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YMCA
Hated Spinaci's, but used them sometimes anyway. Definitely not for the purist.
Vitamins and Spinaci's and the 40mm's, brought avg speeds up something ridiculous. I used to see guys rolling up the side of the paceline towards the front, whilst we were flat out at 55k. That's not normal.
Weird era for sure. But the riding was literally supercharged. I preferred TriSpokes and Scott Rakes, and I used them in flat, fast crits. I remember pulling every lap at Floyd Bennet Field at 42 mph for the back stretch + a bit of the second stretch (cross tailwind), 54x11, in the rakes, all the guys blocking for their teammates in the break sitting on my wheel. I'd ride under low branches so that they'd have to swerve or hit them. Then they'd give me dirty looks after my 1/2 lap pulls. lol. I'd sit in for the headwind bits and then pull again. I never caught a single break. I wish I were that fast once again.
cdr