Lenny, Alek and Rob's cyclo crossbromance

lennymc

A thread for all things cross.

And Alek.

Alek

Am I not cross?

comete

Cross what?

smacl

comete wrote: »

Cross what?

Purposes?

comete

Cross dressing party?

Alek

lennymc

You got an honorary mention in the first post. Your dismount meant you didn't warrant inclusion in the thread title.

I hope to put some finishing touches to my new bike this weekend. It's 9.6kgs out of the box with standard flat pedals. Ordered a 38 narrow wide chainring today, have replacement rear brake lever, carbon tubs & tub tyres, spd pedals. Expecting around 8 kgs with those changes. Will throw up a pic when it's finished

Alek

comete wrote: »

Cross dressing party?

That's Rob, isn't it?

Alek

Will throw up a pic when it's finished

Ah, just tell us what it is already

lennymc

Cross folk are pretty laid back, so cross anything really. cross town, cross thread, hot cross buns, Crucifixion? Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each ...

RobFowl

Sunday 27th Round 1 Grangecastle Fixx Supercross
Sunday 4 Oct Round x Lurgan Park (TBC) Apollo CT
Sunday 11 Oct Round x Lady Dixon Park, Belfast (TBC) Phoenix CC
Sunday 18 Oct Round 1 Punchestown DCCX
Sunday 18 Oct Round x Necarne, Irvinestown (TBC) Lakeland CC
Sunday 25th Oct Round 1 TBC Fixx Supercross
Sunday 25 Oct Round x Windmill Park, Dungannon (TBC) Island Wheelers
Sunday 1 Nov Round x Seacourt, Larne (TBC) Team Madigan
Sunday 8 Nov Round x Moira Demesne (TBC) Dromara CC
Sunday 15 Nov Round 3 TBC Fixx Supercross
Sunday 15 Nov Round x Bangor (TBC) North Down CC
Sunday 22 Nov Round 2 Kilruddery, Bray DCCX
Sunday 22 Nov Round x Ormeau Park, Belfast (TBC) Xmtb McConvey
Sunday 29 Nov Round x Co. Derry (TBC) Foyle CC
**Sunday 6 Dec Leinster Cyclocross Championships Rivervalley, Swords.**
Sunday 6 Dec Round x Falls Park, Belfast (TBC) VC Glendale
Sunday 13 Dec Round 4 TBC Fixx Supercross
Sunday 13 Dec Ulster Champs Co. Tyrone (TBC) Carn Wheelers
Sunday 20 Dec Special event Co. Down (TBC) TBC
Sunday 10 Jan 2016 National Champs TBC TBC
Saturday Jan 23 TBC

RobFowl

Anyone going to Lurgan?
I'm going with another lad from Balrothery.
Lenny are you going?
Would be good to get revenge for Grangemount.....

lennymc

booo!! a relevant post has no place in here!!

edit - no, think the next weekend I will be out is punchestown rd 1

Esroh

Connacht Dates

RD 1 Nov 22nd - Venue TBA
RD 2 Dec 6th - Venue TBA
RD 3 Dec 27th - Westport
RD 4 Jan 3th & Connacht CX Champs - Silgo

RobFowl

lennymc wrote: »

booo!! a relevant post has no place in here!!

edit - no, think the next weekend I will be out is punchestown rd 1

Ah, good the kickboxing classes will hopefully have kicked in by then....

PS any tips for drills or cross specific training tips...


And to go a bit off topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9so3U_27tVo

lennymc

Alek wrote: »

Ah, just tell us what it is already

I thought I told you already

It's a sensa fermo sl touring. Aluminium frame, carbon fork, 11 spd 105. The claimed weight (sans pedals) was 9.3 kg, and actual weight with pedals is 9.6, so it was pretty spot on. The brakes are not great but will do for now. I will see what they are like with swissstop yellows. I am thinking of maybe some TRP cantis when the credit card recovers.
The wheels and tyres look sturdy (heavy) and will do for training. May change the saddle aswell, not sure yet.

RobFowl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBPHWk5FQ8

lennymc

jaysis, robfowl has some dodgy taste in music!!

lennymc

re tips - I found that my mount & dismount last week was not up to the level it was previously, so I will be working on that. You can make a good deal of time in mounts and dismounts. I will also be working on the technical stuff, like tight turns, bike handling on loose ground, etc. Apart from that, high intensity short intervals with little recovery seems to be what people recommend for cross specific stuff. Oh, dont forget shoulder barges and bumping off other riders and staying up!

@robfowl - must arrange to meet up with you for a training session.

RobFowl

lennymc wrote: »

jaysis, robfowl has some dodgy taste in music!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010KyIQjkTk

Alek

sensa fermo sl

Nice one Mud clearance looks business! (from eyeballing on the internet)

Alek

I found that my mount & dismount last week was not up to the level it was previously, so I will be working on that.

Practicing this for the last two days, my inner thigh is quite sore now....

high intensity short intervals with little recovery

Commute hard! That's my main training - from lights to lights, all out

nak

RobFowl wrote: »

Anyone going to Lurgan?
I'm going with another lad from Balrothery.
Lenny are you going?
Would be good to get revenge for Grangemount.....

I'll be there.

wanderer 22

Alek wrote: »

Practicing this for the last two days, my inner thigh is quite sore now....

Alek wrote: »

You can give me some pointers tomorrow. Don't tell Lenny, I have a feeling he's not the biggest fan of your technique. (I think the kick in the arse was what gave it away.)

