This always amazes me...

[Lise]

Impressive! Sounds like a good ride, V, even with the cold.

You ladies and your real hills. In Chicago, a "hill" is where the street angles up for 1/2 a block to go over the river. I guess that's called a "bridge".

[Pedal Wench]

Not to brag, but I just got back from watching the final stage of the Tour De Georgia, where they're averaging 29 mph, for well over 100 miles. Some riders are in an entirely different world from us mere mortals!

[mimitabby]

Doesn't sound like they have hills in Georgia either

[Grog]

I was riding a few meters behind a friend of mine at the end of last Summer, he had a jacket with zip-off sleeves. He unzipped his sleeves and stuffed them in the back pocket of his jacket while riding. I was pretty impressed. All with no hands, of course. And that lasted a few minutes. Geez.

I can ride for about ... hum, 3 seconds with no hands, and certainly not drafting. It blows my mind, too.

It's all in the core.

[yellow]

I was riding a few meters behind a friend of mine at the end of last Summer, he had a jacket with zip-off sleeves. He unzipped his sleeves and stuffed them in the back pocket of his jacket while riding. I was pretty impressed. All with no hands, of course. And that lasted a few minutes. Geez.

On my ride Sat I watched the ride leader take off and stow his knee warmers while riding. I'd heard of this being done but never seen it. I was really impressed, esp considering the less-than-stellar road condition.

[DrBee]

knee warmers??? I cannot imagine! That must have been quite a site!

[DirtDiva]

Knee warmers indeed. That is impressive.

[skibum]

Doesn't sound like they have hills in Georgia either

Oh, they have hills here in Georgia The final stage was relatively flat as far as things go. Just some rollers and a category 3 climb of around 1000 ft. Stage 5 on the other hand had some serious climbing... a mountaintop finish on an HC rated climb. In the velonews play-by-play, they mentioned the riders were only going about 7mph. And that was before they hit the really steep part!!

[DrBee]

Lise - I know how you feel. The little 3ft long bump up into my driveway feels like a hill. On my ride this morning I had to stop at an intersection for a car. I had to start "up a hill" to get onto the next road. Yeah - it was something like a 2ft incline. Ooh. That's about as hilly as it gets in the MS Delta. And I'm going to do the Team in Training Lake Tahoe century next summer. Wish me luck!

I'm always amazed when I see people eating, stretching, all that good stuff without holding on. I'd wreck for sure. I'm still getting used to the new road bike. I'd be lucky if I made it 3 seconds. I'm happy to be able to wave at people without swerving (is that spelled right - looks wierd).