http://velochimp.com/2007/06/26/cherry-picking-the-competition/ Euro style, chimp attitude. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:13:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://velochimp.com/2007/06/26/cherry-picking-the-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-8592 rich Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:05:22 +0000 http://velochimp.com/2007/06/26/cherry-picking-the-compeition/#comment-8592 what's going on man. After reading this article I thought I could utilize the strategy to win the Giro of Otisco Lake, but it didn't work! I knew I was in trouble when I saw owaco vello club, and chris cookie jerseys everywhere. There was a ton of serious riders. From OCC it was me, Bill Stitler and Mark Roemer. I think Mark got 6th and Bill was in the teens somewhere. Churchhill is so steep. Today was my first time riding up it and I was amazed at how hard it was. I ended up with 11th, which was a surprise. It was a strong pack of around 40 riders going all the way around the lake. Everyone said the turn into the climb would be hairy. So I sat in the back going into the turn before the climb. Since winning was impossible, I decided to just try to find a rhythm and get to the top. With my "wimpy" triple I was able to pass a bunch or riders who were working hard just to turn the pedals over. What a crazy race. I realized as we turned full speed from rt174 onto otisco valley road that there were no course marshall. It really was poorly run, but a good workout. See you at the club rides, Rich what’s going on man.
After reading this article I thought I could utilize the strategy to win the Giro of Otisco Lake, but it didn’t work! I knew I was in trouble when I saw owaco vello club, and chris cookie jerseys everywhere. There was a ton of serious riders. From OCC it was me, Bill Stitler and Mark Roemer. I think Mark got 6th and Bill was in the teens somewhere. Churchhill is so steep. Today was my first time riding up it and I was amazed at how hard it was. I ended up with 11th, which was a surprise. It was a strong pack of around 40 riders going all the way around the lake. Everyone said the turn into the climb would be hairy. So I sat in the back going into the turn before the climb. Since winning was impossible, I decided to just try to find a rhythm and get to the top. With my “wimpy” triple I was able to pass a bunch or riders who were working hard just to turn the pedals over. What a crazy race. I realized as we turned full speed from rt174 onto otisco valley road that there were no course marshall. It really was poorly run, but a good workout.
See you at the club rides,
Rich

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