Why is it that one day A GC favorite falls and the yellow jersey and crowd slow down. The next day a GC flats and the yellow needs multiple bike changes and everyone speeds up.

I liked saxo yesterday, but they seem like hypocrites to me today. Slowdown when it helps them, speed up when that is in their best interest.

I was actually busy at work today not reading the forums sorry if this has come up.

Whos face his own.... contradors or lances?

You give him an awful lot of credit. Gomer tries too ya know.

At any rate, this thread started about my Addict bicycle. I rode that bike 300 miles since Friday. It has been the perfect replacement for my Six13, and I did love that bike. But I like the Addict even more now that I'm used to it. It is a stiff frame, but now I find it comfortable. I rode the bike 108 miles Saturday and 83 miles yesterday. The fact that it is such a great climber helps, I did 16,000 vertical feet on those two rides, so I'm often going up a hill, and that's the Addict's strong suit.

That 1200 vertical foot, 4 mile Hudson River up to the summit of Bear Mtn. climb is a cool ride by the way. Mostly 4-5% grades, kicks up to 7-9% near the top.

I asked this question earlier myself.

dont worry Vol......... I recognise.

sorry, trying to get caught up. many apologies my Liege.

The credit card companies are less likely to make this mistake.

i don't get it. the bike doesn't get less stiff so how comes you find it more comfortable?

whew! had me worried there for a sec, thought you may have finally gone round the bend. Oh wait..........

You friggin' wish you were half of 533.

he has more cushion on his bottom

haha...proof that all his claims of being thinner and us rueing was all hogwash

I think it's that the bike rears the uglier side of its stiffness on really rough chip and seal roads, and I don't ride too much on surfaces like that. It actually has some vertical compliance and road shock absorption. I think it's hard to make a really uncomfortable CF frame, and part of it is that I'm heavy enough @ 170 lbs or so to really compress any rear triangle with my body weight, and that's vertical compliance. The bike is harsher than some CF bikes, but I love the feel of the frame, the responsiveness and particularly the climbing characteristics. And I go back and forth between this and the Cervelo. The Cervelo is more comfortable, but I really do like the Scott now. Very happy with both bikes.

Not anymore.

Well, after 4 weeks off of the hfcs and thier ilk I am pleased to report I have lost 12 lbs. ( office scale) down to 241 I was at 255 just before I read that article and watched that vid in the other thread. I havent done anything extreem to my diet, a little more fuit and veg. Other than that just no more hfcs. awsome.

So L. Lohan got 90 days in the slammer and a further sentence to more rehab. Hey, maybe this will save her from a premature demise. But she'll probably figure out a way to party herself to death regardless.

I've heard this story before. It never ends well.

I gave up bagels.








And it worked.

Whatever works. How many bagels a day were you eating?


edit: fixed for pcad, and readability.

90 days at club med lock down isnt really punishment.

You can't even spell bagels.

Good for you - that's a pretty big change, IMO - it's everywhere.

In other news, the newly obtained powertap confirms that I have no stamina, but peak output is somewhere north of 1kw, so at least I got that going for me...

Sheesh, one dyslexic moment, forgive me your Highness. I have effected repairs to the offensive response

He is a NYer and you did misspell 'bagels'

Like I'd ever confess to my chronic bagel addiction.

I quit them cold turkey. I had the b.t.'s for a week.