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ftfy

Admitting defeat already?

Ok, let's factor in the climb as well, you can have whatever advantage you can gain on me up the climb, not just the 18s of wheel benefit. £500 says I still beat you, up, down and in the pint drinking competition afterwards.

Ok, you are on, just as long as you are in for the run as well.

You weigh 30kg more than me so that's hardly fair.

Hippy has a 'special' relationship with gravity. Dont take the bet.

It's the difference between winning and losing.

Between fame and glory, or shame and recrimination.

It's the difference between reaching the finish 30 minutes behind the leaders, or 30 minutes and 18 seconds behind the leaders.

Plus the shame of being slow on such flash wheels pushes me to a pace that saves several minutes.

P.S. I shall be riding my Farsports 50mm basalt cabron tubs.

1250g (ish) wheelset. I shall be smashing the *de*scent.

The *a*scent - not so much.

I'll be on a pair of kinlin/alchemy wheels I'm borrowing from a mate. They're going to need some serious tensioning for my added bulk though.

Ok, you are on, just as long as you are in for the run as well.

We're all going on die on the run.

I'm not even buying enough petrol for the return journey.

Ok, you are on, just as long as you are in for the run as well.

Which carbon wheels are you going to be using for that?

We're all going on die on the run.
I'm not even buying enough petrol for the return journey.

Rep for commitment.

I'll make sure to use "composite" sunnies, you can use alloy framed ones.

We're going to worse that die on the run.

That's if I don't die on the descent - I've only got tape on the tubs, as I can't be arsed to reglue them.

Still faster than Hippy downhill though...

Didn't hippy run up Zoncolan?

Or walk, at least...

Or walk, at least...

Last rider to foot down.

You lot had all quit.

We're all going on die on the run.

I'm not even buying enough petrol for the return journey.

Be interesting, I reckon Hippy's going to be around 4.5 watts/kg based on a 1.5 hour climb (total, utter guesswork), whereas I'll be around 3.9 watts/kg, so he'll get to the top first, then his status as a naturally gifted descender will give him the edge on the descent.

So I'll be on back foot going into the run- will my two months of near-constant injury mean that Hippy runs off up the mountain to take the £500?

Last rider to foot down.

You lot had all quit.

I didn't walk any of Zoncolan.

You lot had all quit.
Too damn right I had.

I quite like the idea of heading out there and seeing how I would handle it now.

I still wouldn't walk though.

I have this image in my head now;

As far as I'm concerned, no one made in up there properly.

I have this image in my head now;

You've really let yourself go with this fatherhood thing.

There is no way I'm walking in my team cervelo bonts. Theys too shiney.

Not with the state of that road, that's for sure.

Be interesting, I reckon Hippy's going to be around 4.5 watts/kg based on a 1.5 hour climb (total, utter guesswork), whereas I'll be around 3.9 watts/kg, so he'll get to the top first, then his status as a naturally gifted descender will give him the edge on the descent.

So I'll be on back foot going into the run- will my two months of near-constant injury mean that Hippy runs off up the mountain to take the £500?

I had worked up to 3.2 watts/kg. But I've been sick constantly the last few weeks. Plus I trained up to that with a knee niggle. My physio mate reckons I damaged one of the muscles around my kneecap during a rugby 7s tournament, and training with this muscle imbalance, has misaligned my kneecap.

HTFU time.

Woke up this morning without a fever. So I did a 40km 'sweetspot' (roughly 145bpm, 240 watts) ride. Doing a similar intensity 10km run tonight. Then I'll up the intensity with cycle hill repeats up a 400m, 8/9% ascent on the bike, and running up the local ski slope.

Idont mind being slow. But I'm not going into this half-arsed.

ftfy

Admitting defeat already?

Ok, let's factor in the climb as well, you can have whatever advantage you can gain on me up the climb, not just the 18s of wheel benefit. £500 says I still beat you, up, down and in the pint drinking competition afterwards.

I would pay money to see this.

I just want to finish to be honest, but now that Hippy is coming there is a bit of competition which should be fun.

To be honest, I would pay money just to see him do the running part

3.2 is sweet though. I'm glad to finally get to 3 after a lot of riding

To be honest, I would pay money just to see him do the running part

I haven't run more than maybe 2k since 2006.

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