Quote by JH:
" I tend to want to slack off after I reach the top of it since there are several more hill after that and I am on my limit red faced and sucking air through my ears and a**."
When you're mistaken for a broken down steam locomotive as you huff over the crest...
I never had Lemond's magical VO2 Max. or Armstrong's mythical heart the size of a football, but these days I swear I'm making new noises when the heart rate bangs over 180 BPM and I can't seem to force two more CC's of air into my lungs.
I did a 3/4-mile climb this afternoon that peaked at 12%. Felt plenty steep enough to me when I was trying to roll a 39 x 23 up it in a TT mode. And that little mole hill wouldn't make the 10,000th Honorable Mention on Maydog's list of pain.
I can vouch that Canton Road in Pittsburg, Pa. is rideable AND a classic wall. I've never seen anyone 'dance' up it, but I'm sure that given a track bike and a small enough chain ring a YouTube video of some young dude hopping and spinning his way to the top would be awesome...
Hmmm...BRB.
" I tend to want to slack off after I reach the top of it since there are several more hill after that and I am on my limit red faced and sucking air through my ears and a**."
When you're mistaken for a broken down steam locomotive as you huff over the crest...
I never had Lemond's magical VO2 Max. or Armstrong's mythical heart the size of a football, but these days I swear I'm making new noises when the heart rate bangs over 180 BPM and I can't seem to force two more CC's of air into my lungs.
I did a 3/4-mile climb this afternoon that peaked at 12%. Felt plenty steep enough to me when I was trying to roll a 39 x 23 up it in a TT mode. And that little mole hill wouldn't make the 10,000th Honorable Mention on Maydog's list of pain.
I can vouch that Canton Road in Pittsburg, Pa. is rideable AND a classic wall. I've never seen anyone 'dance' up it, but I'm sure that given a track bike and a small enough chain ring a YouTube video of some young dude hopping and spinning his way to the top would be awesome...
Hmmm...BRB.