Ride On
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| 02/19/2015 06:46 PM |
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A buddy and I were having this discussion , if you could go back in time and could take today's technology with you, how far back in time , could be never , would you have to go to be a competitive pro cyclist ? |
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Cosmic Kid
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| 02/19/2015 06:53 PM |
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I may have been able to give Maurice Garin a run for his money.
Maybe.
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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longslowdistance
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| 02/19/2015 07:03 PM |
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| Fred Flintstone. |
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zootracer
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| 02/19/2015 08:16 PM |
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| only in my dreams..... |
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DonnaMobile
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| 02/20/2015 12:24 AM |
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I was thinking, back in the days of Alfonsina Strada (who rode the Giro in 1924) :^) But how would today's bikes fare on the roads of yesteryear? I doubt they could handle the dirt, gravel, and mud, not to mention that riders in those days had to maintain their bikes themselves. So I think Alfonsina Strada would still beat me on her sturdy single-speed bike with wide, tough tires...and handlebars fashioned from the broomstick she appropriated from a bystander when her handlebars snapped during one stage.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/100-tours-100-tales/2014/may/12/alfonsina-strada-giro-italia-woman-grand-tour |
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Yo Mike
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| 02/20/2015 08:22 AM |
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/But how would today's bikes fare on the roads of yesteryear?/
Ah, yes, context
/not to mention that riders in those days had to maintain their bikes themselves./
WINNER! |
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Spud
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| 02/20/2015 08:40 AM |
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| Would we have to do this clean, or would we be able to ride a la Lance? :-) |
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Orange Crush
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THE SKINNY
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| 02/20/2015 10:01 AM |
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| probably back in the pennyfarthing days, and then probably only the first race where only 3 people show up. |
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| How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. |
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huckleberry
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| 02/20/2015 05:10 PM |
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| May 12, 1348... |
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Master50
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| 02/20/2015 07:18 PM |
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| Pick the right technology. a Road racing CX framed bike for bigger tires. bring the right drugs and I might have raced against penny farthings. As much as technology does make it all easier faster and smoother it is the Engine and mine has never been a pro level engine. Now maybe if I went back to 10 years old and started riding, improving my nutrition, playing more sports? |
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Ride On
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| 02/21/2015 07:30 AM |
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| For me I had to say the 1870s when they had those bike wheel bikes. I figured if nothing else I could take them in the corners. I still don't know how they road those things. |
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Nick A
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| 02/21/2015 09:38 AM |
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| Fred Flinstone is the answer given that matches me. A road bike that weighs an extra 10 pounds. BFD. They'd still kill me. |
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