04-23-2006, 06:16 AM | #1 |
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How cool would it be to race at Indy 500 on your bike? Quesyqiano (I know its spelled wrong) shuold do this and so shoue Steel blue and Bluegoose and any others that are so inclined. I would go, except then no one would be here to keep those dang kids off my grass.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060422/..._tour_de_lance BTW, I think this may be the first post (other than Mike's post saying that he lost a day's worth of posts, inlcuding a few of mine).
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04-23-2006, 02:05 PM | #2 |
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Yes Quisqueyano should do this
as it will be easy for him to qualify.
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Well, the post where I really made fun of you was deleted in the transfer to the new board. This post was just a very mild joke. The idea that this would be a tremnedous thing to do is heartfelt. In general, however, being unfazed by cracks from a fat old guy is a good attitude.
To sum up the deleted post, btw, I pointed out that I sampled four stages from the Tdf from last year and the ONLY one that exceeded 30 mph was Zabriskie's winning time trial, which was at 33 mph (almost 34), and which was the fastest in TdF history. The other three stages included two flat stages at the beginning of the race (e.g. fresh peloton working en masse and fresh sprinters teams leading out) and the first mountainous stage and none of these exceeded 30 mph. But like you say, I am a fat old guy, and most of this is jealousy becasue I could never cruise at 30 mph even when I was neither fat nor old.
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04-24-2006, 06:17 PM | #5 |
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That's interesting that the best use of your weekend was to try and prove some stranger wrong. If it makes you feel better, on my Saturday ride I topped out at 27 MPH. Of course there was a bit of a head wind. I held it for 3 miles befoe I had to slow down to turn onto my street.
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You of course know that there is a huge ginormous difference between 24mph and 27mph in terms of effort and strength. That's the reason for the skepticism. Someone who averages 30mph on solo rides, and isn't a Cat2 or a Cat1 (I assume you know what I am referring to) is probably mistaken, or a liar, or a freak of nature. |
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Here's the deal: You drop in on us and claim to go indefinitely at 30 mph. You are talking to a bunch of guys that ride bikes a lot so we have a sense of what this means and, yes, we are rather skeptical. You are either very impressive or telling a tale. Then you change indeifnitely to 10 minutes, now you are topping out at 27 mph. 27 is hugely different from 30, as any of us know. Now try not to get twisted knickers. I am glad you're here, and I am glad that you're willing to keep showing up. You appear able to hang with Arch and BlueGoose, with Steelblue not far behind, when it comes to riding, so I am sure you will have a lot to add. But surely you can understand how dropping out of the sky and making the claim you did casued you to pull a little closer scrutiny than you otherwise might have. Btw, You'll need to do more than tell me that you are the guy saying 'on your left' if you want me to recognize you; I hear that all the time. Maybe you could get a little pruple bell or something?
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btw, i am extremely fast rider for someone who rides as much as me.
If you count 10 mile / week as "much". |
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