Best Sprinting toonz

mikedobson
mikedobson Posts: 186
edited July 2008 in The bottom bracket
The day is clear, the hard graft is behind you, the climbs a distant memory, in front of you is the finishing line (actual or imaginary), there's just 1km to go, flat, wind behind you, glory in sight, the hitherto aching, resisting thighs now engorged with twitching muscularity as the big ring engages and the tension on the chain takes up.....

What music would you have playing to accompany you?
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    ****ing Hostile-Pantera

    Sorry for having to select a song named after a swear word
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  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    an esoteric choice there! like the heat and fury but not sure it has the syncopatic regularity to ensure proper cadence control...
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  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    The Pretender - Foo Fighters.

    That said, there's a million good choices.

    I generally don't like U2 but have added 'Elevation' to my cycling playlist after watching this youtube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dYVFQ7M ... re=related - think it's quite a good tune to accompany the vid...
  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    Foo Fighters; a good generic choice I feel but this song for me doesn't quite have the "through the threshold" surge, great tune though.
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    "Anything But This" by Static X.

    Two reasons:
    1. It's fairly fast
    2. It perfectly describes my state of mind.
  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    Haven't heard this for yonks! Great tune and I'm right with you on the sentiment, but the point is we're looking for something to enthuse us over the line, when every nerve ending is screaming for rest.
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,716
    Yes, but if you ignore the lyrics and focus on the drum line, you'll get there. ;)
  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    Ok, I'm amending to -

    "Gravemakers and Gunslingers" - Coheed and Cambria.

    It's fast. It's angry and has some awesome lyrics - some of which include :-

    "Cause god knows I am not stopping till you breathe blood"

    "Come on, its just the hurt I’m looking for"

    "There’s nothing in the way that could stop us"

    It certainly does a good job of helping me attack some of those painful hills....
  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    My daughter has tried to convince me of the brilliance of Coheed and Cambria, I'm getting there, slowly, about as slowly as some of those ascents you allude to.

    Good lyrics!
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  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    tbh, I'm not as sold on some of their other stuff, but that's a pretty good track. Worth a listen!

    What about you Mr Dobson? You're critical of our choices (and my climbing ability :wink:) - what's carrying you over the last 1km...??
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Fat boy Slim - Acid 8000 is a good climbing song
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  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    Don;t mean to appear critical, soz.

    English Civil War - The Clash. Driving rhythm, angry lyrics, great thrashy yet classy guitar. Perfect. (Doesn't last too long either, like my sprinting!) :D
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  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    Only jesting about being critical, after commenting on my weak climbing I was more concerned to know how you knew me!!

    Good track from The Clash - I reckon a 'tell us your cycling playlist' would be a good thread. I'll let someone else start it rather than put my choices up for scrutiny from the beginning!!
  • FCE2007
    FCE2007 Posts: 962
    Symptom Of The Universe - Black Sabbath or Sepultura version.

    Regarding a cycling playlist, I have already mentioned in a past post I play the 'Arise' album every day and have done so since 1992. I'm a creature of habit. :oops:
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  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    All very heavy isn't it!

    How about a bit of Mariah Carey :shock:
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  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    How about a bit of Mariah Carey

    I'd steer into the traffic.
  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    Don't know that one :D
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  • SteK
    SteK Posts: 148
    It's a tearful ballad with a really loud ending....
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    :lol:

    A nice bit of trance for me. Armin van Buuren, Rank 1, Push etc.
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  • mikedobson
    mikedobson Posts: 186
    Wow, mellow sprinting! Imagine the Peloton cruising in to Chilled Ibiza!
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade :lol:
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  • rossbarney2003
    rossbarney2003 Posts: 167
    Lagavulin wrote:
    :lol:

    A nice bit of trance for me. Armin van Buuren, Rank 1, Push etc.

    U should try the Ayu Trance albums. It's full of all that :D
  • rubbercolin
    rubbercolin Posts: 67
    "there's just 1km to go, flat, wind behind you, glory in sight,"

    paradise lost -- isolate......... :twisted:
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Forget awful Trance or commercial Fat Boy Slim choons. Proper Drum and Bass, 180BPM, Digital, Pendulum, Dilinja. That will get you over the line.

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