Hi,

I'm in similar situation as Darren. Since my second child my cycling
activities are very limited. The only difference is that I can not
plan comeback at 40 because I'm 43 already. I plan comeback rather at
50 :-)

Jiri


> I asked this question about 6 months ago and got two replies!
> I'm still here and my interest is as strong as it was in 1988 when I
> first rode the French Alps. At present I'm under seige with two kids
> under the age of 4 so my nice trips to mountains have somewhat
> disappeared.
> I'm planning a comeback at 40 though!
> Darren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kom_@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kom_@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Dave Wyman
> Sent: 17 June 2008 18:13
> To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [kom_] Where is Everyone?
>
> This used to be such an active group. What happened? Was it the
> retirement of of Lance Armstrong that put everyone to bed here? Are we
> all at various bike forums?
>
> OK - I have a ride report for the recent Tour de Frog (the Sierra
> Century), which began and ended in the little town of Murphys, which is
> in the heart of California's historic Gold Rush country.
>
> Although I only rode the half century, it included 5400 feet of
> climbing. There were consistent 15% grades, and some of those grades
> went on for ridiculously implausible distances.
>
> The full century included 12,000 feet of gain.
>
> I've posted the report, with photographs, here:
>
> http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=427577
> <http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=427577>
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I asked this question about 6 months ago and got two replies!
I'm still here and my interest is as strong as it was in 1988 when I
first rode the French Alps. At present I'm under seige with two kids
under the age of 4 so my nice trips to mountains have somewhat
disappeared.
I'm planning a comeback at 40 though!
Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: kom_@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kom_@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Dave Wyman
Sent: 17 June 2008 18:13
To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kom_] Where is Everyone?

This used to be such an active group. What happened? Was it the
retirement of of Lance Armstrong that put everyone to bed here? Are we
all at various bike forums?

OK - I have a ride report for the recent Tour de Frog (the Sierra
Century), which began and ended in the little town of Murphys, which is
in the heart of California's historic Gold Rush country.

Although I only rode the half century, it included 5400 feet of
climbing. There were consistent 15% grades, and some of those grades
went on for ridiculously implausible distances.

The full century included 12,000 feet of gain.

I've posted the report, with photographs, here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=427577
<http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=427577>





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We're still here! I guess that the proliferation of web-based bike chat
sites has silenced KOM.

Thanks for the report! That was my "home" century a few years ago. What
a great place for riding that is! The quaint Gold Country towns, quiet
roads, clean air. The terrain is so varied, you can ride hard, pine
forested mountains, or rolling vineyards.

You had great weather (as usual). We still aren't getting summer in the
UK. It's 15 celcius, grey, windy and rainy. :(

Nige


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This used to be such an active group. What happened? Was it the
retirement of of Lance Armstrong that put everyone to bed here? Are
we all at various bike forums?

OK - I have a ride report for the recent Tour de Frog (the Sierra
Century), which began and ended in the little town of Murphys, which
is in the heart of California's historic Gold Rush country.

Although I only rode the half century, it included 5400 feet of
climbing. There were consistent 15% grades, and some of those grades
went on for ridiculously implausible distances.

The full century included 12,000 feet of gain.

I've posted the report, with photographs, here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=427577

Thanks!
Good to hear that someone is listening!
Hopefully the group wil wake up when the new season starts.
Joe.
--- In kom_@yahoogroups.com, Michael Fletcher <mjbflr@...> wrote:
>
> Try the eurobike group on yahoogroups.  They handle lots of requests
like yours.
>
> Mike Fletcher
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Try the eurobike group on yahoogroups.  They handle lots of requests like yours.

Mike Fletcher

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I'm here as well, but unfortunately neither I can help you.

Jiri

> It's not dead but it may be asleep!
> I can't help with your query but just thought I'd say there is someone
> here!
> Darren
>
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> Cuneyt Parlayan
> Sent: 18 February 2008 21:05
> To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [kom_] Maps / routes Eifel
>
>
>
> Hi guys,
> It looks like a dead group, last message more than a year ago, but I'll
> try anyway: Has anyone route suggestions for the Eifel area in Germany?
> If you're still there and want to help, thanks in advance! Joe /
> Holland.
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It's not dead but it may be asleep!
I can't help with your query but just thought I'd say there is someone
here!
Darren

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Cuneyt Parlayan
Sent: 18 February 2008 21:05
To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kom_] Maps / routes Eifel



Hi guys,
It looks like a dead group, last message more than a year ago, but I'll
try anyway: Has anyone route suggestions for the Eifel area in Germany?
If you're still there and want to help, thanks in advance! Joe /
Holland.





