best milage WITH bike on back :)

[argylesocks]

well, i took the advise & kept my ride off the top of the car. I bought a hatch mounted setup that works pretty smoothly.

so i put my bike & an extra set of wheels mounted on the back & headed up to (almost) Burlington, Vt for my first cyclocross race of the season (3hrs away).

Almost all highway miles going about 60mph. I filled up on the way back & much to my surprise it calc'd out at a whopping 44.2mpg!! nice

I may leave the bike on there a little more. hehe

[SVOboy]

Very nice! Go little yaris go!

How'd you do in the race, ?

[argylesocks]

Originally Posted by SVOboy

How'd you do in the race, ?

i did 'ok' i still have to take it VERY easy due to my injuries. i cant take ANY risks... which basically means i cant race hard.
that being said, i finished 17th. fitness-wise i absolutely could have been top10... but i lost alot of time being careful on the slick, muddy turns & decents.

i crashed once & it scared the poop out of me. im ok though.

[zpiloto]

Originally Posted by argylesocks

i did 'ok' i still have to take it VERY easy due to my injuries. i cant take ANY risks... which basically means i cant race hard.
that being said, i finished 17th. fitness-wise i absolutely could have been top10... but i lost alot of time being careful on the slick, muddy turns & decents.

i crashed once & it scared the poop out of me. im ok though.

What kinda of injury you coming back from, collarbone?

[SVOboy]

Damn, you must be a beast. It has been a little rainy up here lately, I do quite fancy it, but that's another story.

Perhaps you could find a way to mold your rack into a partial boattail,

[argylesocks]

Originally Posted by zpiloto

What kinda of injury you coming back from, collarbone?

4 fractured/chipped vertibrae in neck
dislocated right shoulder
type 2 distal (right at the AC Joint) on the left collarbone (then punctured thru my trapezius muscle)
possible rotator cuff damage
lots of ligament/muscle damage to back

i got a plate & 7 screws in my shoulder... in a sling for 10 weeks... out of work for 6 weeks.... still in physical therapy... etc etc etc

[zpiloto]

Originally Posted by argylesocks

4 fractured/chipped vertibrae in neck
dislocated right shoulder
type 2 distal (right at the AC Joint) on the left collarbone (then punctured thru my trapezius muscle)
possible rotator cuff damage
lots of ligament/muscle damage to back

i got a plate & 7 screws in my shoulder... in a sling for 10 weeks... out of work for 6 weeks.... still in physical therapy... etc etc etc

Ouch! Good luck on the recover and don't push to hard. Were you hit buy a car?

[argylesocks]

Originally Posted by zpiloto

Ouch! Good luck on the recover and don't push to hard. Were you hit buy a car?

road race. someone went down in the final sprint & thier bike slid across the road, right in front of me.... i hit it at about 35mph. then went head first into the granite curb... ouch.

im almost fully back to normal way ahead of schedule.