bravo brett wade

a buddy of mine was in there with you. he said it was not his cup of tea. he didn't like all the
conversation. so he turned around and went back. I just laughed and told him that's part of road
racing. coming from mountain bike racing he thinks if your not balls out for 4 hours of a 4 hour
race then its not racing......

That's the Colorado state champion, for the uninformed.

Mario should take a page from the Brett play book, re: sprinters getting over the climbs to be in
position to contest the finale. Of course, Brett doesn't think he's a sprinter! ;->

"JTN" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

good job, 45+ state rr champ.

Scott Hendricks said:

That's the Colorado state champion, for the uninformed.

Mario should take a page from the Brett play book, re: sprinters getting over the climbs to be in
position to contest the finale. Of course, Brett doesn't think he's a sprinter! ;->

Scott,

How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)

Bret

In article <[email hidden]>, Bret Wade

Quoted message said:

Scott Hendricks said:

That's the Colorado state champion, for the uninformed.

Mario should take a page from the Brett play book, re: sprinters getting over the climbs to be
in position to contest the finale. Of course, Brett doesn't think he's a sprinter! ;->

Scott,

How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)

Bret

Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?

-WG

"JTN" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

good job, 45+ state rr champ.

Congrats to Brett Wide.

Now it's time for Life's Ultimate Goal: The Masters Fattie Stars'n'Stripes

"Kurgan Gringioni" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"JTN" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

good job, 45+ state rr champ.

Congrats to Brett Wide.

Now it's time for Life's Ultimate Goal: The Masters Fattie Stars'n'Stripes

Wrong. You can't take a [censored] at a bike race without hitting a Master's Fattie Stars 'n' Stripes
jersey. Life's Ultimate Goal is a Master's Fattie World Champ jersey.

warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)

Bret

Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?

-WG

I don't own anything smaller than a 12. What I meant was that a real sprinter would have been in one
of those trackie combinations. 50-17? Help me out here.

Bret

In article <[email hidden]>, Bret Wade

Quoted message said:

warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)

Bret

Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?

-WG

I don't own anything smaller than a 12. What I meant was that a real sprinter would have been in
one of those trackie combinations. 50-17? Help me out here.

I know. Your comment was clever.

So how much faster would you have been if you had the 50-17 available? Sitting or standing?

-WG

[email hidden] (Bret Wade) wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)

Bret

Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?

-WG

I don't own anything smaller than a 12. What I meant was that a real sprinter would have been in
one of those trackie combinations. 50-17? Help me out here.

Bret

Geez, Bret... that's a warm up gear for a weak junior. Nobody sprints in THAT small a gear!

I'm just impressed at how you get over the hills for a 'sprinter'. Maybe someday we'll have a
discussion as to whether you are a sprinter who can climb or a climber who can sprint.

I have my opinion, but will save it for rebuttal.

Son_of_Kurgan said:

"Kurgan Gringioni" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"JTN" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

good job, 45+ state rr champ.

Congrats to Brett Wide.

Is that the best you can do? You're talking about someone who endured a childhood of being called
"Bret the Brat".

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Now it's time for Life's Ultimate Goal: The Masters Fattie Stars'n'Stripes

Wrong. You can't take a [censored] at a bike race without hitting a Master's Fattie Stars 'n' Stripes
jersey. Life's Ultimate Goal is a Master's Fattie World Champ jersey.

I've just won the 30+ race at Tuesday Night Worlds for the second week in a row. If Kurgan can claim
the rbr masters national championship with no results outside of his dreams, then I don't see why I
can't be rbr masters world champion on these admittedly skimpy results:

frontrangecycling.commeadfin.htmlOpen ↗

Bret

warren said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Bret Wade

Quoted message said:

warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

>How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)
>
>Bret

Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?

-WG

I don't own anything smaller than a 12. What I meant was that a real sprinter would have been in
one of those trackie combinations. 50-17? Help me out here.

I know. Your comment was clever.

So how much faster would you have been if you had the 50-17 available? Sitting or standing?

-WG

We had a tailwind, a slight downhill grade and I had a leadout. If anything I might have been faster
in a larger gear. I always stand in the sprint.

