Originally Posted by
Doge
It is funny when a rider in an age group pretty much shuts it down for a generation or two. I was never at that level but the Mark Hoffenberg and Thurlow Rogers being local and somewhat in my age group made the whole thing rather a non-issue. I saw no point in competing outside of a RAAM or Mexican Fondo.
Thurlow Rogers...That's a name I haven't heard in a while. When I was at my peak ('00-'04), "Turbo" would occasionally show up to some of the local go-fast training rides in my area and proceed to make everyone suffer more than usual. He was already racing Masters at the time.