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  • totally, i think some of his thoughts may require a bit of scientific evidence. (i would though).
    BUT!
    it's his attitude, that's what gets him through things. the fact he just fucking goes for it and will not quit. clearly, he's slightly unhinged to keep searching for something that will break him. but there's a lot to be learnt from him. scientifically speaking.

  • He's read a lot of books about the theories behind the use of special vitamins and supplements and the like, and been involved in scientific studies etc...and he believes that in multi day endurance events the use of products with the right mix of vitamins can make a big difference...but he also thinks that the most important thing to think about is calories...the more calories you swallow, the better.
    Shit thing is though, finding high calorie foods when you're allergic to dairy like me is a bloody nightmare...especially in small local shops once you're on the road :(

  • Lard

  • it works for antarctic expeditions. probably not very tasty though.

  • It wouldn't get past my lips without me throwing up...no matter how much salt i licked :)

    Interestingly though...John Stamstad carries a water bottle full of pure salad oil on his bike, so that if he bonks really badly and has no access to proper food, he can drink the oil and get him through to the next food store :)

  • Shit thing is though, finding high calorie foods when you're allergic to dairy like me is a bloody nightmare...especially in small local shops once you're on the road :(

    Nuts. And dried fruit. If you can stomach them.

  • Yeah but you need to eat such large volumes of them to get enough benefit. :(

  • shitting through the eye of a needle.....
    sorry.

    vegetable oil?

  • I read a good article on Stamstads great divide ride...he'd bonked really badly but made it to the next town....he wandered into the local shop and began checking the labels.
    He went outside and sat on the curb and proceeded to drink a litre of chocolate milk, a brick of cheddar cheese, a load of little debbie snack cakes, and a whole can of aerosol cheese spread which he squirted directly into his mouth...he then got up, walked over the road to a restaurant, and ordered a plate of fish and chips.......Now THAT is eating :)

    @Damo....pure Canola oil

  • the more i hear about Stamstad the more i like about him.

  • Lard

    Nuts. And dried fruit. If you can stomach them.

    Bird cake?

  • electrolytes include potsium and magnisum as well as the sodium found in "normal" salt.

    I love my dried fruit and nut for riding but eat other stuff too otherwise you'll be having several emergency nature shits.

  • Merckx, Millar, Eros Poli, De Vlaeminck, Coppi, Sean Yates, (hard bastard...) Johan Museeuw (even with the drugs...)

    Of the people I've ridden with Warrick Spence. Classy, classy rider

  • Of the people I've ridden with Warrick Spence. Classy, classy rider

    I saw him ride at the Smithfield Nocturne in 2007 when he was off the front for ages, and his bike handling was just incredible. He didn't seem to lose any speed around the corners. We were standing in the middle of the course, where the two loops meet, and he was only gone for a moment before he appeared again from around either loop. They did eventually catch him, of course, but what a ride. I think he came fourth in the end, but I was hoping against better knowledge that he might pull out a win.

  • He's ploughed a rather singular furrow in the U.K. for years with no proper team to support him which make his achievements significanly more impressive. He's certainly the best bike handler I've ridden with and looks amazing on a bike; flat back, completely still upper body even when he's motoring. Shame he's heading back to New Zealand next month, I'll miss having my head kicked in by him...

  • Gerald told me about the hubs named after him the other day...
    Henri Pelissier... I looked for info about the guy on internet, and read an amazing interview of him (in french) were he explains how the "tour de France" is a bicht of a race, details his physical condition while doing it, and shows to the journalist, out of his bag, various drugs (including cocaine, etc...) they had to use to cope with the effort and pain... He says that his leather shoe laces were braking due to his feet swelling up...!

    Szia

    Loic

  • For me it has to be Jason McRoy from my early days of MTBing.
    I have always been a big fan of Djamolidine Abdoujaparov [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djamolidine_Abdoujaparov[/ame] A total legend and monster of the sprint finish. Also my more main stream tour hero would have to be Laurent Jalabert.

  • Shit thing is though, finding high calorie foods when you're allergic to dairy like me is a bloody nightmare...especially in small local shops once you're on the road :(

    Home-made cashew nut butter is incredibly calorific, and a good way to get a shit load of nuts into a small container. Highly recommended for long rides.

    Just dry fry 300 grams of cashews in a wok till they're brown and toasted, then blitz them for ten minutes till the oils are released by the heat of the food processor. Add salt.

  • He's ploughed a rather singular furrow in the U.K. for years with no proper team to support him which make his achievements significanly more impressive. He's certainly the best bike handler I've ridden with and looks amazing on a bike; flat back, completely still upper body even when he's motoring. Shame he's heading back to New Zealand next month, I'll miss having my head kicked in by him...

    Oh, say it ain't so. Hope he finds enough of a challenge in NZ!

  • Phil Liggett, great commentary, hugely knowledgeable, and a genuinely pleasant guy on both occasions I was lucky to meet him.

    Obree for his ingenuity and troubled genius.

    My mate Tim who taught me how to ride, and started my bike addiction.

  • I have just found my cycling heros.

    The four man team who came third in the RAAM. All aged over 75.

    What more can I say.

  • my friend Ben Sherratt,did a 100 miler recently against him, he strolled in 6 hours looking like he just started.(I took 7 hours)
    He did Lands end to Brighton in 19 hours non stop last year.
    super modest guy. great rider.sorry he not famous but, hey he qualifies for me.

  • For me it has to be Jason McRoy from my early days of MTBing.
    I have always been a big fan of Djamolidine Abdoujaparov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djamolidine_Abdoujaparov A total legend and monster of the sprint finish. Also my more main stream tour hero would have to be Laurent Jalabert.

    I agree, and this crash is burned into my memory...
    YouTube - Tour de France-Djamolodine Abdoujaparov's massive crash!!!
    [/URL][URL="http://www.londonfgss.com/%3Cobject%20width="]

  • Joop Ziljaard, Derny driving legend.

    pacers are the unsung heroes of track racing, he upped the anti. Having the skill to make the tiny throttle movements so you don't drop your rider, and the balls to go three up on a steep european tracks at 60k+ is something these guys make look easy.

    and what can you say about the career of the man he's pacing in that pic? awesome

  • and what can you say about the career of the man he's pacing in that pic? awesome

    Ah pah, completely unknown chancer who probably just got into the picture by accident. :)

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