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 2009-07-21 11:49 AM |
Member  157   Red Lion, PA |  Subject: TdF ClimbingMan, watching those guys ride the hills faster than I go on flats sort of gets me motivated to go out and work my butt off on hills. |
| 2009-07-21 1:17 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Master 1591  San Diego, CA | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing MikesGonnaTri - 2009-07-21 9:49 AM Man, watching those guys ride the hills faster than I go on flats sort of gets me motivated to go out and work my butt off on hills. x2 |
| 2009-07-21 1:18 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Expert 606 Lakeville, MN | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing Or in my case lose another 30 {50} pounds |
| 2009-07-21 1:22 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Member 32 Seattle, WA | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing great thing about living in the cascades is there is not much flat land to ride on, then again that might end up to be a bad thing... |
| 2009-07-21 1:44 PM in reply to: #2299132 |
Champion 8540  the colony texas | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing cooutdoors - 2009-07-21 1:18 PM Or in my case lose another 30 {50} pounds ditto edit.. I meant me.. not you  I didnt' realize until I actually saw it that people might think I wasn't talking about myself..sorry Edited by Gaarryy 2009-07-21 1:45 PM |
| 2009-07-21 6:32 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Member 360 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing As far as I can tell the TdF cyclists aren't human. |
| 2009-07-21 8:06 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Member 136 | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing I want to know how the hell they can climb out of the saddle for so long (dancing on the pedals as Phil Liggett says). My legs are on fire after a few minutes of climbing out of the saddle. |
| 2009-07-21 8:15 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Master 1651 Breckenridge, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing Today's Stage 16 had two climbs: Col du Grand Saint Bernard (HC) 25.11 miles / 6318' climbing 4.8% average grade. Col du Petit Saint Bernard (1) 19.22 miles / 5108' climbing 5.0% average grade. Total: 98.58 miles / 11,426' climbing. Winner: Mikel Astarloza 4:14:20 (23.26 mph) Lance Armstrong & Alberto Contador: 4:15:19 (23.17 mph) |
| 2009-07-21 9:34 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
Expert 1139 Austin | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing I get out of the saddle sometimes when I'm going up a hill, but the way these guys are doing it makes me feel like I'm standing still when I climb. |
| 2009-07-21 10:06 PM in reply to: #2300270 |
Master 1651 Breckenridge, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing RalBorseth - 2009-07-21 7:06 PM I want to know how the hell they can climb out of the saddle for so long (dancing on the pedals as Phil Liggett says). My legs are on fire after a few minutes of climbing out of the saddle. You can train riding out-of-the saddle to a point where it doesn't take much more effort than sitting and since it uses slightly different muscles, your seated riding muscles get a little rest and you feel stronger once you sit back down. I'd certainly be out of the saddle some on hills in a tri race if the course had significant hills. |
| 2009-07-21 11:33 PM in reply to: #2298888 |
| Extreme Veteran 844 | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing how about Lance kicking it into gear to bridge the gap, passed one cyclist (don't remember his name) who had the look of WTF? been an interesting tour to watch (at least to me). |
| 2009-07-22 12:23 AM in reply to: #2298888 |
| Expert 658 | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing 90% of them are pumped full of drugs. Do you think drugs will become a problem in triathlon like it is in cycling? Like if there was the difference of me qualifying for Kona for example and using drugs would get me there, if I could get away with it (I'm sure they don't test AGers) I'd pump it like there's no tomorrow... |
| 2009-07-22 12:26 AM in reply to: #2298888 |
Master 1404 Eagle Mountain, Utah | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing Here is an interesting article on the stage 15 climb. Kind of long but gives you an idea of the power these guys put out on climbs. http://www.sportsscientists.com/2009/07/tour-2009-contador-climb.html |
| 2009-07-22 12:35 AM in reply to: #2298888 |
Master 2665 The Whites, New Hampshire | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing *sigh* [ /drugs. ] I was looking at the Mt Washington Road Race/Hill Climb (I'm doing the running race, so checked out the bike race, too) - 7.6 mi, average grade 12%, sustained portions 18%, final 100 yds 22%. There is nothing approaching flat; the lowest grade looks to be about 4% and is awfully short. From the pics I've seen, those riders are out of their saddle most of the way. Good thing I've found a nice loop around my house that comes sorta close to the smallest of these grades! But hey, do you think they could swim 2.4 mi first?  |
| 2009-07-22 8:42 AM in reply to: #2300669 |
