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    Claude Criquielion R.I.P.

    R.i.p ...........
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    Collection: most wonderful climbs in:Alps, Pyrenées, Canary isl. with cycling videos

    Thank you Gabor Gabor ,, thank you for filming these great adventures, and sharing them . I know its a lot of work , especially placing the camera and redoing small portions of the climb to make a really super film of the ascent. It has been many years since I was able to travel like that...
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    Ok I see , just recalling the original version : Talking while riding with the team . Talking while riding except no talking up a hill. No talking and definitely no talking while on a climb. Not willing to stop to give directions to lost motorists that try too flag you down. And last...
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    what the %^($#^*(*) is zone 3 and zone 5 ....... crap, stop the computer lingo
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    Dutch Olympic Skaters have to be doping

    Agreed , this is our problem exactly we could easily be closer to the medal times , but we need too get to Olympic sized ice . period . ( OR WIN THE LOTERY SO WE CAN QUIT OUR JOBS AND MOVE THERE AND TRAIN . second period) Sorry , the last part in brackets is for those that have jobs to quit...
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    Dutch Olympic Skaters have to be doping

    Why is it interesting to see how much the Dutch invested in speed skating for the same period ? Is the investment amount some sort of barometer that says it all?
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    Dutch Olympic Skaters have to be doping

    Yes , I can think of one sport , that led too several sports . The Canadians sold Samboni ice machines to the Chinese , and showed them how to make good ice . The rest is History , figure skaters and speed skaters appeared to winning form like out of nowhere in a short period . Good...
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    I remember those water bottles. However the guy in the pictures is not a Fred . He doesn't fit the criteria , along with no beard , no mirrors , and especially no racing bike . He is not pretending to be something he is not . He is simply a guy riding a bike from point A to B. He will not...
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    ok thumbs up , I'll drink to that . lol :cool: Old guys rock . :D
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    Well I kindof disagree with this . The old gentleman and the commuters that go out in all sorts of weather , vs./ we x racers and racers of today , are not posers because we elect to not travel around the world , or push our bike across a desert , just to show it can be done. We aren't...
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    Ditto Ditto that , he is not a Fred , he is an elderly gentleman enjoying his ride and living his life the way HE is capable of whether by choice or by chance or fate. Thumbs up to him . wishing him many happy miles without flats . :D
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    Fred Season Comes early to soCal...

    Ditto to that , Not all Freds are Freds in the term modern cyclists jargon identifies Freds . Some of us X racers still have all our old kits and we like to use them because we still can. Having said that , some of us also had hard times in areas of employment that left us saying wtf a lot ...
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    Caption This

    OK so listen up ! If we split up we can *Head Em off AT DA PASS *
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    Your local weather

    warming up Its warming up from that polar vortex we have been blessed with lately . From minus 39degrees C with the windchill factor to a quite reasonable minus 10 to 15 degrees C. Woot Woot . :D
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    Krebs' Free form/Chaos Thread

    STAAAAAAARRRRRRRBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRD . !!!!!!!! :confuse:mad: