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mash sf group ride.

May 24, 2011 in riding | No comments

it’s been a couple months since I’ve ridden with people in marin (not counting the rare occasion that I ran into travis), I figured I’d mingle a little bit by showing up the the tuesday morning ride that chas (mash sf) set up.  they’re going to vary between road, fixed gear, and cyclocross rides – today’s ride was on road bikes.  I stopped into the store and introduced myself to chas, steve (chica sexy, mash), andy (mash), ryan, john, and another guy…I totally forgot his name.  after a short while, we headed out.  steve had to be back by 10am, so the ride would be short.  it became apparent that he wanted to get a punchy ride in, he attacked through the presidio.

we crossed the bridge, took the bunker tunnel to the backside of the headlands, mccollough, and conzelman to the top.  daniel (team mike’s bikes) and a guy in a freewheel kit were heading back to the city as we were heading back in.  andy split off and headed towards sausalito.  steve made a fairly decent effort up the climb, I followed.  chas was hanging back, until the round about intersection.  he caught us, and turned on some ungodly afterburners, roasting both of us to the top.  fixed gear heroics on the road bike, that’s for sure.  chas has got some scary, beast legs.

after regrouping, we took the 18% descent down the back, and looped around, back towards the tunnel.  I haven’t taken that descent in a long time, and chas was straight killing it.  the rest of us were taking it cautiously.  it’s freshly repaved, and they put up a guardrail on the cliff side, which is definitely safer.  before, it used to just drop towards the ocean.  talk about sketchy.

a short, sweet ride!

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panoche road race.

May 22, 2011 in riding | No comments

today was the panoche road race, 2 hours south of san francisco.  it was quite the contrast to yesterday’s 2 hour drive north, to rancho cordova, and the weather was looking a bit gloomy.  the start of the race was actually in a town called paicines, which was a bit south of hollister, and roughly 31 miles away from panoche.  the race would be an out and back type deal, 55 miles total for our group.  the cat3′s and pro/1/2 categories would be riding a bit farther to their turn around point, making for a 67 mile race.  finding information on this race definitely wasn’t the easiest thing, there wasn’t even a link to a race flyer off the ncnca calendar.  they actually had a website with information on it, which I found last night from the registration webpage.  either way, the course profile was mostly rolling with a decent climb in the middle for a total of ~2500ft of elevation gain.

the view from the first parking lot, blossom hill winery.  I arrived pretty early, thinking the drive down might take longer, so I had tons of time to get ready.  travis (metromint racing) and rainer (team mike’s bikes) would be racing in the pro/1/2 field – alex (taleo), dave (chica sexy), and kevin (rhythm racing) were getting prepped for the 3′s race.  oh, and as a side note, congrats to kevin for getting his cat3 upgrade (and daniel from team mike’s bikes as well, but he wasn’t at this race).  our field would be tiny, a peak at the registered riders last night showed 17.  at the line, it was more like 15.  familiar faces such as jake, reed (third pillar), jason (de la paz, in a freewheel kit), vitaly (colavita racing), will (chica sexy), and bobby (san jose bike club).

the whistle blew, and we were off.  the course felt like the early bird road race, except more hilly – mostly countryside and small farmland, but nothing like the merco, snelling, or turlock roads.  I was glad to be on a new course.  vitaly attacked early on, and the pack just let him hang out in the open.  I moved to the front to feel out my legs, and started reeling him in, slowly.  another rider attacked to bridge, but by the time he made it, we had caught him.  shortly thereafter, vitaly pulled over to the side of the road, I’m assuming he had a flat…so now we were all back together again, minus 1 rider.  a rider in front of me, riding a cervelo, had dropped his water bottle on accident after hitting a small bump.  the bottle slid on the ground in front of me, and my front tire ran it over.  for a second, I didn’t even know what happened, my heart jumped at the sight of something red and cylindrical, heading right into my wheel.  fortunately for him, there was neutral water at 20 miles.  and luckily, no one went down.

we rolled on.  the climb kicked, wrapping around a small hill.  small attacks here and there, but after the windy, narrow descent, we were all back together.  for a second, jake and I had lost contact with the back of the bunch, but jake managed to pull out some watts to haul us back in.  the road was bumpy and technical in some places, gaining back a wheel would be hard if we had gotten dropped.  and the crosswinds were fairly strong.  the road straightened out, we were passed by several riders in a break, then their group.  possibly a master’s category of sorts.  there was a turn around barrier at the end of the feed, and the rider with the cervelo accidentally turned around.  there really should be more prominent signs for turn around points…he caught back up after everyone yelled at him, “wrong turn around!”.

