tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post8342105386356061239..comments2023-11-23T03:57:42.360-08:00Comments on RCVman: ToC OneKML5http://www.blogger.com/profile/03730481351872493160noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-56668884244619023572009-02-20T21:40:00.000-08:002009-02-20T21:40:00.000-08:00Awesome to say the least. CompuTrainer maxes out a...Awesome to say the least. CompuTrainer maxes out at 1500 watts, so this type of power is very tough to even measure, let alone improve upon. Most humbling indeed.KML5https://www.blogger.com/profile/03730481351872493160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-34400974788905914872009-02-20T21:04:00.000-08:002009-02-20T21:04:00.000-08:00They said that they were doing about 40 mph in tho...They said that they were doing about 40 mph in those sprints at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-16853080000998893202009-02-20T20:08:00.000-08:002009-02-20T20:08:00.000-08:00Fifteen hundred watts? OMG. I know what a gut bu...Fifteen hundred watts? OMG. I know what a gut buster it is to crank out 250 watts on a Concept 2ergometer. It's no excuse even if I get an AARP discount.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-81364869863071880172009-02-20T15:54:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:54:00.000-08:00Boonen can put out over 1500 watts at 110 RPM for ...Boonen can put out over 1500 watts at 110 RPM for sprints. More on that here. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/dec05/dec30newsSome say Cipo could do almost 2000!!!KML5https://www.blogger.com/profile/03730481351872493160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-52532457031180046552009-02-20T15:41:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:41:00.000-08:00Pretty amazing seeing Cavendish nip Boonen by a cu...Pretty amazing seeing Cavendish nip Boonen by a curly hair on the line. I wonder if he exceeds 600 watts in the last 20 meters? He nailed four stages in last year's TDF. It'll be tough for older sprinters like Boonen and McEwen or Zabel to win the Green Jersey this summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-2891085516406087882009-02-20T11:12:00.000-08:002009-02-20T11:12:00.000-08:00http://twitpic.com/1la3kHere is a pic of Lance and...http://twitpic.com/1la3k<BR/><BR/>Here is a pic of Lance and Levi at lunch sent by twitter. Looks like they eat cereal and an orange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-74706939494282389782009-02-20T10:12:00.000-08:002009-02-20T10:12:00.000-08:00The idea is to hang with the domestiques in the pa...The idea is to hang with the domestiques in the pack the entire race and then when (and only when) you can maintain a 110% effort at MAX HR, pushing over 500 watts you, A) find a gap, and B) GO LIKE HELL. It is an uncanny skill set. Anybody or any technology that appeals to BOTH Lance and the Dalai Lama is OK in my book!!!KML5https://www.blogger.com/profile/03730481351872493160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000438610784981330.post-78202845190868578602009-02-20T10:03:00.000-08:002009-02-20T10:03:00.000-08:00Nice! Those guys are really mashing up those SF h...Nice! Those guys are really mashing up those SF hills with their aero helmets. I'm taping this year's Tour off Versus (runs from about 1pm to 4) and watching it at night. The winner of last two stages, Mark Cavandish, is a sprinter as you likely know and I'm wondering why he's that much faster than the rest at the end. Big quads, light weight and fast reflexes? I'm new to this racing stuff and its fascinating that the break away leaders get caught by the peleton and the group seems to know exactly the point they will catch. Must be radios and course knowledge. Also, can't understand why the break away guys can't gun it for 3-4 miles and win. Very interesting. I've been using Twitter.com to communicate with lawyers around the country and, typically enough, marketing gurus who pitch to lawyers and business-types. But, one person who is also on twitter is Lance Armstrong and I 'follow' him so I get all his 'tweets' or messages about the Tour. Here are the last few as well as a picture of his bike which was stolen and then recovered by police, I think in Sacramento:<BR/><BR/>http://twitpic.com/1l6wv<BR/><BR/>"Swapping the "i" and the "e" today for Livestrong. Today's it's "LeviSTRONG"."<BR/><BR/>"Good morning, twitterati. Waking up here in solvang, ca. Looks like it's going to be a nice one today."<BR/><BR/>"Getting a massage now. This Genius feature on the ipod is great, eh? Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Cat Power, The National, Sufjan."<BR/><BR/>"Had a great meal at Los Olivos Cafe tonight. If you're ever in LO then it's a "must"."<BR/><BR/>"At the Wellness Center here in Paso Robles meeting survivors and their families. Amazing group of people."<BR/><BR/>"I'm riding the old "hot" tt bike tomorrow. Had a replacement made too. Only diff was a line that said, "ride it like you stole it". Haha!"<BR/><BR/>"And by the way, I'm riding the recovered (previously stolen) tt bike tomorrow. It seems to be in fine shape."<BR/><BR/>"Got a note from South Australia's Premier Mike Rann. He's now on twitter too. @premiermikerann. Ranny, we miss South Australia."<BR/><BR/>Heck, even the Dalai Lama uses twitter. It seems like your e-mailing with these people, but you can only communicate back to people like Lance if they are also 'following' you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com