Tour de France

suitcase · Jul 25, 2010

Was hard to watch Armstrong strugle this yr.

Who else sean some amazing chutes to clim, when the tour headed in to the mountians?

go high fast · Jul 28, 2010

38 years old and still finishes 23rd.....not too bad.

He is an incredible person on and off the bike.

mountainhorse · Jul 28, 2010

Just finishing that race is Super-Human.

ruffryder · Jul 28, 2010

mountainhorse said:
Just finishing that race is Super-Human.

that is because they are all genetic mutants..

Scott · Jul 28, 2010

Those 120 mile "stages" they do in a couple of hours are amazing...then they go on training runs in the afternoon.

I did Missoula to Spokane (via hwy 200 through Thompson Falls and Sandpoint) my freshman year of college. Granted, I got off the bench to do it...but holy crap that was a good one. I had never been on more than a 5 or 10 mile ride before that.
23 hours in the saddle. 225 miles.

We lived on fig newtons, orange juice and bananas for 3 days. I have never had such a sore saddle and bad gas at the same time in all my life. LMFAO.

Day 1--Missoula to Plains. About 65 miles.
Day 2--Plains to Sandpoint. About 120 miles. THAT was a long day.
Day 3--Sandpoint to Spokane. About 50 miles if I remember right.

And the buddy I rode with had a criterium and a road race over there that next weekend. LOL Cyclists are psycho.

xrated · Jul 29, 2010

ruffryder said:
that is because they are all genetic mutants..

via the labs

ruffryder · Jul 29, 2010

xrated said:
via the labs

via the fact that most people that are at the top of their game for an activity are genetically different.

Look at lance and his heart, that swimmer guy and his big hands and feet and long arms, the rock climbing girl with crazy large hands.

Lots of people with bodily changes that allow them to adapt.

TIM · Jul 30, 2010

it is mainly the size of their lungs that set them apart.

scott you are a pansy those distances are not that bad.

lance is a stud and so is albatar.

floyd landis is a dipshet, he would still crush me on abike though.

Scott · Jul 30, 2010

HAHA, Tim. I was totally inexperienced...and had never pedaled before. I thought I did pretty good.

I was NOT on a good fancy slim road bike either. That thing was heavier than my current mtn bike. LOL

suitcase · Jul 31, 2010

Scott said:
Those 120 mile "stages" they do in a couple of hours are amazing...then they go on training runs in the afternoon.

I did Missoula to Spokane (via hwy 200 through Thompson Falls and Sandpoint) my freshman year of college. Granted, I got off the bench to do it...but holy crap that was a good one. I had never been on more than a 5 or 10 mile ride before that.
23 hours in the saddle. 225 miles.

We lived on fig newtons, orange juice and bananas for 3 days. I have never had such a sore saddle and bad gas at the same time in all my life. LMFAO.

Day 1--Missoula to Plains. About 65 miles.
Day 2--Plains to Sandpoint. About 120 miles. THAT was a long day.
Day 3--Sandpoint to Spokane. About 50 miles if I remember right.

And the buddy I rode with had a criterium and a road race over there that next weekend. LOL Cyclists are psycho.

That is great! Don't know if I would have it in me for a run like that.

It is very neat to watch those guys race those distances in that amount of time, insane, for sure. I have watch the tour since the Greg Lamond days.
Would of like to see how it would have came out it Andy would not have lost his chain, in the mts. I think I got in his head a little.

mountainhorse · Jul 31, 2010

5 hour "centuries"... good basic goal. That was my best 20 yrs ago in San Diego... I couldn't do the same thing in 7 now.

The stages thru The Pyrénées absolutely are mind boggling.

The Paris–Roubaix... now that is a BRUTAL one day race...

Looking at the top Pro MX riders today... many of them do serious road work, on a bicycle, for endurance training as core to their training.

On the mtn bike now... I hope to switch to the road bike in October for a couple of weeks of training for the season around Tahoe... 6000ft.

Scott · Aug 3, 2010

Wow. LOL

Scott · Aug 4, 2010

Did 24 miles tonight in 85 mins in slight rolling hills. Not great...but I've only got a few dozen miles under my belt this summer....working to improve.

TIM · Aug 6, 2010

here is my style of riding.

boulder white clouds in idaho. looking into ants basin from the ridge.

RIDECATS · Aug 8, 2010

TIM said:
here is my style of riding.

boulder white clouds in idaho. looking into ants basin from the ridge.

Dang that looks like a fun place to ride compared to the MTB park on the same old singletrack loop

TIM · Aug 9, 2010

ride

it is called mountain biking ,not flatland humid biking.:face-icon-small-hap

tim

Hardass · Aug 9, 2010

Good lord we all know you guys only watch that to see those guy's in there tight shorts:face-icon-small-win

xrated · Aug 10, 2010

TIM said:
ride

it is called mountain biking ,not flatland humid biking.:face-icon-small-hap

tim

harsh Tim harsh.

Scott · Aug 10, 2010

HAHA.

Nice pics Tim. BEAUTIFUL!!!
Just think...if "they" get that closed off you can't even mtnbike in there.

TIM · Aug 10, 2010

hardass in spandex try and get that picture out of your head.:hurt:

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