Barloworld Team Thread (Page 3)

Sure I speak for the whole Barloworld team in wishing Josh v2.0 SUPER SUPER GOOD LUCK in his sprint tomorrow!

Hey Josh 2.0 - good luck tomorrow.

FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD PEOPLE, I ORIGINALLY SIGNED UP FOR 10 RIDES... my team leader is just out to get me (intimidated by my good looks methinks).

Josh 1.0 won't be a virgin after tomorrow either.  Woo hoo.

Love the poo I *heart* you!!!!

OMG well then SUPER-ER good luck to Josh 1.0 in popping his tri-cherry tomorrow!  Like most "firsts," it'll probably be awkward and wet in strange places ... just remember to COVER WITH LATEX (swim cap)...

Wow ... we will have a gritty group of REAL triers.

If I ride tomorrow it'll just be a bonus. I did just get my new bike shorts, so I'll be tempted.  No need to hunt me down until Sunday, that's when my ride is scheduled. 

I switched and did my long ride today, so that's one in the books. Almost an hour and a half, nice and easy.

My son wants to type:

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His name is Zack and he is 3, so that's not bad.

Hey all--super good luck with your rides and I'm waiting with baited breath for Josh 2.0's race report and Josh 1.0's cherry-poppin' race report.

I put in my first ride today--just 15 minutes (so I was a little tired from the TEN MILE RUN I did right before it)--but it was so great just to cruise and enjoy myself.  I was in flipflops .  But with a helmet, always.

Also, I really am a complete newbie--I did my two triathlons, both of which had significant hills, in the SAME GEAR the whole way through--I still don't know how to shift gears.  However, just doing a nice smooth ride today on a deserted street to get the minutes in gave me the perfect opportunity to play around with the gears and start figuring out the intricacies of my bike.  The dudes at the LBS did point out that it's a pretty high-end, sensitive bike and you really have to know the gears, how that individual bike responds, and how to finesse 'em.  Okay, okay!

WAY TO GO JOSH!!! That's a helluva race. FORTY SECOND T2? What are you ON? Better not tarnish the entirely-dope-free record of this pristine team

I am soooo sorry about your Cannondale ... I assume you will need to replace only the wheel (hopefully)?

Chrissy, better luck with the brakes tomorrow. Have a nice tea in the middle of your ride and maybe a bit of a run to the tea shop and back so it's actually a brick and you can count 2 rides, ha ha!

So for some BarloNews: Enrico Degano was first off the blocks so to speak in the prologue (just like us!!!), sweet succulent squirt Geraint Thomas (youngest '07 TdF rider) placed highest for Team Barlo, in 45th. Effen awesome for a newbie!!!

EDITORIAL NOTE: I promised CSC a one-day respite from heckling because of their good show in prologue.  Actually it was just an opportunity to remind them of Degano's great opener and our continuing enthusiasm, but nevertheless. 

Hi Team - there has been a query with regard to cycle commutes, should they be counted as one stage or two?

Ive already stated that two a day workouts are fine i.e a spin class in the morning and a road ride at night would be two stages BUT a commute could be argued to be different as technically you HAVE to ride both ways...

Personally I think it comes down to how you counted it when you committed your stages... as long as you state how you are counting your commute in the beginning and stick to it I have no major objections but if anyone has a strong opinion regarding this please let me know.

Thanks

Cat