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stiksandstones

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May 21, 2002
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I had a few more pics, when I get some time I might process em, but here is one I liked of Myles getting his TV interview. Another of lopes at exit of turn:




 

ito

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Oct 3, 2003
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Wow, that is the strangest looking bike race I have ever seen!

Those pictures of Lopes are hilarious. And picture #7 is pretty nuts. That guy is cornering with some serious speed.

Anyone get info on the top speeds reached on the course?

The Ito
 

wydopen

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i cant believe myles won on a road bike with rim brakes...i also cant believe BL was wearing an open face lid..thats just scary when you are racing 4 up and anyone can fall and take you out at anytime!!..imagine doing a face grind at 50mph!!
 

ito

Mr. Schwinn Effing Armstrong
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wydopen said:
i cant believe myles won on a road bike with rim brakes...i also cant believe BL was wearing an open face lid..thats just scary when you are racing 4 up and anyone can fall and take you out at anytime!!..imagine doing a face grind at 50mph!!
that is more or less what a road race is like. Except usually with a pack of 15+ people and maybe not quite 50mph. Not saying it ain't scary, but it isn't unusual.

you want stupid....roadies without helmets in group rides.....yikes.

The Ito
 

wydopen

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ito said:
that is more or less what a road race is like. Except usually with a pack of 15+ people and maybe not quite 50mph. Not saying it ain't scary, but it isn't unusual.

you want stupid....roadies without helmets in group rides.....yikes.

The Ito

yea i never understood the no lid thing..for casual riding i understand but racing on mountain roads is another story
 

James

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Man, bummed I wasn't there. Mesko's been planning this for almost as long as I've known him, looks like it went off pretty damn well.
AWESOME for Mylo! That dude is an amazing talent...

JJames

Edit: Thanks to Stik for the quick fotos!
And yeah, I would have put my money on Adam Craig too, that guy is unstoppable...
 

revmonkey

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sorry EC, but that's ****in ghetto... and funny as ****...




check out those aero jeans! lmao and the cowling... hahaha.... whereas lopes is a wannabe roadie, EC's a hardcore true and true MTB'er
 

stiksandstones

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May 21, 2002
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maxyedor said:
EC knows what bikes are all about, having fun and screwing off, Lopes on the other hand is hard to exlain


So when EC wore his skinsuit (see below pic) for the 4 man race yesterday, did you get confused because he suddenly became professional? was he all of a sudden NOT having fun? EC wore jeans in the first run because he was late to the event. I love me some of them intraweb know it alls.

RedBull sent the video clips out to 80 countries around the world, what will get airplay, the guy who looks like a lumberjack, or the one who looks like Lance Armstrong?


EC ala skinsuit before he swooped in on some squirrley roadies!

 

ChrisKring

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Jan 30, 2002
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stiksandstones said:
Decker was there, not Adam Craig. No one rode in moto leathers because there was A LOT of pedalling.
Adam Craig was in Michigan racing the Iceman this weekend. He won $3,000 for first. Just a little more than an National.
:rolleyes:
 

blt2ride

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stiksandstones said:
So when EC wore his skinsuit (see below pic) for the 4 man race yesterday, did you get confused because he suddenly became professional? was he all of a sudden NOT having fun? EC wore jeans in the first run because he was late to the event. I love me some of them intraweb know it alls.

RedBull sent the video clips out to 80 countries around the world, what will get airplay, the guy who looks like a lumberjack, or the one who looks like Lance Armstrong?


EC ala skinsuit before he swooped in on some squirrley roadies!

I checked out the course today; Tuna Canyon is just GNARLY! It would have been A LOT of fun to watch. Was Riffle the only rider who was injured out there?
 

stiksandstones

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Riffle just got road rash, he will live to see another day. The collarbone dude was in a red CLIFbar skinsuit, forgot his name. That was about it...
 

manhattanprjkt83

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I mean how does lopes even find something like that...looking at him, it looks like alot of planning and work went into building that skinsuit. I mean how do you get that ball rolling, go over to oakley and say "i need the most freakish looking skin suit you got around"...crazy.
 

Westy

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manhattanprjkt83 said:
I mean how does lopes even find something like that...looking at him, it looks like alot of planning and work went into building that skinsuit. I mean how do you get that ball rolling, go over to oakley and say "i need the most freakish looking skin suit you got around"...crazy.
It would be cool to get Joan Rivers on the :monkey: to critique what racers wear.:think:
 

stiksandstones

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manhattanprjkt83 said:
I mean how does lopes even find something like that...looking at him, it looks like alot of planning and work went into building that skinsuit. I mean how do you get that ball rolling, go over to oakley and say "i need the most freakish looking skin suit you got around"...crazy.
Lopes says jump-Oakley says "how high?"

God damn him for being a professional cyclist.
 

bizutch

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Dang, Eric's tires look like rubber off of an FZR compared to the road tires. Incidentally, I rode my road bike for the 6th time this morning before work. I now have a full understanding of how absolutely frickin' fast Myles is going on that road bike!!! I would love to jsut follow him downt he mountain to see how long it takes for him to drop me...3 turns max.
 

bizutch

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McCook is badass too. Road bike with disc brakes and a water bottle loaded with pennies!! Heh....

So, Eric...question. How were the 4 up races won...holeshot...passes in turns...slingshots on straightaways? What was winning the heats...besides Myles massive ass.

Oh...and much respect to VeloNews for reporting on the race and giving it props as opposed to listing it as a freakshow.