Just hanging out shooting the bull
08-01-12, 03:01 PM
#4553
Old & Getting Older Racer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 5,343
Bikes: Bicycle Transportation: 2022 Hyundai Kona Electric, 2019 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 41 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
5 Posts
I won't be watching the men's TT until tonight (Pacific Daylight Time). Either wait until tomorrow or I'll have to stay out of this thread until tomorrow. 
__________________
Thanks.
Cleave
"Real men still wear pink."
Visit my blog at https://cleavesblant.wordpress.com/
Lightning Velo Cycling Club: https://www.lightningvelo.org/
Learn about our Green Dream Home at https://www.lawville.org/
Thanks.
Cleave
"Real men still wear pink."
Visit my blog at https://cleavesblant.wordpress.com/
Lightning Velo Cycling Club: https://www.lightningvelo.org/
Learn about our Green Dream Home at https://www.lawville.org/
08-01-12, 10:14 PM
#4555
Version 7.0
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,128
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1341 Post(s)
Liked 2,483 Times
in
1,458 Posts
I like the thrones for the time trialists as they finish for the top 3 places. I am going to talk with Adam at VSP about getting thrones for us.
08-01-12, 10:41 PM
#4556
Resident Alien
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Location, location.
Posts: 13,089
Mentioned: 158 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 349 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times
in
6 Posts
Just finished watching both the women's and men's. Was anyone else offended that the best they could come up with for an Olympian was a P3?
Armstrong was imperious.
Wiggans rode a perfectly paced effort. While I admire his talent and execution, he's not someone I find compelling. Whiny in defeat and not magnanimous in victory.
Go Sir Hoy.
Armstrong was imperious.
Wiggans rode a perfectly paced effort. While I admire his talent and execution, he's not someone I find compelling. Whiny in defeat and not magnanimous in victory.
Go Sir Hoy.
08-01-12, 10:59 PM
#4557
Don't mince words
Just finished watching both the women's and men's. Was anyone else offended that the best they could come up with for an Olympian was a P3?
Armstrong was imperious.
Wiggans rode a perfectly paced effort. While I admire his talent and execution, he's not someone I find compelling. Whiny in defeat and not magnanimous in victory.
Go Sir Hoy.
Armstrong was imperious.
Wiggans rode a perfectly paced effort. While I admire his talent and execution, he's not someone I find compelling. Whiny in defeat and not magnanimous in victory.
Go Sir Hoy.
Kristen dominated and crushed. Her TT style is similar to mine and I will be channeling her in my upcoming TTs.
Bradley...stfu already. You crushed it. You rule. Quit whining already. It detracts from your winnings.
08-02-12, 12:03 AM
#4558
Banned.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Uncertain
Posts: 8,651
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Armstrong rode superbly. What is it about Americans called Armstrong? I had expected Arndt to win. Wiggins delivered, as usual this year. That's quite a season he has had. Like him or not, he has caused the country to go nuts about cycling in a way that all the track success - to which he was a big contributor, of course - did not. Must say, having seen most of his interviews, I dont understand the references to whining. We'd describe him as fairly self-deprecating, I think. Froome did OK too, I'm really interested to see how he goes in the Vuelta.
Ex, I don't want to be picky but with knights, you can't use the title without their first name. So it has to be "go Sir Chris" or "go Sir Chris Hoy" or "go Hoy". It can't be "go Sir Hoy". Now, with Lords, it's the other way around. The title has to be coupled with their last name. Can't understand why you Americans don't know these things. LOL.
Last edited by chasm54; 08-02-12 at 12:21 AM.
08-02-12, 03:21 AM
#4559
Banned.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Uncertain
Posts: 8,651
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Watching the rowing on the Olympics. It's a sport I might have been suited to - big, long levers, decent aerobic capacity, endurance rather than speed-oriented. Not quite as suited as a British oarsman named Peter Reed, though. He has the largest lung capacity ever recorded - 11.62 litres!! Makes Big Mig look like he suffered from emphysema.
