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Pre-Tour Jitters?
bicycling.com ^
| July 01, 2005
| Joe Lindsey, Contributing Writer
Posted on 07/01/2005 4:09:26 PM PDT by nutmeg
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:09:27 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
To: whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; Aeronaut; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; Drango; ...
Tour de France ping!
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my Tour de France 2005 list.
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:10:05 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: nutmeg
These guys sure get dinged a lot. NASCAR almost seems safe by comparison.
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:17:56 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: Cecily
NASCAR almost seems safe by comparison. In NASCAR, one has a steel frame around themselves in the event of a crash. In bicycle racing, one gets to bounce off the pavement, post, etc. all alone.
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:20:44 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: nutmeg
...and cracked the six-times Tour winner's helmet in two. I've had two pretty hard crashes where my helmet smacked the road hard enough to crack the foam inside the helmet yet the shell remained intact. I think the helmet is designed to do just that and I can't imagine the helmet being in two pieces afterward.
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:21:24 PM PDT
by
Cagey
To: glorgau
That's true, but at least on a bike you don't run the risk of being immolated.
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:23:56 PM PDT
by
Cecily
To: nutmeg
Kummer is dummer that sh...
To: Cecily
I don't know what immolated means offhand and I'm too lazy to look it up, but I hate crashing on a bike!
Bouncing on Pavement = bigtime OUCH!
To: Husker8877
I think the technical definition has to do with making a sacrifice (like Hindu widows burned on their husbands' funeral pyres), but to me it just means being burned up in any fire.
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posted on
07/01/2005 4:49:09 PM PDT
by
Cecily
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: Baynative
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posted on
07/01/2005 5:16:03 PM PDT
by
Cecily
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: nutmeg
Ready to go. Tivo is ready, going for a 100km ride on monday, and watching the tour on tivo when I am done. Can't wait.
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:50:22 PM PDT
by
jern
To: nutmeg
Please add me to the list. Thanks in advance.
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:58:00 PM PDT
by
canalabamian
(Durka durka...Allah FUBAR!)
To: Cagey
My the 4 1/2 year old son cracked a helmet after falling last year. I wasn't too upset at having to buy him a new one.
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posted on
07/01/2005 8:19:44 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
To: Baynative
Will this be a running ping - live thread??? Count me in PULEEEZ!No, I'm afraid I won't be running any of those, at least this weekend anyway. I'll have to watch the late replays of Le Tour (I won't be around much during the day tomorrow, Sunday and part of Monday). Feel free to start a live thread, though... sounds like a cool idea. ;-)
Put Tour de France as a keyword (or in the title) on any TDF-related thread, so it'll be easy for any of us to find later.
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posted on
07/01/2005 9:11:39 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: jern
Nice to see you again, jern! Enjoy that 100km ride on Monday. ;-)
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posted on
07/01/2005 9:13:39 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: canalabamian
I've added you to my TDF 2005 ping list as you requested.
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posted on
07/01/2005 9:14:34 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: Baynative
LOL... love that devil! Will he be back this year? (probably will)
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posted on
07/01/2005 9:15:21 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: Cagey
Yikes! Thank God for those helmets...
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posted on
07/01/2005 9:31:25 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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