Hawaii State Team TT and Strong Winds and Flexy Spinergys

April 20th, this past Sunday, was the Cambio sponsored Hawaii State Team Time Trial Championship and it was my first race for my new team.....


The race was a 40 kilometer, 4 man Team TT from Kuuloa Beach Park to Laie and back. MAHALOS, to my teammates David, Susie, Darin, Charles, Cal, Gay and the entire Cambio/Core gang for busting their butts and putting on another 1st class race!!!

Our team was the Cambio "B" team made of 3 other strong riders plus myself and our time of 56:34 was not too bad considering we never rode together before. Although we came in 4th (out of 4 teams) in our division, we came out 6th overall.

On the way out, it was super fast as it was mainly a strong tail and side wind - my max speed was about 55kph. The Cervelo, with my "new" position, slightly more forward than previous TTs, felt really good and it must have been really aero cause I could just soft pedal while in the draft. The only thing holding me back from really cranking it up was knowing that it would be like hell on the way back into a strong headwind; and, the raging side winds in the exposed sections.

Being that our team never rode together before (very bad for a Team TT), we took some time to get into a good rotation and rhythm. And the nasty side winds didn't help at all. They were so bad, in fact, that I probably rode about 1/3rd of the race on my bar ends to keep the bike upright.

On the way back, it was as hard as expected and the wet roads mixed with white lines and blot-dots for about the last 4 miles really sucked. We NEVER got into any kind of rhythm as the side winds required an echelon across the whole road - and I didn't really want to block the entire road with all the cars passing the other team still on the way out...really sketchy sometimes...almost to the point that your time depended on how much of a "chance" you were willing to take.

I would think that if we practiced and if we didn't have to worry about the traffic passing the other teams, and if everyone had the full aero treatment, we had the horsepower on the team to do it in the low 55s or better...

Becuase my Spinergys are 1st gens and really flexible, they're total cr@p in side winds. This was the 2nd race where the side winds really affected my performance as the flexy wheel really makes you feel disconnected with the road...not a deal breaker by yourself, but with others in close proximity in a TTT, it is NOT GOOD! I think I'm going to be building up my Spinergys using some carbon fiber and epoxy to reinforce those flexy 8 spokes. The way they are now - it's just to crazy with any side gusts.

Back and safe in one piece...me in my new Cambio Team skin suit that looks and feels really slick! Beautiful Chinaman's Hat in the background...

1st Place Overall
609 Tony Lang Cambio-Core Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:53:35
610 Ricky Armstrong Cambio-Core Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:53:35
611 John Akana Cambio-Core Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:53:35
612 David Lum Cambio-Core Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:53:35

2nd
621 Alex Eiler Tradewind Breakwind Expr Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:54:40
622 Thomas Moen Tradewind Breakwind Expr Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:54:40
623 Keven Kawainui Tradewind Breakwind Expr Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:54:40
624 Rich Cocheran Tradewind Breakwind Expr Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:54:40

3rd
605 Ray Brust Boca 1 Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:54:51
606 Eduardo Sa Boca 1 Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:54:51
607 Alika Chee Boca 1 Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:54:51
608 Tai Bletchta Boca 1 Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:54:51

4th
617 Gary Shields Hammerheads Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:55:00
618 Penn Henderson Hammerheads Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:55:00
619 G. Tommaso Cirella Hammerheads Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:55:00
620 Jimmy Day Hammerheads Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:55:00

5th
601 Mike Zagorski Pacificvelo-Uno Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:56:19
602 David Lelong Pacificvelo-Uno Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:56:19
603 Cody Bergfalk Pacificvelo-Uno Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:56:19
604 Arron Walen Pacificvelo-Uno Men 1/2/3 72+ 0:56:19

6th
613 Roberto Deiana Cambio-Core.1 Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:56:34
614 Mike Okura Cambio-Core.1 Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:56:34
615 Steven Serikaku Cambio-Core.1 Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:56:34
616 Eric Sugiyama Cambio-Core.1 Men 1/2/3 155+ 0:56:34

7th
625 Casey Tucker HACC-A-Lugi Men 4/5 72+ 0:57:35
626 Ben Sambrano HACC-A-Lugi Men 4/5 72+ 0:57:35
627 Stephen Stale HACC-A-Lugi Men 4/5 72+ 0:57:35
628 Steve Chrco HACC-A-Lugi Men 4/5 72+ 0:57:35

8th
629 Charles Dias Cambio-Core.2 Men 4/5 72+ 0:58:51
630 Mark Little Cambio-Core.2 Men 4/5 72+ 0:58:51
631 Kaleo Mcguire Cambio-Core.2 Men 4/5 72+ 0:58:51
632 Ryan Seto Cambio-Core.2 Men 4/5 72+ 0:58:51

9th
505 Barry Masuda Cambio-Core.200 Men 200+ 0:59:04
506 Samson Ramirez Cambio-Core.200 Men 200+ 0:59:04
507 Chester Tamashiro Cambio-Core.200 Men 200+ 0:59:04
508 Tony Lang Cambio-Core.200 Men 200+ 0:59:04

10th
497 Tony Krantz Fast Mamas Mixed 155+ 1:00:54
498 Tanya Bettis Fast Mamas Mixed 155+ 1:00:54
499 Fouad Fattoumy Fast Mamas Mixed 155+ 1:00:54
500 James Gurr Fast Mamas Mixed 155+ 1:00:54

Full Results: http://blog.teamcorehawaii.com/files/113326-105816/2008_State_TTT_Worksheet_Working_Results_Team.pdf