Alek

I have no technique, there is nothing to be a fan of :P

But I can show you how I successfully managed not to land on my jewels 50 times in a row yesterday, to the amusement of many buggy-pushing-mammies around the Santry park.

RobFowl

You can give me some pointers tomorrow. Don't tell Lenny, I have a feeling he's not the biggest fan of your technique. (I think the kick in the arse was what gave it away.)

2 years in a row Lennys better technique resulted in him passing me at Grangemount. First dismounting on the right to get a better line out of the boards and this year a far better technique riding over the bumpy grass section

wanderer 22

RobFowl wrote: »

2 years in a row Lennys better technique resulted in him passing me at Grangemount. First dismounting on the right to get a better line out of the boards and this year a far better technique riding over the bumpy grass section

I know, but he took early retirement from teaching me so I have to take what I can get...

lennymc

RobFowl wrote: »

2 years in a row Lennys better technique resulted in him passing me at Grangemount. First dismounting on the right to get a better line out of the boards and this year a far better technique riding over the bumpy grass section

it's all in the technique.

Alek

I suggest a poll: technique vs engine

lennymc

ok, it's not all in the technique, but a lot is in the technique. You can loose several seconds a lap dismounting and mounting inefficiently. Over 6 laps that adds up.

fat bloke

I didn't realise there were that many races. That's great.

Á propos of exactly that, I think I've just bought this, which, unlike my brother, actually is quite heavy. But it's all relative I suppose

Now I need a pair of spd shoes. Any recommendations for something stylish and cheap?

Beasty

Alek wrote: »

I suggest a poll: technique vs engine

I suggest a poll on this lousy thread title ....

rollingscone

I suggest it be clarified if RobFowl is able to run in a race without leaving his bike behind in a rack and worrying why no one else is in a wetsuit?

RobFowl

rollingscone wrote: »

I suggest it be clarified if RobFowl is able to run in a race without leaving his bike behind in a rack and worrying why no one else is in a wetsuit?

Robfowl know not about the abomination of which you speak!
A bike race shall never be preceded by a swim nor followed by a run.....

Whats more Robfowl has now reported your scandalous and libellous post .......

rollingscone

RobFowl wrote: »

Robfowl know not about the abomination of which you speak!
A bike race shall never be preceded by a swim nor followed by a run.....

Whats more Robfowl has now reported your scandalous and libellous post .......

Did RobFowl report it on the Triathlon forum?

RobFowl

rollingscone wrote: »

Did RobFowl report it on the Triathlon forum?

Surely a forum such as that would only be available on the dark net...

nak

A good demonstration on cross skills from the person with the best remounts in professional racing. Don't look at the shorts, it cannot be unseen.

https://youtu.be/XE4tWHXf6o8

RobFowl

nak wrote: »

A good demonstration on cross skills from the person with the best remounts in professional racing. Don't look at the shorts, it cannot be unseen.

https://youtu.be/XE4tWHXf6o8

I'm sorry I had sausage for my dinner.....

fat bloke

I'm going to do like I do at most parties and chatter away to myself seeing as you all chose to completely ignore my opening gambit.

Yeah so after two cx races I had my first spin on a cx bike just there. They're so cool! Must be how range rover sport drivers get all that superiority they exude. Decent on road manners but then you can jink left and go over kerbs and hit the grass and gravel. Very cool! .

Look out all you B race just outside the top tenners. I'm a gunnin ..... fo yo.... fo sho.

Lumen

fat bloke wrote: »

Must be how range rover sport drivers get all that superiority they exude.

No, that's from the cocaine they sell.

Raam

nak wrote: »

A good demonstration on cross skills from the person with the best remounts in professional racing. Don't look at the shorts, it cannot be unseen.

https://youtu.be/XE4tWHXf6o8

Ooooooh, I wouldn't agree with that... the technique bit I mean

Kevin Pauwels is someone who I think remounts with great technique. An example from the start and some throughout...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iho6LHCDzJQ

Raam

Actually, remounts... seems everyone has their preferred side and they will only do it from that side, but I've seen Sven do it equally well from both sides in races when he has to. Now there is the person with pure perfection.

lennymc

get to go for a spin on the new bike tomorrow morning. Looking forward to it. I'll post some pictures tomorrow. In race trim it comes in at 8.6 kgs on my scales. Bit heavier than i thought, because I forgot to include pedals but still reasonably light for a cx bike. There is still some lightness to be added with a lighter saddle, seatpost (its about 6 foot long) and steerer cut down.

Alek

8.6 kgs on my scales

That's very good indeed. Can I borrow your scales? :P

seatpost [...] cut down.

Come training to Phoenix Park, it will trim itself, just like the last time.

Alek

Met Lenny in the park this morning.

Lenny's derailleur met grass.



Said goodbye to Lenny.

Lenny said goodbye to his cheddar mech hanger.


:pac:

daragh_

Beware the long grass!

wanderer 22

daragh_ wrote: »

Beware the long grass!

Your turn next Daragh...this Jonah Alek fella is dangerous company

Alek

In my defence I've bent my front mech badly last year...

lennymc

Alek is a jinx!

Alek

To steer away from this off-topic subject for a while, anyone ever done the 3 Peaks CX race in Yorkshire?

nak

daragh_ wrote: »

Beware the long grass!

I was very annoyed that they cut the grass, spent last night picking grass out of the cassette and jockey wheels on my cross bike. Cheek of the OPW!