Originally Posted by slowgo
I hear this a lot too. Then the slob starts talking about how he could do it, no problem. Television just doesn't do cycling justice. It is hard to really tell just how fast those guys are going up those climbs.
I've heard this before too. I shrug. The pinheads who make these claims NEVER suit up and make an appearance on any group ride that I'd ever be on. Of course not. I suppose there is a one in a 1,000,000 chance these dudes have Levi Leipheimer's genetics. If not they'd generally be gone within 10 miles (and that's being extremely charitable, if it's a 30mph day it could be 1 mile).
It's all hot air. They stay fat and stupid. I stay skinny and stupid. But faster on a bike than 99.999% of the fools who don't think it's a 'sport'. Uh huh.