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  1. Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

  2. Churchill said:

    Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

  3. "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Churchill said:

    Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    I am glad to hear there is a reason he faded so badly. That would be great
    to see him race in the Vuelta for the win and possibly the Olympics if the
    selection committee can see the opportunity. Is it too late for that?

  4. "Chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "The Queen of Cans and Jars" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Churchill said:

    Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    I am glad to hear there is a reason he faded so badly. That would be great
    to see him race in the Vuelta for the win and possibly the Olympics if the
    selection committee can see the opportunity. Is it too late for that?

    He's already on the team.

    Mike

  5. "Michael" wrote...

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    "Chris" wrote ...

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    "The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote ...

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    Churchill wrote:

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    I am glad to hear there is a reason he faded so badly.

    The boys at the mike commented that Tyler's upright, stiff riding position
    may be contributing to his instability on the bike. You'd think someone
    would have worked with him in that years ago, if such is the case. His
    window is closing.

  6. "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:oRbKc.61461$eO.44123@edtnps89...

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    "Michael" wrote...

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    "Chris" wrote ...

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    "The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote ...
    > Churchill wrote:
    >
    > he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    > still bothering him.

    I am glad to hear there is a reason he faded so badly.

    The boys at the mike commented that Tyler's upright, stiff riding position
    may be contributing to his instability on the bike. You'd think someone
    would have worked with him in that years ago, if such is the case. His
    window is closing.

    Maybe a little cyclocross. It will either make him a better bike
    handler, or it will finish him off.

    Mike

  7. Michael said:

    "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:oRbKc.61461$eO.44123@edtnps89...

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    "Michael" wrote...

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    "Chris" wrote ...

    >"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote ...
    >
    >>Churchill wrote:
    >>
    >>he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    >>still bothering him.
    >
    >I am glad to hear there is a reason he faded so badly.

    The boys at the mike commented that Tyler's upright, stiff riding position
    may be contributing to his instability on the bike. You'd think someone
    would have worked with him in that years ago, if such is the case. His
    window is closing.

    Maybe a little cyclocross. It will either make him a better bike
    handler, or it will finish him off.

    Mike

    Did Nietsche ride a bike?

    Steve

  8. [email hidden] (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Churchill said:

    Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    Yep. I'm really sad to see him out. But, given the tradition of the
    TDF, what more could we expect than to see Tyler in pain... (OK, bad
    joke).

    Eric

  9. Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:
    Michael said:

    "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:oRbKc.61461$eO.44123@edtnps89...

    Quoted message said:

    "Michael" wrote...

    >"Chris" wrote ...

    Quoted message said:

    The boys at the mike commented that Tyler's upright, stiff riding
    position may be contributing to his instability on the bike. You'd
    think someone would have worked with him in that years ago, if such
    is the case. His window is closing.

    Quoted message said:

    Maybe a little cyclocross. It will either make him a better bike
    handler, or it will finish him off.

    Did Nietsche ride a bike?

    He rode with Mark Twain, who recommended that Big N should "get a bike.
    You won't regret it, if you live."

  10. Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:

    Did Nietsche ride a bike?

    No, but Zarathustra did.

  11. [email hidden] (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Churchill said:

    Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    Paul Sherwin says that because Tyler sit's upright this makes less stable.

  12. "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "Michael" wrote...

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    "Chris" wrote ...

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    "The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote ...
    > Churchill wrote:
    >
    > he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and


    it's

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
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    > still bothering him.

    I am glad to hear there is a reason he faded so badly.

    The boys at the mike commented that Tyler's upright, stiff riding position
    may be contributing to his instability on the bike. You'd think someone
    would have worked with him in that years ago, if such is the case. His
    window is closing.

    I think he looks pretty good on the bike. I would not call it "upright" but
    maybe he is stiff, I don't know. I never saw anything I would criticize.

  13. in article [email hidden], Charles Hizark at
    [email hidden] wrote on 7/17/04 2:22 PM:

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Churchill said:

    Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and it's
    still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    Paul Sherwin says that because Tyler sit's upright this makes less stable.

    He said it makes him "rigid" which is true. But the main side effect of
    that problem is that he's not using all of his available musculature to a)
    produce energy and b) spread the load to minimize fatigue. Suppleness in
    motion is essential to any sport. Tyler also has horrible ITT form, though
    it certainly comes with plenty of power.

    -Sonarrat.

  14. Donald Munro said:
    Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS said:

    Did Nietsche ride a bike?

    No, but Zarathustra did.

    So he said.

  15. Sonarrat said:

    in article [email hidden], Charles
    Hizark at [email hidden] wrote on 7/17/04 2:22 PM:

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Churchill <[email hidden]> wrote:

    > Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~

    he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and
    it's still bothering him.

    poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    Paul Sherwin says that because Tyler sit's upright this makes less
    stable.

