http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Fantasy TdF 2020 en Tue, 26 May 2026 06:04:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-349335 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:44:28 +0000 gembo 349335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Giro starting in 29 days but not on velo games yet </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-346891 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:38:50 +0000 gembo 346891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In better news, wee horses in Aberdeenshire are letting wild rabbits eat their hay and share their stables.</p> <p>Oops this is supposed to be in the Terrible Things Are Happening To Donkeys thread </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-337566 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:05:05 +0000 gembo 337566@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BERNAL oot the windae (bad back) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-337521 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 13:39:24 +0000 I were right about that saddle 337521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The driver of the <em>voiture balai</em> is eyeing me and @bax. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-337499 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:54:49 +0000 gembo 337499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Black Sox famously weigh less but they are never really black, just very, very dark blue. Unless you shop at Habit Hat (father ted ref) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-337498 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:42:05 +0000 minus six 337498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i see he went with the black socks </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=4#post-337496 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:59:43 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 337496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually the record is currently held by an <a href="https://cyclingtips.com/2020/08/6-2-kg-three-gears-and-cut-off-drops-the-bike-used-for-the-everesting-record/">Irish rider</a> but it is changing hands all the time at the moment </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337493 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:58:02 +0000 gembo 337493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He has now lost the record to Bertie Contador by 2 mins - love Bertie but he has a somewhat tarnished reputation </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337492 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:47:19 +0000 steveo 337492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've seen a few videos of him doing alternative races he seems to be quite up for anything. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337491 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:43:08 +0000 paddyirish 337491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He also won a LEJOG off-road race and came 4th in a first attempt at the Yorkshire 3 Peaks (normally it takes multiple attempts to learn the nuances of the course).</p> <p>Some rider- like his sense of adventure </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337490 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:26:19 +0000 gembo 337490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lachlan Morton has the Everesting record - 29000 feet in 7.5 hours or so. Exact time and elevation in the article linked to the article @PaddyIrish posted.</p> <p>Lachlan did it but there was a glitch in his measured height climbed so he did not get the record. So instead of moaning he waited a wee while then did it again. He also did an extra lap just in case. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337487 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:30:26 +0000 paddyirish 337487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.efprocycling.com/the-long-way/">This</a> is hopefully an antidote to this, but I wonder when that will lead to doping as well. At this stage there isn't much money in ultra cycling </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337486 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:27:34 +0000 paddyirish 337486@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Jumbo Visma have been up front in their use of ketones (currently legal 'doping'), but whether there is more than that, I don't know.</p> <p>When one team is that dominant (Sky/Ineos were the same), it does beg questions.</p> <p>I remember the point where Greg Lemond moved backwards in 1991. The transformation of his rivals that year was something. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337484 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:53:05 +0000 minus six 337484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My impression on the live feed was that the Jumbo sprinter Van Aert was <em>incredible</em> in dropping Bernal and Quintana on the last few km up Colombier </p> <p>but, whatever eh </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337476 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:16:57 +0000 gembo 337476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pogacar keeping up with the Jumbo Visma train somehow. They are all doping. the question is Legal doping or illegal doping? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337445 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:49:32 +0000 I were right about that saddle 337445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I enjoyed the highlights of yesterday's stage which I got to watch because I made the tea after driving the long way home from Dunoon.</p> <p>Am I wrong in thinking that the other riders were basically accusing Pogacar of doping on that stage? It sounded awfy like it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337426 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 19:41:34 +0000 gembo 337426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pogacar is strongest rider</p> <p>But Jumbo Visma is the strongest team. </p> <p>They just have to figure a way to drop him</p> <p>Good Luck (the alert will recall how this was how the Nazis caught poor Gordon Jackson) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337345 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:25:42 +0000 minus six 337345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i like to think that the standard has been unusually high this year </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337341 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:43:41 +0000 I were right about that saddle 337341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So I am ahead of a leading eccentric and a small child? Take what you can get I suppose.</p> <p>Still the numbers are not as bad as they might at first seem. Remember: to be beaten by IWARTS at any game is a .gpx file of the route to your own bathroom mirror. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337280 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:25:18 +0000 gembo 337280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax San, the velo comp is a long haul granted</p> <p>What colour Sox for the Vuelta? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337279 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:16:51 +0000 minus six 337279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>not giving up, gembo-san</p> <p>black socks on for the giro </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337277 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:46:34 +0000 gembo 337277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax, don’t give up, the whole thing actually only kicks off tomorrow. Some of the cats above me only got sprinters. </p> <p>One parisien champers drinking showcase, one time trial, and an awful lot of climbing.</p> <p>Today’s winner somewhat proving my point.</p> <p>Next year I am picking team all called variants of Nicholas </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337270 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:15:56 +0000 minus six 337270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>its the lantern rouge for me and my hastily assembled bunch of french gc also rans</p> <p>and summer's over, so the cycling white socks will be going back in the drawer soonish </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337096 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:39:06 +0000 gembo 337096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What, rest day, aw, cuh mon </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-337037 Sun, 06 Sep 2020 15:33:59 +0000 gembo 337037@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooooooft </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-336972 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 22:00:18 +0000 gembo 336972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes David Byrne started before the end on the live stream which I liked. They fixed it by the highlights</p> <p>Shame Sagan chain slipped and stuyvens boxed Alaphillippe in. But Van Aert is supreme. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-336967 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 21:01:41 +0000 minus six 336967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>great stage today, best so far</p> <p>itv4 ending with "listening wind" from remain in light, nice touch </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-336965 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:39:49 +0000 gembo 336965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stage good today though bad luck for a couple of my riders</p> <p>Sadly also terrible things are happening to animals every day </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-336931 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:29:45 +0000 minus six 336931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>donkey abuse has fallen out of rotation</p> <p>dogs are in trouble today </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20329&page=3#post-336901 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:03:30 +0000 gembo 336901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, Julian will be fired up tomorrow for sure </p>