Back in the day...when I lived and raced Cyclo-cross in So Cal (on a Rivendell), Mark Salmon, the owner of TCB cyclery in Fullerton CA (now closed) showed up to a cyclo-cross on a single speed, pronouncing it to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. I was a regular at his shop.
During his race I was furiously ringing cow bells in the middle of a climb...as he passed by he huffed "Dude...don't every f*&$in do this!"...we never saw the single speed cross bike again. Angus On Oct 31, 5:46 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't SSers usually have their own grouping? So even if they're in the seam > heat as Cat 3 or whatever, they're just competing against themselves? > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 31, 12:20 pm, Beth H <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Indeed. Last weekend at PIR, I suffered on the mostly flat course with > > > long straight stretches. > > > Anywhere there was a short, steep climb I found I was able to stand up > > > and pass several women along the way. An amazing experience, and one > > > that pretty much cements my decision to race strictly singlespeed for > > > the duration. > > > maybe you're just a stronger climber. again, not saying one can't do > > well on an ss - but, in my neck of the woods, there are no ss'ers > > competitive at the Cat 3 level. and by competitive - i'll be generous > > and say top 25 in a field of 50+. and there are no ss'ers competitive > > in the elite/1/2 - doing well in that cat on an ss would be not > > getting lapped . .. and I don't consider that competitve. fun, > > perhaps - but not competitive. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > probably benefit more from > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
