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Old 10-05-15 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
In my racing days, I bent a seatpost back (flying down from Stowe, VT's Smuggler's Notch at close to 60 mph, hitting a frost heave I didn't see until it was 20' away. Got kicked in the butt two feet in the air. Everything came down straight. But a week later I raced the very hard state championships and boy, did I pay! That very slight re-position of the seat was a killer!

Ben
I did that race in 1980 or so ! Fun one.
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