Joined: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 209 Location: Palmerston North, NZ
Posted: Mon 11th Aug 2:52pm Post subject: Who Needs Gears?
 It would seem the 'disease' (or should that be virus) that is Single Speeding continues to spread. Yesterday we made the trip up to Taupo for the Life Cycles 3 1/2hr teams race, and I swear, every 2nd bike was a SS. At least thats what it seemed like out on the trails anyway!
 A great chance to cut loose on the fast flowing trails on offer at Craters of the Moon, and use a competitive situation for some training motivation. After all, its much easier to drag yourself out for a race with a designated start time than it is to procrastinate all morning about whether to get out on a training ride.
 As per my current promises, I decided to not just to forgo the privalage of gears in favour of the simplicity (and strength training) offered by the SS... but also to lineup as an individual and do the whole thing myself. Seem's I wasn't the only one with similar ideas, and it was great to see a healthy field of individuals deciding the full 3 1/2hr was better value for their $15 entry.
 The first lap turned out to be argueably the most fun ever. Our wee leading bunch (Mikey Northcott, Andrew Bott, me, and junior guns Dirk Peters and Patty Avery) responded favourably to my calls for elbows out moto style racing. Every tiny lip was pumped for maximum air, and I was delighted when my agressive attempts at passes were met with wide elbows and being run wide into trees by Dirk. It was awesome! I responded with a sweet late braking block pass. Nice.
 Soon enough we settled into a solid pattern of 25min laps, staying together. After 3 of those I decided I was a bit bored, and dropped the hammer for a bit. Punching out a 23min lap that only Mikey responded to, and soon got rid of him on lap 5. So I was left on my own to keep it steady,and roll around for 9 laps and a comfy win. Legs were a bit smoked by the end. As are my arms, hands, and lower back. ah well, I guess 81km on a SS will do that to you?
 So that makes it 3 from 4 wins on the SS now, with the only loss having come at the hands of Weinberg in SS Nats. Think I'm getting the hang of this now. However, No.... don't expect to see the SS at XTERRA. As fast as it seems to be I don't imagine I'd be running too well off the bike. Who needs gears? I do.
Joined: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 209 Location: Palmerston North, NZ
Posted: Mon 11th Aug 3:28pm Post subject:
ryda wrote:
so you will be doing the highlander SS ???
Hmmm. Seriously contemplating it, but might leave that till a last minute decision when I see a course map. The flipside to this of course is that I probably do need to remember how to use gears at some point too...
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