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    FFS!
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2007 edited
     
    My ride buddy Don rode away from me after about 20 miles! but good luck to him, he's stronger than me.
    Did it in 5h46m according to my computer...don't know official time.....we hung around the finish area for over an hour and when we left Don's was still the second fastest time so far at 5h30!! weather was not too bad actually better than being too hot....as I'm typing this I just got an official text saying my time was 5:49:39....oh well......the second hardest ride I've ever done, the cold triple espresso with five sugars which I had in a mini bottle in my pocket and gulped down with 30 to go helped though, thanks to those who sponsored me....it's not too late by the way!

    http://www.justgiving.com/paulchurchill
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    Don. What a f***ing animal.

    Well done for finishing. Bet there were loads that didn't.
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    Was that a gold time?

    Probably the most disappointing thing that ever happened to me (cycling) was missing Gold by 3 secs in the Marmotte...

    Wanna do that with me next year?

    167k 5000m vertical?
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeJul 2nd 2007
     
    Rankings have now been posted....Don came 4th!!...yes he is an animal! Londons Fastest Ex-enger???
    0f the 5000 entrants 3800 finished, given the conditions it's possible that some didn't even start and I saw a lot of punctures.
    I came 51st....don't know how I managed that...it'd better be a bloody gold time.

    Marmotte....I'll think about it, will need a lighter bike.
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    Fuck me! I am so impressed that I could only be more impressed if someone did something amazingly impressive like taking on the People's Revolutionary Army of China armed only with half a kipper and over-ripe banana.

    Wow!

    :cheer:

    :clap:

    :whorship:
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    you still got it don!
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      CommentAuthorhippy
    • CommentTimeJul 2nd 2007
     
    What's a "gold time"?
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2007
     
    something Bill didn't get..

    most continental sportif organisers award you with a certificate, gold silver or bronze, depending on how fast you were....whether they work that out on set time "targets" or split the finish times into percentage groups (therefore allowing for conditions) I've got no idea...Bill will know.
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      CommentAuthorBuffalo Bill
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2007 edited
     
    Yeah, I missed Gold by 3 secs (might as well have been 3 hours) in the Marmotte.

    Normally the times are posted before the event, and vary from age group.

    In the Marmotte, for the 30 - 39 (as I was) Gold was 8h49m. Silver was 10hsomething or other, and Bronze is for finishing. The 20 -29 Gold was 8h29 or something. The winner did it in 5h40 or something in 2005. Marmotte is 167k 5000+m vertical (Cols: Glandon, Telegraphe, Galibier finish Alpe d'Huez). It's a really nice ride, if it isn't raining!

    I did get Gold in the Beaumes de Venise Ventoux but I can't remember what the cut-off was. I see that the route is lot easier this year than when I did it which is why 30-39 cut-off is 6hsomething, whereas I did 07:00:29, and still got gold by 30 mins.

    WInston would have easily got Gold for his time, especially in the age group. But maybe they haven't done that for Etape Anglais, it doesn't look like.

    More about the Ventoux and Marmotte Sportives:

    http://www.sportcommunication.com/GT/epreuve.php?langue=2
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      CommentAuthorhippy
    • CommentTimeJul 4th 2007
     
    5000m vertical.. ouch.. have you seen my bathroom scales max out?
    I'd give something like this a crack but I'd be doing it just to survive!

    Ooh wow.. I made Brit Etape top.. 1000. :S
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    If you love cycling, then your life isn't complete without a big Continental sportive under your belt.

    If you're a fat bastard, then why not try the Paris - Roubaix Sportive? That's _the_ fat bastard Sportive.
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    BTW, having a really light bike is over-rated. The money spent is less effective than a decent diet and a training regime. I rode the Marmotte and Ventoux on an old steel Colnago, with standard equipment. Ok, maybe I would have made Gold if I had lighter wheels, but I could also have spent less time filling my bottles, taking off or putting on clothing.... damn, 3 f***ing seconds.
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    how light should your wheels have been for the 'falling leaves'?
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    About 10 kilos lighter than they were!
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeJul 4th 2007
     
    Have you seen my Peugeot Bill? I think you'd agree I could do with a lighter bike!!!

    However, I did put on my Mavic cosmos wheels for the etape, which are significantly lighter in the rim and do make a difference.

    Skot, are you back? working? riding? coffee drinking? are you gonna do the pre-event track day?
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    Yeah what the f*** are you doing apart from taking the p***, Skot?
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      CommentAuthorhippy
    • CommentTimeJul 4th 2007
     
    winston: Cosmos wheels AND no race number!! No frickin' wonder you were faster!! ;)

    "If you love cycling, then your life isn't complete without a big Continental sportive under your belt."

    I do. I also like the sound of that statement. Now.. where the fsck do I start.. :)

    Paris-Roubaix sportive eh? That'd be pretty nuts to do. Looks like I've got a year to train: http://www.parisroubaix.co.uk/

    As for the light bike thing.. I don't do light bikes. I'm fully aware that most of the mass being carted up the hill is me and it's cheaper to strip weight from me than a bike.

    I go for the latter two in "Light Strong Cheap, pick two"
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeJul 6th 2007
     
    that's "cosmos" not "cosmics" they only cost a hundred quid....

    I'm thinking of doing the Ronde Picardie...later in the year...it's not really a classic, but close to the channel ports!
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      CommentAuthorhippy
    • CommentTimeJul 6th 2007
     
    Ah, yeah. Well I have no excuse then because I use Cosmos wheels. Don't like them: non-standard spokes, too few spokes, mavic freehub spacer issues..

    Ronde Picardie? I'll google.. 2004 report: http://www.londonphoenix.co.uk/ronde-picardie-2004.html

    Tour of Flanders sounds like something for someone who grew up in flat, windy, dessert:
    Tour of Flanders is a challenge quite unlike the Etape but in some ways is even more brutal. Based on one of the so-called spring classics - the series of season-opening pro races that for a few weeks make the Low Countries the focus of cycling attention - the ride combines long, flat wind-buffeted stretches with short and horribly steep climbs over cobbles. Lovely. The full distance of 270km is beyond the capabilities (and sanity) of all but the most hardened bike nut, but there is always the option of the 140km route. Here's an article mentioning a few: http://travel.independent.co.uk/europe/article770440.ece

    So, can I just follow your wheel at the Ronde Picardie? :)

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