more rollers, small climbing sections, and flats.  our turn around point was coming up.  and as we came around, the wind just blasted our tiny group.  will had made an attack, but was soon absorbed back into our group.  we were going slow, to say the least, the wind was heavy.  will and I switched off pulls, since it seemed like no one else wanted to.  after putting in some decent time in the front, we moved towards the back of the pack to take a breather.  now the climbs and rollers would be in reverse, but as they came up, the gain didn’t seem as drastic as the way we had ridden them out on.  more small attacks, but nothing that stuck.

on one of the climbing sections, the pace ramped up as a rider up front dug deep.  reed had snapped his chain (I think), and was out.  jake was hanging tough, but as the descent came, he had no wheels to stick, and was dropped off the back.  bobby and I were gaining speed towards the group, and we had made it back.  I guess we had lost a couple more riders along the way, since we were only 9 deep.  the final rollers came and went, with small attacks every so often.  we were together as the 10k, 5k, and 1k markers ticked down at the side of the road.  just before the final 90* left turn popped, the cervelo rider attacked.  but no one moved at the front of the pack.  and as he gained more time on us, I yelled out, “come on, let’s go!”, or else he would’ve surely gotten away.

as the turn came around, the sprints came.  I was boxed in through the turn, and didn’t realize how short the final straight would be, and landed 7/8th next to jason.  I was just glad I had finished the race without getting dropped.

as a side note, my tan lines are vicious from this weekend.  it’s going to be a good week.

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golden state race series criterium.

May 21, 2011 in riding | No comments

the golden state race series criterium took place in rancho cordova today, and it was quite pleasant being back up north for a change.  I hit a bit of traffic at two points on highway 80, missed the highway merger, and backtracked a bit, but finally ended up making it to the race parking lot with tons of time to spare.  after all, the cat4 race didn’t start until nearly 2:00pm.  I registered, unpacked a bit, and warmed up.  racers were still going around the course, but they finished up shortly.  I previewed the course along side the rest of the guys, and soon, we were all lined up at the start finish.  the course was simple, a closed 0.9 mile loop: straight into a right turn, sweeping left, 90* right, 90* right, straight, right turn, a final 90* right turn, and then the line, roughly 200m away.  and it wasn’t too windy and the weather was warm, which would make for a fast, fun race.

at the line there were a ton of rio strada riders, which made sense, since it was set up by rio strada.  travis was out there, as well as tim (chica sexy), and possibly a couple other people.  I didn’t really know anyone else though.  I saw daniel and ryan (team mike’s bikes) but they were racing in the 3′s – ryan was there for the p/1/2/3 race, I think.  either way, we’d be out there for 40 minutes, racing around the flat, decently-paved road.  the legs weren’t feeling good or bad, it seemed as if it’d just be another feeler for a race.  I wasn’t hoping for anything spectacular, just to hold in there.  we started on the whistle, and after a couple short laps, there was already a break of 5 guys, as far as I could see.

then more riders bridged.  their gap increased to 45 seconds as stated by the announcers.  rio strada was at the front of the chasing pack, but no one was doing work, I had assumed that there was a rio stada rider in the break.  but then, the pace started ramping up, now we were chasing down the break.  I found out after the race from travis, that the rio rider in the break had flatted, which is why riders in the front started to reel it in.  but lap after lap, the time gap stayed steady.  the pack was just 22 seconds back, but it was hopeless.  10 riders had found themselves in the break, and were working together to stay away until the end.

the bell lap.  tim had been moving around the pack all race, but he made his way to the front on the last lap.  no one would be racing for the podium, not in the group at least.  the break took all the glory away, but travis still landed 13th overall (3rd from our pack), and tim was right behind him at 14th (or 4th).  this was travis’ first race back since his accident at the merco road race.  long story short, he crashed at almost 40mph, and gouged his hip pretty bad.  he’s okay, but his hip is still raw…yikes!  it was great seeing him out racing though, I’m glad he’s back in the fold!

