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Old 06-06-14 | 11:40 AM
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achoo
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Originally Posted by spare_wheel
welcome to the commuting forum where riding 25 mph is a blood-doping TdF performance!
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This is what you claimed:

Originally Posted by spare_wheel
sigh.

i can do 36ish for a few mins when i stand up and full on sprint on a 17 lb road bike. but when i'm done sprinting i want to puke. methinks another commuter needs to recalibrate their bike computer (and/or stop guessing).
The fact that sprinting like that actually would be "a blood-doping TdF performance" is, well, completely hilarious.

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