Sprinting: skipping wheel

[TJ]

I have a question to you all. When I sprint ( if you can call it that ) I skip my back wheel from side to side. My peak wattage is only 1340 so I'm pretty sure it's not wattage overload. I'm 6ft and 155 so it's not me throwing my massive bulk around. Am I getting to far foward over the bars? I know it's hard to tell without seeing but figured it's worth a shot.
Thanks in advance,
TJ

[bbillington]

I skip my back wheel from side to side.
TJ

If you're losing traction or your wheel is jumping around under effort, then you are correct to assume that your weight is too far forward.

[Disturbed]

You may need carbon paste.

[TJ]

You may need carbon paste.

To glue my ass to the saddle or my wheel to the ground?

[e-RICHIE]

do you have some silly short chainstays?
if you are not sprinting well, why haven't you ridden away from the field before the dash?
what's the point of waiting atmo?

[TJ]

Nope , normal length chain stays. I like your idea of not having to sprint but unless there is a big enough climb to cause a selection it prob ain't happening. I know that I'm no sprinter but if it comes down to it I'd like to throw down the best one I can.

[e-RICHIE]

Nope , normal length chain stays. I like your idea of not having to sprint but unless there is a big enough climb to cause a selection it prob ain't happening. I know that I'm no sprinter but if it comes down to it I'd like to throw down the best one I can.

what do you do to practice/simulate race finishes atmo?

[lavi]

If yer wheel is jumping, just shift your ass backwards a bit, not down on saddle.

[redturbo]

Too low a cadence and uneven pushing and pulling on the pedals. Shorter chainstays can make it worse.

[fatallightning]

i do this as well, unlike you i do have some bulk to throw around. i find i sometimes try and kick my foot back up after a powerstroke and that can get the bike dancing around.

[John Mansell]

I have a question to you all. When I sprint ( if you can call it that ) I skip my back wheel from side to side. My peak wattage is only 1340 so I'm pretty sure it's not wattage overload. I'm 6ft and 155 so it's not me throwing my massive bulk around. Am I getting to far foward over the bars? I know it's hard to tell without seeing but figured it's worth a shot.
Thanks in advance,
TJ

1340 watts at 155 pounds is pretty darn good. Just buy a heavier bike and all that jumping around will stop. I had a bike that tended to skip a little when I put the hammer down. Got a different bike and it stopped.

[e-RICHIE]

my method is to sprint for signs and trees in the smallest gear i can possibly max out while standing.
mebbe a 39-16 or similar.
at first it's incredibly awkward.
after a while it's the best part of the ride.
mebbe 15-20 per day, none more than 100 meters.
all done after getting past 18mph or so as a way to jump start the wind up.
it sure makes real sprinting using real gears a whole lot easier atmo.

[keevohn]

^ bingo.

[ThasFACE]

1340 watts at 155 pounds is pretty darn good.

Yeah, agreed. I outweigh you by about 20 lbs and can't get down a tremendous amount more than you can... so, I think you're doing pretty well from my crappy-amateur perspective.

But the skipping thing seems weird to me and would sketch me out.

But that thought doesn't really help you.

I'd listen to e-R.

[rbaker2778]

I am about 70 lbs heavier than you, and can just break 2,000 watts in a sprint effort. The only time I experience what you are talking about is if I really do a somewhat sloppy standing start on the track. This leads me to believe that it is a result of choppy pedaling at too low a cadence. If I am sprinting at speed, it never happens. Only when I am trying to get it going.

Not that anyone would question it, but it seems that my experience supports using Mr. Sachs' program to get away from the rear wheel hops.

[ThasFACE]

can just break 2,000 watts in a sprint effort.

Show-off.

[rbaker2778]

Show-off.

Trust me, if you were my size you could probably do it too. 225 lbs is a lot to carry around all the time.

Let me tell you about a friend of mine. He is about 5'9, 165 lbs, and can hit 2,000 all day long. Get this, he has only been riding for about 3 years! He is truly a genetic marvel, and went from cat 5 to cat1 in a season and a half. I am convinced if he were a little younger, he would be a domestic pro for sure. Last year, he was in a break, and beat Dominique Rollin in a sprint to win a local crit in NJ. Now that guy should impress you.

[Disturbed]

Trust me, if you were my size you could probably do it too. 225 lbs is a lot to carry around all the time..........

I wish....

250 is a lot to climb with.

[Britishbane]

I wish....

250 is a lot to climb with.

At least us biggun's get to go down hill too?

[Disturbed]

At least us biggun's get to go down hill too?

Yeah peddling our a$$ off to catch the bunch that dropped us like a dress on pron night going up!