The next guy that asks if he can race...
04-16-08, 09:25 PM
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He even took a beer from that devil dude in the red:
And he finished the race ahead of at least a dozen cat4's who DNF'd.
And he finished the race ahead of at least a dozen cat4's who DNF'd.
04-16-08, 09:30 PM
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It is fun. Just a few miles west of the Twin Cities in Hopkins.
https://www.loonstate.org/2008/03/23/2008-opus-series
To be fair to us in the group behind, I'm fairly certain we did catch up, but I'm not sure. It would've been possible to keep a lead. The leaders were reluctant to pick to up in the wind so that pack was slooow. I hope he races again at opus, that's awesome. He's got to break nearly every bikeforums rule though.
Noticed that too! Maybe he like to feel like he's going downhill?
https://www.loonstate.org/2008/03/23/2008-opus-series
To be fair to us in the group behind, I'm fairly certain we did catch up, but I'm not sure. It would've been possible to keep a lead. The leaders were reluctant to pick to up in the wind so that pack was slooow. I hope he races again at opus, that's awesome. He's got to break nearly every bikeforums rule though.
Noticed that too! Maybe he like to feel like he's going downhill?
04-16-08, 09:32 PM
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Judging from that huys legs, I'd say he was just looking to dick around. Finishing a Cat4 race isn't that big of a deal for the guy who obviously raced 5s at some point.
04-16-08, 09:32 PM
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Temperatures soared into the upper 60s
04-17-08, 05:46 AM
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04-17-08, 05:52 AM
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04-17-08, 06:31 AM
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a specialized bottle on a trek frame - how tacky.
Good for him though for going out and racing. Every fannypack fred like that dude loathes the racer types, but only expresses such loathing over on the road biking forum, where claims of dropping racers are voluminous. At least this dude went out and tried (maybe succeeded) in backing up such a claim.
Good for him though for going out and racing. Every fannypack fred like that dude loathes the racer types, but only expresses such loathing over on the road biking forum, where claims of dropping racers are voluminous. At least this dude went out and tried (maybe succeeded) in backing up such a claim.
04-17-08, 07:05 AM
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LOL I know a few of guys that raced in the 5's at Opus. I will have to ask them about that guy.
I wasn't able to race Opus this week. I'll be racing at the Durand RR on Saturday. Hopefully our 60 degree heat wave holds on.
I wasn't able to race Opus this week. I'll be racing at the Durand RR on Saturday. Hopefully our 60 degree heat wave holds on.
04-17-08, 08:53 AM
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04-17-08, 10:10 AM
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Maybe I'm getting old, but I think the ridicule of this fellow is unfortunate. Good for him for getting out there and trying it out. I hope someone offered him some encouragement...maybe even an invitation to join some group rides if he wants to improve.
Others goals are likely different from our own...this seems more accepted in other "competitions" like running races or triathlons, in which the majority of people are interested in the challenge of simply completing the event as opposed to winning. I recognize that cycling offers other venues for that (centuries, half-centuries etc), but I still say good on the guy for trying.
Some of this might also be preparatory for my own first mass start bike race coming up in 10 days....
I optimistically hope to do better than this guy, but would hope not to be ridiculed if I were dropped early.
Others goals are likely different from our own...this seems more accepted in other "competitions" like running races or triathlons, in which the majority of people are interested in the challenge of simply completing the event as opposed to winning. I recognize that cycling offers other venues for that (centuries, half-centuries etc), but I still say good on the guy for trying.
Some of this might also be preparatory for my own first mass start bike race coming up in 10 days....
I optimistically hope to do better than this guy, but would hope not to be ridiculed if I were dropped early.
04-17-08, 10:17 AM
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that was my first thought.
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Maybe I'm getting old, but I think the ridicule of this fellow is unfortunate. Good for him for getting out there and trying it out. I hope someone offered him some encouragement...maybe even an invitation to join some group rides if he wants to improve.
Others goals are likely different from our own...this seems more accepted in other "competitions" like running races or triathlons, in which the majority of people are interested in the challenge of simply completing the event as opposed to winning. I recognize that cycling offers other venues for that (centuries, half-centuries etc), but I still say good on the guy for trying.
Some of this might also be preparatory for my own first mass start bike race coming up in 10 days....
I optimistically hope to do better than this guy, but would hope not to be ridiculed if I were dropped early.
Others goals are likely different from our own...this seems more accepted in other "competitions" like running races or triathlons, in which the majority of people are interested in the challenge of simply completing the event as opposed to winning. I recognize that cycling offers other venues for that (centuries, half-centuries etc), but I still say good on the guy for trying.
Some of this might also be preparatory for my own first mass start bike race coming up in 10 days....
I optimistically hope to do better than this guy, but would hope not to be ridiculed if I were dropped early.
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04-17-08, 10:22 AM
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Good for him, although I must ask why he thought he needed a fanny pack in a crit since he could've just strapped his stuff to his rack.
04-17-08, 11:33 AM
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Theres a guy from Capitol Hill/Rt-1 Velo from DC slumming in that race. Musta been visiting relations and decided he needed to get away from same.
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04-17-08, 11:42 AM
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Not a road race, but I did a tri a couple of years ago in which I passed a guy on an ancient Trek mtb, with a rack, on which was affixed a blinkie. Which he had taken the time to turn on.
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04-17-08, 11:53 AM
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I think I saw in Great Lakes that someone had just moved here from DC, so maybe it was that guy. Is he a BFer?
04-17-08, 12:00 PM
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Doesn't look familiar to me.
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