Well this week did not go quite as planned at the Tuesday night races. I was in a good group off the front until Ben W. attacked it, after that it all went downhill. I eventually rode myself out of the race. Oh well, good workout I suppose.
One positive? thing that came out of the Tuesday night races was Joe T. convincing me to go up to Mass and race at Attleboro with the lure of a free ride up there. So I guess I will race at least one day this weekend. Jose is also trying to get me to race New Britain on Sunday. If I do both it may be a quiet weekend in the evenings. Sigh. Perhaps I will test out my "toughness" with a late Saturday and New Britain Sunday ... hmm. It is tour time so maybe I should see how tough I am ... yeah, yeah that's the ticket ...
Anyhow in the tour this past week there was news that during bike check for the team time trial saddle level was checked and the UCI made every rider set their saddle perfectly level. The guys are riding along the last 20 km at 40 mph in their leadout trains and the UCI is worried about saddle level? Apparently tilting the saddle down in front provides better lumbar support, thus allowing riders to push a slightly larger gear so now the UCI says it's illegal. So if it's healthier it should be illegal but drugs like EPO that can cause blood clots and death are all good. Anyhow I might tilt down the nose of my saddle 2 millimeters ...
