| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
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Ed Kross and 4 crew members had a training ride this past
weekend. Ed rode and we followed. At a new "country store"
along the course, Patty and I stopped to get some Gatorade
and stretch the legs. A little girl came up with a clipboard
and was marking down something.
We found out later that Mandy was collecting pledge money
for a 21-mile ride she had done a couple of weeks before.
She told me that she had only done 17 miles last year, so
she felt better about this. I mean, she was only 9.
Me: "Were you allowed to draft?"
Mandy: "Mom, what's that mean?"
Me: "You ride behind someone else and let them block the
wind for you."
Mandy: "Oh. No, I didn't do that.
Me: "Did you wear a helmet?"
Mandy: "Yes, but a lot of kids didn't."
Me: "Did you wear cycling shorts?"
Mandy: "No, I don't know what they are."
Me: "Well, they have a pad in them so you don't have to sit
on any seams."
Well, if you didn't know it, I love kids, and Ms. Mandy and I
and Patty had a good conversation. I told her that "a real
fine bike racer was coming through and we were following him
down the road."
Unfortunately, it was raining hard and Ed just blew right on by
without stopping.
Scott
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| 2328.1 | LJOHUB::CRITZ | Mon Jun 22 1992 13:15 | 25 | ||
The latest VeloNews contains an article about Paul Solon
setting an outdoor track record for 24-hours. I thought
that was pretty interesting. The next article in the mag
was even more interesting and, I must say, a little hard
to believe (even for me, the April Fool fool 8-)> ).
Seana Hogan rode from San Francisco to Los Angeles. In so
doing, she broke every existing record for the ride. She
broke the following records:
Male solo
Female solo
Men's tandem
Mixed tandem
2-Man team
As I said, this is a little hard to believe. Anyway, Ms. Hogan
is supposed to ride RAAM this year and has asked John Marino
if she can start with the men.
John Lee, can you confirm or deny this ride by Ms. Hogan. I'd
like to know if she had a BIG tail wind or what.
Scott
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| 2328.2 | a true animal? | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Mon Jun 22 1992 20:55 | 17 |
| 2328.3 | California Cyclist article | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Tue Jun 23 1992 11:27 | 36 |
The source is California Cyclist, courtesy of Don Seymour (who lives
in the LA area):
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Note 431.5 24 hour record 5 of 5
MORO::SEYMOUR_DO "MORE WIND!" 25 lines 17-JUN-1992 02:47
-< Who is Shauna Hogan? >-
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California Bicyclist reports that Paul Solon, RAAM record holder set a
new 24 hour record on May 10 in San Jose, CA. He rode 509.29 miles on the
Hellyer Park Velodrome's outdoor 333 yard track. The old mark was
502.3 by Jim Elliot--generally credited as the inventor of aero
bars--in 1984.
During most of the ride Solon was on pace to break Michael Secrest's
indoor record of 516.25 miles before fading. "There are no downhills,
no stop signs, no chance to change position. It's just an awful
record. Awful."
Solon remarked that during his ride he was haunted by the specter of
Shauna Hogan, who lives in San Jose and who just broke his S.F.-L.A.
record. "I kept worrying that she would ride out to the track and
start riding circles around me, saying things like 'Is that all the
faster you go?'".
Hogan, 32, is a single mother who works full time for IBM as a
programmer. On April 18 she blazed a 401 mile course from S.F.-L.A. in
19:59 breaking the old women's record 29:23, Paul's record 20:40, the
men's tamdem record, mixed tandem record and the two man drafting
record. In fact she broke all S.F.-L.A. records set on conventional
bicycles! Now her sights are set on RAAM.
Don
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| 2328.4 | LJOHUB::CRITZ | Tue Jun 23 1992 13:48 | 6 | ||
No idea on what Ms. Hogan's plans are. VeloNews didn't say.
This should add an interesting twist to this year's race
regardless.
Scott
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| 2328.5 | see also 2111.* | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Wed Jul 15 1992 20:03 | 5 |
I'm posting further notes on RAAM'92 in 2111, the original
RAAM'92 note. Can the moderator write-lock this one?
-john
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