I stuck around for the master’s race, and hung out at turn 1, where alex, travis, and crystal, his girlfriend, were working.

ally stacher (team htc-highroad), a 23 year old, pro female racer, was racing with the men’s masters…which I’m still confused about…but was impressed.  team issue bike, kit, s-works prevail helmet, and so much more, needless to say, I was in awe.  I stuck around for the pro/1/2 women’s race, too, and guess who was out racing, again.  it was ally.  she did both the men’s master’s race, and her own women’s pro/1/2 race.  goodness…is that what the european racing circuit does to professional female cyclists?  makes you into a cycling beast?  jaw-dropper, that’s for sure.

props to you, ally.  damn.

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modesto road race.

May 15, 2011 in riding | No comments

the parking lot, at 7am.  and even though “modesto” is in the name of the road race, the modesto road race wasn’t in modesto at all.  it was about 15 miles away, in a city/area called salida.  anyway, it was mostly flat farmland.  I was under the impression that it’d be similar to snelling, merco, and turlock – flats, rollers, and some kickers in between.  but soon I found out, it was nothing like the other races, though the drive out to salida made it look that way.

I arrived in under two hours, making good time by myself on the highway.  who wakes up at 4am on a sunday to race bikes in the middle of no where?  well, apparently a decent amount of people.  the registration line grew long as I pinned my number.  after getting situated, I set up the trainer and spun for a bit.  today’s race would be around 60 miles – 7 laps on the 9 mile, closed course.  I wasn’t really sure what to expect.  possibly wind, rollers, hopefully no rain, and a lot of time in the saddle.  and of course, my expectation for myself was not to get dropped, and to hold onto the pack until the end of the race.  seemed simple enough, considering it’s been my plan in every race I’ve been in.  as 8am approached, riders lined up at the intersection for the start of the race.  the 3′s would be racing with the 1′s and 2′s, in one big bunch.  we would start 5 minutes after.

let’s see, who was at the line…daniel and john (team mike’s bikes), isaac (dolce vita), gabe (mash sf), and a lot of others that I forgot.  we didn’t seem to have that big of a group, possibly only 30 deep.  the whistle blew, and the race had begun.  after a lap or so, it became apparent that this course was quite possibly the flattest race I’ve ever done.  every road was dead straight, and every turn was 90* around the various farmland.  there was a strong headwind on one of the sections, which caused a sudden chaotic change in speed.  gabe dropped off the back twice, and caught back up, twice, but after the second effort, he threw in the towel.  I dropped one of my bottles 2 laps in and debated myself for the remaining half of the race.  should I stop and get it, or just wait until the race is over and then ride out to get it?  it seemed pretty ridiculous, I know.  I should’ve really left it there, but it really nagged at me.

the bottle sat at the side of the road, looking at me, every lap.  it was about 100m away from a 90* left turn, which turned straight into a less-windy road.  it’s the section of road that gabe caught back up on, I figured I could do the same.  but as the laps ticked down, the bottle still sat there, and I continued to debate myself about it.  we dropped a couple more riders off the back, and were only about 20 deep.  we were passed by various 35+ masters, and eventually the 1/2/3 group.  our pace was fairly easy throughout the duration of the race, minus the section with headwind, where the pace was ramped up, and riders without wheels to hold onto were dropped.  daniel was just a couple points away from his 3 upgrade, and made sure to stay out of the wind.

on the last lap, I finally sorted my nerves out about the bottle.  I’d pick it up from the side of the road, and play catch-up.  we had a break (maybe a chase?) of 3 masters that paced a little ways behind us.  they passed us at numerous points, but once they did, the cat4 group pushed the pace, and passed them over and over again.  it started to drizzle a little, but luckily, the rain held off.  the bottle was coming up fast, just as the headwind section was coming to an end.  I dropped off the back of the bunch, threw it onto the bike, and pedaled on.  the 3 masters passed me, just a couple seconds down from the 4 group.  it was now or never, I’d either catch my group or I’d get dropped off the back.  I was reeling in 3 masters, and made sure to clear them by a couple feet, so I wouldn’t get disqualified.  the motorcycle ref was way ahead, a couple hundred feet in front of me, with the back of the 4′s.  I was slowly catching them.

riding into the next turn, I was able to snag the back of the group.  finally, I could stop worrying about this silly water bottle.  as we came around the final turn, the 1km sign popped, and the pace ramped up.  I couldn’t see too much, but there seemed to be a couple guys off the front.  it was a long, straight shot to the finish line.  some riders were slowing down, some were speeding up to place themselves for a sprint.  my positioning wasn’t really ideal for a sprint, but I was able to pass up a couple people, maybe landing somewhere in the top 15 range.  overall, I was pretty satisfied with how I rode, especially after stopping for a second to pick up the bottle.  that definitely made the race interesting.

