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patentcad 07-18-11 07:04 PM


Originally Posted by KiddSisko (Post 12947967)
Imagine how much faster you'd have been if you had bought the Cannondale Supersix Evo instead of that outmoded Cervelo.

That P3 rocks beyond your Fredly comprehension.

patentcad 07-18-11 07:04 PM


Originally Posted by sjvcycler (Post 12948161)
congrats, but you do realize that you talked to yourself for the first 2 posts :).

He has a point you know.

patentcad 07-18-11 07:05 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12948498)
He has a point you know.

Nobody cares.

patentcad 07-18-11 07:05 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12948502)
Nobody cares.

Still.

patentcad 07-18-11 07:06 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12948505)
Still.

Who's side are you on anyway?

rangerdavid 07-18-11 07:08 PM


Originally Posted by KiddSisko (Post 12947967)
Imagine how much faster you'd have been if you had bought the Cannondale Supersix Evo instead of that outmoded Cervelo.


:roflmao2::lol::D:thumb::roflmao2::innocent:

patentcad 07-18-11 07:08 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12948507)
Who's side are you on anyway?

I'm a pure opportunist, you know that.

sbxx1985 07-18-11 07:29 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12948525)
I'm a pure opportunist, you know that.

So is this guy.

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_18500809

patentcad 07-18-11 07:32 PM


Originally Posted by sbxx1985 (Post 12948624)

That story is a pisser.

sbxx1985 07-18-11 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12948643)
That story is a pisser.

When you get into the porta potty tank, it's always a crap shoot whether you see something.

Soloist Assassin 07-18-11 07:38 PM

this thread sure has gone to the crapper.

Velo Vol 07-18-11 09:11 PM

Soundtrack for this thread:


Soloist Assassin 07-18-11 09:24 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 12949128)
Soundtrack for this thread:


Thanks 30seconds into the song I wanted to shoot myself. Lucky for you all, I'd rather post a complaint about it here, rather than inject some 9x19's through my skull.

RecceDG 07-19-11 01:57 AM


You buy a new TT bike. You hope it will make you faster. The first race out with the bike you set a TT PR for average speed.
Or the other way to do it:

I spent some time in the gym this winter, mostly working on lower back strength / core strength. And I'm no gym rat; I had to force myself to go. Maybe 20 sessions of 40 min each.

And I did some time on an indoor mountain bike park while there was still snow.

Result: my peak cruise speed (the max speed I can hold on a flat with no headwind without killing myself) has gone from 38 km/h to 42 km/h.

And my back doesn't hurt after long rides either.

Oddly though, the winter weight has NOT come off for some reason (I think I'm eating too much) so I'm up 15 lbs from last summer.....

DG

TDRILL 07-19-11 09:39 AM


Originally Posted by Soloist Assassin (Post 12949180)
Thanks 30seconds into the song I wanted to shoot myself. Lucky for you all, I'd rather post a complaint about it here, rather than inject some 9x19's through my skull.


I made it a whole minute before the same notion came to me. Do I win something?

patentcad 07-19-11 01:06 PM

It's hot here. I like it. I sweated like Whooshy in a steam bath this AM.

I get my leg ultra sounded on Thursday, we'll see how much of that clot remains at that time. My doc today said
it can take several months for a leg like mine to act normal again. Oh well. Doesn't hurt.

patentcad 07-19-11 04:01 PM

AAPL is up to $397 in after hours trading after another blowout quarter. That's progress.

svtmike 07-19-11 04:15 PM


Originally Posted by RecceDG (Post 12949911)
Or the other way to do it:

I spent some time in the gym this winter, mostly working on lower back strength / core strength. And I'm no gym rat; I had to force myself to go. Maybe 20 sessions of 40 min each.

That's not the other way to buy a TT bike. You'd be faster still on a P3.

surgeonstone 07-19-11 04:18 PM

92 out of 195 posts on this thread, 46 %! Congrats.

WHOOOSSHHH... 07-19-11 04:19 PM


Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 12947945)
How? Cycling?

VV is one of the nice guys here..That's rare. Actually I was helping a neighbor, and decided to carry two 3/4" sheets of 4x8 plywood. Tried to heave them up on my shoulder, and POP! Just returned from the Surgeon, and I actually severed my distal tendon( connects the bicep to the forearm). Now either surgery or 35 to 40% loss of power and range of motion in certain situatons). Someone just said last week that I should loose the arms....thanks....Now I'm fat and have only one good arm, and one PCAD size arm...:mad:

WHOOOSSHHH... 07-19-11 04:20 PM

Cervelo and THOR ride to victory....:thumb:

patentcad 07-19-11 06:31 PM


Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 12953456)
92 out of 195 posts on this thread, 46 %! Congrats.

