… it might be an equipment issue.
A few months ago the right Chorus shifter on the Colnago went out for an extended lunch break. I did the quick fix of putting the spare Centaur shifters on the bike and had the Chorus shifters there in the home office waiting to be rebuilt. But I never got around to doing it myself and never took them to a shop to have it done. The broken shifter from the crash on Memorial Day was the impetus to get it done, finally.
Today I dropped the Chorus shifters at a shop near where I work for the rebuild. The guy behind the counter asks when I need them, and I say that it is not a rush, but I want a couple of weeks before Pescadero to ride on that bike. He looks at me and asks what field, so I tell him 35+ 4/5. He asks if I am a good climber, and I say that I am an OK climber. So he bundles the shifters, hands them over to a guy in the shop and says: “Dmitry, make these work fine for a few days, then so that he can shift to the 53-11, only.” Guess I know at least one person I will be racing against that day.
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May 29, 2008 at 2:16 am
Groover
Sorry to read about your crash and I hope you are better already. The shifter story is funny. But you got it all wrong. He is trying to make sure that you’ll win since there is only one way to go in 53/11 - and that’s fast! Hehehe - Happy big gear grinding!
May 29, 2008 at 7:28 am
CyclistRick
Groover - yep, only one way to go with the 53/11 .. really slow (when the grade ticks up to 8%). I did not add his later comment: that he would need to change the estimated date it was ready from this Friday to June 16th. The race is June 14th.
May 31, 2008 at 6:56 am
chris
A comedian, eh.