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Unread post by **dkeg** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:45 am

Chef, it really looks as though we have a lot in common. I raced SingleSpeed and rigid for many years in the Mid-Atlantic region; including Eastern and central PA, North Jersey, etc. Did mainly endurance races, like 50 milers or 6 hour races. Some of the central PA ones were more like 75. Did the Michaux series too which is near Gettysburg PA, Seven Springs 24 hour, did that as a duo team, in a tropical storm (3rd!) and the Leesburg VA Baker's Dozen a couple times; solo and team. Anyway, cool man. No pictures of my bike, and its been in some dudes garage for the last couple years. I don't ride anymore, 'retired' in like 2010. You know, it is such a time suck. I got kids and other responsibilities. I traded in the round rubber for running trails. Its a quicker jaunt in the woods than 4 hour training rides and all day races.

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:45 am

ivanovnegro wrote:...But then I really enjoy what I am doing and do not care about the looks they give me.

Probably just thinking "hey, that guy's having a lot fun, and it didn't cost him a ton of cash... WTF am I doing dressed up in spandex"

Chef Edit: ahem - unless one happens to be racing, or training for a race. Then spandex is ok, sausage and all :)

Unread post by **ivanovnegro** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:56 pm

wuxmedia wrote:
Probably just thinking "hey, that guy's having a lot fun, and it didn't cost him a ton of cash... WTF am I doing dressed up in spandex"

Probably. :D

Unread post by **ChefIronBelly** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:21 pm

dkeg wrote:Chef, it really looks as though we have a lot in common. You know, it is such a time suck. I got kids and other responsibilities. I traded in the round rubber for running trails. Its a quicker jaunt in the woods than 4 hour training rides and all day races.

I hear ya my kids are older now, like the youngest is in his last year at western michigan. I just cherry pick a few races a year if I feel like it, I closed the team down last year. I still run for the same reason, its simple and efficient form of exercise. I have a rail trail a mile away and if I want some serious hills there is a hiking path that runs sort of parallel to the local mtb trail but that is a 20 minutes drive each way depending on traffic.

Unread post by **ChefIronBelly** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:50 pm

mont ventoux fixed - the film

cool video... one gear one of the most famous climbs in cycling.

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:32 pm

Roubaix on right now!

http://www.steephill.tv/classics/paris-roubaix/

Unread post by **bones** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:36 pm

^ Woot! Thanks for the heads-up!

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:49 pm

Amstel Gold on right now!

http://www.steephill.tv/classics/amstel-gold-race/#live

Unread post by **bones** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:15 pm

The weather has sure been nice for all the spring classics. Some years are brutal.

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 3:57 pm

The brutal ones are of course more epic, but yes, not as safe for the riders

What a great finale. So much talent in the last 1K.

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:35 pm

Liege-Bastogne-Liege on right now!
http://www.steephill.tv/classics/liege- ... iege/#live

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:31 pm

* nothing to do, let's look at some footage of cyclists for the first time ever.
* clicks link, goes to euro sport " well, sorry we appear to have lost the live feed, here's a half-hour advert break"
:(

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:53 pm

idk, just watched the whole thing. There was like a couple minutes of outage; but nothing more.

Unread post by **wuxmedia** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:36 pm

^ yeah the old attention span is not long these days :)

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun May 10, 2015 1:43 pm

reminder of the Giro d'Italia. You can watch from steephill.tv.

Unread post by **ChefIronBelly** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:58 pm

I'm not a big freestyle fan but this video is awesome from top to bottom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=86&v=BM0oQIRIyrs

Unread post by **dkeg** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:09 pm

^Nice.

TDF starts Saturday!

Unread post by **dkeg** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:46 pm

Ronde Van Vlaanderen is on right now. Check steephill.tv

On a side note, I have trails (rails to trails) basically all the way to work, albeit ~25 miles each way. Plan is to pick up a new rig, and ride in a couple days a week.
Keep the bike simple, this is the bike I'll probably be picking up. Since racing on a single speed mtb, hard pressed to deal with gears again.
http://tribebicycles.com/collections/hi ... ducts/dane

Unread post by **ivanovnegro** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:55 pm

Nice bike Drew.
The weather is already inviting to take the bike but I have to repair mine. The chain broke.

Unread post by **Theo** » Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:51 pm

Tour of the Basque Country begins at 15:30 CET. Livestreams can be found at: http://www.procyclinglive.com/livestream/

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