On Aug 16, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours...
I wouldn't think so. MTB brakes would stop you far quicker than a truck,
especially an articulated one. Truckers have to be very aware of their
stopping distances and they risk
On Aug 16, 2011, at 12:23 AM, David Mann wrote:
On Aug 16, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours...
I wouldn't think so. MTB brakes would stop you far quicker than a truck,
especially an articulated one. Truckers have to be
On Aug 15, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Subash wrote:
On another ride (I think it was the metric double that I did without
training, on a bike without a front derailleur, I was chatting up a
girl I had caught up with and she said she needed to back off the
pace. I said she could draft me if she
On Aug 16, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Just start pedaling with a weird cadence, speeding up and slowing down so
that they can't be so close without risking hitting you. Or, probably safer,
you could try swerving a couple of feet to the side before sprinting. That
way they
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 07:23:23PM +1200, David Mann wrote:
I drafted for the first time just the other day, but I was only drafting
behind another couple of road cyclists. It's amazing how much energy you
save ...
According to the Versus Tour-de-France commentators (who have
ridden in
From: David Mann
On Aug 16, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours...
I wouldn't think so. MTB brakes would stop you far quicker than a
truck, especially an articulated one. Truckers have to be very aware
of their stopping
On Aug 16, 2011, at 7:07 AM, John Francis wrote:
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 07:23:23PM +1200, David Mann wrote:
I drafted for the first time just the other day, but I was only drafting
behind another couple of road cyclists. It's amazing how much energy you
save ...
According to the
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Larry Colen
I suspect it's even more than that, depending on what you're drafting.
When I was training for the DC one day, I expected to miss my afternoon
class, when one of my classmates rode by on her moped. I was
occasioned by drew's OT running post...
did a century ride on the cycle yesterday (about 134 km in a little more
than six hours on an MTB on a regular highway :)). the highlight was
drafting for about 10km behind a petrol tanker truck at about 35km/h.
have seen guys doing it behind faster-moving
S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours...
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote:
occasioned by drew's OT running post...
did a century ride on the cycle yesterday (about 134 km in a little more
than six hours on an MTB on a
My father-in-law told me once of an incident that happened to him
he was bus driver back in the days when town buses had the open platform
at the rear where passengers could jump on and off. He was bringing a
bus back to the main depot from one of the smaller ones, as he was not
in
On Aug 15, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Subash wrote:
occasioned by drew's OT running post...
did a century ride on the cycle yesterday (about 134 km in a little more
Interesting that you call that a century. The one ride I did of that length
they called a metric double.
than six hours on an MTB
Judging by some of the trucks I've seen on the roads out there,
I wouldn't be too sure about that ...
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 09:53:27AM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote:
S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours...
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Subash
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:25:09 +0100
Drew d...@rileyelf.free-online.co.uk wrote:
My father-in-law told me once of an incident that happened to
him he was bus driver back in the days when town buses had the
open platform at the rear where passengers could jump on and off.
He was bringing a
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:53:27 -0500
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
S, Only problem is his brakes are probably better than yours...
Bob, you are probably right. i guess i just wanted to see what it
felt like. i probably won't do it for a living :)
--
regards, subash
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PDML
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:03:02 -0400
John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
Judging by some of the trucks I've seen on the roads out there,
I wouldn't be too sure about that ...
:) some of them wouldn't have working brake lights either, not that it
would make a difference in those circumstances...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:52:11 -0700
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Interesting that you call that a century. The one ride I did of that
length they called a metric double.
Larry, hereabouts a 100km ride is a called century ride and a 160km
(100 miles) ride is called an imperial century.
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