Recent content by Sidbike

Dr. Evil .........

I see the logic in your question...if a train benefits it's team member in position 4 woudn't positions 5,6,7...also benefit? I think it has more to do with neutralizing attacks but instead of speed being the deterrent (as you correctly state in part A) it's more tactics and strength in...

What happened to Voeckler? Looks like he's yoyoing in the back and now 3 or 4 team members with him??

I'm in. Thank you for setting it up.

-I got hit by a cab right in front of a cop. Fall was dramatic but no injuries. Cop gave cabbie a $72 fine. I did another 60 miles. -I live on a 1 X 1.5 mile island w/shopping plaza in the middle. You're never more than a half mile from the store. Whenever someone in the neighborhood...

Nice car! And congratulations for executing on the childhood dream.

pssst, pssst, ma'am, it didn't come from me but Jens Voigt punctured and he needs a bike to finish the stage...disappear quick or you'll be walking home.

I'm with you.

that was niiiiiiice!

Christian Vand de Voigt

Time is more constant metric that tells how one racer/group is doing relative to another. For example, If I were in a leadout train chasing down a break the distance between me and the break would oscalate significantly. One moment I might be 400M behind and 5 seconds later I might be 200M...

Ha! For the next 21 mornings my neighbors will hear Italian blasting from my PC's speakers...until the link drops. Then they'll hear shouts and curses in American. Then either some unidentifiable northern European language or a droning Irish accent. Then more shouting. Then silence.

What a great finish!

I can relate. We've got some exclusive club situations here in Miami...some require you purchase wear their club kit and one has gone so far as to mandate their members cannot wear the club kit on non-club rides....perhaps we're in the early stages of the next secret society, ha!

I think you may have missed the context of the tennis analogy. I was referring to a scenario where I and 4 friends were paying a trainer who was leading us through some drills. My thoughts were that a person jumping into our paceline was both dangerous and a breach of etiquitte. Kind of like...