How was it possible?

dennisn
dennisn Posts: 10,601
edited October 2008 in Workshop
Three or four years ago, two friends of mine and myself rode the seven day Bicycle Tour of Colorado. One of them had a Colnago C50 with Record everything, right down
to the water bottle cages and top of the line Mavic wheels. It was his dream bike and a very nice one at that. My other friend had a new Seven titanium with all the best goodies
money could buy, including some top line Campy wheels. Myself, I ONLY had a Gios
Compact Pro lugged steel frame with a chromed steel fork, 32 spoke Mavic wheels,
and some junk Dura-Ace 9 speed shifters. Yet on the first day, from Aspen to Leadville,
over Independence Pass(8000 to 12100 feet) I beat both of them up and over. According to a lot of bloggers on this site, that shouldn't have been possible. How could it be that something like that could even happen? It just goes against everything that is said or
proven in the cycling mag's. I even had (dare I say it) metal bottle cages. I mean, from all I've read that's a loser right there, not to mention all the other stuff. My only guess as to how something like this could happen, is that I somehow became intangled in the "Twilight Zone" of cycling. Or maybe all that EPO I took finally did kick in. No, couldn't
have been the EPO. After all everyone was using it. I just don't know.

Dennis Noward

Comments

  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
    Maybe "It's not about the bike" :wink: !
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    You know the answer Dennis - "it's not about..."

    That is a fabulous ride - I am envious!
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Oh Dennis, you're such a climbing god and we don't know how priviledged we are to share our humble views with you!
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    junk dura ace eh?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    junk dura ace eh?

    Well, I have heard it called "junk" on this forum. Must be true. :wink::wink:

    Dennis Noward
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    ColinJ wrote:
    Maybe "It's not about the bike" :wink: !

    But it has to be about the bike. All the magazines and manufacturers say that without
    one of their bikes or components these kind of "majestic feats" are just not possible.

    :wink::wink:

    Dennis Noward
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Oh Dennis, you're such a climbing god and we don't know how priviledged we are to share our humble views with you!

    Yeah, my only problem now is which pro team do I want to be on next year. It's
    always been hard for me to make those kind of choices. I'm getting older and kind of hate to displace younger riders on their way up but with my talent I feel I owe it to cycling.
    Anyway, my philosophy for younhger riders - "If you want to be a lumberjack you've got to learn to handle your end of the log''. Hmmm, my wife just told me that she thought
    Dirty Harry said that. :? :? :wink:

    Dennis Noward
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    There he goes, stirring up trouble again. tsk! :roll:
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    ColinJ wrote:
    Maybe "It's not about the bike" :wink: !

    Indeed - it's highly possible (we don't know, as no details are given) that Dennis is built for climbing and on the light side, whereas his companions were, as my Dad might put it, 'no strangers to the sweet trolley' :wink:

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • idaviesmoore
    idaviesmoore Posts: 557
    DavidBelcher wrote:


    Indeed - it's highly possible (we don't know, as no details are given) that Dennis is built for climbing and on the light side, :wink:

    David

    Nah, David. Dennis is a fat tw@t.....

    He said so himself :wink:
    'How can an opinion be bullsh1t?' High Fidelity
  • Bugly
    Bugly Posts: 520
    @ Dennis I imagine Silence Lotto have a climbers seat open :P
  • 4kicks
    4kicks Posts: 549
    You are indeed a walking testament to your own genius. :roll:

    Dennis, do you really have NOTHING better to do in life than post trolling like that. Ive plenty of odd jobs around here that need to be done if you are at a loose end.

    Perhaps we could start a "101 things to keep Dennis away from his PC" thread?
    Fitter....healthier....more productive.....
  • pliptrot
    pliptrot Posts: 582
    Dennis,

    everyone has a little luck from time to time. Even your friends will now never succeed, because they don't have 11 cogs at the back and the 1-1/2" headsets, not to mention their hopelessly inferior 68mm bottom brackets. without those ceramic bearings they may as well fit mudguards and panniers.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    idaviesmoore wrote:
    DavidBelcher wrote:


    Indeed - it's highly possible (we don't know, as no details are given) that Dennis is built for climbing and on the light side, :wink:

    David

    Nah, David. Dennis is a fat tw@t.....

    He said so himself :wink:

    Now THAT IS something you can believe. Not that I haven't tried to lose a pound or two. Oh hell, I'll be honest I haven't really tried. Love that Mexican food though. And the margarita's ain't bad either. I'm really torn. Give up eating(so to speak) and become a lean 60 year old or enjoy all the food life has to offer. Guess which one I've been leaning
    toward.

    Dennis Noward

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