Master 1651 Breckenridge, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing Slugger - 2009-07-21 11:35 PM *sigh* [ /drugs. ] I was looking at the Mt Washington Road Race/Hill Climb (I'm doing the running race, so checked out the bike race, too)... http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/nh/gorham/528486971 Yeah, that's crazy steep. 7.6 miles / 4560' climbing / 11.4% average grade. Unless it's a lot easier than what I'm used to due to the low altitude, I would not be able to ride it with my 53/39 and 12/25. I wonder what gearing Danielson uses. Edited by breckview 2009-07-22 8:43 AM |
| 2009-07-22 8:49 AM in reply to: #2301085 |
Champion 8540 the colony texas | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing this cracked me up A tail-wind speed of 3m/s (10km/hour) reduces the power output required to 387W, ohhh,,, that's so easy... I can hold that avg 385+ for maybe 30-45 sec and it wipes me out.. having a power meter and seeing the watts these guys hold is pretty incredible to this overweight/out os shape biker |
| 2009-07-22 9:27 AM in reply to: #2298888 |
Master 1651 Breckenridge, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing Today's Stage 17 has 5 climbs: Cormet de Roselend (1) 11.2 miles / 3405' climbing / 5.75% average grade Col des Saisies (1) 9.38 miles / 2826' climbing / 5.7% average grade Cote d' Araches (2) 3.92 miles / 1311' climbing / 6.3% average grade Col de Romme (1) 5.47 miles / 2608' climbing / 9.0% average grade Col de la Colombiere (1) 4.66 miles / 2091' climbing / 8.5% average grade Totals: 105.32 miles / 12,241' climbing. |
| 2009-07-22 9:45 AM in reply to: #2298888 |
Pro 4277 Parker, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing this is going way back...but in the mid-late 80's when the Coors Classic would pass through Colorado the pros would do a hill climb up Vail Pass. While the event was fairly well specated...nothing like in France. Anyway, while the pros would climb Vail Pass another section of the road was open for other cyclists. At the time I was 30-40 pounds lighter, younger, and a fairly decent climber. We thought it would be fun to try to see if we could hang with any of them as they were doing the time trial up the pass. It was quite humbling! It was fun though...I remember seeing Greg Lemond riding that year. yep, I'm really aging myself. |
| 2009-07-22 9:53 AM in reply to: #2300667 |
Master 1853 syracuse | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing supa-powa - 2009-07-22 1:23 AM 90% of them are pumped full of drugs. Do you think drugs will become a problem in triathlon like it is in cycling? Like if there was the difference of me qualifying for Kona for example and using drugs would get me there, if I could get away with it (I'm sure they don't test AGers) I'd pump it like there's no tomorrow... wow. |
| 2009-07-22 9:57 AM in reply to: #2301319 |
| Subject: RE: TdF Climbing cusetri - 2009-07-22 7:53 AM double wowsupa-powa - 2009-07-22 1:23 AM 90% of them are pumped full of drugs. Do you think drugs will become a problem in triathlon like it is in cycling? Like if there was the difference of me qualifying for Kona for example and using drugs would get me there, if I could get away with it (I'm sure they don't test AGers) I'd pump it like there's no tomorrow... wow. |
| 2009-07-22 9:58 AM in reply to: #2298888 |
Expert 1023 Malvern, England | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing slightly off topic but still tdf - did you hear on the commentary that on their DAY OFF in tdf they still ride 2.5 hours with some tempo! |
| 2009-07-22 10:52 AM in reply to: #2301336 |
Elite 3471 Evergreen, CO | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing ChrisM - 2009-07-22 8:57 AM cusetri - 2009-07-22 7:53 AM double wowsupa-powa - 2009-07-22 1:23 AM 90% of them are pumped full of drugs. Do you think drugs will become a problem in triathlon like it is in cycling? Like if there was the difference of me qualifying for Kona for example and using drugs would get me there, if I could get away with it (I'm sure they don't test AGers) I'd pump it like there's no tomorrow... wow. Are you sure you're not already on drugs? And I don't mean the performance enhancing kind. That's quite an accusation there. Not even going to comment on the 2nd half of your post. |
| 2009-07-22 11:30 AM in reply to: #2300542 |
| Expert 936 Salisbury | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing breckview - 2009-07-21 11:06 PM RalBorseth - 2009-07-21 7:06 PM You can train riding out-of-the saddle to a point where it doesn't take much more effort than sitting and since it uses slightly different muscles, your seated riding muscles get a little rest and you feel stronger once you sit back down. I'd certainly be out of the saddle some on hills in a tri race if the course had significant hills. I want to know how the hell they can climb out of the saddle for so long (dancing on the pedals as Phil Liggett says). My legs are on fire after a few minutes of climbing out of the saddle. Really? I guess I have another thing to work on |
| 2009-07-22 3:22 PM in reply to: #2300667 |
Veteran 237 Eastern WA | Subject: RE: TdF Climbing supa-powa - 2009-07-21 10:23 PM 90% of them are pumped full of drugs. Do you think drugs will become a problem in triathlon like it is in cycling? Like if there was the difference of me qualifying for Kona for example and using drugs would get me there, if I could get away with it (I'm sure they don't test AGers) I'd pump it like there's no tomorrow... i hope that was supposed to be pink |
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