Portland Oregon
June 27, 2007
By Daniel Porter
I missed Tabor 2,3 & 4 for a variety of reasons (injury, work, etc.), but was back in the saddle on June 27th for the 5th and second to last race in the 2007 'Velo on the Volcano' series.
Started out a bit nervous as I had basically been off the bike for 3-4 weeks. I rode hard on Monday and Tuesday (the 25th & 26th) to try to get back into shape.
The racers were basically the same cast of characters as previous weeks with only a couple notable exceptions (JV?, Jackson?). Still a good turn out of 15 riders (which is pretty high for a fixed gear ride.
The first lap was pretty mellow with no one wanting to attack to soon. The group stayed pretty much bunched up making it feel like a real race. SUbsequent laps got progressively faster and faster with different guys trading off at the front (me included) until the final lap where a few guys attacked and took off from the front. I tried to get on the wheel of the top guys and only remotely did so coming out of the flat (prior to the climbing finish) in 6th place. On the climb, I dug a little deeper and passed a guy resulting in a 5th place finish. Yippee, I'm number 5, I'm number 5...
Actually, it was a good race and it proved that I didn't 'fall out of shape' as fast or as hard as I had thought.
Next & final Tabor is on July 11th.
BTW: I absolutely love the Rush. It is a truly great bike with a really nice feel. Funny thing - there was another guy with an identical red frame as I in the race. (I beat him)
4 comments:
42x15 for the last race, too? I don't know if I can push that up the hills.
That is the gear I'm riding for the last one. Anything else and you spin out on the downhill. BTW: You don't fool me, I've seen you climb, and you climb like a monkey on crack.
LOL, I dunno about that, but I do like to spin--definitely not a gear masher. We shall see how it works! Thanks.
So I guess today, we learned monkeys on crack are actually not very good climbers at all. Good to know.
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