Who is Tom Demerly?

"Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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From http://www.railriders.com/store/article/23?Args=&archive_link=yes

Adventure athlete Tom Demerly likes things that move in circles, mountains
that scrape the sky, desert sands that scorch the feet, and polar cold
that frosts the breath. As the 40-year-old owner of a high-end bike shop
in Dearborn, Michigan, Demerly, a former U.S. Army Ranger, launched his
athletic career as a pro skateboader in his teens, before moving into
cycling where he was a three-time Michigan state champion. Bike racing
later took him to Europe as part of the Gatorade amateur cycling team.

<<snip>>

At my best, I think I might have been able to get through a Tour stage if
I rode in the group. Even then, people have no feel for how difficult it
is. These guys are on their bikes five hours a day for days on end. When
they go hard, they are going ballistic hard. The best riders in the world
suffer like dogs.

<<snip>>

TD: Yup, I raced LeMond and Fignon. Well, at least I saw them at the start
of the race. Then they said "go."

Seems like you answered your own question.

Go to the forums at www.slowtwitch.com (a triathlon site) and you'll find
him posting on nearly every thread as the resident guru. He's kinda the
Sheldon Brown/Jobst Brandt type poster there, except that Sheldon and Jobst
tend to weigh in only where they truly have an expertise. Tom seems to
weigh in on everything, regardless.

--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >

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Seems like you answered your own question.

Go to the forums at www.slowtwitch.com (a triathlon site) and you'll find
him posting on nearly every thread as the resident guru. He's kinda the
Sheldon Brown/Jobst Brandt type poster there, except that Sheldon and
Jobst tend to weigh in only where they truly have an expertise. Tom seems
to weigh in on everything, regardless.

Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Maybe I should have posed the question as, "Are
the contents of this thread accurate?"

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Go to the forums at www.slowtwitch.com (a triathlon site) and you'll find
him posting on nearly every thread as the resident guru. He's kinda the
Sheldon Brown/Jobst Brandt type poster there, except that Sheldon and
Jobst tend to weigh in only where they truly have an expertise. Tom seems
to weigh in on everything, regardless.

he's quite vigilant on the "seinfeld" thread, or at least he was.
example:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=118664;search_string=seinfeld;guest=2792307#118664
anyone that strongly opposed to seinfeld re-runs
is no one i'd want to party with!
e-RICHIE

"Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Maybe I should have posed the question as,
"Are the contents of this thread accurate?"

Now THAT was funny.

"Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >

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Seems like you answered your own question.

Go to the forums at www.slowtwitch.com (a triathlon site) and you'll find
him posting on nearly every thread as the resident guru. He's kinda the
Sheldon Brown/Jobst Brandt type poster there, except that Sheldon and
Jobst tend to weigh in only where they truly have an expertise. Tom
seems to weigh in on everything, regardless.

Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Maybe I should have posed the question as,
"Are the contents of this thread accurate?"

Sorry Carl. I wasn't trying to be a wiseass. I meant to put the little
winky thing at the end of my comment. I knew where you were going.

--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

"Carl Sundquist" quoted:
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cycling where he was a three-time Michigan state champion. Bike racing

later

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took him to Europe as part of the Gatorade amateur cycling team.

<snip>

Uhh... the Gatorade amateur cycling team was a stunt VeloNews put together
in 1990 where random US riders paid their way onto the team for the
"opportunity" to race in Europe. There may have been some minimum level
required, like being a 2 or 3, but it sounds like this guy (who I don't
know) is building it up to be more than it was.

psycholist said:

Sorry Carl. I wasn't trying to be a wiseass. I meant to put the little
winky thing at the end of my comment. I knew where you were going.

Emoticons are for pussies. Just like killfiles.

Bob Schwartz
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In article <[email hidden]>,

Bob Schwartz said:

psycholist said:

Sorry Carl. I wasn't trying to be a wiseass. I meant to put the little
winky thing at the end of my comment. I knew where you were going.

Emoticons are for pussies. Just like killfiles.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/msg/3bfaeb7a44c11f23

--
tanx,
Howard

Butter is love.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Howard Kveck said:

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psycholist said:

Sorry Carl. I wasn't trying to be a wiseass. I meant to put the little
winky thing at the end of my comment. I knew where you were going.

Emoticons are for pussies. Just like killfiles.

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http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/msg/3bfaeb7a44c11f23

:heather:

Bob Schwartz
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Carl Sundquist said:

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http://www.railriders.com/store/article/23?Args=&archive_link=yes

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Adventure athlete Tom Demerly likes things that move in circles,

mountains

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that scrape the sky, desert sands that scorch the feet, and polar

cold that

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frosts the breath. As the 40-year-old owner of a high-end bike shop

in

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Dearborn, Michigan, Demerly, a former U.S. Army Ranger, launched his
athletic career as a pro skateboader in his teens, before moving into

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cycling where he was a three-time Michigan state champion. Bike

racing later

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took him to Europe as part of the Gatorade amateur cycling team.

his store's website is here

http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/

is nice in that he does thorough reviews of stuff but obviously it's
geared towards marketing... and it's tri oriented.

Jim Flom said:

"Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Maybe I should have posed the question as,
"Are the contents of this thread accurate?"

Now THAT was funny.

veracity at RBR?? gadzooks whats next?

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Sorry Carl. I wasn't trying to be a wiseass. I meant to put the little
winky thing at the end of my comment. I knew where you were going.

No worries and I wasn't trying to be acerbic, either. But you were right: in
a way I had answered my own question.

Carl,
You know him.......he raced on the same team with Robbie and Andy Hampstead.

Carl Sundquist said:

From http://www.railriders.com/store/article/23?Args=&archive_link=yes

Adventure athlete Tom Demerly likes things that move in circles, mountains
that scrape the sky, desert sands that scorch the feet, and polar cold that
frosts the breath. As the 40-year-old owner of a high-end bike shop in
Dearborn, Michigan, Demerly, a former U.S. Army Ranger, launched his
athletic career as a pro skateboader in his teens, before moving into
cycling where he was a three-time Michigan state champion. Bike racing later
took him to Europe as part of the Gatorade amateur cycling team.

<<snip>>

At my best, I think I might have been able to get through a Tour stage if I
rode in the group. Even then, people have no feel for how difficult it is.
These guys are on their bikes five hours a day for days on end. When they go
hard, they are going ballistic hard. The best riders in the world suffer
like dogs.

<<snip>>

TD: Yup, I raced LeMond and Fignon. Well, at least I saw them at the start
of the race. Then they said "go."