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    steveyo
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    This Sunday, September 16, 2007, Eric Scheer from Rhode Island, and
    myself (Steve Relles) and Roland Kays (Rolandisimo) from Albany NY,
    rode in the second annual Whiteface Foliage Hillclimb Bike Race, in the
    Adirondacks in upstate NY. This was my fourth ride up this hill, even
    though you'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now.

    The unicycle record, once again, got broken.

    Here's a link to the writeup:
    http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/wf200709/

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  2. capuni
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    Awesome ride guys. That elevation chart at the end of your writeup is
    sick!

    I burst out laughing while reading about the "distraction ploy."

    So... wanna go for an easy ride tonight around the farm?

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  3. MuniSano
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    steveyo, I love reading about your hill climbing adventures. I wish we
    had events like that around my area (Huntsville, Alabama)! You have me
    inspired however as I plan to tackle some of the "tough" road hill
    climbs around my area this fall (too damn hot right now!) Perhaps some
    day I'll get the chance to swing up your way and join you guys. If
    only I could swing the means and team to do Ride the Lobster...

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  4. GILD
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    It's threads like this that'll keep the troll-kiddies at bay.

    Fabulous ride, fabulous race, fabulous write-up.
    Thanx for sharing.

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    (http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven_sym5_1.wav) - 'unihoki'
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    'if i'm murdered, don't execute my killer.'
    (http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1539/)
    'harper' (http://tinyurl.com/c9epx) 'mikefule'
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  5. steveyo
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    Thanks guys. It was fun, mainly because it feels good when you stop.😄

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  6. rob.northcott
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    Well done Steve & co!

    I like the "look, only one hill" comment under the elevation graph 🙂

    Rob

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  7. rolandisimo
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    What is a troll-kiddie?
    Why do we need to keep them at bay?

    Rolandisimo

    GILD said:

    It's threads like this that'll keep the troll-kiddies at bay.....

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  8. rolandisimo
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    The race was crazy.
    Actually, it started not crazy. It wasn't THAT steep so Steve and I
    went barreling off at high speed. The craziness comes in when you keep
    turning corners and seeing no letup in the incline. Our high speeds
    slowed when reality started sinking in. Reality happened earlier to me
    than Steve, and as he pulled away and maintained a lead from about mile
    2-3 I was starting to consider that 2nd place wouldn't be soo bad.
    Then reality hit him too and I was rather quickly back next to him.
    The next few miles were a [censored] with lots of banked turns that
    challenged me to just stay on the Uni, let alone ride fast enough to
    pass steve. Eventually at about mile 6 we had a long very steep strait
    section, it was great. Funny to be relieved to have a long very steep
    section, but I was just glad to be out of those banked turns. I
    figured now was my time to make a move since I didn't want to loose in
    a final sprintoff, so I put the hammer down a bit. Steve stayed with
    me at first, but then faded. I just kept spinning and his huffs and
    puffs faded away a bit. I guess my carbo loading the night before paid
    off here because he wasn't able to catch back up in the last mile,
    although it took all I had to stay a few seconds ahead of him.
    23 seconds apart in a 1:15hr race - crazy

    -Rolandisimo

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  9. seriousslacker
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    Another fabulous write-up. You are beginning to make me want to enter
    one of these crazy uphill burn fests, just to experience the agony of
    the journey and the relief of finishing. Congrats on breaking your
    record again!

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  10. steveyo
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    rolandisimo said:

    I guess my carbo loading the night before paid off here because he
    wasn't able to catch back up in the last mile, although it took all I
    had to stay a few seconds ahead of him.
    23 seconds apart in a 1:15hr race - crazy

    Next time I'll have to match you beer-for-beer.

    seriousslacker said:

    Another fabulous write-up. You are beginning to make me want to enter
    one of these crazy uphill burn fests, just to experience the agony of
    the journey and the relief of finishing. Congrats on breaking your
    record again!

    Thanks. Are you in Cali? In which case you should try 'Mt. Diablo'
    (http://www.savemountdiablo.org/Mount_Diablo_Challenge.htm), a similar
    race as far as distance and vertical gain.

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    - muni and kokopelli uni 't-shirts, mugs and stickers'
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