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Welcome back... I hope you had a good weekend. Coach Curly is a little pissed this morning as he's had no power all weekend and still has none as of this morning. But before I get on a rant about that, How are you? How was your weekend?
So This is the 2nd real post from me and as your coach you can count on me to be here for you Mon-Fri and sometimes on the weekends. So here goes today's floater of wisdom. I try to approach my coaching much like feeding a baby... a spoon full at a time. Like feeding a baby you can't just give it all of it's food at once. It'll just make a mess of it or eat too much at once and throw up... alot like bike racers.
So... today's spooful is on equipment. My advice is to get yourself a bike that works and doesn't take an enormous amount of time to keep it adjusted or clean. Sounds simple enough... but I see some of you guys out there with your carbon handlebars and your carbon wheels and light saddles and such... HOGWASH! Those things are meant to break. The companies count on it for repeat sales. When's the last time you heard of a Campy (oh, my beloved Campy) seatpost breaking from some fat-ass taking a corner at Seward? Exactly! It don't happen. Same goes for shifters, cranks, brakes and all of those parts that take abuse. Carbon is meant for one thing... filtering fishtanks and sani-cans.
My 2nd point on this is the "value" factor... now unlike me, you don't have access to Curly's Gold so there's a how much I'm spending of the family savings to get up the same hill at the same speed using expensive parts that are about as much of a weightloss program as taking a piss. Don't do it... spend your money on stuff that helps you go faster. Let's face it... it's much cooler to be the rider that kicks ass on a FreeSpirited Sears bike than come in 2nd on a carbon wonder steed. Besides... once you've dumped all of your cash into the lightest bike... you're back where you started... needing to melt 20lbs off of that thing you put on your carbon saddle. So, cut up the credit cards and start thinking about what will ACTUALLY make you faster.
O.k.... Coach Curly's coffee and bacon are ready now... so it's time to go. But stay tuned for tomorrow's lesson on "Power" bars and how crappy those are for you... and if you work for PSE... hurry up and git my power back on.
So This is the 2nd real post from me and as your coach you can count on me to be here for you Mon-Fri and sometimes on the weekends. So here goes today's floater of wisdom. I try to approach my coaching much like feeding a baby... a spoon full at a time. Like feeding a baby you can't just give it all of it's food at once. It'll just make a mess of it or eat too much at once and throw up... alot like bike racers.
So... today's spooful is on equipment. My advice is to get yourself a bike that works and doesn't take an enormous amount of time to keep it adjusted or clean. Sounds simple enough... but I see some of you guys out there with your carbon handlebars and your carbon wheels and light saddles and such... HOGWASH! Those things are meant to break. The companies count on it for repeat sales. When's the last time you heard of a Campy (oh, my beloved Campy) seatpost breaking from some fat-ass taking a corner at Seward? Exactly! It don't happen. Same goes for shifters, cranks, brakes and all of those parts that take abuse. Carbon is meant for one thing... filtering fishtanks and sani-cans.
My 2nd point on this is the "value" factor... now unlike me, you don't have access to Curly's Gold so there's a how much I'm spending of the family savings to get up the same hill at the same speed using expensive parts that are about as much of a weightloss program as taking a piss. Don't do it... spend your money on stuff that helps you go faster. Let's face it... it's much cooler to be the rider that kicks ass on a FreeSpirited Sears bike than come in 2nd on a carbon wonder steed. Besides... once you've dumped all of your cash into the lightest bike... you're back where you started... needing to melt 20lbs off of that thing you put on your carbon saddle. So, cut up the credit cards and start thinking about what will ACTUALLY make you faster.
O.k.... Coach Curly's coffee and bacon are ready now... so it's time to go. But stay tuned for tomorrow's lesson on "Power" bars and how crappy those are for you... and if you work for PSE... hurry up and git my power back on.
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