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mike’s bikes cat’s hill classic.

May 14, 2011 in riding | No comments

the mike’s bikes cat’s hill classic was a criterium race located a block away from the los gatos mike’s bikes.  the cat4 race started at 10am sharp, and I was lucky enough to snag parking a block away from the course.  after registering, a brief warm-up, and pinning my number, I rode over to the last 90* right turn.  cat4′s were waiting behind the barricades as the junior races finished up.  we lined up after a few minutes – it seemed as if we were 40 deep or so.  lots of familiar faces at the line, including daniel (team mike’s bikes), isaac (dolce vita), zach, justin, seth (roaring mouse), marc (chica sexy) and a bunch of other people I’m probably forgetting.  we got the pre-race talk from a race official, and the whistle was blown.  just 12 laps around the 1 mile course.

oh, and a short 23% kicker.  the start/finish was located on a slight downhill flat which lead into a 90* right, another 90* right, a 90* left into the “cat’s hill” 23% kicker, slight downhill to a slight uphill 90* right, a sweeping 90* right, and then the final 90* right turn straight towards the line.  it sounds a lot more complicated than reality though.  anyway, we were off.  the kicker came around, and I dropped into the small ring, making sure to move past slower riders.  but after a couple laps, it became nearly impossible to pass on the climb.  riders began to fan out, taking up the entire width of the road.  I decided to just sit in to see what’d happen.

the back of the group splintered and split off.  the front group was about 25 riders deep, and I later found out that the motorcycle ref was pulling dropped racers off the course.  I just needed to hold in.  the lap numbers dropped fast, and pretty soon, we were only a couple laps away from finishing.  I had pretty bad positioning in the back of the pack, but managed to move up slightly on the climb and the straight section past the start/finish.  on the final lap, daniel made his move on the kicker, staying away to land first place (congrats, daniel!).  I managed 16th place, a hair behind seth, who I tried to pass with a final push.  isaac landed 7th, and zach ended up cramping a couple laps in.

overall, it was a pretty fun course, but I wish we had more laps in.  I stuck around with tim, cris, and marc to watch the 3′s race (20 laps!)

the cat3 field.  we watched a couple laps at the base of the kicker.

marc.

cris and tim – dig face.

looking down.

jimmy (taleo), who also upgraded to a 3 last week, raced and placed 10th.  ryan and hank were racing in the 3′s for team mike’s bikes, but unfortunately, ryan dropped out because of a crash that happened in front of him.

time to rest up for the modesto road race tomorrow!

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berkeley hills road race.

May 8, 2011 in riding | 3 comments

berkeley is just across the bay bridge, a short 35 minute drive across the water and I was at the parking lot.  after registering and pinning my number, I set up the bike on the trainer and started warming up.  the wind was strong across the parking lot, I figured it’d also be quite heavy on the course.  I would have to maintain face on the flats, snag wheels on descents, and I’d be okay.  2.7 laps (the finish line was a couple miles away from the start), 50 miles, and 3 separate hills.

the line up.  I arrived at the edge of the parking lot to see isaac (dolce vita), justin, kevin (rhythm racing), jake, jason (de la paz – who ended up not riding in our group…?), and a handful of others.  our group wasn’t too big, the field limit was 60 because of the narrow roads and yellow line rule.  it looked as if we were right up at 55-60 riders deep.  after a brief talk, we were off.  I was glad I had lined up when I did, or else I would’ve been chasing right off the bat.

I moved my way up near the front, with justin on my wheel.  we kept pace for a couple miles as the road gently rolled along.  after a very heavy wind session on a descent, the road turned right, and right into a short climb.  riders shifted all around, I tried to save myself a wheel near the middle of the pack.  a short flat section led right into a sweeping descent, the a right turn into more gentle flats/rollers.  the pace increased slightly, I battled the wind to snag wheels.  it was going to be a tough race with the wind.  the second climb approached after some time.  it was a perfectly straight climb up the side of a small mountain.  from the bottom, we saw nothing but road and sky.  the group was broken up a bit, a group of 30 or so pushed the pace near the front.  I was in the back, trying to make my way closer to the main group.

then the descent came.  no wheel to hold onto.  the group started pulling away as the wind increase.  jake caught back up to me, and we pushed hard trying to catch the group.  more rollers and flats, lots of wind throughout.  there was still one climb left, the biggest on the course, and it led straight past the feed zone (eventually the finish line).  as we came around the corner, the road steepened.  it was another grueling straight climb, with excellent pavement.  the smoothness of the road seemed to make the gradient hurt so much more.  our group was in sight, jake and I thought we’d still have a chance.

but as the ascent continued, the gap remained the same.  our chances of catching the group were slim.  but I still wanted to finish the race, even if I had to chase alone.  we made the descent, snagging a roaring mouse cyclist on the way.  after a short kicker, the course wrapped around, and we were back where we had initially started.  just 3 of us.  I saw one dropped rider head back into the parking lot, clearly toasted from the hard effort(s).  and as tempting as it sounded, I didn’t want to give up.  we had 3 guys, it was much easier switching pulls in the wind, verses riding alone.

we soldiered on.  after the first climb, we dropped the roaring mouse guy we had, it was just jake and I, once again.  we hit the 2 remaining climbs alone.  just 1 more lap to go.  my legs were feeling horrible, sapped from the constant wind and climbs.  on the descent, we caught a uc davis rider, who helped us pull through the last lap.  he was a strong rider, but we lost contact with him on the first climb.  eventually, he caught back up to us, and paced through the remaining climbs.  he powered away from jake and I as we approached the final climb.  we had gotten dropped off the back, but we had finished.  thanks so much for hanging in there with me, jake.

congrats to kevin for placing 3rd overall, and for keeping pace with the front group.  he’s also due for his cat3 upgrade, so look out for him in the 3′s!

obviously, I’m a bit disappointed in myself, as always, when I get dropped off the back.  but it’s just a matter of riding more, and riding harder.  I’m mostly glad that I finished.  I gave it a good effort, but couldn’t hang on.

I swear I saw seth, from roaring mouse, in this car.  driver was wearing a yamaguchi cycling cap…it sure looked like him.  as a side note, I’m about to take the langster for a night spin.  we’ll see how that goes.

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pg&e criterium.

May 7, 2011 in general | No comments

the tri-valley velo criterium presented by pg&e was held in livermore, in the east bay.  the course was close to last week’s wente criterium, but was located on a different loop around the industrial park.  the roads were well-paved, wide, and fast.  well, minus the crosswind.  I’ve come to the conclusion that the east bay is constantly more windy than other parts of northern california (possibly not, but it sure feels like it).  after registering, I went back to the car to get ready.  in hindsight, I should’ve brought my trainer out so I could have a decent warm-up, but I was being lazy this morning, not wanting to pack it in the car.  it was a 40 minute race around a squarish course, how bad could it be…

since the cat4′s were the first group to race, I had the whole course to myself while warming up.  after a couple short leg openers, we lined up at the start/finish.  jimmy (no longer on taleo?), percy (my twin in a freewheel kit), joshua (roaring mouse), and a couple of other guys I knew briefly, were all at the line.  our group was small, there were only 25 riders preregistered, and possibly a handful more that came day-of.  a race official gave us the scoop on the race.  there would be $500 in prizes, including primes of various amounts/merchandise.  lap cards would show with 6 to go.  seemed straight forward enough.  I wasn’t expecting such a small group, considering the wente criterium last week was swelling at 88, and the industrial park course was similar.  it was probably the least technical crit I’ve ever raced.

the whistle.  we were off.  my goal was simple this morning: stay with the pack, don’t get dropped, ride in the drops, and open up the legs for tomorrow’s berkeley hill’s road race.  the pace started ramping up after just a few short laps.  riders were hanging off the front (barely), riding fast for primes.  riders in the pack stayed calm, the pace increased slightly, catching the small breaks.  I was hanging out near the back for the entire race, which was probably a bad idea, looking back now.  I was feeling pretty good once the race was halfway through.  jimmy was moving through the pack, but made sure to stay close to the front.  percy was doing the same.

