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12-16-19 | 10:26 AM

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thehammerdog

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Bikes: Road bike is a Carbon Bianchi C2C & Grandis (1980's), Gary Fisher Mt Bike, Trek Tandem & Mongoose SS MTB circa 1992.

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Originally Posted by StephenH

I did a 500 mile/48 hour time trial and thought "24 hours would be about right."
So I did a 24 hour time trial and thought "12 hours would be about right".
Did 12 hours and thought "6 hours would be about right".
So I can see myself when I'm 80 doing the half-mile time trial and thinking "A quarter-mile would be about right."
But that reminds me of this video I saw a while back, very interesting to me. I've never track-raced, but this event sounds intriguing. Yes I'd suck at it, but not any worse than longer distances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtYV35jFmks

i tried the vandedrome. Portable track and found iTV fast fun and but difficult. It takes huge efforts sustained power.
track boys are beasts.

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