Just saw some Raptors outside The Four Seasons. Game 2 is tonight at 7:30.

15% is pretty tough, especially after miles of climbing to get there, like Mt Baldy ski lifts. I've done the 23% climb of Balcom canyon 3 times, don't really want to do it again. I don't know what the steepest grades I've done on the mtb are. I've been to the Fargo Street event a few times but never tried to climb it. Years ago it was only road bikes but then people started bringing mtb's and even building special funny bikes just for the event. It's 33%.

Those old TT bikes with the 650 wheel in front would be perfect. You'd feel like you were riding on a level road!

That, and it just smells like saddle soap or whatever it is that they do to them to season them. A true butt/saddle sniffer wouldn't settle for that, would they?

Right! That and add a jackshaft to get a super low gear and up you go. I even saw ElliptiGO type things going up there the last time I went by.
Here is a pic I took of the ATOC on Balcom Canyon just above the 23% section.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3c2dbe9d78.jpg

I don't see you on the top 25 leaderboard.

Of course, that little nugget would leave me gassed and likely dead from an assploded chest.

I wouldn't know.

Marigold jacket just like Dr. Doug's.

Another video showed a picture of the bike used to break the world speed record. The main chainring fed another chainring, presumably through a small gear. You could do the same in reverse - small ring feeds large ring which feeds small ring. Really, really low gear. So low you'd probably fall over.
EDIT: Ah, jackshaft. Had to look it up.

My PR on that is 3:24 which is way off the leaderboard. I don’t have Strava premium so can only see top 10.

Must work harder. Top 10 is 2:24.

I don't know that guy but there are several club members I know on the video. The video is almost 20 years old according to IMDB.

This one is my favorite local climb. It’s long enough (more than a Km) and plenty steep. My PR would give me QOM if I were a female, but clearly only mediocre for a guy.

https://www.strava.com/segments/580148

Hate to break it to you but top 10 is now 2:21 according to the link you posted. :(

Not to worry though, I wouldn't be in the top 1,000,000.

A few weeks ago I tried to best my time on a flat 5 mile stretch that I've ridden a lot. I was trying to bust into the top 1,000 for that segment that day. It was balls to the friggin wall the whole way. But, alas, all for naught. I was slower than my best and got nowhere close to busting into the top 1,000.

It was about then that golf became my realistic retirement endeavor. The miniature kind.

The record is currently 183+ mph, held by a woman, whose motorpacing vehicle appears to be a fuel dragster!
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...abe9796315.jpg

I need that.

I got to spend 40 minutes in the Nashville parking lot. Could have been worse, I guess.

Big news all you East Coast Parrotheads!

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/lo...zvv0XiqD8r_Yaw

Yeah, John Howard coached her. That's the same car they used the last time the record was set in the 90s. I think it's gasoline and a Chevy big block.

That's about 4 x as fast as I've ever gone on a bike, and when I did it, it was downhill with a big ass tail wind. I don't want to imagine crashing at the speed I was going, let alone 184 mph. They'd need a pancake turner.

We're supposed to be getting some unseasonable rain this week, which is fine with me.

We have about 3 inches of snow so far today

ATTN: Velo Vol

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/compe...-set-giveaway/

I'm seeing pics from my orchard-owning FB friends, back in PA, with snow on the peach blossoms. I don't know what that means for this peach season. Late frost is bad, but snow isn't as cold, IIRC.

John Howard crashed over 100 mph, maybe 120, back when he was trying to set the record. He had some injuries but not as bad as you might think. They are wearing full leathers and there is nothing to run into. Still, don't sign me up.