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  1. #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois View Post
    The key is not to let it make you aggro and to realize that you'll just ride whatever pace you end up riding. But it is nice sometimes to give yourself a very relaxed pace in your projections and be ahead of the game.
    Bingo! That's exactly how I'm approaching it. It's worked well so far.

    Hmmm ... pancakes .... yuuum

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    Well, once we hit the turnaround control on Cobb Mtn. at the halfway point, the good news is it's all downhill from there



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    And that thing in the middle is what I just volunteered to ride!
    Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.

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    hee hee hee

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    Cobb is really not that bad. There are some steep-ish sections, but it's over before you know it.

    Jo - where did the pancakes come from??? Now I am hungry.
    Sarah

    When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy.


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    Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois View Post
    Cobb is really not that bad. There are some steep-ish sections, but it's over before you know it.
    Bwahahaha ! Now I know never to believe anything you say.

    You'd think I could have figured that out sooner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jobob View Post
    Bwahahaha ! Now I know never to believe anything you say.

    You'd think I could have figured that out sooner.
    I thought that was one of the first things we covered in the Academy. Bicyclists lie.

    "It's not that big of a hill"

    "200 is like 300, really"

 

 

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