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12-26-06, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Dial_tone
I heard he could squat near 600 lbs.
I don't doubt it.
not in the East Germans or Neiwand's class, though.
12-26-06, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by EventServices
Still trying to find out about Inga. hang on.
I'm just curious about her since if memory serves she got on a bicycle in April of '84 and was selected very soon after that for the women's Olympic Team. That was pretty impressive. So I wonder what ever happened to her and if her kids ever got the bug.
12-26-06, 09:08 PM
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I am loving this thread. I wanted to get into racing in high school back in the 80's, but there was no cycling scene in my po-dunk town, so I lost interest. I was all about the Coors Classic gear. The little biker hats and T-shirts and what-not. Once, while on vacation to Colorado, we stayed at the same hotel that Mark Gorsky (track rider?) and whomever was in that group was staying at in CO Springs. I got to look at their cool bikes. I remember Rebecca Twigg and Connie Carpenter-Phinney (are she and Davis still married?). Nelson Vails was an animal.
12-26-06, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Dial_tone
I met him in the Atlanta airport about 8 years....still built a truck. I've seen him handing out medals at the LA velodrome events too. I heard he could squat near 600 lbs.
12-26-06, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by cyclintom
One time on a leg press machine I lifted 600 lbs. I was sort of surprised to say the least. Never even gotten close to that again. And I always wondered if that machine was mismarked.
Multiply your squat (ATG...not this 1/4 bend rubbish that seem popular with kids these days) by 4. This should roughly equal what you can do on the sled for reps.
12-27-06, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Shifty
He works for United Airlines, I think he lives in Colorado. There is an interview with him from a few weeks ago on Velenews tv, Alexi Grewal is interviewed too, Grewal said that he is a minister as wel as a carpenter.
Go to Velonews website and click on Velonew-tv for these interviews.
Go to Velonews website and click on Velonew-tv for these interviews.
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12-27-06, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ed073
Leg press is a waste of time....use it to show off to chicks.
Too true. I only use it when my back begins to give out after squatting too much.
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last I knew, Andy Bishop was living in Vermont, and racing mountain bikes for Gary Fisher. course, this was a few years ago.
i believe he even rode our local Crank the Kanc hillclimb a few years ago.
i believe he even rode our local Crank the Kanc hillclimb a few years ago.
12-27-06, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ed073
Leg press is a waste of time....use it to show off to chicks.
OK, so here's the response I got from my insider who used to be very close to Inga:
Last I heard, Inga was living on the Oregon/Idaho border on a small ranch. She was always quite interested in horses.
Thomas Prehn is the marketing head for Cat Eye.
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Originally Posted by EventServices
The second part of that sentence cancelled out the first part.
Lol...true!!
12-27-06, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by EventServices
The second part of that sentence cancelled out the first part.
OK, so here's the response I got from my insider who used to be very close to Inga:
Last I heard, Inga was living on the Oregon/Idaho border on a small ranch. She was always quite interested in horses.
Thomas Prehn is the marketing head for Cat Eye.
OK, so here's the response I got from my insider who used to be very close to Inga:
Last I heard, Inga was living on the Oregon/Idaho border on a small ranch. She was always quite interested in horses.
Thomas Prehn is the marketing head for Cat Eye.
12-27-06, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by botto
whoever advised her to do that photo shoot should have been fired.
1) guy who okay'd the colors
2) guy who hired the guy who okay'd the colors
3) hairstylist
12-27-06, 10:46 PM
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(never ever ever understood the whole Koffee Brown fiasco; was it a fiasco). Whatever happened to Koffee Brown? Who was Koffee Brown? Not knowing anything has had me really curious. Seems like the whole board was in on it 'cept for moi.
Is she cute or sumpn?
She posted today over there ..
Is she cute or sumpn?
She posted today over there ..
