Since the site is at a standstill I thought I would inform you that Oege Hiddema won "Les Ballons Vosgiens" the previous week-end. He has nice pictures on his...
Looking at the results of "Les routes du ventoux", on http://www.velo101.com/cyclosport/calendrier.asp I just discovered that an ex(?)-Komer, Alan Favell, had...
Thanks Francois Oetztaler was really strange because I was lucky and unlucky at several points in the race. First of all I gained from being caught in some...
Perhaps we should move en-masse to a web-based forum. Email lists are so 80s! I think http://www.veloriders.co.uk/ could add a special "Climbing" forum to it's...
Thanks Darren. Maybe torpidity has already set in for the approaching winter. I had a fabulous weekend in Boone NC camping and climbing. We did both Beech...
Frank, I enjoyed meeting face-to-face at the end of Aug while visiting Fred in Asheville. Was hoping to see you at the end of the Hilly Hellacious--any ...
Hey Nate. It was very nice meeting you also. Too bad I could not keep up with you and Fred. Doing a century after being off the bike for 10 weeks was a...
... Hi Frank, Can you still look at such tape with the same eye after knowing that L.A. samples were positive for EPO that day, AND the next AND still 3 days...
Thanks Francois. I figured this temptation would arise as I was typing "1999 Sestriere". We could debate for weeks and months our perspectives and beliefs...
... yahoogroups IS a web-based forum, of sorts, you can access this group quite nicely as < http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kom_ >. Obvious I know, but...
... I know what you mean about the other forums available. They tend to be racing-orientated, and look down upon touring, and riding just for fun! They also...
... Shoooot, I thought I would ignite the fuse and revive komcycling ;o)) In fact those pros have broken my toy. Of course, in the 80's i knew that they were...
Hi guys, I was never quite sure why we needed two forums anyway, and we perhaps could try "switching" to the all-together-place (a.k.a. "yours place or mine?")...
Didn't take long to get this group active again so good to hear that folks are still around. I recently returned from a New England trip where I was able to...
John Summerson
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Oct 19, 2005 4:03 pm
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John, I definitely have interest in a resource to road climbs. I have not maintained my Southern Appalachain Road Climbs web site as much as I would like....
Hi John I think there would be potential for such a book. It's success would depend on how it met prospective readers expectations, for me that would be...
From: "John Summerson" ... Of course the folks are alive and around, they just don't post. ... Thinking of it, could we set some automated thing to generate...
Well, now we're all awake again.... I got some great climbing done in late August. I took a family trip, me and my wife, and my brother and his wife and...
All that talk of hours in the saddle is making me jealous! I'm trying to think about how to tackle next season as my last two 'comeback' years have ended...
... I seem to remember you talking about doing Alpe d'Huez in 42x21 or something? Could you retrain yourself to push smaller gears? That would help avoid the...
Nigel, I usually ride small gears (average cadence around 95) - it's only when climbing that I tend to overgear. Both my injuries in the last two years came...
Following on from the points about training I would like to improve my hill climbing using some systematic training. By climbing I mean riding either short...
By the way another question. Does cycling up hills damage body? ie knees on high gears. Mike Mike Fletcher [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Depends who you are and what weaknesses you have. Doing leg presses in the gym would creat more load on your knees. Efficiency is another issue. Darren ... ...
Hi Nigel Thanks for some good articles. The most useful for new information I found was was pponline. I'll read the Tanaka reference today. Now 10% is the...
Mike asked: "Does cycling up hills damage body?" Obviously not every body. I was lucky enough to have knee problems from 1964 that compelled me to concentrate...
Hi Nigel, Darren This message I sent an hour ago got lost in the web somewhere! Thanks for some good articles. The most useful for new information I found was...
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