Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

[Snuby642]

My favorite ride is near Mt. Tam, in Norcal. About 80 miles but 5,500 feet in climbing. The hardest hills come at the end, and is a real test of character. Bolinas to Ridgecrest, then up the Seven Sisters. The Bolinas to Ridgecrest is where they do the Mt. Tam hill climb race, 12% grade for two miles. Not a century in miles, but easily one in endurance.

The Ultimate Sunday Bike Ride: The Mt. Tam Hill Climb

Climbing Marin County’s Mount Tamalpais has been a cycling challenge since bicycles began rolling over the first paved roads up this fabled mountain. More than fifty years ago, some serious riders from The California Road Club inaugurated the first timed race up from Stinson Beach The 50th...

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Why in hell not drive to the top and ride down.

Lol

 

[S197]

You know, in real life, "Al", was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers and spent summer camp as a linebacker/defensive end with Joe Greene in his rookie camp.

I never knew that

 

[Soulezoo]

I never knew that

There's a YT video where on an interview he was describing his experience. Then Chuck Noll told him he got traded to the Eagles. That's when he decided to quit football and take up acting.
I guess it all worked out for him.
I mean after all he got to put lips on Sophia Vergara for 10 years. There's that.

 

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Why in hell not drive to the top and ride down.

Lol

Did the downhill bike ride on Haleakala, Maui in ‘95. What a blast that was.

 

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[LeftyJason]

I would take @Dirty D advice if you don't want to have to use strong eye bleach.

It's sort of a disconnect between reading the last few pages here and the dbag thread.

Maggie’s - What do your local douchebags drive?

Around here it's this And this The most off roading they do is park on the grass at their kids games.

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[Mike Casselton]

Why in hell not drive to the top and ride down.

Lol

I hear ya.

I can't answer for others, but the suffering feels good. Maybe it's conquering the climb, I don't really know.
At my lightest cycling weight, I was 191lbs, but i could climb our limited hills with the best of them.

I remember living in Toronto when I was 15 and I would ride my BMX bike through High Park. You wouldn't believe how many road cyclist I'd pass on those hills. Of course they would pass me later on because of my limited gearing, but the dirty looks were worth it.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Did the downhill bike ride on Haleakala, Maui in ‘95. What a blast that was.

Lucky you.

 

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[7.62willdo]

Is that a little vestigial tail on that one on the left?

 

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[tiger13]

Movies they couldn't make today.

 

[MilChad]

Movies they couldn't make today.

Here’s another:

 

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[Dirty D]

There are people that do the High Point to Cape May ride in NJ in one day. 208 miles. And if you know anything about drivers in NJ, it might be closer to being a "death ride" LOL

 

[Dirty D]

My favorite ride is near Mt. Tam, in Norcal. About 80 miles but 5,500 feet in climbing. The hardest hills come at the end, and is a real test of character. Bolinas to Ridgecrest, then up the Seven Sisters. The Bolinas to Ridgecrest is where they do the Mt. Tam hill climb race, 12% grade for two miles. Not a century in miles, but easily one in endurance.

The Ultimate Sunday Bike Ride: The Mt. Tam Hill Climb

Climbing Marin County’s Mount Tamalpais has been a cycling challenge since bicycles began rolling over the first paved roads up this fabled mountain. More than fifty years ago, some serious riders from The California Road Club inaugurated the first timed race up from Stinson Beach The 50th...

www.7x7.com

My bae gots it all

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Johnny Hoogerland, hit by a media car, knocked through a barbed wire fence and still finished the race, kept the KoM jersey and won most aggressive rider for the day...bad ass

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Then there is Larens ten Dam, crashed on a descent and still finished the stage

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Basketball has become like soccer, a diving event not held in a pool.

I was 12. Couldn't finish because the front wheel was tweaked and I was 12 and didn't have a "team" to replace the wheel on the fly.
I was in 2nd moving to pass 1st on the inside of a turn when he came in and caught my front wheel in his back wheel and I went over the bars and another rider ran over my head. Hill climbing was my forte.

We did have a local bike shop that committed it's service department to fixing the racer's bikes ASAP and for free. That was their sponsorship. The Spoke in Boulder on Pearl Street. I think it's still there. Also, it was a criterium so I would have been given a 'free' lap and allowed to rejoin the race where I went down and start when my 'place' came through. IOW, I could rejoin the race once 1st place passed me while I waited for them to complete that lap. No head start but you can get a kind of running start to match speed.

The race was an abbreviated version of the Red Zinger/Coor's Classic. Some of the same stages as in Hell of the West in American Flyers.

 

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I’m guessing she’d break me!
Willing to risk it for the biscuit!

 

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Pic I took last night using my Sig3000BDX binoculars.

Really bright once it had risen and wasn't behind the cloud.

 

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