sometimes you just don't need a light bike

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Racing Aardvark

Post subject: sometimes you just don't need a light bike

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:01 pm

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Location: Boulder, CO

to CRUSH everyone else. Tom Danielson absolutely DESTROYED the record for riding up Mt. Evans this weekend (14,000' monster in Colorado), and he did it on his stock team issue bike(ok, he had SRM cranks on it). I've hefted these things before and they are NOT weight weenie bikes (shockingly heavy).

photos from my wife: http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2004/jul04/mtevans/02_danielson

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asphaltdude

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:20 pm

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Location: Holland

Just imagine how fast he would have been if he would have used a light bike :lol:

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Racing Aardvark

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:22 pm

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or if the weather hadn't sucked so bad. Or if the field had been interested in trying to break the record. The race started out incredibly slow, and Tom jumped away very early and just drove solo. Just astounding. :shock:

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bobalou

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 6:34 pm

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Well, I'm stating the obvious, but of course, the "engine" is always the most important part of a bike.

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Adri

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 6:53 pm

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Location: In the Woods

28 miles of climbing, wow, Alpe d'Huez eat your heart out !!
nice pics btw :!:

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asphaltdude

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:31 pm

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By the way, a Pina Prince SL w Record, Ksyrium SL, Deda Newton isn't THAT heavy..... ok, i won't be under 7,5 kilo's but hey many cyclists would love to ride a bike like that

And ehm.... was it cold out there.... he's wearing full gloves on the photo.... :shock:

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Racing Aardvark

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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:54 pm

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almost everyone wore arwarmers, full gloves, many wore vests, knee or leg warmers, hats under helmets. It was maybe 45 degrees at the starting line, let alone up top!

The marmots were hiding from the cold!

It poured like crazy the night before, but no rain during the race kept people from getting wiped out frmo hypothermia.

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cadence90

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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:32 am

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@Racing: a bit OT, but your wife is an excellent photographer. Really nice images. :thumbup:

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danielgillett

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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:01 am

Racing Aardvark wrote:

sometimes you just don't need a light bike

Don't you swear around us! :lol:

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Tim the Pineapple

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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:24 pm

Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:30 pm
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So, http://www.3catsphoto.com/ is run by yer wife ?

Racing Aardvark wrote:

It poured like crazy the night before, but no rain during the race kept people from getting wiped out frmo hypothermia.

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Bruiser

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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:06 pm

Joined: Mon Sep 30, 2002 1:59 am
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Location: Sydney, Australia

I was training on a 15kg Apollo 1 today. Jumping on my Scott is like gaining the ability to fly.

Maybe Tom Danielson does a similar training/racing swap?

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Racing Aardvark

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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:44 pm

Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:44 am
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Location: Boulder, CO

Tim the Pineapple wrote:

So, http://www.3catsphoto.com/ is run by yer wife ?

yup! Beth's been published quite a bit in CycleSport this year, and a lot of other smaller mags too.

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