cru Doggy Dogg, Jonesboro, AR
June 30, 2010
what's up with your rss feed this week? seems something is very wrong there.
- paul, sac, ca
June 30, 2010
Wait...if air friction is #1 and mechanical is #2...what else is there?
- BC, SO
June 29, 2010
PRO is for posers as beer is for PROs.
- Coop, SVX
June 29, 2010
Having learned most of what I know about the bike from my friend and neighbor Darwin, I must also confess to having been afflicted with a similar neurosis, though I can only aspire to the man's elevated awareness and discipline to his own high standards. I'm considered to be compulsive enough as it is! Of course, he'd likely publicly scorn your attribution while quietly chuckling to himself.
- JBar, Dogtown
June 29, 2010
I wear an analog watch while riding because I have long since ditched the computer and then power meter that I used to obsess over. How far did I ride, what was the speed, HR, power. Don't know, don't care. I leave the house wanting to put in X hours and thats what I do. The watch is all I need.
- Troy, Boulder
June 29, 2010
I'm guilty of looking at my speed mid decent, but then again, I don't worry about looking "PRO". Worrying about looking "PRO" when you're clearly not a pro is as un-pro as it gets. Wasn't it you that was making fun of the guy who showed up to some race decked out in full Slipstream garb + team bike? That's just the logical extension of this obsession. Just accept that you're good (not great, and will never be a professional racer) and get yourself a digital watch.
- Chris, Brooklyn
June 29, 2010
So - what's the point of wearing a watch while you're riding? When you're training, you can see the time on your computer (well, some of them). When you're racing, you've got lap counters and such. You just really like wearing watches that much? So much that you'll pay other people to wear them? (and yeah I know... their friends at the race will ask why they are wearing a watch, and "Competitive Cyclist" gets spewed out a few times)
- Travis, Madison
June 29, 2010
I now know why roadies look baffled when I pass, its not the baggies on the carbon fibre kitted out road bike its my camelbak!
- friar, C of the T
June 29, 2010
Avg speed- I still look at it when the number is higher than average and dismiss it when it is to low.
MTB Riders and packs- In general I am in your school of thought and try and stuff my jersey pockets for what I need when I race or ride. But as of recent I have found that a camelback is better suited to longer rides (easier to drink with a camelback on the techy stuff and I find I need more items for a mtb ride- pump(s), tools, tubes and in spring, winter and fall-spare clothes depending on conditions ). Also, it is easier to carry your camera in a camelback- taking pictures while mountain biking is a must.
- fat chance, nyc
June 28, 2010
This was one of the best ever!
Thanks.
- Jim, Troy,NY
June 28, 2010
C.........He is just jerking your chain. I see plenty of his employees (at least one of the Panther boys) wearing backpacks as they ride to work at CC.
- Phil, LR,AR
June 28, 2010
also,
http://www.lum-tec.com/2009/bull45-45mm.html
thank me later
- le matos, Montreal
June 28, 2010
Hi, I am a rider an music fan, been a fan of Arcade Fire while they were still serving pizza at euro-deli on the main... To put Mister Barry and Arcade Fire in the same box would have been fine 3 years ago. Now I am sorry to inform you that Arcade Fire are now becoming a conceptual nightmare, oh the music is still good, it's the them that makes us laugh. They just played a concert in a small suburb shopping mall to highlight their last album... I'm over conceptaulised with them, I say STFU and play your instruments. This is the beauty of Mister Barry, he does just that, and some days even with higher style than Jens himself. So please, I'm sure M. Barry is a fan cause he likes music but you should google Mr. Coyne's opinion in the matter, I have to agree, I had brunch beside the bunch the other day, they think highly of themselves until you remind them the pizza they made was shiat... and what is a man if he cannot do a fine thin crust pizza...
- lematos, Montreal
June 28, 2010
+1 on the "whassup?" I'm starting to read these with one eye shut tight and the other in a wince.
- John, Seattle
June 28, 2010
"Average speed. Is there a more worthless statistic?" Doubtful, and not just for racing. I have spun with people who bemoan the fact that their "average sucks" for a particular ride. When you point out that it is 105F of hell-fire and have been grinding into a vicious headwind for 2 hours they just look at you like you're nuts (which, of course, is true). You should add Caring About Avg. Speed to your growing list of things that are anti-PRO and generally inane. If the mountain bikers are out there playing "dress up", then so be it-- at least they are out there (and pumping discretionary $ into the cycling industry). After all, how many of us not-so-minimalist roadies actually "need" all of the equipment/accessories/clothing that we have? "...parachuting into the brain of Howard Hughes." That is a classic.
- PawleeWalnutz, NYC, Darwin's Lab
June 28, 2010
This "PRO" thing is starting to turn transparent, with dollar signs in your pocket emerging from behind. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with trying to sell your wares, but as a vehicle...it's going the way of the "whassup?" Budweiser commericals.
- Phil, San Francisco
June 28, 2010
Average speed is so bogus - like the 110K group ride last Sunday: sure, my computer said 30kph average - didn't say anything about the deathline into the brickwall headwind for five solid K's or the ten-minute 49kph run-up to the set town-line sprint in the opposite direction. It's like triathletes who train at an 'average speed' that matches their 'target' 'race' speed - funny how most of my in-city training rides never really go above 30kph average, but I can do almost 40K average in most of the Duathlons I do - hmm, not a lot of discussion of peak, sustained speed, is there... BTW -watches on a bike? Like you want more chances for goofy tans? And yes, Mike's dad must be over the moon...
- Roadent, Toronto
June 28, 2010
So what was the result of the test? Did you find that backwards spinning resistance correlated to forward?
- K, O
June 28, 2010
I can't be the only one that prefers commuting on my road bike purely because it fits better and is a quicker way to get to work than my bar bike, even though there's no way to install a rack or fenders on it. Sweaty backpack back is the price to be paid, but it'd be nice if there were more small non-hydration packs to choose from.
- c, mpls
June 28, 2010
Wow, cycling is a joke these days
- Bored, NE
June 28, 2010
I'm buying a cheap analogue watch tonight. I fully expect to cash in on this promo.
- AH, Indy
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