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02-16-2005, 10:06 AM

Stephen Harding <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> "Dane Jackson" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>
>> So, I was later that today limping home as a single speed. I joked
>> about this the week before when I managed to snap a cog in half on my
>> way home.
>>
>> snip
>>
>> Oh yeah, and the chain broke just a mile or so short of my house. So I
>> was down to no gears by the end.
>
> "Snapped a cog in two"?? Broke the chain??
>
> You must have tractor legs!!

Does this mean I have to wear a John Deere cap now?

Do those come in cycling cap style? I would hate to be less than
fashionable...

> Stay in the high gears! You're producing way too much torque!
>
> I have visions of you on the bike with a fast spinning,
> smoking rear wheel "warming up" the tire for a hill climb
> or sprint, just like a dragster.

<G>. Maybe I should switch to a 40+ mm tire on the rear. I'd hate
to burn through all the tread on my 28mm Conti TT2Ks.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but
that's the way to bet.
-- Damon Runyon

02-16-2005, 10:12 AM

Claire Petersky <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> "Stephen Harding" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:42120be4$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].umass.edu...
>> "Dane Jackson" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>
>> You must have tractor legs!!
>
> Dane indeed has strong legs. I remember one time I was coming down Eastgate
> Way one morning, and saw him power around the intersection with Richard's
> Road and then fly up the hill that for me is a total slog. If only I had
> such legs.

*blushes*

Well gosh.

I suppose that's one of the advantages of previously being very
overweight but still fairly active even then. I lost all the weight
but kept most of my leg muscle mass. So I mainly just had to build
up some decent base miles and lose the weight and I became reasonably
speedy.

Now I'm curious how most people's improvement curve worked for their
first year or two of cycling. I did a fast double century (STP) almost
precisely at my one year cycling anniversary.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being
true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the
mark of a fake messiah. The simplest questions are the most profound.
Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What
are you doing? Think about these once in awhile and watch your answers
change." -- Messiah's Handbook : Reminders for the Advanced Soul

02-16-2005, 10:12 AM

Claire Petersky <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> "Stephen Harding" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:42120be4$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].umass.edu...
>> "Dane Jackson" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>
>> You must have tractor legs!!
>
> Dane indeed has strong legs. I remember one time I was coming down Eastgate
> Way one morning, and saw him power around the intersection with Richard's
> Road and then fly up the hill that for me is a total slog. If only I had
> such legs.

*blushes*

Well gosh.

I suppose that's one of the advantages of previously being very
overweight but still fairly active even then. I lost all the weight
but kept most of my leg muscle mass. So I mainly just had to build
up some decent base miles and lose the weight and I became reasonably
speedy.

Now I'm curious how most people's improvement curve worked for their
first year or two of cycling. I did a fast double century (STP) almost
precisely at my one year cycling anniversary.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being
true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the
mark of a fake messiah. The simplest questions are the most profound.
Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What
are you doing? Think about these once in awhile and watch your answers
change." -- Messiah's Handbook : Reminders for the Advanced Soul

02-16-2005, 10:14 AM

Mark Hickey <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> "Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>"Stephen Harding" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>
>>> You must have tractor legs!!
>>
>>Dane indeed has strong legs. I remember one time I was coming down Eastgate
>>Way one morning, and saw him power around the intersection with Richard's
>>Road and then fly up the hill that for me is a total slog. If only I had
>>such legs.
>
> ...we hope you'd avoid skirts... ;-)

I will
......
.....
....
...
..
Until it get's warmer anyway.

;-)

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.

02-16-2005, 10:14 AM

Mark Hickey <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> "Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>"Stephen Harding" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>>
>>> You must have tractor legs!!
>>
>>Dane indeed has strong legs. I remember one time I was coming down Eastgate
>>Way one morning, and saw him power around the intersection with Richard's
>>Road and then fly up the hill that for me is a total slog. If only I had
>>such legs.
>
> ...we hope you'd avoid skirts... ;-)

I will
......
.....
....
...
..
Until it get's warmer anyway.

;-)

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.

02-16-2005, 12:18 PM

>> You must have tractor legs!!

>Does this mean I have to wear a John Deere cap now?

maybe it means you should be riding a Deere

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or
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--
mac the naïf

02-16-2005, 12:18 PM

>> You must have tractor legs!!

>Does this mean I have to wear a John Deere cap now?

maybe it means you should be riding a Deere

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or
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--
mac the naïf

02-18-2005, 11:43 AM

Alex Colvin <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> You must have tractor legs!!
>
>>Does this mean I have to wear a John Deere cap now?
>
> maybe it means you should be riding a Deere
>
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> or
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

I think the first one looks a little small for me. But the second
looks passable. Maybe I'd ride it on the RSVP from Seattle to
Vancouver.

Do you think Fabrizzio would let me hang with him at the coffee shop?

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"It ain't over 'til it's over, and maybe not then either.
-Slovotsky's Law #29

02-18-2005, 11:43 AM

Alex Colvin <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> You must have tractor legs!!
>
>>Does this mean I have to wear a John Deere cap now?
>
> maybe it means you should be riding a Deere
>
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> or
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

I think the first one looks a little small for me. But the second
looks passable. Maybe I'd ride it on the RSVP from Seattle to
Vancouver.

Do you think Fabrizzio would let me hang with him at the coffee shop?

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"It ain't over 'til it's over, and maybe not then either.
-Slovotsky's Law #29

02-18-2005, 02:51 PM

>>
>>>Does this mean I have to wear a John Deere cap now?
>>
>> maybe it means you should be riding a Deere

>Do you think Fabrizzio would let me hang with him at the coffee shop?

Probably. If you're pouring.
Although, come to think of it, he'd probably approve of a Lamborghini
tractor and bicycle.

--
mac the naïf