He was born in Seattle but his family came to the UK when he was just a few months old.
He was born in Seattle but his family came to the UK when he was just a few months old.
08-02-12, 05:18 AM
#4560
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Western MA
Posts: 15,669
Bikes: Yes
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Ex, I don't want to be picky but with knights, you can't use the title without their first name. So it has to be "go Sir Chris" or "go Sir Chris Hoy" or "go Hoy". It can't be "go Sir Hoy". Now, with Lords, it's the other way around. The title has to be coupled with their last name.
08-02-12, 05:29 AM
#4561
Banned.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Uncertain
Posts: 8,651
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
It may be wrong. Unfortunately, though, it's right. Right as in correct, that is...
EDIT. Actually, with Lords, it's even more complicated because they can choose a title that is different from their name. So were Racer Ex elevated to the Peerage, as no doubt he deserves, he could choose to be "Racer Ex, Lord Lactate". But let's save those technicalities for when it happens.
EDIT. Actually, with Lords, it's even more complicated because they can choose a title that is different from their name. So were Racer Ex elevated to the Peerage, as no doubt he deserves, he could choose to be "Racer Ex, Lord Lactate". But let's save those technicalities for when it happens.
Last edited by chasm54; 08-02-12 at 05:37 AM.
08-02-12, 08:51 AM
#4563
Version 7.0
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,128
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1341 Post(s)
Liked 2,483 Times
in
1,458 Posts
Speaking as a Brit I thought that starting and finishing at Hampton Court Palace was no excuse for the tacky thrones stunt.
Armstrong rode superbly. What is it about Americans called Armstrong? I had expected Arndt to win. Wiggins delivered, as usual this year. That's quite a season he has had. Like him or not, he has caused the country to go nuts about cycling in a way that all the track success - to which he was a big contributor, of course - did not. Must say, having seen most of his interviews, I dont understand the references to whining. We'd describe him as fairly self-deprecating, I think. Froome did OK too, I'm really interested to see how he goes in the Vuelta.
Ex, I don't want to be picky but with knights, you can't use the title without their first name. So it has to be "go Sir Chris" or "go Sir Chris Hoy" or "go Hoy". It can't be "go Sir Hoy". Now, with Lords, it's the other way around. The title has to be coupled with their last name. Can't understand why you Americans don't know these things. LOL.
Armstrong rode superbly. What is it about Americans called Armstrong? I had expected Arndt to win. Wiggins delivered, as usual this year. That's quite a season he has had. Like him or not, he has caused the country to go nuts about cycling in a way that all the track success - to which he was a big contributor, of course - did not. Must say, having seen most of his interviews, I dont understand the references to whining. We'd describe him as fairly self-deprecating, I think. Froome did OK too, I'm really interested to see how he goes in the Vuelta.
Ex, I don't want to be picky but with knights, you can't use the title without their first name. So it has to be "go Sir Chris" or "go Sir Chris Hoy" or "go Hoy". It can't be "go Sir Hoy". Now, with Lords, it's the other way around. The title has to be coupled with their last name. Can't understand why you Americans don't know these things. LOL.
08-03-12, 05:04 AM
#4565
Banned.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Uncertain
Posts: 8,651
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Back to the surgeon today to let him and a physio have a look at my shoulder. Good news and bad. No need for surgery, but still a way to go before the joint settles down. When I talked about riding my road race next week I thought the physio was going to faint, poor girl. She doesn't even want me on a bike, other than a trainer or stationary bike, for another three weeks. I spared her feelings and didn't tell her I'd been riding around for the last ten days or so.
She's right about the race, though. I still can't tolerate being in the drops for more than a few seconds at a time. Ho hum. More tedious hours at the gym.
She's right about the race, though. I still can't tolerate being in the drops for more than a few seconds at a time. Ho hum. More tedious hours at the gym.
