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01-16-13, 07:13 PM

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I think this is an epic battle unfolding.

https://app.strava.com/challenges/cyc...ile-blast-2013

Not everybody follows or downloads to Strava but if you really watch this, you might see what I see. I see more than just some guys riding a ton of miles for the month of January, I see this as were watching history in the making. I think that Strava has created a social medium for cyclists and has been successful on that level but I think this current challenge will take it to an entirely new level. People are really glued to this and it's not just the US, it's global.

This after I read this article- https://www.outsideonline.com/fitness...y-We-Ride.html

What do you guys think?

01-16-13, 07:25 PM

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What's Strava ?

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01-16-13, 07:30 PM

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I'll be impressed when someone on Strava beats Tommy Godwin's 75 year old record. Until then, meh.

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I'll be impressed when someone on Strava beats Tommy Godwin's 75 year old record. Until then, meh.

How the hell do you ride 200/mi a day for a YEAR? WOW.

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01-16-13, 08:12 PM

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How the hell do you ride 200/mi a day for a YEAR? WOW.

Pcad could do that if he didn't waste so much time on BF.

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01-16-13, 08:15 PM

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How the hell do you ride 200/mi a day for a YEAR? WOW.

you get a job hand delivering very, very light packages between Tonopah and Caliente NV.

01-16-13, 08:42 PM

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How the hell do you ride 200/mi a day for a YEAR? WOW.

He kept it up longer and broke 100K miles in less than 500 days.

01-16-13, 08:45 PM

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I haven't noticed a greater level of fitness or participation at races that would indicate some kind of revolution is in the works.

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What do you guys think?

The climbing challenges are more interesting than the mileage ones.

01-16-13, 09:14 PM

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I'm rooting for the Massachusetts dude. Extra suffer score for possible weather hardships.

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I haven't noticed a greater level of fitness or participation at races that would indicate some kind of revolution is in the works.

Clearly all the fast kids have given up on 3D racing and are now racing each other virtually.
Kinda like internet dating killed roller boogie, bowling leagues and church.

01-16-13, 09:50 PM

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fify

i would like to report this re-editing of my original post to a moderator. this type of thing is unacceptable. i'm serious. moderator please PM me. thanks.

huey

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01-16-13, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by hueyhoolihan

i would like to report this re-editing of my original post to a moderator. this type of thing is unacceptable. i'm serious. moderator please PM me. thanks.

huey

Hahahaha, post of the day.

01-16-13, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hueyhoolihan

i would like to report this re-editing of my original post to a moderator. this type of thing is unacceptable. i'm serious. moderator please PM me. thanks.

huey

Serves me right for venturing out of Addiction into the 41 Think Tank at large.

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Originally Posted by patentcad

Serves me right for venturing out of Addiction into the 41 Think Tank at large.

i thank you for deleting the posts mentioned.

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01-16-13, 10:15 PM

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Awwww, it's no fun without the fify, huey!

Hilarity!

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Originally Posted by hueyhoolihan

i thank you for deleting the posts mentioned.

Seriously? I guess satire is against the rules in BF now? I've never seen a humorously edited quote be taken down like that...

01-16-13, 10:54 PM

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Could you cheat by driving your car?

01-16-13, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets

Awwww, it's no fun without the fify, huey!

Hilarity!

Well, I missed it, but looking at the original post, I'm pretty sure I know what the edit was, and that would have been hilarious.

01-17-13, 08:29 AM

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I'm rooting for the Massachusetts dude. Extra suffer score for possible weather hardships.

Looks like he's from Mass but wintering in Florida.

01-17-13, 11:00 AM

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This is the best line in any article in the entire English wikipedia:

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Godwin dismounted and spent weeks learning how to walk before going to war in the RAF.

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Originally Posted by Christobevii3

Could you cheat by driving your car?

You could but that is too much effort and if you drive too fast you will get flagged. It's much easier to create fake files.

01-17-13, 11:07 AM

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Looks like he's from Mass but wintering in Florida.

It's actually getting pretty cold here. Heard it was going to be under 70 tonight.

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