Yesterday Lance Armstrong rode 100-some-odd miles at a rate of 32 miles per hour. Today I rode 4.74 miles in 18-some-odd minutes for a rate of 15.2 miles per hour. Tour de France here I come! As soon as we get the cash to sponsor our own team anyway...complete with jerseys that say, "Bonjour" on the front and "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys" on the back.
Posted by joshua at July 7, 2004 04:13 PMOk, that's just nuts! I hit 31 miles an hour on the STEEP downhill on my way into work! That freak is _maintaining_ that speed (or more than likely bursting over it and then dropping down a bit on hills). Granted, the early stages are mostly flat, and things won't get interesting until they hit the mountains in a few weeks, but it's still nuts.
» so sayeth Matt on July 9, 2004 at 06:25 AMI'm going to embarass myself for knowing any of the following information, but, it was in the team time trials that he they maintained that speed, so they had the benefit of drafting each other or what not, which i'm sure helps alot, but still, they're all freaks. my top speed on the little downhills i ride is like 24mph!! ofc i don't have a road bike which makes it harder.
» so sayeth joshua on July 9, 2004 at 08:02 AMWow. Geek.
» so sayeth Mahchoo on July 9, 2004 at 08:32 AMYou think that's bad... Those bastards made me watch the Tour de France on the 4th of July.
That's not even a sport you can PRETEND gets exciting.
» so sayeth Robn on July 9, 2004 at 03:33 PM