IN HONOUR OF RAPDADDYO - Great advice

Sillyoldtwit

I decided to show my appreciation of all the help RapDaddyo gave me in the 'Killing me' thread.
Without his taking all the time he did to guide me to undreamt of power levels,
I would probably have hung up my pedals by now.
Each week I will post one of his quotes. In these quotes there's a mine of good advice, which if heeded will hopefully improve your cycling beyond your dreams.

To start us off I have chosen a light-hearted quote. However, even this quote is full of wisdom.

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bigwillie013

This is a great idea of yours Tyson! I'll be looking forward to any new post and will inhale as much as possible again (as I did when reading throught he entire "It's killing me..." thread). It's always good to be reminded of good things.

What happened to him by the way?

Take care,
bigwillie013

Sillyoldtwit

I've realised that I have so many quotes in my desktop file, that I'd better post 2 quotes a week or we'll be here forever. Tyson

As for the whereabouts of RD - who knows!

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Meek One

Very nice.

By the way what ever happened to the 'training manual' he was developing...

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Yojimbo_

Did anyone ever figure out what happened to him? Did he...you know....kick the bucket?

I sent e-mails to an address he was using to communicate with me outside of the forums, and there is no response anymore. I sure hope he's okay.

Alex Simmons

I certainly hope not.

Can't someone just ring up CSI and track him down?

AFAIK he was setting up a new club/venture at the start of 2007. A little CSI sleuthing of my own suggests it may have been a group sponsored by Pro Cyclery in Las Vegas but I'm only guessing. If there are any locals from the area - what say you?

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jsirabella

When I was in Vegas (three time this year) doing Blue Diamond Loop and Mt Charleston I went by that shop and asked if they knew of anyone who goes on forums by Rapdaddyo. They had never heard of such a fellow.

Now that I have this new piece of info about his club/venture maybe it will be more helpful. Did anyone get an idea of his age or his race? That could be helpful for my next trip or any other types of unique info?

-js

PaulMD

RAPDADDYO WE MISS YOU!!!!!

Jsirabella do you think a picture will work?

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jsirabella

There is a picture of him?

Ofcourse this could be very helpful. I may be going again to Vegas come the end of the year. Do tell.

PaulMD

From an old post in my archive:

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frenchyge

Here is an excerpt from an e-mail response I received from him back in Feb '07:

Quote:

Thanks for the email. Actually, I have just been busy. It's an intense phase in the development of [...my latest project...]. And, I am working with my daughter on development of a very interesting [...new project...] that offers some new and unique features compared with anything available today. Pretty exciting stuff, but it has been all-consuming. I keep telling myself to log onto the forum and check out some of the threads of greatest interest, but I just haven't had the time since XMAS.

Sounded like he was doing fine and still riding occasionally, but just too busy for internet discussions like we have here.

Let the legend live on.

Yojimbo_

In the e-mails I had from him, he called himself Paul Rachel. (At least, that's what I remember - I've deleted those emails now).

Sillyoldtwit

Spot on. That's his name.

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Sillyoldtwit

Following on from the first post with regard to comparing your FTP with others.

In answer to my worrying about plateauing:-

Originally Posted by Sillyoldtwit
I put my thrill factor at around 250/260W No, I tell a lie, 280W I think would give me a certain degree of satisfaction. For the mo my current power numbers are a bit depressing. I know it takes time, so I shall have to be patient.  Horrible thought: what if I plateau out around 230W say.

RapDaddyo replied:

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