Semi OT: He did it!

MattB said:

My buddy Rick (Garrison's dad) finished his coast to coast ride on a
fixie to raise money and awareness for cancer research. We're throwing
him a party tonight. This makes his sub 9 hour Leadville 100 on single
speed seems like just another ride (for him, not me!).

Total mileage for the Big Fix: 3,480 miles, with 135,000 feet of
vertical gain ridden in 28 days.

Apparently Sheldon Brown (and his wife) and a bunch of bike messengers
from Boston rode the last stretch with them. Cool!

Matt

That's really cool! He deserves some press for that especially because
Lance chickened out on his annual Tour of Hope this year.

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MattB said:

My buddy Rick (Garrison's dad) finished his coast to coast ride on a
fixie to raise money and awareness for cancer research. We're throwing
him a party tonight. This makes his sub 9 hour Leadville 100 on single
speed seems like just another ride (for him, not me!).

Total mileage for the Big Fix: 3,480 miles, with 135,000 feet of
vertical gain ridden in 28 days.

Apparently Sheldon Brown (and his wife) and a bunch of bike messengers
from Boston rode the last stretch with them. Cool!

Freaking amazing.

Seriously, freaking amazing...

Bill "gimme gears and lemme coast" S.

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:50:12 -0700, MattB wrote
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Quoted message said:

My buddy Rick (Garrison's dad) finished his coast to coast ride on a
fixie to raise money and awareness for cancer research. We're throwing
him a party tonight. This makes his sub 9 hour Leadville 100 on single
speed seems like just another ride (for him, not me!).

Total mileage for the Big Fix: 3,480 miles, with 135,000 feet of
vertical gain ridden in 28 days.

Apparently Sheldon Brown (and his wife) and a bunch of bike messengers
from Boston rode the last stretch with them. Cool!

Matt

Awesome, what's you're guess on how many pedal revolutions that took?

Paul

pauly said:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:50:12 -0700, MattB wrote

Quoted message said:

Total mileage for the Big Fix: 3,480 miles, with 135,000 feet of
vertical gain ridden in 28 days.

Apparently Sheldon Brown (and his wife) and a bunch of bike messengers
from Boston rode the last stretch with them. Cool!

Matt

Awesome, what's you're guess on how many pedal revolutions that took?

If you know the gear ratio, you don't need to guess.

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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:13:39 -0700, Raptor wrote
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Quoted message said:

pauly said:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:50:12 -0700, MattB wrote

Quoted message said:

Total mileage for the Big Fix: 3,480 miles, with 135,000 feet of
vertical gain ridden in 28 days.

Apparently Sheldon Brown (and his wife) and a bunch of bike messengers
from Boston rode the last stretch with them. Cool!

Matt

Awesome, what's you're guess on how many pedal revolutions that took?

If you know the gear ratio, you don't need to guess.

distance / wheel circumference X ratio ?

pauly said:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:13:39 -0700, Raptor wrote
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Quoted message said:

pauly said:

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:50:12 -0700, MattB wrote

>Total mileage for the Big Fix: 3,480 miles, with 135,000 feet of
>vertical gain ridden in 28 days.
>
>Apparently Sheldon Brown (and his wife) and a bunch of bike messengers
>from Boston rode the last stretch with them. Cool!
>
>Matt

Awesome, what's you're guess on how many pedal revolutions that took?

If you know the gear ratio, you don't need to guess.

distance / wheel circumference X ratio ?

I'll ask him if I think of it. We were too busy listening to crazy
stories and drinking beer and tequila to get into the math last night!

Matt