OOS MOGA

@Paul H your Crux is a rocketship, but you feel every bump. My buttocks is sore from 45 min. of riding! My feet keep on hitting the front wheel when I turn tight at slow speeds, had to lower the seat a bit, and gonna take a bit to get used to the seat. Can I rotate the bars a little or will my hands get used to the weird shape of the bars? Shifting is excellent, your my RD go to guy from now on, great job! I got a week to get friendly with the bike then off to HPCX. What day is everyone going to MCBP? Thanks Paul! P.S. Who is S Hong?
 
Mtbdog said:
@Paul H your Crux is a rocketship, but you feel every bump. My buttocks is sore from 45 min. of riding! My feet keep on hitting the front wheel when I turn tight at slow speeds, had to lower the seat a bit, and gonna take a bit to get used to the seat. Can I rotate the bars a little or will my hands get used to the weird shape of the bars? Shifting is excellent, your my RD go to guy from now on, great job! I got a week to get friendly with the bike then off to HPCX. What day is everyone going to MCBP? Thanks Paul! P.S. Who is S Hong?
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Do the adjustments you need.
I think we are leaning on Sat but hasn't been confirmed yet.
 
arangov3 said:
My issue is I'm looking at my front tire
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You don't look ahead on the trail as far as your speed neccesitates? If your looking at your wheel that means you won't be ready for whats coming. You've never "ridden a line" then. I try to constantly look ahead and put that picture in my head and pick a line I think will set me up for the trail ahead. I don't pay a whole lotta attention to what i'm riding over right now but what i'll be riding over next and so on. That's why I didn't know what bent my hanger, I was busy watching Ridges lines ahead of me. Look ahead to move forward!
 
A few quick pictures from the ride:


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@Kangboy, Haresh and Brett.jpg
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Matt and @ridgehog.jpg
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Mtbdog said:
@Paul H your Crux is a rocketship, but you feel every bump. My buttocks is sore from 45 min. of riding! My feet keep on hitting the front wheel when I turn tight at slow speeds, had to lower the seat a bit, and gonna take a bit to get used to the seat. Can I rotate the bars a little or will my hands get used to the weird shape of the bars? Shifting is excellent, your my RD go to guy from now on, great job! I got a week to get friendly with the bike then off to HPCX. What day is everyone going to MCBP? Thanks Paul! P.S. Who is S Hong?
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Yeah you have to get used to the toe lap. I'm guessing you're not supposed to pedal around turns? And instead take speed around them.
 
Mtbdog said:
You don't look ahead on the trail as far as your speed neccesitates? If your looking at your wheel that means you won't be ready for whats coming. You've never "ridden a line" then. I try to constantly look ahead and put that picture in my head and pick a line I think will set me up for the trail ahead. I don't pay a whole lotta attention to what i'm riding over right now but what i'll be riding over next and so on. That's why I didn't know what bent my hanger, I was busy watching Ridges lines ahead of me. Look ahead to move forward!
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I have lots of trouble there, can't stop staring at the front bike's rear wheel and completely get hypnotic over it. Need to fall back a good few bike lengths
 
I don't think I've seen roadies with their feet in the 3 o'clock position when coasting. Maybe it's the same?
 
Mtbdog said:
You don't look ahead on the trail as far as your speed neccesitates? If your looking at your wheel that means you won't be ready for whats coming. You've never "ridden a line" then. I try to constantly look ahead and put that picture in my head and pick a line I think will set me up for the trail ahead. I don't pay a whole lotta attention to what i'm riding over right now but what i'll be riding over next and so on. That's why I didn't know what bent my hanger, I was busy watching Ridges lines ahead of me. Look ahead to move forward!
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Yeah I'm trying to fix it
 
qclabrat said:
Yeah you have to get used to the toe lap. I'm guessing you're not supposed to pedal around turns? And instead take speed around them.
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Twice it was when accelerating out of the corner and got my toes hit the inside of the wheel if you know what I mean. Pedaling in mid to late turn.
 
qclabrat said:
@StayHydrated can you help us understand about how to handle toe lap?
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I am by no means an expert, nor do I claim to be. In the context of racing cyclocross, generally speaking:

If a corner is large enough radius to pedal through, the input on the bars is relatively small with a lean helping to accomplish the turn.

In tighter corners, input to the bars is larger, with feet at 12 and 6 (not pedalling). You may sometimes put additional weight on the pedal at 6 and the opposite side of the bars to help lock in the turn.

In both cases, positioning/weight transfer can buy you something.

@Mtbdog you might want to check out this thread: http://www.mtbnj.com/forum/threads/so-you-want-to-try-cyclocross-updated-for-2015.28203/
 
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