Floyd Bennett Field - Forum Archive

Jun 07, 2013 at 12:28 AM

So there is some commercially available (but incredibly shitty) software out there that superimposes power/hr etc data onto video.

If anyone has the software engineering skilz to do their own feel free to contact me offline.

Jules

Jun 07, 2013 at 02:10 AM

@brendan needs to upgrade just so that the road captain (me) gets to shout "Deploy the HVM!" And then when the inevitable question returns "Sir what is an HVM?" my crusty, grizzled and tattooed leftennant Owens will reply with a curled lip and southern drawl, "that there is a Highly Visible Missile son! The 'High-Viz-Missle' is what they called him at the laboratory...

Jules

Jun 09, 2013 at 08:06 PM

This is the first time I've paid attention to these points - I feel especially dumb in light of this:

"The Sprint Competition will be for the Pro/Cat 1-2-3 and Category 3-4 races. During each race there will be two sprints chosen at random by the promoter. The final sprint does not count towards the sprint competition."

Brendan Rigby

Jun 10, 2013 at 09:01 PM

FBF races rain or shine: does that include thunder and lightning?

if i don't race tomorrow i won't have enough races to upgrade before sunday's harlem crit; i'll be out of town wed - sat

Jeff Owens

Jun 10, 2013 at 09:06 PM

Lightning cancels.

dstokes

Jun 10, 2013 at 09:12 PM

Sat morning in PP has a Cat 5 race.

https://www.bikereg.com/Net/18870

But I think tomorrow's weather may be fine.

Jules

Jun 10, 2013 at 09:59 PM

Guys with experience; how late can I leave UWS tomorrow and still make a 7pm start for FBF?

tito

Jun 10, 2013 at 10:02 PM

From Washington Heights (right off GWB) I used to take the train to GAP and ride down to Floyd from there - took about an hour and 45 minutes, give or take.

alyoshas

Jun 10, 2013 at 10:05 PM

I've left Harlem/UWS with John M. at 5:15 and got to Floyd at 6:15-6:20. Nice warmup included.

Jeff Condon

Jun 10, 2013 at 10:11 PM

The outlook is not looking great.

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tito

Jun 10, 2013 at 10:19 PM

alyoshas said:

I've left Harlem/UWS with John M. at 5:15 and got to Floyd at 6:15-6:20. Nice warmup included.

You still need a warmup after that ride?!?

When I first started racing at Floyd, William and I would ride the whole way down from upper Manhattan - I think I got popped off the back my first three races. Then I started taking the train to GAP, and voila - I was in the mix in every race and never got dropped again. That original "warmup" ride was cooking the crap out of my legs.

alyoshas

Jun 10, 2013 at 10:21 PM

the warmup included into the ride down there is what je disais.

tito

Jun 10, 2013 at 10:28 PM

ah, pardon - j'ai mal entendu.

David Yang

Jun 10, 2013 at 11:11 PM

10th grade French class is paying off...I sort of understand what you guys are saying!

Dan Reiners

Jun 10, 2013 at 11:19 PM

Floyd still may be cancelled for flooding. All this rain can flood the backstretch. Charlie normally gives an announcement around 4pm as to whether the race is cancelled.

Jules

Jun 10, 2013 at 11:20 PM

I have a 5-6pm tomorrow in midtown. Even if I could change out of the suit and rock straight out from there it would be close.

Given the rain today I'm going to bet on red tomorrow morning and ride the park. I'm still in for hotbird (which iPhone corrected to 'horrid' then 'hobbies') though.

Mark Clifford

Jun 11, 2013 at 11:29 AM

Charlie just posted a bunch of flooding pictures to Facebook. Not looking great.

dstearns

Jun 11, 2013 at 12:43 PM

ruh roh

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Mark Clifford

Jun 11, 2013 at 01:12 PM

the morning light reflecting off the water almost makes floyd look quite pretty.

Brendan Rigby

Jun 11, 2013 at 02:26 PM

chance of rain has gone from 60% at 6 pm to 40% on wunderground. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=11234&hourly=1&yday=161&weekday=Tuesday&MR=1

of course, that doesn't mean there 1) won't be thunder; 2) won't be a foot of water on the course from last night

Adam Fabian

Jun 11, 2013 at 02:40 PM

I never thought Floyd could look so gorgeous. I'm out for tonight whether or not it's cancelled. I anticipated the flooding -- after all, there are huge puddles on the course after a string of warm, dry days -- and rode this morning instead.

Jeffrey White

Jun 11, 2013 at 02:54 PM

People go camping at Floyd. I got invited once. I politely declined.

Brendan Rigby

Jun 11, 2013 at 03:02 PM

if it's on, i'm in...need to upgrade before sunday.

Brendan Rigby

Jun 11, 2013 at 03:25 PM

from Facebook: "IMPORTANT: As of now tonight's race is still on as scheduled. If it stays warm and sunny the course should dry out enough to have a safe race. I plan on arriving at the course around 4PM and will post another update at that time. Please share this post to spread the word."

tito

Jun 11, 2013 at 03:55 PM

Yeah...get ready for a dirty one, dudes. Start practicing breathing through your nose now, because you're gonna want to keep your mouth closed tonight.

Jeffrey White

Jun 11, 2013 at 03:58 PM

tito said:

Yeah...get ready for a dirty one, dudes. Start practicing breathing through your nose now, because you're gonna want to keep your mouth closed tonight.

Such a weird sport.

dstokes

Jun 11, 2013 at 04:00 PM

Such a weird venue.

dstearns

Jun 11, 2013 at 04:00 PM

Jeffrey White said:

tito said:

Yeah...get ready for a dirty one, dudes. Start practicing breathing through your nose now, because you're gonna want to keep your mouth closed tonight.

Such a weird sport.

Get 'em updated!

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