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jim_nelson
Oct 29, 2015 at 05:50 PM
PatrickG said:
FYI

The promoter from the Long Island cyclocross race at Kings Park psychiatric posted on Facebook that they are not running a race in December this year. So no Asylum race. 

THEY ARE running a race at Sunken Meadow Park (also Long Island) on Thanksgiving weekend. It's not on bikereg yet, but if you want to get some local racing in after scarfing down some turkey and cranberries, this will be your race. 

They at haven't provided details yet, but it sounds like it will be a two day event. The course at sunken meadow last year (after xmas) was fun. Sorta like HPCX with less steep climbing. Lots of slaloming between trees. 
It is on BikeReg:

https://www.bikereg.com/2015-long-island-cyclocross-at-sunken-meadow

I've always wanted to race Thanksgiving weekend. I can't remember any local Thanksgiving weekend cross races, only a few in NE.

Odd thing is they are running a 50+ field on Saturday and a 45+ field on Sunday. I wonder why?


Marc Bertucco
Oct 29, 2015 at 06:06 PM

NEBRA's JD Biloudeau has suggest to USA Cycling the following revisions to the CX upgrade system:

http://nebra.us/?p=1113
Jules
Oct 29, 2015 at 06:09 PM
Marc Bertucco said:

NEBRA's JD Biloudeau has suggest to USA Cycling the following revisions to the CX upgrade system:

http://nebra.us/?p=1113
Awesome. So sensible.
mugwump
Oct 29, 2015 at 07:42 PM
JD's suggestion is along the lines of what I think could be a better prize money distribution.  Namely, adjust the payout to reflect the depth of the field.  It could save promoters from paying ten deep when the field is only 20 riders, but would increase as the field increases in size.  

The only things against it are greed.  Some promoters might see large fields as money-makers and some racers might see big payouts in small fields as a reason to race.  
Marc Bertucco
Oct 29, 2015 at 08:20 PM

HEY JEFF!!! You want my vote for president? How about some race reports...Marty and Crossasaurus Awesome please! Yeeesh. 
Jules
Oct 30, 2015 at 12:58 AM
Marc Bertucco said:

HEY JEFF!!! You want my vote for president? How about some race reports...Marty and Crossasaurus Awesome please! Yeeesh. 
Seriously. Dude has raced like 3x his all time volume this year.

But then again...

WHERE THE FUCK IS HOTLIST??!?!?!??

Marc Bertucco
Oct 30, 2015 at 01:05 AM

Hotlist was doing 12x1 minute intervals (because 10x1s apparently were not enough for his coach)...and they sucked.
eloy
Oct 30, 2015 at 06:34 PM
this one for you, @Jeffrey White 

Adam Myerson talks carry/suitcase technique:
"The primary mistake I see riders make, even the best riders, is lifting the bike with their elbow on the outside of their saddle, causing them to put their saddles directly into their armpits. This is bad for a myriad of reasons, easily correctable, and actually hugely important."
While there is a lot of specific detail in this article, I really could have boiled it down to one important point: keep your elbow on the inside when you suitcase. If you focus simply on that, the rest will follow.
http://www.cycle-smart.com/node/1072
Jules
Oct 30, 2015 at 06:39 PM
Just sayin'


Jeffrey White
Oct 30, 2015 at 06:40 PM
So it's Myerson against "the best riders" who disagree with him. I'll take that.
Jules
Oct 30, 2015 at 06:46 PM
I'm actually surprised he didn't mention rider height because that seems to be a big factor in this - or the strategy of swinging your bike wide to avoid getting passed (kosher or not it's something people do)
eloy
Oct 30, 2015 at 06:52 PM
saddle outside will cause a crash wake

Jules
Oct 30, 2015 at 07:51 PM
^MAGNIFICENT!
Marc Bertucco
Oct 30, 2015 at 10:35 PM

I forget where/who it was...prolly Eloy in the video thread, but I saw an old-school video of a cross race that had a drum core...how amaze-balls would that be if we had a drumline kicking off our Elite races!
niallsmart
Oct 31, 2015 at 12:57 AM
who is in for bubblecross? i just registered. been a string of no-luck weekends but hoping to finally get out and race cross on sunday
Marc Bertucco
Oct 31, 2015 at 02:07 AM
niallsmart said:
who is in for bubblecross? i just registered. been a string of no-luck weekends but hoping to finally get out and race cross on sunday
http://kissenacycling.vanillaforums.com/discussion/comment/51262/#Comment_51262
Marc Bertucco
Oct 31, 2015 at 03:55 PM

How is it that there are only 6 more CX races on my calendar this year? And I pretty much have to write off Supercross weekend because I'm typically exhausted from the working of that race weekend. That means 4 real opportunities left to leave it on the field. Crap.


