The Idaho Secretary of State approved of my Bonneville County Idaho Veterans Cycling News (BCI-VCN) LLC business! Lots of area, people, government, farms, ranches, roadside farmer's stands, farmer's markets, business, paved roads, gravel roads, and trails to cover while pedaling!
@ReviewsPossum Los Altos High School graded on a straight curve. For every A there was an F. For every B there was a D. A C was the average. I had a 3.01 GPA when I graduated. I had a 3.52 GPA and a BS in biochemistry in 3.5 years from UCR, and it was EASIER!
@Roadman_Podcast The modern bikes just feel lifeless and dull for $10K+ while classic 80s and 90s bikes are lively and exciting for $300 including the full overhaul at Dave's Bike Shop.
@Roadman_Podcast My 1984 Bianchi Limited Racing Bike is my favorite road cycling bike. Spending an extra $10K to get maybe 0.5 mph faster when losing 10 lbs makes me 1 mph faster seems silly. Control the distance and power output, and brakes should be a last resort.
@Roadman_Podcast Cycling is like sex. I'm not very good at it, but I enjoy it and don't want it to end early. Whoever finishes quickest doesn't impress me.
@irishpeloton any comments on the symmetry? You proved that you know all the TDF winners and I bet that you have more information than any website on Wim van Est.
History rhyming at the Tour de Franceโฆ This week Sepp Kuss nearly tumbled off the mountain on Stage 20, saved by a safety net. In 1951, yellow-jersey leader Wim van Est (first Dutchman in yellow) went full send on the Aubisque descent, plunged ~70 m into a ravine, and had to be hauled back up by his teammates linking a long chain of bicycle tubular tires into a rope. He didnโt finish the Tourโbut his Pontiac watch kept ticking the whole time, and he became the face of their ads: โSeventy meters deep I dropped, my heart stood still but my Pontiac never stopped.โ Wild full story here: https://t.co/E8sBVDpcHQ)
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@mymomcare Once in Japan, I rented a K truck to help us move. Unexpectedly, it was stick shift, and I had to figure out how to do stick shift with my left hand instead of my right hand.
My hardest ride was pedaling up the Big Southern Butte in southern Idaho. Success after 7 attempts over 3 months. Learn each time, plan for the worst, and enjoy the ride. On Strava only 12 men and no women have ever pedaled up the Big Southern Butte. The KOM is almost an hour for 4.8 miles. Very rocky and rough road. Amazing 360 degree view from the top. You can see for miles and miles in each direction, and I hit snow once. My final attempt, I packed my Surly Pugsley with ten water bottles with iced green tea with honey, about 2000 calories of picnic foods, and made it a day trip. I got off the Big Southern Butte with my derailer broken and 6 hours total time to pedal 4.8 miles up and white nuckle 4.8 miles down. At the halfway point, people launch hang gliders... seriously!
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@Roadman_Podcast From 15JUN27 to 15JUL27 (including flights), my wife, daughter, and I will be pedaling the 1000 km round-trip Shikoku Circuit Bicycle Route ride. https://t.co/zDCXJb3iNK on 5 speed internal gear belt drive mamachari bikes. The Hobbit Meal Plan is vital to our success!
@Roadman_Podcast Japanese Kerin track cycling body armor and helmets would help. The body armor is very subtle and allows professional Kerin racers to compete and retire in their 60s even with regular crashes at 40+ kph.
@Roadman_Podcast Restrain fans with financially crippling fines (interfer with a cyclist = $100K fine), get rid of all motor vehicles on the road and use drones to resupply and video recording (get police on unrestricted ebikes), and require Japanese Kerin track cycling body armor and helmets!
@Roadman_Podcast Back when bikes and riders were awesome. I'm very pro helmet and even advocate for Japanese Kerin track cycling body armor for high speed races like the TDF with high injury rates, but for epic slow climbs, near nudity is fine due to the slow speeds.