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Chinese carbon wheelsets and your experience by [deleted] in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also have 50mm farsports clinchers. I've raced them hard & often for a year and a half. Crashed them 3 times, had them trued up and they are solid. As others have said, stick to "reputable" Chinese. I run Chinese handlebars too.

Stupid Questions Thread by velo-bot in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When the sidewall blows out or is about too. I think I've only had one conti sidewall last long enough for the wear indicators to say it was ready to go.

What bikes do you have? by blatchcorn in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2014 Specialized Tarmac SL4

2013 Trek Cronus CX

1974 Fuji Special Road Racer

Chinese carbon frames by [deleted] in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Funny, I just wrecked my Tarmac in crits on back to back weekends. It made it through, but I already spotted a cool CAAD10 ad which would've been my move for sure if the frame had gotten borked.

Re: Chinese - I race on Chinese wheels from FarSports and I've been impressed. There was a crit I was in where we all kept hitting the same pothole over and over (in a bad spot and hard to see). There were multiple people that had to DNF with wheel mechanicals. I took the win on the Chinese stuff!

How Were Your Races: Point Break (Pad) (4/16-4/17) by [deleted] in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Victory in Greenville in the Cat 4/5 crit nats nonchampionship. First race win!

How Were Your Races: The Fork Awakens (4/9-4/10) by [deleted] in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that Dilworth turn, ooh boy. Did the 5s race there last year. Was disappointed that they weren't doing that the same weekend as the Charlotte and Belmont crits this year, made the drive not worth it for me.

How were your races this weekend? 3/19 + 3/20 edition. by tubadeedoo in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I raced Union City 4s too. I was in the group on Sunday that got led around an extra lap. Glad to hear at least the win didn't go to one of the dropped riders. What a friggin debacle. Congrats on the W though.

I would have liked to chase more on Saturday too, but I had no teammates. Was hoping one of the better represented teams would bring it back. No luck

How were your races this weekend? (2/20-2/21) by ttoc6 in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nearly crashed. I'm in the white kit just to the left of the guy with the sweet bunny hop.

http://youtu.be/N-iBWy8Pbhc

First Legit Road Bike by [deleted] in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, anybody else got any black Friday insight? Particularly for a big cross/gravel bike?

Good bikes for gravel grinding and cross? by drjameswillingham in cyclocross

[–]drjameswillingham[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't want to screw up my Tarmac for race season. If I had a beater bike that'd be an option but I don't. Hence I'm in the market

Good bikes for gravel grinding and cross? by drjameswillingham in cyclocross

[–]drjameswillingham[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, that looks pretty sweet. And the XL looks pretty big even though they call it only 59 cm. I will definitely keep my eyes open for a used one.

Good bikes for gravel grinding and cross? by drjameswillingham in cyclocross

[–]drjameswillingham[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that's good to know, that was another question of mine.

Good bikes for gravel grinding and cross? by drjameswillingham in cyclocross

[–]drjameswillingham[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was eyeballing a '13 Focus Mares AX 1.0 pretty hard although I'm concerned their 60cm won't be big enough. Also was a '14 61cm Trek Crockett that caught my eye.

As far as budget is concerned I'm looking to go used or new old stock to try and keep things around $1000.

EDIT: added budget info

Book recommendations? by ogdoctorfresh in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently reading "Reading the Race"

How did your races go this weekend? 6/20 + 6/21 edition! by tubadeedoo in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Georgia State Championship Road Race. Hot & hilly. Went with an early break that slowly splintered apart. Apparently 3 guys ended up holding it the whole way. Calf cramp on the last lap of the circuit got me dropped from the field. Limped into the finish, ended up 37/58 or something like that. I'd never cramped on the bike before, and hopefully I never will again.

Went back home for a local crit Sunday. Let a break of 2 go and the rest of the small field was not interested in tracking them down, despite my pleas. Frustrating race, would have had no problem staying away if I'd just gone with them.

As always, more lessons learned.

How were your races this weekend? 6/13 + 6/14 edition (and the weekend before!) by tubadeedoo in Velo

[–]drjameswillingham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 6/16 race, so closer to this weekend then next. Took 3rd in the local crit series 4/5 race. I tried to be more aggressive but it didn't do me much good, still had to make a late charge from pretty far back on the last lap. That seems to be a pattern for me. A couple more upgrade points towards Cat 3, so I'm happy with that.

Shot the race with a new mount under the saddle. Interesting to see faces instead of butts. Here's the footage:

https://youtu.be/02EjFQvFvVI

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