    He said it makes him "rigid" which is true.

    Humm. Lots of people sit with relatively upright positions and are
    not "rigid." It's more likely that the upright position is the result
    of some rigidity in Hamilton's body (tight hamstrings, for example)
    rather than the other way 'round.

    Quoted message said:

    But the main side effect of that problem is that he's not using all
    of his available musculature to a) produce energy and b) spread the
    load to minimize fatigue. Suppleness in motion is essential to any
    sport. Tyler also has horrible ITT form, though it certainly comes
    with plenty of power.

    He can kick any of our asses on a bike...

  16. in article [email hidden], Tim McNamara at
    [email hidden] wrote on 7/17/04 9:27 PM:

    Quoted message said:
    Sonarrat said:

    in article [email hidden], Charles
    Hizark at [email hidden] wrote on 7/17/04 2:22 PM:

    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden] (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...
    > Churchill <[email hidden]> wrote:
    >
    >> Just heard on OLN he is out of the race !~
    >
    > he's out because suffered a back injury in a crash last week and
    > it's still bothering him.
    >
    > poor guy. i wanted to see him on the podium this year.

    Paul Sherwin says that because Tyler sit's upright this makes less
    stable.

    He said it makes him "rigid" which is true.

    Humm. Lots of people sit with relatively upright positions and are
    not "rigid." It's more likely that the upright position is the result
    of some rigidity in Hamilton's body (tight hamstrings, for example)
    rather than the other way 'round.

    May be possible as well. My comments still apply, especially for a sport
    like cycling where the paragon is smoothness, refinement, elegance and one
    of the major players disregards all of them.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    But the main side effect of that problem is that he's not using all
    of his available musculature to a) produce energy and b) spread the
    load to minimize fatigue. Suppleness in motion is essential to any
    sport. Tyler also has horrible ITT form, though it certainly comes
    with plenty of power.

    He can kick any of our asses on a bike...

    Well of course he could. But how much better could he be if he could use
    his body properly?

    -Sonarrat.

  17. Sonarrat said:

    in article [email hidden], Tim McNamara at
    [email hidden] wrote on 7/17/04 9:27 PM:

    Quoted message said:
    Sonarrat said:

    He said it makes him "rigid" which is true.

    Humm. Lots of people sit with relatively upright positions and are
    not "rigid." It's more likely that the upright position is the
    result of some rigidity in Hamilton's body (tight hamstrings, for
    example) rather than the other way 'round.

    May be possible as well. My comments still apply, especially for a
    sport like cycling where the paragon is smoothness, refinement,
    elegance and one of the major players disregards all of them.

    "Disregards" them? LOL. Have you had a look at some other riders?
    Lance's position is nothing to write home about whether on his road
    bike or his TT bike; neither is Virenque's. Indurain's position was
    none too great either (he was less aerodynamic on his TT bike than his
    road bike, according to the wind tunnel testing). How about Sean
    Kelly, who had possibly the worst position of modern times? He won a
    few races.

    You can pontificate all you want about smoothness, refinement and
    elegance but that's not what wins bike races. Getting to the finish
    line first is what wins bike races; one's position on the bike merely
    has to be good enough. The opinions of armchair experts counts for
    less than nothing.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    But the main side effect of that problem is that he's not using
    all of his available musculature to a) produce energy and b)
    spread the load to minimize fatigue. Suppleness in motion is
    essential to any sport. Tyler also has horrible ITT form, though
    it certainly comes with plenty of power.

    He can kick any of our asses on a bike...

    Well of course he could. But how much better could he be if he
    could use his body properly?

    I doubt much could be gained. This is a guy, after all, who has
    worked for 10 years as a pro cyclist with some of the best advisors in
    the world. If they though a difference could be had from changing his
    position, his position would have been changed.

    Sherwen's point, BTW, was not that Hamilton's position hampers his
    performance. It was that Hamilton's position results in him falling
    off the bike regularly (2002 Giro, 2003 Tour, 2004 Tour) and getting
    injured.

  18. Tim McNamara said:

    Sherwen's point, BTW, was not that Hamilton's position hampers his
    performance. It was that Hamilton's position results in him falling
    off the bike regularly (2002 Giro, 2003 Tour, 2004 Tour) and getting
    injured.

    That's the impression I got too.

    In all fairness though, the injury that took Hamilton out of the TdF
    wasn't caused by his position on his bike, it was caused by that massive
    pile-up under the 1 km flag on Stage 6.

    --
    the black rose
    GO LANCE GO!!!
    proud to be owned by a yorkie
    http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts

  19. On a different point, does anyone know the status of the IMAX movie featuring
    Tyler?

  20. "Mapei81" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    On a different point, does anyone know the status of the IMAX movie


    featuring

    Quoted message said:

    Tyler?

    April 2005

    http://tinyurl.com/3vn7w

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