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A day in the life of a track mechanic??

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  1. http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2007/features/ken_ilegems_track

    Summary of the article:

    -arrive at track at 2pm, inflate tires to 150 psi. Drink first beer of
    the day.
    -check bike carefully for cracked components. Drink second beer.
    -dinner break until 8pm. Drink third, fourth, fifht, sigxth, eigth beerz.
    -racing starts. hand racer correct bikes. Only drink two more beers.
    -2am: racing ends. Finish off the eleventh and twelfth beers.

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  2. Ryan Cousineau said:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2007/features/ken_ilegems_track

    Summary of the article:

    -arrive at track at 2pm, inflate tires to 150 psi. Drink first beer of
    the day.
    -check bike carefully for cracked components. Drink second beer.
    -dinner break until 8pm. Drink third, fourth, fifht, sigxth, eigth beerz.
    -racing starts. hand racer correct bikes. Only drink two more beers.
    -2am: racing ends. Finish off the eleventh and twelfth beers.

    These cracks they check for might be caused by alcohol fatigue.

  3. Donald Munro wrote:

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:


    alcohol fatigue.

    Oxymoron.

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    Bill Asher

  4. William Asher said:

    Donald Munro wrote:

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    alcohol fatigue.

    Oxymoron.

    I've been working hard to become the RBR oxymoron. The competition is
    stiff as one of those 2007 Cannondale frames I was reading about. Er,
    that someone read to me about.

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