BiggJawn
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Sun Jul-10-05 10:47 PM
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| Second Sunday in a row that I got a 29-miler in! |
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Wow, this could become a habit!
2 hours and 29 minutes, had to get off and walk up the hills twice...Hit 35 MPH on a down hill, set up in my "ridiculous" gear at the start of the descent, so I could start putting the power to it at the bottom and went an additional 1/2 mile in the river bottom before I couldn't hold 30 MPH any more.
That was a RUSH! Especially with the sweeping right-hander at the bottom of the hill that I took at 32...
Great ride! And with the 18-mile ride I did last week after work, that made for a 45-mile week...
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| dean_dem
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Mon Jul-11-05 12:25 PM
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| 1. This was a great weekend to ride... |
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though I about melted from the heat. Something about watching a bunch of guys doing it on TV for three hours before that motivates you a little more.
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| loveable liberal
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Mon Jul-11-05 12:26 PM
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| 2. soon your thigh muscles will ripple and bulge |
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and hills will seem flat. YOU ROCK ON BIGJAWN!!!
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| Fovea
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Mon Jul-11-05 08:31 PM
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I had a 30 mph downhill for a bit yesterday, but I gave up it up to a road detour over gravel and sand to keep the shiny side shiny.
Really cool about the 29 milers. You are gonna twist the pedals off if you keep this up.
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| Longhorn
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Tue Jul-12-05 07:27 AM
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| 4. It sure sounds like you're having fun! |
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I have this picture of you in my mind zipping through those back roads on your pink bike -- and since I don't know what you look like, all I see is this big grin! :D
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| BiggJawn
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Tue Jul-12-05 07:54 AM
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| 5. Oh, I wasn't riding "Franken-Bent"! |
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I was riding "La Velo Rouge", my upright Bridgestone.
I have to wonder, how much faster I could have gone if I hadn't been catching so much wind in my grin on that downhill.
It was one of those days when everything, equipment, weather, route, rider was just SO right that it was a purifying experience.
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| loveable liberal
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Tue Jul-12-05 12:52 PM
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| 6. What kinda bridgestone to you have? |
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My first road bike is a RB-2, I still have it hanging in the garage.
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| BiggJawn
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Tue Jul-12-05 10:22 PM
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Edited on Tue Jul-12-05 10:22 PM by BiggJawn
But it has been totally "BOB-ified", Nitto stem and bars, B-17 saddle, 700X35 tyres, Exage hubs and HG cassette, Dia-Comp 500's and Aero levers and Sun-tour gearing.
The VX derailleur and HG cluster shifts friction like it was indexing.
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