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dixietiff townie
Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 231 Location: Lex!
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brokebike cutter
Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: |
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damn... so I guess it is this weekend after all. Short notice for such a big race, huh?
I like how Mark states (in a roundabout way) that riders who act like dicks at checkpoints could be DQ'ed. We should start doing that here, because I hate it when racers get all shitty with you for not signing their manifest fast enough, or whatever it is you have them do at the checkpoints. Like the checkpoint worker is the one who is somehow keeping them from winning the race... |
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roller d'oh!
Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Whoa! That's 25 miles before brunch...in an urban blender with flying pigs. I'm sure they planned some comforting views of the river before cataclysmic failure of bike, legs, heart, etc...
It is intriguing race in their description, especially the nasty descent (must of us wankers just use gravity, but on ascents we dismount) which means it must be pretty damn steep and curvy. I'm guessing there's probably 300+ feet of relief along the river. Evil, but for the Lex crew participating remember this: we eat pigs and race horses. |
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jkizzle cutter
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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anybody go? im from nky/cincy originally, but was in ireland for this race, but would have loved to have gone, im sure the hills killed though.. |
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dixietiff townie
Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 231 Location: Lex!
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Kyle and I went. There were about 30 riders... only 15 finished. The best route you could possibly take was 29 miles, and we got lost a couple times putting us up around 33 I guess. One catch was that you had to make it to the ferry by 9:45pm (the last ferry) otherwise you would have to ride the long way back. It kicked our butts but we had a blast... placed around 7th and 8th. _________________ T$ |
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