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z wrote:
Gibby


A few years ago, I tried to follow him through traffic on the last two laps
of an eight-corner crit in Kurgan town (near Miramar). Self-preservation
took over pretty quickly and I had to let go. Afterward, despite the
whinings of those he squeezed through, I had to lean over and say, "Gutsiest
move I ever saw, man!"

Slider

On Jan 14, 7:23*pm, z wrote:
Scott wrote:
On Jan 14, 7:00 pm, z wrote:
Scott wrote:
On Jan 14, 1:32 pm, z wrote:
RicodJour wrote:
On Jan 14, 8:42 am, --D-y wrote:
Isn't it funny that some people go on rides with the racer dudes and
learn what to do, while others don't?
Of course, it helps if your day job is being a racer dude.
I would like to see how he takes a corner at speed. *Must feel odd for
him to not be almost rubbing his knee on the pavement.
R
Ben Spies is known for having his arms out wide while cornering. His
nickname "Elbowz" is on the side panel of his jersey.
http://www.latebraker.com/galleries/...day/Elbowz.jpg
I hope he doesn't do that in the last corner of a crit field sprint.
Well, he probably wouldn't do it just like in the picture, but there
are plenty of people who ride "wide" when sprinting. *It is especially
common on the track.
I recall a SoCal masters racer from years back who used to come over
to AZ for some of the early season crits. *He was quite large, with a
bit of adipose over what must have been a very powerful, muscular
frame. *He raced w/ 38cm wide bars and his attitude was that once his
bars cleared a space, whatever problems his hips caused later were not
his concern. *I've never seen anyone else quite so fearless at pushing
through gaps that didn't exist as that guy.
That can only be one person.

Really, who are you thinking of?

Gibby

Nope. Not saying he wasn't like that, but that's not who I'm
referring to.

"marco" wrote in message
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z wrote:
Gibby


A few years ago, I tried to follow him through traffic on the last two
laps of an eight-corner crit in Kurgan town (near Miramar).
Self-preservation took over pretty quickly and I had to let go. Afterward,
despite the whinings of those he squeezed through, I had to lean over and
say, "Gutsiest move I ever saw, man!"



Dumbass -

People who complain about that sort of stuff don't realize the person
they're complaining about is a lot better than they are and that's why one
person is scared and the other person isn't.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

On Jan 14, 11:08*pm, "Kurgan Gringioni"
wrote:
"marco" wrote in message

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z wrote:
Gibby

A few years ago, I tried to follow him through traffic on the last two
laps of an eight-corner crit in Kurgan town (near Miramar).
Self-preservation took over pretty quickly and I had to let go. Afterward,
despite the whinings of those he squeezed through, I had to lean over and
say, "Gutsiest move I ever saw, man!"

Dumbass -

People who complain about that sort of stuff don't realize the person
they're complaining about is a lot better than they are and that's why one
person is scared and the other person isn't.

Maybe it's a little more complicated than that (i.e., in some cases
it's not "better", but "stupider"), but whatever-- God invented elbows
for a reason-- so we could use them when we need to.
--D-y

D-y wrote:
Maybe it's a little more complicated than that (i.e., in some cases
it's not "better", but "stupider"),

A kamikaze FM carries a lot of weight.

"--D-y" wrote in message
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On Jan 14, 11:08 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni"

Dumbass -

People who complain about that sort of stuff don't realize the person
they're complaining about is a lot better than they are and that's why
one
person is scared and the other person isn't.

Maybe it's a little more complicated than that (i.e., in some cases
it's not "better", but "stupider"), but whatever-- God invented elbows
for a reason-- so we could use them when we need to.



Dumbass -

From my experience, in sprints, people complain about guys who are better.

thanks,

Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.

In article ,
Donald Munro wrote:

D-y wrote:
Maybe it's a little more complicated than that (i.e., in some cases
it's not "better", but "stupider"),

A kamikaze FM carries a lot of weight.

Tell me about it. I'm an ok bike handler, but one time in a fairly techy
crit, I was fighting for position with a guy who (I didn't know) was a
pretty experienced trackie.

I leaned on him a bit for position, so he swore at me and basically did
what trackies do in that situation: came back and ran into me 2 or 3
times in short order.

Fortunately I was way above my racing weight, so that didn't work at all.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

On Jan 15, 11:55*am, "Kurgan Gringioni"
wrote:
"--D-y" wrote in message

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On Jan 14, 11:08 pm, "Kurgan Gringioni"

Dumbass -

People who complain about that sort of stuff don't realize the person
they're complaining about is a lot better than they are and that's why
one
person is scared and the other person isn't.

Maybe it's a little more complicated than that (i.e., in some cases
it's not "better", but "stupider"), but whatever-- God invented elbows
for a reason-- so we could use them when we need to.

Dumbass -

From my experience, in sprints, people complain about guys who are better..

Not arguing with that experience g.
--D-y

"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message
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From my experience, in sprints, people complain about guys who are better.

No wonder you spend all your time criticizing everyone else.

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"Tom Kunich" wrote:

"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message
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From my experience, in sprints, people complain about guys who are better.

No wonder you spend all your time criticizing everyone else.

Come back of the year. 1955.

--
Michael Press