Diamond Derby changing into the Crystal City Phoenix Derby and moving to May

[PotomacCyclist]

One change that I would suggest: a wider variety of bike sizes for the Goldsprints. The bike trainer sprints are fun, but not really efficient if you aren’t within a certain height. It was difficult to pedal on the bikes for some, including the kids who tried it out. (The bikes were also difficult for the kids to climb on and off. I saw one girl fall over with the bike after she finished her sprint. Fortunately she wasn’t seriously injured.)

I know the Goldsprints were run by a separate sponsoring company, but maybe the official organizers can suggest that they include some smaller bikes for next year’s edition (if the Goldsprints return).

[jopamora]

@PotomacCyclist 70726 wrote:

One change that I would suggest: a wider variety of bike sizes for the Goldsprints. The bike trainer sprints are fun, but not really efficient if you aren’t within a certain height. It was difficult to pedal on the bikes for some, including the kids who tried it out. (The bikes were also difficult for the kids to climb on and off. I saw one girl fall over with the bike after she finished her sprint. Fortunately she wasn’t seriously injured.)

I know the Goldsprints were run by a separate sponsoring company, but maybe the official organizers can suggest that they include some smaller bikes for next year’s edition (if the Goldsprints return).

Um, can we make Tim ride the smaller bike?

[jopamora]

Is Sheba still gonna organize it?

[Tim Kelley]

@jopamora 70734 wrote:

Um, can we make Tim ride the smaller bike?

Pretty sure they were both about a 54 or 56, although I think one had a longer seat post.

Didn’t matter, still won.

[PotomacCyclist]

I think he meant a smaller bike next year, maybe a kid-sized one.

I tried the sprint this year but I couldn’t sit on the seat. So I had to stand the entire time I tried to sprint. That didn’t really work too well.

[jopamora]

@PotomacCyclist 70758 wrote:

I think he meant a smaller bike next year, maybe a kid-sized one.

I tried the sprint this year but I couldn’t sit on the seat. So I had to stand the entire time I tried to sprint. That didn’t really work too well.

Did they change the seat height for you? Tim understood what I meant, but he had to gloat about his victory.

[PotomacCyclist]

They didn’t adjust the seat. But given the size of the bikes, that wouldn’t have made much of a difference. The bike was just too big for me. I could muddle through a 60-second (attempted) sprint, but I could have never ridden those bikes on a real ride.

The bikes were also far too big for all of the kids that I saw on them.

I probably wouldn’t have won, but I would have been far more competitive in the standings if I hadn’t been stand-pedaling. That’s no way to live.

[Tim Kelley]

@PotomacCyclist 70758 wrote:

I think he meant a smaller bike next year, maybe a kid-sized one.

I tried the sprint this year but I couldn’t sit on the seat. So I had to stand the entire time I tried to sprint. That didn’t really work too well.

My problem was the other direction, I could have used a 62 or 64!

Besides, a kid-sized bike wouldn’t really slow me down anyway….

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[Tim Kelley]

@PotomacCyclist 70764 wrote:

They didn’t adjust the seat. But given the size of the bikes, that wouldn’t have made much of a difference. The bike was just too big for me. I could muddle through a 60-second (attempted) sprint, but I could have never ridden those bikes on a real ride.

The bikes were also far too big for all of the kids that I saw on them.

I probably wouldn’t have won, but I would have been far more competitive in the standings if I hadn’t been stand-pedaling. That’s no way to live.

They adjusted the seats if you asked them to.

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