Called out by Mom on my lack of race wheels
So I got a new, bike - shall I say, "frame" last week. Scott Plasma 10 -love it so far!
Went to see the 'rents for Father's day and of course showed off my new ride.
Says my mother: "Oh, but you don't have those thick wheels"
"But Mom, I have a powermeter and the back wheel...oh nevermind..."
She had been at Mooseman and now is a Zipp wheel gearhead. Classic!! It is still cracking me up a day later.
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That's great - your mom's a gear snob! I hope you didn't miss your opportunity to ask for those special wheels for your birthday.
LOL
Yeah for moms!
That is funny. My mom's old school. She just asks me how much more training to get faster...
Apparently I need to train more. In her defense this is taken out of context a little. She was asking how much more training I would need to get from my 7 hour 1/2 IM to those fast guys that won. At the time doing LSD stuff I told her more time than I had available.
Gordon
My mom's been trying to talk me out of triathlons and into GOLF (cuz it's more befitting a doctor--PUH-leez!) for years.
OTOH, my dad thinks I should fuel my IM races with soup noodles and Red Bull.
Race wheels are awesome. So happy that I won my first set [in a race raffle] so I did not have to explain the whole thing to my wife. Once she saw how awesome they are up close she understood the fascination. If you hand even a non cyclist a 404 tubbie they will understand that it is really cool and stupid light.
@Kitboo - been down the golf road. Maybe someday again. Very hard game to play well. Tell your mom that cycling is the new golf. Not sure if that is true or not but have heard it a few times.