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Hi guys,
It looks like a dead group, last message more than a year ago, but I'll
try anyway: Has anyone route suggestions for the Eifel area in Germany?
If you're still there and want to help, thanks in advance! Joe /
Holland.

John,

I forgot to order from you.
Will you get the same cash if I order from Amazon - it would me much
simpler.

Howerver at Amazon it quotes 4 to 6 weeks to ship - is this correct?

Jim House
Maumee, OH

   _____

From: kom_@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kom_@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John
Summerson
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:42 PM
To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kom_] Climbing by bike



FYI, in response to some queries the road bike climbing book 'The
Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike) is now available on Amazon. Please
let me know if anyone needs more info.

Thanks

JHS


John Summerson, MS

Public Health Sciences

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Medical Center Blvd

Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Phone: (336) 716-2125

Fax: (336) 713-4300

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FYI, in response to some queries the road bike climbing book 'The
Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike) is now available on Amazon.  Please
let me know if anyone needs more info.

Thanks

JHS


John Summerson, MS

Public Health Sciences

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Medical Center Blvd

Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Phone:  (336) 716-2125

Fax:  (336) 713-4300




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I would like inform the KOM group that I have John's book and he has
done a fabulous job in capturing great climbs in the US.  I highly
recommend this book for anyone who is planning to visit the US and/or
travel around the States to find great climbs.  Even if you're not
planning to travel the US to find great climbs, the book is still a
great addition to your cycling library.  It has a section on climbing
tips and captures many of the most incredible climbing performances
over the past many many years of the Tours and other races.  The
effort that went in to collecting the data for this book is most
awesome.  John has done a fine job with this book, the first of its
kind in the US.

-Frank
Southern Appalachians Road Climbs
http://www.mountainmapper.com/sarc.htm



--- John Summerson <jsummers@...> wrote:

> As this group is quite inactive these days I could not help but
> comment
> on how enjoyable stage 16 was yesterday.  There was action for
> almost
> the entire ride and it illustrates just how much more dramatic the
> mountain stages are in the major tours.  For U.S viewers on Versus
> I
> also wanted to take the opportunity to rebut Bob Roll's statement
> that
> there are not steep climbs here in the U.S. outside of Mt.
> Washington
> and Brasstown Bald.  Because U.S tours tend to avoid hard climbs
> for the
> most part and many are somewhat isolated they are not well known.
> The
> book, The Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike) is now available and
> portrays the multiple comparable U.S. climbs to the most difficult
> used
> in the Tour.  It is available from Extreme Press (or by sending me
> an
> email - jsummers@...).
>
> JHS
>
>
> John Summerson, MS
>
> Public Health Sciences
>
> Wake Forest University Health Sciences
>
> Medical Center Blvd
>
> Winston-Salem, NC 27157
>
> Phone:  (336) 716-2125
>
> Fax:  (336) 713-4300
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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>



      
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As this group is quite inactive these days I could not help but comment
on how enjoyable stage 16 was yesterday.  There was action for almost
the entire ride and it illustrates just how much more dramatic the
mountain stages are in the major tours.  For U.S viewers on Versus I
also wanted to take the opportunity to rebut Bob Roll's statement that
there are not steep climbs here in the U.S. outside of Mt. Washington
and Brasstown Bald.  Because U.S tours tend to avoid hard climbs for the
most part and many are somewhat isolated they are not well known.  The
book, The Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike) is now available and
portrays the multiple comparable U.S. climbs to the most difficult used
in the Tour.  It is available from Extreme Press (or by sending me an
email - jsummers@...).

