Sep 18, 2013 at 01:04 AM
Kissena Club Championships
Sep 18, 2013 at 07:26 AM
I'm currently in negotiations with Live Update Guy with a view to them covering the race. I need to be able to follow the action!
Sep 18, 2013 at 02:00 PM
@Mark I'll live tweet from the peloton.
Sep 18, 2013 at 06:01 PM
Suggested hashtags...
#slowdownrene
#imnotpullingyoupull
#droppingouttobeatkondatorirush
#stopcryingyang
#slowdownrene
#imnotpullingyoupull
#droppingouttobeatkondatorirush
#stopcryingyang
Sep 18, 2013 at 08:01 PM
I don't like hashtags, there! I said it!!!
Sep 19, 2013 at 12:13 AM
in.
Sep 19, 2013 at 12:38 AM
You'd have to sign up first to do that. And are you sure you want to do that? I'm just going to ride you into a pothole just like last year.josephmueller said:@Mark I'll live tweet from the peloton.
Sep 19, 2013 at 01:21 AM
Sep 19, 2013 at 11:37 AM
I'm in. Most likely to pin number on wrong side. It's been a while.
Also most likely to follow Rene up the hill as he soft pedals away on the parade lap.
Will there be one of those this year? It does get a wee bit confusing when Charlie's going through his race announcements and starts screaming "Guys, no parade lap this year!"
Sep 19, 2013 at 01:11 PM
The problem with the parade lap is that EVEN IF "everyone" agrees, there's ALWAYS one dude who didn't get the memo and launches an attack.
Sep 19, 2013 at 01:19 PM
Sep 19, 2013 at 01:50 PM
DEFINITELY A PARADE LAP. Or three. I'll go ahead to make sure there are no civilians on the road. Don't worry...
Sep 19, 2013 at 02:23 PM
I say no parade lap. It never works - someone always attacks - and it slows us down too much in front of the other fields.
Sep 19, 2013 at 02:28 PM
I agree with Jules. And Jules, I'll join you on the recon.Jules said:DEFINITELY A PARADE LAP. Or three. I'll go ahead to make sure there are no civilians on the road. Don't worry...
Sep 19, 2013 at 02:32 PM
I feel an idiopathic heart, knee and back problem coming on. I say parade lap and I'd like a push up the hill please.
Sep 19, 2013 at 03:05 PM
enjoy the race fellas. go fast, go hard and keep 2 wheels on the ground.
Sep 19, 2013 at 03:21 PM
I was being jokey. Parade lap after the race is over, before we go to Kondatori. Doing it at the start just screws up the timing for the other fields.
Sep 19, 2013 at 04:48 PM
COMPROMISE ALERT!
No attacks until top of first hill
No attacks until top of first hill
Sep 19, 2013 at 05:24 PM
I'm in...knee problems and a hand full of races = confidence is high that I can win. I can see my press clippings already...:
Before the start Saturday, Yack admitted that his club championship victory might seem unlikely to some, but he said it was the perfect course at the perfect time for him to win." “This is a lifetime of work to win this club championship,” Yack said. “I hope people appreciate everything I’ve done. It’s so complicated to get to this level. This is the hardest victory of my career so far.”
If you need to find me after the race I will be staying at the Best Western in the state of New York.
Sep 19, 2013 at 09:03 PM
Alright I'm signed up... If this race was 400 meters I'd say you guys should worried.
Sep 19, 2013 at 11:32 PM
+1 Ginger
In the immortal words of Lo Sceriffo, "I can hold anyone's wheel for 30 miles..."
So get ready for a wheelsuck of monster proportions, followed by a truly mediocre sprint.
Sep 20, 2013 at 12:20 AM
Chris "Horner" Yack eh?
Also @Thierry, I don't see your name on the list...!
Sep 20, 2013 at 12:38 AM
FWIW, there are apparently on 3 spots left for the KCC championships. Also, the bikereg site contradicts the email blast and says you can register day-of. Of course, with just 3 spots left, that may be kind of moot.
But I don't love the idea that there's that small a field limit for our club championships, on a club with 100+ riders.
Sep 20, 2013 at 01:05 AM
@ Marc - Pre-reg is easier for everyone, especially your teammates that will be getting to Prospect Park at 5AM to volunteer to work registration. You are right, the field will fill up regardless. I'll see if Charlie can expand the field limit. It was probably based on historical numbers. 35 would be huge for us.
Sep 20, 2013 at 01:09 AM
@ Everyone.
We can agree on a neutral lap - but not on a parade lap. The problem with the 15mph parade lap is that we will get caught by other fields and fuck the whole race up. A neutral lap can be done with shared pace making and no attacks. It depends on what everyone is up for. With a neutral lap we can all just agree to ignore Harry when he goes off the front.
Sep 20, 2013 at 01:35 AM
I think if one (wo?)man solo'd to sweet victory from the neutral lap, it would become a KCC legend.mperlberg said:@ Everyone.We can agree on a neutral lap - but not on a parade lap. The problem with the 15mph parade lap is that we will get caught by other fields and fuck the whole race up. A neutral lap can be done with shared pace making and no attacks. It depends on what everyone is up for. With a neutral lap we can all just agree to ignore Harry when he goes off the front.
Sep 20, 2013 at 02:49 AM
"Save the parade for after." Somebody slap that on a Save Ferris water tower plz?
Sep 20, 2013 at 11:37 AM
I don't really see the point of a neutral lap. Neutral starts aren't usually celebratory or social, they're practical.
In this case its neither social or practical. However its likely to be annoying as someone flies off the front.
What's the point?
Sep 20, 2013 at 11:57 AM
The point is that we have quite a wide range of fitness, experience, confidence and raw speed. If the club championships gains the reputation of becoming a slugfest from the gun, then it may degenerate into a handful of the strongest guys getting up early one last time to beat each other up. Weaker riders won't bother to come and eventually it will peter out and become irrelevant. The recent history of this championship event was a team time trial, where we attempted to keep as many people in the rotation as possible for as long as possible. The race format has changed, which is fine, but I can't see how a 22 mph controlled first lap is so onerous. I might even show up!
Sep 20, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Former (?) KCC rider Jan from the Czech Republic already did this . . . twice I think . . . the true lone wolf of the club.Brendan Rigby said:I think if one (wo?)man solo'd to sweet victory from the neutral lap, it would become a KCC legend.mperlberg said:@ Everyone.We can agree on a neutral lap - but not on a parade lap. The problem with the 15mph parade lap is that we will get caught by other fields and fuck the whole race up. A neutral lap can be done with shared pace making and no attacks. It depends on what everyone is up for. With a neutral lap we can all just agree to ignore Harry when he goes off the front.