Vermont is spelled with a capital “V”, surely no coincidence. With the loads of mountains and climbs available, it had to start with a “V”. I mean, if it was mountainous enough to draw a runaway “loose” nun who left the church for a sailor, it must be good, right? (Great nordic skiing there””Trapp Family Lodge, if you are there in the winter months as well).
Anyways, being a seventh generation “V”ermonter myself, who was raised on a family farm on Rogers’ Hill in West Newbury, VT (which was hand cleared and settled in 1763 by my G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather and still owned by my father) I have a deep love and feel for VT, liberal politics notwithstanding. So when I heard about the 200 on 100 “Dumptruck of Awesome” that was available, I just knew that I had to do it. And not only that, I knew that I had to share this beautiful “Ode to the V in Vermont” with all of my best cyber-cycling-soul mates. Okay, soul mates might be going a bit far there, but you get my meaning.
So, enough with the intro.
Break out the rollers, get on the trainers, find your winter gear; lay off the seconds, nurse that one glass of booze, hold the toasting to one drink, dodge Cupid’s chocolates and shoot the Easter Bunny because training for this bastard started yesterday and you’ll be paying for it on the 28th of June, 2012 in spades!
See you in the pre-dawn hours on the Canadian border with our eyes firmly fixed on the prize of the Massachusetts border. Let’s drive this dump truck like Mel Gibson leaving the compound in a post-apocalyptic world, baby!
Route and location details on the Cogal Event Page.
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Holy <insert preferred complimentary word here>, that is serious carnage! Glad that roger didn't toast himself in the process as well.
roger - Sorry to read that you were hit! You seem to be handling it well though. Best of luck on the ride! I'm sure you'll have a bit of time during the 200 to consider the rebuild/remake/repurchase plan of attack, plus gather some feedback!
As an added note of encouragement: I had to ride my cross bike (with road wheels) for my first official imperial century. All the road bikes were under the weather, for some odd reasons. Nothing wrong with pulling it off on your #2.
Good luck, bud! And best of luck to everyone!
Glad to hear you're alright, roger. Best of luck with the replacement process.
@Nate
No real thoughts yet of a replacement. And for that matter I suppose no real timeline either.
This is the old missus.
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@roger
Roger, man, I was joking, after your previous near-miss, about coming up and confiscating your bikes so we wouldn't lose you as cappo of 2much, and then this. Now after seeing a photo of the dearly departed, looking so winsome....I've let you down.
@roger
So purty. :-(
@roger
Brutal. RIP, R3.
@roger
Tragic loss. I've oft comtemplated what I would do if I lost my R3, especially since they changed the geo on the bigger frames. I think you'll be hard-pressed to find a replacement, though I've heard good things about Veloforma and Ritte.
I want to experiments with different foods before this ride and would like to hear suggestions what products and what quantities you guys use. Gels, bars, ???, drinks, ...
Currently I only eat a lot before riding and then maybe eat a bar at some point but they're kind of annoying to eat while riding. It does work for
For distance, peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Can include banana in the sandwich as well.
A water bottle with lemon juice and a small pinch of salt in it works wonders for me keeping my stomach settled after drinking energy drinks and power bars as well. You're not racing, you're putting in a sustained effort so I'd be inclined to stick to low GI foods to keep your stomach settled for the bulk of the ride.
And a big eff off jar of jelly beans.