12-27-06, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Serpico
additional firings:
1) guy who okay'd the colors
2) guy who hired the guy who okay'd the colors
3) hairstylist
1) guy who okay'd the colors
2) guy who hired the guy who okay'd the colors
3) hairstylist
05-15-14, 07:25 PM
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So Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter must be pretty proud and happy tonight. Way to go Taylor, nice win today
05-15-14, 07:36 PM
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Inga Thompson today with her son on their ranch in Halfway Oregon. She's still such a beautiful woman.
05-15-14, 10:04 PM
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[QUOTE=carpbum;3574452]
Wow. I was at the Aspen Music Festival in 1984 (?) and was winching myself up the Maroon Bells road when Alexi blasted past me, sitting down, maybe even on the big chainring. Pretty amazing at the time, kind of hard to believe that he's just another guy on a bike now.
Originally Posted by cyclintom
How about:
The Grewal brothers especially perpetual whiner Alexi? (Great climber though.)
Alexi lives here in Loveland CO, building custom log homes. I heard he recently went for a group ride with some friends; there wasn't a serious rider among them, but they spanked him pretty good.
The Grewal brothers especially perpetual whiner Alexi? (Great climber though.)
Alexi lives here in Loveland CO, building custom log homes. I heard he recently went for a group ride with some friends; there wasn't a serious rider among them, but they spanked him pretty good.
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The speed that Pro racers can make and hold is completely outside of the understanding of normal riders. When you see these play-racers standing up and passing you at 2 mph faster than you are going (25% faster maybe) you know that they are play-racers. Watching Pro's go up an 8% grade in the big ring and small cog is staggering. They actually ride near 40 mph for hours.
So I have quite a disgust for play-racers whose interest is in passing someone they can see ahead of them. It's like driving on the freeway and watching someone drive 20 mph over the speed limit just to catch up to the traffic jam ahead of you.
So I have quite a disgust for play-racers whose interest is in passing someone they can see ahead of them. It's like driving on the freeway and watching someone drive 20 mph over the speed limit just to catch up to the traffic jam ahead of you.
05-16-14, 07:52 AM
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The speed that Pro racers can make and hold is completely outside of the understanding of normal riders. When you see these play-racers standing up and passing you at 2 mph faster than you are going (25% faster maybe) you know that they are play-racers. Watching Pro's go up an 8% grade in the big ring and small cog is staggering. They actually ride near 40 mph for hours.
So I have quite a disgust for play-racers whose interest is in passing someone they can see ahead of them. It's like driving on the freeway and watching someone drive 20 mph over the speed limit just to catch up to the traffic jam ahead of you.
So I have quite a disgust for play-racers whose interest is in passing someone they can see ahead of them. It's like driving on the freeway and watching someone drive 20 mph over the speed limit just to catch up to the traffic jam ahead of you.
05-16-14, 08:31 AM
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I see one of those play-racers at work. Or are you one of those real slick people on the freeway doing way over the speed limit in the slow lane and cutting people off because you have such fine judgement?
05-16-14, 09:09 AM
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The speed that Pro racers can make and hold is completely outside of the understanding of normal riders. When you see these play-racers standing up and passing you at 2 mph faster than you are going (25% faster maybe) you know that they are play-racers. Watching Pro's go up an 8% grade in the big ring and small cog is staggering. They actually ride near 40 mph for hours.
So I have quite a disgust for play-racers whose interest is in passing someone they can see ahead of them. It's like driving on the freeway and watching someone drive 20 mph over the speed limit just to catch up to the traffic jam ahead of you.
So I have quite a disgust for play-racers whose interest is in passing someone they can see ahead of them. It's like driving on the freeway and watching someone drive 20 mph over the speed limit just to catch up to the traffic jam ahead of you.
And what exactly is a play racer? Someone who doesn't actually race? We used to call them fast recreational riders.
05-16-14, 09:22 AM
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Anyone who passes you is a "play racer" and anyone who you pass is a "poseur" or a "fred" depending on how they are dressed and what they are riding.