Back to the cave y'all

Reliving the rave audiobook style. I love the library.

Single Speeding on the Road

Note the Hollywood sign in the background—that’s the view from the closed road in Griffith Park that’s ideal for climbing intervals sans traffic. 1,000 feet of vert, roughly, from base of the park to the top of the mountain, numerous sections of 10-14% gradient, mostly in the 3-7% range, though.

 

This is an old ass road that requires numerous transitions from mellow to steep and back again loaded with switch backs over varying road surfaces ranging from packed dirt to crumbled asphalt to normal paved stuff, always with debris and deadly cracks all over the place.

 

The single speed road bike forces you to combat many of the same stochastic environmental forces you’d encounter on a mountain bike. If you can master staying in your target training zones in these variable conditions, then you’ve got a good start on mastering the concepts of pacing in races and on hard group rides.

 

Both uphill, downhill, and on the flats line selection, carrying momentum, and applying appropriate levels of force at exactly the right moment become critical if you don’t want to end up zig-zagging back and forth while trying to stay on top of a 46-16 (gear on this build) on a 14% grade.

Shocking Revelation

Who is this guy in second place? Does he have a chance in hell of winning? Does he have the strength of the bear and the speed of the puma?

If you have a wallaby fetish or mainline pro cycling news perhaps you'd know but versus hasn't explored this story line too much instead electing to focus on Mark Cavendish. That's cool, it gives Paul an opportunity to recite fun facts about the topography and local flavor in Isle of Mann.

#10 Steppin' and Reppin' Viking Ski Hat Plus Track Suit with Matchin' Sneaker Style

Please Bench #10

What's worse? The viking hat or the fact this guy is trying to be on tv while shooting video at the same time?

Guess what #10: the image stabilization on the camera ain't that great and you may regret spending your time looking at a 2" LCD of the leaders when you could have actually watched the race.

Take it back to Havasu, bro.