It's like that pull-o-meter on Versus where they tell you who's doing all the work in the breakaway.

patentcad 07-19-11 06:37 PM

I had two Progress moments today. First me and my pal Erich the Former Fast Cat 2 Who Got Old & Gained 30 lbs. are chatting on the (nearly empty 6:30AM) MUP. We're about to start our interval workout, the first 5 miles or so are on the MUP. We come up on this guy we've seen on the MUP before, a reasonably fast Fred. Those are the most dangerous kind. Anyway, I turn to Erich as we're about to start out interval session (about 13-14 miles of trading 2 minute pulls as if we're in a 2-man break, hard workout) I ask 'are you ready to go?' He nods. I turn to this fast Fred and say 'OK, nice seeing you, we gotta go', and I dial it up to 25 mph. I half expected him to try to grab our wheel, but when I turned around to flick my elbow half a mile later, he was out of sight.

Then on the one long-ish upgrade (maybe half a mile of 3-5%) I gapped Erich pretty hard. He's very fast on the flats, the extra weight kills him on upgrades longer than 300 meters or so.

That interval session I do with Erich is great, we're good training partners, we both agree we'd never ride that hard on our own.

surgeonstone 07-19-11 06:40 PM

No, more like that scene from "The color of Money" where the pool champ is sinking one after another to Tom Cruises dismay and looks over and says to him " It's like your worst nightmare, and you can't do anything about it...it just keeps getting worse". The only thing more pathetic than your 46 % posts on this ridiculous thread is me counting them up.

patentcad 07-19-11 08:05 PM


Originally Posted by surgeonstone (Post 12954100)
No, more like that scene from "The color of Money" where the pool champ is sinking one after another to Tom Cruises dismay and looks over and says to him " It's like your worst nightmare, and you can't do anything about it...it just keeps getting worse". The only thing more pathetic than your 46 % posts on this ridiculous thread is me counting them up.

Surgeons have access to all the serious drugs.

2manybikes 07-19-11 08:20 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12954090)
I had two Progress moments today. First me and my pal Erich the Former Fast Cat 2 Who Got Old & Gained 30 lbs. are chatting on the (nearly empty 6:30AM) MUP. We're about to start our interval workout, the first 5 miles or so are on the MUP. We come up on this guy we've seen on the MUP before, a reasonably fast Fred. Those are the most dangerous kind. Anyway, I turn to Erich as we're about to start out interval session (about 13-14 miles of trading 2 minute pulls as if we're in a 2-man break, hard workout) I ask 'are you ready to go?' He nods. I turn to this fast Fred and say 'OK, nice seeing you, we gotta go', and

I dial it up to 25 mph*.

I half expected him to try to grab our wheel, but when I turned around to flick my elbow half a mile later, he was out of sight.

Then on the one long-ish upgrade (maybe half a mile of 3-5%) I gapped Erich pretty hard. He's very fast on the flats, the extra weight kills him on upgrades longer than 300 meters or so.

That interval session I do with Erich is great, we're good training partners, we both agree we'd never ride that hard on our own.


Should be......

* "I dialed it up to 400 watts."

ILUVUK 07-19-11 08:21 PM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12952427)
It's hot here. I like it. I sweated like Whooshy in a steam bath this AM.

I get my leg ultra sounded on Thursday, we'll see how much of that clot remains at that time. My doc today said
it can take several months for a leg like mine to act normal again. Oh well. Doesn't hurt.

Here too. According to the local weather teams here, the heat index got up to 121F today. Tuesday is our normal hill repeats day, but since our usual road is under construction we decided to do a 25-mile group ride with several short but steep hills. I had some serious issues with sweat dripping into my eyes and I could tell that I wore out more quickly than the same ride in 80 degree heat, but overall, it wasn't as bad as I expected.

Tomorrow night will be a different story. ~50 miles depending on route with temps every bit as high as today with an earlier ride start. Wednesday evening is the hardest ride in the area and should be pretty epic.

patentcad 07-20-11 02:24 AM


Originally Posted by 2manybikes (Post 12954642)
Should be......

* "I dialed it up to 400 watts."

Tell that stupid Corgi to STFU.

patentcad 07-20-11 02:38 AM

4:38AM. Time to ride. TT bike this AM. World Fred TT Championships (6 mile Orange County Bike Club course) tonight.

Velo Vol 07-20-11 09:03 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 12955702)
World Fred TT Championships (6 mile Orange County Bike Club course) tonight.

The excitement is palpable.


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