PatrickGrehan
Oct 31, 2015 at 04:30 PM
I forgot to post these after HPCX -

I shot slo-mo video of Marc and Jim F riding the sand pit. The slo-mo is... well too slow, but I am not sure how to save it at "regular speed". Either way, you get to see their sand riding form and see a guy get bogged down behind Marc.

Marc:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/144219574

Jim:

Jeffrey White
Oct 31, 2015 at 05:53 PM

CX + beer + cowbell + free turkey leg for each racer = Swashbuckler Cross

Best new race I've done this year. Will def be back!
jim_nelson
Oct 31, 2015 at 07:39 PM
I've got room for another going to Bubble Cross tomorrow morning. Leaving Brooklyn 6:30. Back early afternoon. Anyone need a ride to an early race?
Marc Bertucco
Oct 31, 2015 at 08:16 PM

In between working on press releases for Supercross...there is this:

http://livestream.com/accounts/2043205/events/4464440

Cincy3 Pro women on now.
eloy
Oct 31, 2015 at 10:08 PM
Races in my calendar -- your mileage will vary.

If in bold, I plan to be there. That's 8 races total.

11/7 Northampton
11/8 Northampton
11/7 Fair Hill
11/8 Westwood Velo (Harriman, NY) NJ State Champs

11/14 Kutztown (wont be able to make it)
11/15 Kutztown (wont be able to make it)
11/15 SSCX Augusta, NJ (wont be able to make it)

11/21 Supercross
11/22 Supercross

11/28 Long Island 
11/29 Long Island 

12/5 NBX
12/6 NBX

12/12 Soltice CX Emmaus, PA
12/13 Limestone @ the Kiln

Not counting Bubblecross tomorrow, FOMO has me one click from renting a car and heading out.





Marc Bertucco
Nov 03, 2015 at 11:58 AM

Jeff, how was Stoudt's Cross?
JillWhite
Nov 04, 2015 at 01:07 AM

This is how @Jeffrey White finished at Stoudt's!
Marc Bertucco
Nov 04, 2015 at 01:35 AM

MAC team standings are up-to-date. We got points from most everyone racing at Whirlybird and as a consequence, we snuck in to the last scoring position for teams. With 1 additional point we're up to 15th. Which sounds a lot better when you see that there are 135 different teams listed in the competition.

http://www.crossresults.com/?n=results&sn=macteam&seriesID=34

This weekend is Fair Hill, a really nice race with a lot of interesting features, in Elkton, MD about 2.5 hours away from Northern Manhattan. Then the series finale on December 14th in near-ish-by Emmaus PA.
Jules
Nov 04, 2015 at 05:23 PM
GCN is definitely upping the relevance of their videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=233&v=2lAolKEnSFc
eloy
Nov 04, 2015 at 06:56 PM
presume you meant this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lAolKEnSFc

btw 1.3 bar == 19psi
Jules
Nov 04, 2015 at 06:58 PM
Ha. I did. I'm struggling through the cold medicine today
Marc Bertucco
Nov 04, 2015 at 07:06 PM

Wow...well, I guess I rode 1.waytoomuch bar at Bubble = 30psi.

I don't know if anyone else had this experience, but I found myself breaking heading into the first sandpit after the start finish because too much speed was taking me out of the rut.

A couple of passes where I was feeling especially ballsy, I actually hit that stretch with so much speed that I didn't have to pedal at all through any of the sand. Made for an interesting moment or two as the path arced left, but in retrospect, lots of fun.
eloy
Nov 06, 2015 at 02:30 PM
Anna Maria's Pretty Dammed Fast features "This Team Saves Lives" who provide some absolutely awesome tips, commentary, "what they learned" on racing cyclocross:

http://www.prettydamnedfast.com/blog/2015/11/1/this-team-saves-lives
  • "everyone in the starting grid is just as nervous as you are"
  • "Fear is by far the most unsafe obstacle out on the course."
  • "starting to really understand what it means to never give up... Even when that seems like the only option. "
  • "do your best to race for 30-45 minutes in a completely primal mindset"
Check it out.