08-03-12, 11:05 AM
#4566
Version 7.0
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,128
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1341 Post(s)
Liked 2,483 Times
in
1,458 Posts
Chasm, Glad your shoulder is getting better albeit slowly. In 2010, I was warming up on the rollers at masters track nationals getting ready for my individual pursuit. Another racer distracted me and I fell off the rollers (was on my track bike) and hit the cement - gashed my thumb, bloody sore elbow. When I got home, my elbow was really sore. I went to an ortho who took xrays. The bone was fine but he said the place where I hit bruised the tendon. In that location, it will take about 2 years to heal. It was my turn to almost faint. However, he was right. I can still feel it if I put weight on the spot but there is no longer any pain with movement.
08-03-12, 02:06 PM
#4567
Idiot Emeritus
It may be wrong. Unfortunately, though, it's right. Right as in correct, that is...
EDIT. Actually, with Lords, it's even more complicated because they can choose a title that is different from their name. So were Racer Ex elevated to the Peerage, as no doubt he deserves, he could choose to be "Racer Ex, Lord Lactate". But let's save those technicalities for when it happens.
EDIT. Actually, with Lords, it's even more complicated because they can choose a title that is different from their name. So were Racer Ex elevated to the Peerage, as no doubt he deserves, he could choose to be "Racer Ex, Lord Lactate". But let's save those technicalities for when it happens.
__________________
"Can you add a signature line please? The lack of words makes me think you are being held hostage and being told to be quiet"
"Can you add a signature line please? The lack of words makes me think you are being held hostage and being told to be quiet"
08-03-12, 02:16 PM
#4568
Old & Getting Older Racer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 5,343
Bikes: Bicycle Transportation: 2022 Hyundai Kona Electric, 2019 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 41 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
5 Posts
"Somehow" I "won" a SuperSix EVO on ebay. Haven't quite figured out a way to break the news to the Mrs. 
Won't build it up until after this season is over, but I'll have a 52 cm 2010 SuperSix Hi-Mod for sale later this year.
Won't build it up until after this season is over, but I'll have a 52 cm 2010 SuperSix Hi-Mod for sale later this year.
__________________
Thanks.
Cleave
"Real men still wear pink."
Visit my blog at https://cleavesblant.wordpress.com/
Lightning Velo Cycling Club: https://www.lightningvelo.org/
Learn about our Green Dream Home at https://www.lawville.org/
Thanks.
Cleave
"Real men still wear pink."
Visit my blog at https://cleavesblant.wordpress.com/
Lightning Velo Cycling Club: https://www.lightningvelo.org/
Learn about our Green Dream Home at https://www.lawville.org/
08-03-12, 05:33 PM
#4569
Version 7.0
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,128
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1341 Post(s)
Liked 2,483 Times
in
1,458 Posts
Here is an article written by Adam Duvendeck, USA track cycling Olympian 2004 and 2008, and Director of Velo Sports Center. Here is a pic of him leading in team sprint in 2004 Olympics.
08-03-12, 08:13 PM
#4570
Idiot Emeritus
Great read, Hermes. It sent chills down my spine!
__________________
"Can you add a signature line please? The lack of words makes me think you are being held hostage and being told to be quiet"
"Can you add a signature line please? The lack of words makes me think you are being held hostage and being told to be quiet"
08-05-12, 01:46 AM
#4571
Banned.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Uncertain
Posts: 8,651
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Here's an article about the investment and long-term planning that has gone into the GB cycling and rowing teams. I thought Brailsford's comments on Pendleton having been prepared to lose to improve were interesting.
08-05-12, 09:45 AM
#4572
Version 7.0
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SoCal
Posts: 13,128
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 297 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1341 Post(s)
Liked 2,483 Times
in
1,458 Posts
Wiggo's sideburns are very retro... Here is a Hermes wedding pic.
08-05-12, 10:31 AM
#4574
Idiot Emeritus