Mt Washington Hill Climb

[Bob]

What a great race! This was the first time for me! I came in 358 out of 600
1:47:25. The start of the race the weather at the top was sunny, 7mph wind. When Tom Danielson
reached the finish the wind was up to 50MPH and poor visibility. When I reached the top the
visibilty was 10' and the wind gusts were over 60 MPH and on the last 50' with a 22% grade
I began to sprint and the wind lifted me and my bike off the road and some spotters pulled
me back down. and I was able to finish, but the winds knocked my time way down. Even though
Tom didn't break his record he still took first place. The race director mentioned that
Tyler Hamilton maybe back next year to attempt to break Toms record. I plan to race it
again next year and really improve my time and look forward to meeting Tyler. I hope that
the mountain will be good to use next year, Aug 21, 2004.

[Bob]

This will be on OLNTV tomorrow, thursday at 9:00 to 10:00 Sports view. I saw about two or three
camramen on my way up.

"Bob" <c.castawaybob2@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:g9V0b.23681$Cd2.15315@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
> What a great race! This was the first time for me! I came in 358 out of
600
> 1:47:25. The start of the race the weather at the top was sunny, 7mph
wind.
> When Tom Danielson reached the finish the wind was up to 50MPH and poor visibility. When I reached
> the top the visibilty was 10' and the wind
gusts
> were over 60 MPH and on the last 50' with a 22% grade I began to sprint
and
> the wind lifted me and my bike off the road and some spotters pulled me
back
> down. and I was able to finish, but the winds knocked my time way down.
Even
> though Tom didn't break his record he still took first place. The race director mentioned that
> Tyler Hamilton maybe back next year to attempt to break Toms record. I plan to race it again next
> year and really improve my time and look forward to meeting Tyler. I hope that the mountain will
> be good to use next year, Aug 21, 2004.

[Tritonrider]

Hey Henry You can be too light even if it is all muscle.
http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/4843.0.html

<snipped> I almost got blown off my bike a few times," said Danielson, who rode a LeMond Tete de
Corse pared down to 14 pounds with a 30-tooth chainring, a 11-23 cogset and no rear brake. "It was a
straight head wind the whole way up. But I felt so much stronger than last year, I really felt I
could have gone 46 minutes if the conditions had been as good as last year." <snip> Jeanson finished
third overall, and won the women's race by almost six minutes. But her time would have been faster
had she not been blown off her bike inside the final kilometer.

"I had to run for a little while until it was flat enough to get back on my bike and ride. The wind
was just unbelievable," said the 21-year-old Canadian champion. I hope that they got some good
footage of all this. Bill C

[Carl Sundquist]

"TritonRider" <tritonrider@aol.com> wrote in message
> Hey Henry You can be too light even if it is all muscle.

> I almost got blown off my bike a few times," said Danielson, who rode a
LeMond
> Tete de Corse pared down to 14 pounds with a 30-tooth chainring, a 11-23
cogset
> and no rear brake. "It was a straight head wind the whole way up. But I
felt so
> much stronger than last year, I really felt I could have gone 46 minutes
if the
> conditions had been as good as last year." <snip> Jeanson finished third overall, and won the
> women's race by almost six
minutes.
> But her time would have been faster had she not been blown off her bike
inside
> the final kilometer.
>
> "I had to run for a little while until it was flat enough to get back on
my
> bike and ride. The wind was just unbelievable," said the 21-year-old
Canadian
> champion. I hope that they got some good footage of all this. Bill C
>

Who sanctioned the race? If it was a USCF race, how'd Danielson get away with no rear brake?

If Bob, the OP, was accurate in his claim of 50-60 mph winds, even a Masters Fattie would get blown
around tremendously.

[Gwhite]

Carl Sundquist wrote:
>

> If Bob, the OP, was accurate in his claim of 50-60 mph winds, even a Masters Fattie would get
> blown around tremendously.

It's called a genetic advantage. ;-)

[Bob Schwartz]

Carl Sundquist <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote:

> Who sanctioned the race? If it was a USCF race, how'd Danielson get away with no rear brake?

If you search on USAC events in New Hampshire, it doesn't show up. And there is no mention of USAC
or the Fed on the race web page.

Bob Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com

[B. Lafferty]

IIRC, it is technically a non-sanctioned, fund raising, mass start, fun ride. They just happen to
time for personal and mountain records. Sort of like winning a century ride.

"Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message news:vk9mpj8oluh34f@corp.supernews.com...
> Carl Sundquist <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote:
>
> > Who sanctioned the race? If it was a USCF race, how'd Danielson get away with no rear brake?
>
> If you search on USAC events in New Hampshire, it doesn't show up. And there is no mention of USAC
> or the Fed on the race web page.
>
> Bob Schwartz cvcc@execpc.com