with just a few laps to go, the pace let up slightly, and a barrage of attacks came from the middle.  the pace picked up once again.  the bell was rung, we had just 1 lap to go.  a 40 minute race with ~30 racers seemed to just blink by, I was surprised that we were on the last lap.  riders picked their way through the group, getting ready for a fast finish.  as we came around the last sweeping turn, I saw percy go on the far left sprinting hard with no one in front of him but the line.  I passed several riders from the outside, probably finished in the 20′s, but I had a lot left in my legs.  oh well, it was a learning experience.  it always lurks in the back of my mind when I have races stacked back to back.  and after a couple months of racing, I’ve come to the conclusion that if the legs are feeling good, take advantage and ride aggressively.

jimmy took 2nd place, and now is 2 points away from his cat3 upgrade, while percy took 4th!

spy joseph in a metromint kit near the left, middle.  the cat3 race was held right after our race finished.

percy, excited to be posing with the pg&e mascot.  he walked away with $10 cash and a small container of drink-mix.  not bad for a short morning of racing, congrats!

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supersix evo detail shots.

May 6, 2011 in general | No comments

internal routing on the di2 model.

cannondale’s migration to the press-fit30 standard.  notice the flattened chain stays.  “save” concept design.

rear brake cable, internally routed through the top tube.  also notice the wide stance of the top tube as it splits around the seat tube junction to even wider stanced seat stays.  it’s to keep the bike laterally stiff while giving some vertical flex.  same concept around the caad10 rear triangle.

a much better shot of the rear triangle.  notice the flattened seat and chain stays.  the seat tube also appears to be slightly lengthened compared to the previous generation supersix’s.

the delta seat tube is molded in one piece with the bottom bracket.  it is shaped from a round tube into an oval one at the bottom bracket, and unlike the cannondale flash (which uses the same technology), the supersix evo utilizes a standard 31.6mm seatpost.  the hi-mod layup process allows the seat tube to flex fore and aft, just like the fork legs.  the perfect blend of stiffness and power transfer.

hollow carbon dropouts save 17g per side.

team issue money shot.  this frameset is awesome.  for more in-depth analysis of the supersix evo, check out bike radar‘s coverage.

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cannondale supersix evo.

May 5, 2011 in general | No comments

it has arrived.  the 2012 cannondale supersix evo.  and if you’re like me, you just want to know what’s different, right off the bat.  well here it goes:

- 695 gram frame (56cm).  their lightest frame to date.  the frame is composed of high-modulus and ultra high-modulus carbon fiber.  the new eps molding and carbon layup process has allowed engineers to decrease tube thickness, thus saving weight.  the layup process also allowed them to decrease the size of the downtube by 20%, and the fork by 11%.  this reduction of frontal area makes the frame more aerodynamic without resorting to extreme aero tube shapes (think scott f01, specialized venge, canyon aerod, cervelo s3, etc.).  cannondale doesn’t roll like that.

- peter denk, cannondale’s new director of technology.  the genius behind the cannondale caad10, flash, and jekyll has made quite the impact on the supersix evo.  if you can’t already tell, the chain and seat stays on the evo are wide and flat, just like the previous frames he’s helped design.  it’s called save, for synapse active vibration elimination.  this technology has finally made it to the supersix.  it allows the frame to flex vertically while maintaining lateral stiffness.  on a rougher road, this translates to better power transfer to the rear wheel (and more efficiency).

- the front end.  a 1 1/4″ lower bearing tied with a full carbon fork and offset dropouts.  the previous generation supersix’s utilized a 1 1/2″ lower bearing, but going along with their new design (to reduce frontal area), the size has been decreased slightly.  the significance of the offset dropouts?  the fork makes a shallower bend, and can flex fore and aft, resulting in a smooth, yet sharp-handling front end.  the evo’s little aluminum brother, the caad10, also utilizes this.

the liquigas-cannondale squad will be riding their team-issue frames at the giro, starting saturday.  the supersix evo will be in stores in june.

for more pictures and information, visit bike radar!  they’re on fire with tech, recently.  can’t wait to see an evo in person.  and I’m sure that team mike’s bikes will have their own team issue frames come next season.

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thursday’s half paradise.

May 5, 2011 in riding | No comments

who rolls beside me

on the bridge.  travis!  so good.

decided to ditch

my ride in favor for his.

half paradise, strawberry.

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