Bret

B. Wide said:

I've just won the 30+ race at Tuesday Night Worlds for the second week in a row.

WOW

Every time I think that I get to electronically hobnob with bike racers of this magnitude, I
pinch myself.

Scott Hendricks said:

[email hidden] (Bret Wade) wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

>How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)
>
>Bret

Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?

-WG

I don't own anything smaller than a 12. What I meant was that a real sprinter would have been in
one of those trackie combinations. 50-17? Help me out here.

Bret

Geez, Bret... that's a warm up gear for a weak junior. Nobody sprints in THAT small a gear!

I'm just impressed at how you get over the hills for a 'sprinter'. Maybe someday we'll have a
discussion as to whether you are a sprinter who can climb or a climber who can sprint.

I have my opinion, but will save it for rebuttal.

I'm an all-rounder whose strength is sprinting, but who finds hilly races, breakaways and cyclocross
more rewarding.

Bret

Bret Wade <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Scott Hendricks said:

[email hidden] (Bret Wade) wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

warren <[email hidden]> wrote in message

>>How could I possibly be a real sprinter when I had to use a 53-12? :-)
>>
>>Bret
>
>Something wrong with your derailler? Small cog not working?
>
>-WG

I don't own anything smaller than a 12. What I meant was that a real sprinter would have been in
one of those trackie combinations. 50-17? Help me out here.

Bret

Geez, Bret... that's a warm up gear for a weak junior. Nobody sprints in THAT small a gear!

I'm just impressed at how you get over the hills for a 'sprinter'. Maybe someday we'll have a
discussion as to whether you are a sprinter who can climb or a climber who can sprint.

I have my opinion, but will save it for rebuttal.

I'm an all-rounder whose strength is sprinting, but who finds hilly races, breakaways and
cyclocross more rewarding.

Bret

More rewarding??? You mean, compared to a bunch sprint? I suppose I agree with you, but it still
feels good to win and you seem to find a way to do that when the opportunity presents itself.

"Scott Hendricks" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]... .

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm an all-rounder whose strength is sprinting, but who finds hilly races, breakaways and
cyclocross more rewarding.

Bret

More rewarding??? You mean, compared to a bunch sprint? I suppose I agree with you, but it still
feels good to win and you seem to find a way to do that when the opportunity presents itself.

B. Wide is right. It's more satisfying to win out of a small group or the best, solo.

Kurgan Gringioni said:

B. Wide is right. It's more satisfying to win out of a small group or the best, solo.

How can you pronounce someone right for expressing an entirely qualitative, subjective preference?
You may both share the preference, but it doesn't make either of you "right".

"Kyle Legate" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Kurgan Gringioni said:

B. Wide is right. It's more satisfying to win out of a small group or the best, solo.

How can you pronounce someone right for expressing an entirely

qualitative,

Quoted message said:

subjective preference? You may both share the preference, but it doesn't make either of you
"right".

Read it again. He agreed with B. Wide, as did I.

Bret Wade <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... snip

Quoted message said:

I'm an all-rounder whose strength is sprinting, but who finds hilly races, breakaways and
cyclocross more rewarding.

Bret

Any sign of Glen Winkel, US Postal Master 45+ ??

Bob Parker

Scott Hendricks said:

Quoted message said:

I'm an all-rounder whose strength is sprinting, but who finds hilly races, breakaways and
cyclocross more rewarding.

Quoted message said:

More rewarding??? You mean, compared to a bunch sprint? I suppose I agree with you, but it still
feels good to win and you seem to find a way to do that when the opportunity presents itself.

I see sprinting as just a tie breaker. It's a nice trump card to have in your hand but it's much
better to win outright in a breakaway. I realize that's not entirely logical and would expect
sprinting specialists to disagree with that perspective.

On an aesthetic level, while I can enjoy the spectacle of a Cipo stage victory, it doesn't compare
to the magical beauty of a Simoni in full flight in the mountains. In a small way, I can sometimes
feel some of that magic in my own riding when I'm going especially well and so I strive to repeat
the experience.

Bret