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RockyMtnMerlin 05-28-09 07:51 PM


Originally Posted by KiddSisko (Post 9001426)
Just saw the "antler guy" video clip on universalsports.com. He's a nutter. Why I didn't suspect that until seeing him speak is puzzling.

Yikes! 14 lbs of nutter on his head. Should give them up to a shop in Jackson WY, turn them into a dining room chandelier, and sell them to some rich dude for several thousand dollars (no I am not kidding).

El Diablo Rojo 05-29-09 05:14 AM


Originally Posted by Grumpy McTrumpy (Post 9001824)
guys like that just need to cat up

He will, but he needs to do his time in hell(cat 5) first.

Grumpy McTrumpy 05-29-09 05:47 AM


Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo (Post 9003524)
He will, but he needs to do his time in hell(cat 5) first.

There is a guy like that who has been destroying the 5 (and now the 4) fields in NY this year. He just has all the right stuff: tall, skinny, muscles, genes etc. Rides people right off his wheel.

Once he gets to the proper cat though he will just become the lead-out man for some smart racers.

Personally, I've had to work really hard for every watt gained, so I am impressed by these natural phenoms, but I am far far more impressed by folks who got there just from hard work, and they exist too.

queerpunk 05-29-09 05:52 AM

^who are you referring to, and is he registered for Housatonic Hills?

Grumpy McTrumpy 05-29-09 06:23 AM


Originally Posted by queerpunk (Post 9003594)
^who are you referring to, and is he registered for Housatonic Hills?

Didn't see him on that race list.


http://www.usacycling.org/results/in...d=278407&all=1

he also won Bristol, by a fair margin.

SwimBike 05-29-09 06:54 AM

Grumpy- You making the trek to saratoga this weekend?

I was on Brendan's wheel for the majority of the corning race. Was happy with 4th their though.

Grumpy McTrumpy 05-29-09 06:59 AM


Originally Posted by SwimBike (Post 9003785)
Grumpy- You making the trek to saratoga this weekend?

I was on Brendan's wheel for the majority of the corning race. Was happy with 4th their though.

I'm not racing until Wilmington-Whiteface (if I can get my mileage up to that level). Which corning race were you in?

obie 05-29-09 07:03 AM

Holy lemons, look at that coastline. What a beautiful country.

Flak 05-29-09 07:10 AM

Yeah the more i see of Italy, the more i think i could totally live there.

F this N. American climate. I wasn't born to it, and i still haven't adapted nearly 7 years later.

ridethecliche 05-29-09 07:11 AM


Originally Posted by queerpunk (Post 9003594)
^who are you referring to, and is he registered for Housatonic Hills?

Are you doing the 4's?

I wanted to but it's full, so I think I might have to skip this since doing the 3/4 would be a little pointless...

Flak 05-29-09 07:12 AM

I saw the fall but didn't see the cause? What happened to him?

USAZorro 05-29-09 07:12 AM

The Rabobank guys are smiling again today. LPR on the front, and not pulling the break in... again. :lol:

SwimBike 05-29-09 07:17 AM


Originally Posted by Grumpy McTrumpy (Post 9003806)
I'm not racing until Wilmington-Whiteface (if I can get my mileage up to that level). Which corning race were you in?

Corning was my last weekend as a 5 so did the 5 and the 4/5 race.

Are you doing both races that weekend? The following day is the crit in Saranac Lake. A modified crit course from the Cloudsplitter Classics in 2000/2001. I am helping run the RR so cant race but will do the crit.

SwimBike 05-29-09 07:20 AM


Originally Posted by Flak (Post 9003856)
I saw the fall but didn't see the cause? What happened to him?

looks like they just touched wheels. They just showed it on slo-mo. Everyone is back in the field now.

obie 05-29-09 07:21 AM

LA hits the floor hard...bounces off his back. He's Texan, he gets up, pissed, ready to roll now. taking numbers.

MitchellH 05-29-09 07:30 AM

First he breaks his collar bone and now this fall. Starting to wonder about LA's bike handling skills... :roflmao2:

Grumpy McTrumpy 05-29-09 07:33 AM


Originally Posted by SwimBike (Post 9003889)
Corning was my last weekend as a 5 so did the 5 and the 4/5 race.

Are you doing both races that weekend? The following day is the crit in Saranac Lake. A modified crit course from the Cloudsplitter Classics in 2000/2001. I am helping run the RR so cant race but will do the crit.

I am definitely planning on the RR. Don't know about the crit yet. I might come up there for a few days and get a room. I'd like to go climb Whiteface in the early morning at some point. 55 miles is a bit over my distance, but we'll see how it goes.

You know Brendan won that 4/5 race right after placing second (by a fraction of a second) in the 3/4 race just before?

bdcheung 05-29-09 07:34 AM


Originally Posted by MitchellH (Post 9003969)
Starting to wonder about LA's bike handling skills... :roflmao2:

2003. Cote de la Rochette.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...mstrong-33.jpg

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/20...mstrong-32.jpg

botto 05-29-09 07:40 AM


Originally Posted by obie (Post 9003820)
Holy lemons, look at that coastline. What a beautiful country.

they even have swimming and target practice in those parts. :innocent:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/images/bl...omorrah500.jpg

bdcheung 05-29-09 07:47 AM

ISD has been ridiculously aggressive in the Giro. Great to see that.

botto 05-29-09 08:02 AM


Originally Posted by USAZorro (Post 9003858)
The Rabobank guys are smiling again today. LPR on the front, and not pulling the break in... again. :lol:

they're not tying to pull the break in, they're there to keep the gap manageable.

border reiver 05-29-09 08:08 AM

today's course is stunning . . . that is all

El Diablo Rojo 05-29-09 08:24 AM


Originally Posted by botto (Post 9004156)
they're not tying to pull the break in, they're there to keep the gap manageable.

Why do you bother?

rollin 05-29-09 08:40 AM


Originally Posted by obie (Post 9003820)
Holy lemons, look at that coastline. What a beautiful country.

Holy "Limoncello".

rollin 05-29-09 08:48 AM


Originally Posted by Flak (Post 9003845)
Yeah the more i see of Italy, the more i think i could totally live there.

F this N. American climate. I wasn't born to it, and i still haven't adapted nearly 7 years later.

Yeah but what did the Romans ever do for us?

http://stbenedict.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/pfj.jpg


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