You know you are slowing down when...
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You know you are slowing down when...
You know you are slowing down in your old age, when on a hill, an old guy in a walker yells ------------- on your left!!!!!!!!!!
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This thread offers soooooo many opportunities. But, is it worth the price of a one week suspension?
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We figured he was slow, just didn't know how slow. Now we know....
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When I first started riding my road bike a few years ago, an older skinny gentleman wearing a wife beater and flip flops and riding what looked like a steel road bike passed me when we were both barely going uphill on the first main road out of my house. I am a little stronger now, but recently on a hot day a younger guy on a hybrid passed me on one of the steeper climbs in my area. Neither as epic as getting passed by LarrySellerz on his hybrid with homemade aerobars:
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Many years ago, in a long road race, I got in a three-man breakaway in the Cat 4 group. As we were riding our guts out, opening a gap on the main pack, the lead group from a much faster Cat went past us in a smooth paceline, with their deep section aero wheels slicing through the air with a smooth humming sound.
One of the guys I was with looked over at them and said, “So that’s what it looks like.“
One of the guys I was with looked over at them and said, “So that’s what it looks like.“
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Several weeks ago on a multi day, 200+ mile ride with about 400 participants I passed no one. And on each day I left early, within 15 minutes of sunrise when most riders were still breaking down their tents. But it was okay because it wasn't a race.
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When I first started riding my road bike a few years ago, an older skinny gentleman wearing a wife beater and flip flops and riding what looked like a steel road bike passed me when we were both barely going uphill on the first main road out of my house. I am a little stronger now, but recently on a hot day a younger guy on a hybrid passed me on one of the steeper climbs in my area. Neither as epic as getting passed by LarrySellerz on his hybrid with homemade aerobars:
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Old enough, hmmm?
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Old enough, hmmm?
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Does one ever think one is old? I'm about to turn 77. For the past several years, I haven't seen that as old.
Hmmm.... Maybe that's a sign....
Hmmm.... Maybe that's a sign....
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When doing a hill climb on Zwift, a runner passes you.
But in my 20s as a runner, I chased down a cyclist on a 8% 2mile grade and passed them. A moment which will live in infamy.
But in my 20s as a runner, I chased down a cyclist on a 8% 2mile grade and passed them. A moment which will live in infamy.
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