Guess who is racing Leadville this year??
01-20-10, 08:50 AM
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To start there is a pretty steep road climb. you have to hammer up it. Then a small section of dirt road and then bam.....everyone stopped waiting to file into the singletrack. People crashing all over the place.
Now, I want to be clear. I recommend getting to the singletrack first becuase the first 40 miles of the race has some really sweet buffed out singletrack in it that was made to be ridden fast. Swoopy, smooth with a few rocks and roots scattered in and about. Stuff that you can really just let go of the brakes on and mach. Getting stuck behind riders who are constantly on the brakes is just dissapointing and disheartening.
Now, I want to be clear. I recommend getting to the singletrack first becuase the first 40 miles of the race has some really sweet buffed out singletrack in it that was made to be ridden fast. Swoopy, smooth with a few rocks and roots scattered in and about. Stuff that you can really just let go of the brakes on and mach. Getting stuck behind riders who are constantly on the brakes is just dissapointing and disheartening.
I am glad to you told me this...I would have been way chill at the start.
things that make you go hmmmm.....
01-20-10, 08:52 AM
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hahaha, I know. I have been joking about that.
Work is no longer a passion...at this time anyway. It's just a job.
This is one of my passions. As is everyone here or we wouldn't have sought out an Internet forum to post on I suppose.
Work is no longer a passion...at this time anyway. It's just a job.
This is one of my passions. As is everyone here or we wouldn't have sought out an Internet forum to post on I suppose.
01-20-10, 09:29 AM
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Nice.
I envy you.
I was in line for a cycle youth sponsorship, and was going to race the GSC Series this year... but I moved, and there's no races around here
I envy you.
I was in line for a cycle youth sponsorship, and was going to race the GSC Series this year... but I moved, and there's no races around here
01-20-10, 09:57 AM
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01-21-10, 01:48 PM
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Hard work does pay off, eh. I am rooting for you!
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01-22-10, 12:21 PM
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Its Freakin HammerTime!!!
I will be at your first race. High banked, high speed. Just what the Doctor Ordered.................
01-22-10, 02:31 PM
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01-22-10, 06:45 PM
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Its Freakin HammerTime!!!
Im sure they will "win" its over right??
go get um. Im old.
go get um. Im old.
01-22-10, 10:23 PM
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Its Freakin HammerTime!!!
lol.
Thanks for taking the time to do that but I was 100 miles from home and was the first race at 10 am. Its pouring and about 38 degrees. Im standing outside the vehicle getting ready and my cell rings and its my wife. "uh, theres an arm warmer lying in the living room floor" I was like dang! Its COLD!
So, You see what I did. make do with what you have!
Later.
Thanks for taking the time to do that but I was 100 miles from home and was the first race at 10 am. Its pouring and about 38 degrees. Im standing outside the vehicle getting ready and my cell rings and its my wife. "uh, theres an arm warmer lying in the living room floor" I was like dang! Its COLD!
So, You see what I did. make do with what you have!
Later.
01-23-10, 07:12 AM
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01-23-10, 01:15 PM
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01-23-10, 04:09 PM
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Its Freakin HammerTime!!!
mx you are going to go down there to win!
as in they will know you "win" you get through!
as in a figure of speech but an oxymoron and an anomolly.
Maybe its these beers here.
lol.
just go win.
as in they will know you "win" you get through!
as in a figure of speech but an oxymoron and an anomolly.
Maybe its these beers here.
lol.
just go win.
01-23-10, 04:26 PM
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01-23-10, 04:29 PM
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01-23-10, 07:40 PM
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01-23-10, 08:46 PM
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01-24-10, 10:24 AM
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01-24-10, 06:48 PM
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01-24-10, 06:49 PM
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01-25-10, 11:09 AM
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