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03-06-07 | 02:09 PM

#26

botto

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Originally Posted by pinky

Botto, Sturbridge had more crashes in the last mile than the entire Tufts crit including the collegiate racers. Blood on the streets in the lower cats.

OK, fair enough. Just trying to push GW into racing, but not interested in him leaving some DNA on the tarmac.

Almost sounds as bad as the 1st stage of the Killington SR. That was a fun one.

03-06-07 | 03:15 PM

#27

VosBike

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From: The Springs, CO

I did sturbrige last year in Cat 5. One guy crashed and he was OTB, it just wasn't that dangerous. But yeah, the long downhill finish did ruin some of the excitment

03-06-07 | 06:48 PM

#28

Greg180

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From: Massachusetts

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Originally Posted by pinky

Sturbridge and Palmer are two of the more boring and dangerous road races in the NE IMO, no real selection points tons of downhill, including a mile or two long downhill finish for Sturbridge (last year I think something like 3/4s of the fields had crashes in the finishing mile), Palmer's a bit better thanks to its uphill finish, but still...yawn...

I'll take ...yawn...for now. I think I have left DNA on three separate continents and now days I like to stay healthy and mobile. For my first year into this exclusive club I will go out and pedal till I puke. That way I know what my threshold is and work harder and improve the "YAK" threshold.

Knowing me by the end of this season I will have spent another five grand on improving my racing rig and driven my wife crazy on proving I can still endure pain and suffering like a testosterone peaked twenty year old.

03-06-07 | 07:09 PM

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Duke of Kent

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From: Blacksburg, VA

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Originally Posted by Greg200

Knowing me by the end of this season I will have spent another five grand on improving my racing rig and driven my wife crazy on proving I can still endure pain and suffering like a testosterone peaked twenty year old.

Haha. Based upon the predicted weather for this upcoming weekend, the amount of hot college bike racer girls (IU-Little 500 in training) that will be there, and the fact that I will be racing an ITT for the first time in more than a year... this college kid is planning on a massive surge in the T count.