First race...

[bostondrunk]

Well, gonna do my first road race in a looooong time this weekend.
Any advice from the board members???

[jerk]

drink heavily.
jerk

[EdK]

After completing step one (identified by the Jerk) before going to sleep drink a sink full of water, sleep fast, then wake up and take 4 advil, drink 4 espressos, eat a banana, start the race and then do no work!!!

[MarinRider]

Ride fast.

[coylifut]

drink heavily.

That covers it, doesn't it.

[Roy E. Munson]

Schit your pants at the very start and ride on the front all day, you'll be surprised how fast the gaps will open behind you! :butt:

[dirtdigger88]

ride with the lead group- once you loose contact you are most likely done- so stick to the lead guys. If you cant last at that pace for the entire race at least you will know how long you can hold it. Drink lots. Most of all, the most important thing to do- no matter what-HAVE FUN :banana: You are not a pro- you will not loose your house if you don't place well :no: HAVE FUN. A friend once told me that he ruined way too many great rides because he was racing.

Jason

[Redturbo]

Sit in to win.

turbo

[Bruce K]

Load up at Redbones tonight and you will be jet propelled in the morning!

:banana: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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bd the peloton

Good luck,

BK

[vaxn8r]

I raced this year after a 5 year hiatus. I sort of forgot how explosive you need to be. It's not hard most of the time. Then there are shorter, and some longer, periods of agony as the peloton start being splintered and poor schmucks start getting shot out the back right and left. Don't ever get stuck in the back of the field. Not only will you get the "accordian" effect but when the group splinters on the first hill you'll have no chance of breaking the gap.

I assume you know all this already. Still, when you haven't done it in a awhile you kind of forget about some of it.

Good luck.

Oh, crit or RR?

[Lost Weekend]

blood transfusion- you still have time, but hurry :beer:

[Too Tall]

Finish. Than go scream for the guys and gals in the other races.

[RABikes2]

Have a great time! Enjoy the experience and have fun! :p

RA :)

[Vanilla Gorilla]

don't puke :no:

[Dekonick]

I dunno - but Ill be cheering for you!

[RABikes2]

Well...HOW'D THE RACE GO?? :D

[Too Tall]

?

[bostondrunk]

Good, I won..:) OK, so it wasn't my first race, but I wanted to see if anyone here had some edumucated advice on riding, or if ya'll just spend all yer time reading this forum!!! :crap: :beer:

[I'm Not Worthy!]

Guess I should have read the forum before I did my first race last Sunday and experienced the accordian effect first hand. Raced in the Mt. Diablo Challenge for fun and had a great time, but sure could have done better if I'd bothered to start closer to the front of the pack.

The fun part about starting last :crap: , (out of 1,000 riders) is that I had fun passing people the whole way up. It literally took me two minutes to cross the starting line. Good news is I ended up in the top 100 which was good enough for me. :banana:

[Too Tall]

Race season is OVER drunk bruthah. Time to chill out and contemplate Pilates.

[pbbob]

Race season is OVER drunk bruthah. Time to chill out and contemplate Pilates.
there are some crossers that would argue with that.
I really enjoy folowing the cross scene.

[bostondrunk]

No, I'm with Too Tall, race season is now over for me. Time for some swimming, running and gym and drinking. Not sure how I'm gonna fit all that in with the 17 hours per day I'm on here... :crap: