- Jul 7, 2003
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[Other Sport] Cycling geeks
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Sorry I did think (just) it was a little strange.I was only kidding, I do recognise that
I guess the sun has finally got to me.
Gonna watch the tour now, I bet I'm asleep before 7:30,
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
You can marvel at [MENTION=3697]sten_super[/MENTION]'s 36 feet of climbing every day.
I'll have you know that the cycle home has a whole 140 feet of climbing!
It is a bit of a bugger when it comes to training though - going from my commute to my first (albeit short) sportive-style ride in Cheltenham was quite a culture shock. Don't think L'Etape is going to be on my agenda any time soon!
Never say never Sten, you'll only have to do your commute to work 166.6 times, without stopping, to match climbing the Tourmalet.
Ok so be honest, even with the appauling weather Team Geek had to cope with.
Who, after watching today's stage is thinking 'I'd like a piece of that, next year'.
Indurain's Lungs
Legend of Garry Nelson
Surely it's the marmotte - the biggest of them all!
Seeing IL's post reminds me of a ride I was going to do 3 or 4 years ago, but circumstances changed keeping me off the bike.
I assume it'll be even less convenient but hey:-
http://www.marmot-tours.co.uk/Road-Cycling-Holidays/raid-pyrenean.html
Indurain's Lungs
Legend of Garry Nelson
My dad has done that twice. Ended up in a French ambulance the second time!
Pogue Mahone
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That looks incredible. Impossible, probably, but brilliant.
Pogue Mahone
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It would be brilliant, and I want to ride Alpe d,Huez and the Galibier in particular. It's at a very inconvenient time though.
Pogue Mahone
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Hmmmm...
1066familyman
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Chapeau Pogue Mahone and manintheblackpajamas! 
Sounds great, despite the weather. I wonder how many casualties there would have been had it been 39 degrees though?
Sounds great, despite the weather. I wonder how many casualties there would have been had it been 39 degrees though?
Pogue Mahone
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Chapeau Pogue Mahone and manintheblackpajamas!
Sounds great, despite the weather. I wonder how many casualties there would have been had it been 39 degrees though?
Yeah, 39 would not have been much fun. If I do it again, I'd like sunshine, 25 degrees and a gentle breeze, please.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I've penciled in next week as full strip down, clean and re-grease week, for both bikes.
If I don't tell you what colour bar tape I've just bought, you can all assume both packs were black, right?
If I don't tell you what colour bar tape I've just bought, you can all assume both packs were black, right?
Pogue Mahone
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Of course it's black. A sensible and logical assumption to make.
Only an idiot would select some other random colour, like, I don't know, celeste or something.
When added to the tyres and saddle I've bought, Stat Towers is going to look like an explosion in a celeste factory.
Plus the fact I'm not sure if I want black hood covers on my 'bright' bike.
I just can't think of another colour to get.
- Jul 7, 2003
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I'm contemplating riding to work later. Which is easy, but it means I'll be riding home some time after midnight. Mainly down an unlit road between Haywards Heath & Burgess Hill.
I have decent lights (unused as yet): what are my chances of getting run over by some ignorant idiot in a speeding Citroen Saxo, do we think?
(I'd have said a white van but not so many of them around at 1am, apart from the ones carrying out ram raids)
I have decent lights (unused as yet): what are my chances of getting run over by some ignorant idiot in a speeding Citroen Saxo, do we think?
(I'd have said a white van but not so many of them around at 1am, apart from the ones carrying out ram raids)