Cycling is 1/2 Mental 1/2 Engine and 1/2 Equipment
02-24-09, 05:30 PM
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02-24-09, 05:35 PM
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02-24-09, 05:39 PM
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One part mental, four parts engine, two parts equipment?
But with rapidly diminishing returns on equipment, and relatively consistent returns on engine.
But with rapidly diminishing returns on equipment, and relatively consistent returns on engine.
02-24-09, 05:51 PM
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3 parts mental 6 parts engine 1 part equipment. I can be as tough mentally as anyone in the world, but I don't have the genetics. Period.
02-24-09, 06:25 PM
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02-24-09, 06:26 PM
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02-24-09, 07:16 PM
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02-24-09, 08:56 PM
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...And 1/2 mathematics
02-24-09, 08:58 PM
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02-24-09, 09:04 PM
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Nope. For me. Mental and physical strength are all I need. The rest I just improvise with sticks and stones I find on the road and do what I need to do or just watch Bruce Lee movies all day, cause with a body like that, I feel I can do without DA or a carbon bike.
Bruce>Lance
Bruce>Lance
02-24-09, 09:07 PM
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02-24-09, 09:08 PM
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This place can use more of you. It's like a fricken locker room in here.
02-24-09, 09:08 PM
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I thought that if you had a cervelo these days you were bound to lose...I learned that on BF this week.
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Everything is always mental. Hasn't pcad taught you anything?
02-25-09, 08:25 PM
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