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Re-living the TdF "horses racing the peloton" scene
It seems like every year the 'Tour coverage has a shot of people on
horseback (or horses on their own) in an adjacent field, racing the riders for a bit. On today's Primavera 100K, it was just like that! On Calaveras, my son and I were zipping along while, just up the hill, there they were, racing us! Not horses. Cows. But hey, a couple of the younger ones get going at a pretty respectable clip. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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Re-living the TdF "horses racing the peloton" scene
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: It seems like every year the 'Tour coverage has a shot of people on horseback (or horses on their own) in an adjacent field, racing the riders for a bit. On today's Primavera 100K, it was just like that! On Calaveras, my son and I were zipping along while, just up the hill, there they were, racing us! Not horses. Cows. But hey, a couple of the younger ones get going at a pretty respectable clip. Cows running look pretty funny. Did you see any turkeys (um, of the bird variety)? Last time I was out there I saw a group of about 30. -- tanx, Howard Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an icepick That made his ears burn. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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Re-living the TdF "horses racing the peloton" scene
| "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:
| | It seems like every year the 'Tour coverage has a shot of people on | horseback (or horses on their own) in an adjacent field, racing the riders | for a bit. On today's Primavera 100K, it was just like that! On Calaveras, | my son and I were zipping along while, just up the hill, there they were, | racing us! | | Not horses. | | Cows. | | But hey, a couple of the younger ones get going at a pretty respectable | clip. | | Cows running look pretty funny. Did you see any turkeys (um, of the bird variety)? | Last time I was out there I saw a group of about 30. Quite a few turkeys actually. My son was mad that I missed seeing one right next to the roadway, but when I'm pulling the train, I'm focused more directly on the road ahead and don't have a whole lot of time for sight-seeing. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com "Howard Kveck" wrote in message ... | In article , | "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: | | It seems like every year the 'Tour coverage has a shot of people on | horseback (or horses on their own) in an adjacent field, racing the riders | for a bit. On today's Primavera 100K, it was just like that! On Calaveras, | my son and I were zipping along while, just up the hill, there they were, | racing us! | | Not horses. | | Cows. | | But hey, a couple of the younger ones get going at a pretty respectable | clip. | | Cows running look pretty funny. Did you see any turkeys (um, of the bird variety)? | Last time I was out there I saw a group of about 30. | | -- | tanx, | Howard | | Whatever happened to | Leon Trotsky? | He got an icepick | That made his ears burn. | | remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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Beginning of new rider's union?
I almost forgot the best part of the ride.
At the final rest stop, I tell my son, who's sitting in a chair resting, that it's time to head out. To which he replies, very matter of factly- "Dad, I'm on break." --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "Howard Kveck" wrote in message ... In article , "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: It seems like every year the 'Tour coverage has a shot of people on horseback (or horses on their own) in an adjacent field, racing the riders for a bit. On today's Primavera 100K, it was just like that! On Calaveras, my son and I were zipping along while, just up the hill, there they were, racing us! Not horses. Cows. But hey, a couple of the younger ones get going at a pretty respectable clip. Cows running look pretty funny. Did you see any turkeys (um, of the bird variety)? Last time I was out there I saw a group of about 30. -- tanx, Howard Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an icepick That made his ears burn. remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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Re-living the TdF "horses racing the peloton" scene
In article ,
"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: It seems like every year the 'Tour coverage has a shot of people on horseback (or horses on their own) in an adjacent field, racing the riders for a bit. On today's Primavera 100K, it was just like that! On Calaveras, my son and I were zipping along while, just up the hill, there they were, racing us! Not horses. Cows. But hey, a couple of the younger ones get going at a pretty respectable clip. And then there's always that one fan, who, unwilling to show respect for the riders and stay by the side of the course, has to make a horse's ass of themselves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-xR1HErmH8 -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls." "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them." |
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