JHS


John Summerson, MS

Public Health Sciences

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Medical Center Blvd

Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Phone:  (336) 716-2125

Fax:  (336) 713-4300




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-----Original Message-----
From: kom_@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kom_@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Darren Earp
Sent: 16 January 2007 13:03
To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kom_] Marmotte entry - Sportcommunication website problems



Dear all, is anyone having problems trying to enter the Marmotte on the Sport
Communication site?
I've been trying for days and I am getting "requested URL not on this server"
problems.
Is there any other way to enter?
Thanks
Darren

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Dear all, is anyone having problems trying to enter the Marmotte on the Sport
Communication site?
I've been trying for days and I am getting "requested URL not on this server"
problems.
Is there any other way to enter?
Thanks
Darren


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Hi Francois,

I see we are both riding l'Etape, maybe I'll see you at the finish.

On Sunday I will drive to AdH and take the bus back to Gap. Is there
any problem in finding free and legal all day parking space in AdH? I
would rather leave the car in Bourg d'Oisans, but the bus starts from
AdH.

Also I read that they won't let us descend after the race until 6pm. Is
it feasible to drive a car over Col de la Sarenne?

It should be amusing to watch the soccer final in France. If Italy wins
we might even get some sleep before the ride.

Regards
Brian

Mike wrote :
I've just been reading Ric Stern's analysis of the Tour de France stage results
for this year and last year.

It's quite interesting and good stuff. But the logic and approach seems to be
the same as what Francois has been saying over the last 5 years or so - which
has a quite individual style / analysis not seen on other web postings. Could it
be that Ric has got his grounding from following Francois' writings?"
---
Mike, your remarks are quite flattering, for an amateur observer of performance
to be compared to a university graduate (PhD yet) physiologist, etc. puts quite
a strain on my modesty.

In French we  say jokingly  "Les grands esprits se rencontrent". I don't know if
we are "grands esprits", but I have often found in Ric's writing material that
seemed well thought out and reasonable. I do my own thinking from a physicist
perspective (applied to observations I have made on myself), but with poor
knowledge of physiology, then I pick in the relevant litterature the ideas that
seem reasonable from that perspective.

I don't have time to continue, my granddaughter seems bored.
Cheers
François


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Hi Darren

   It's on the cyclingnews web-site, 
http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/diaries/ric/?id=ric0504

   Ric has a TdF diary there and he analyses each stage.  Just noticed the
Lindsay Crawford file there on how to ride this year's Etape also.

   Mike



Darren Earp <darren.earp@...> wrote:
           Michael, where did you read this article?
Thanks
Darren


-----Original Message-----
From: kom_@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kom_@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Michael
Fletcher
Sent: 05 July 2006 15:37
To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kom_] The Trainer Trained

I've just been reading Ric Stern's analysis of the Tour de France stage results
for this year and last year.

It's quite interesting and good stuff. But the logic and approach seems to be
the same as what Francois has been saying over the last 5 years or so - which
has a quite individual style / analysis not seen on other web postings. Could it
be that Ric has got his grounding from following Francois' writings?

Ric also seems to have gotten an American accent over the last year.

Mike Fletcher

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Mike Fletcher

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Hi Francois, Richard

   Female cyclists seem slower descending.  A month ago a rider was telling us
how when climbing the Ventoux he met a woman climbing at fast speed and
exhausted himself trying to follow her wheel.  I can't remember if he was
dropped - I think he almost certainly was - but he'd had a conversation with her
and they met at the top.  The woman was Sarah Ullmer who broke the world record
for 3000m pursuit at 2004 Olympics and she told him she was incredibly slow
descending so didn't ride road-races.  They set off together and he waited for
her at the bottom.  She was 9 minutes behind him.  He was an old TT rider so
would be quite  slow descending I would expect.

   Mike

Francois Siohan <francois.siohan@...> wrote:

   Then she dropped out of sight as she did not manage to hold on to our wheels
going downhill.


Mike Fletcher

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Michael, where did you read this article?
Thanks
Darren


-----Original Message-----
From: kom_@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kom_@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Michael
Fletcher
Sent: 05 July 2006 15:37
To: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kom_] The Trainer Trained



I've just been reading Ric Stern's analysis of the Tour de France stage results
for this year and last year.

It's quite interesting and good stuff. But the logic and approach seems to be
the same as what Francois has been saying over the last 5 years or so - which
has a quite individual style / analysis not seen on other web postings. Could it
be that Ric has got his grounding from following Francois' writings?

Ric also seems to have gotten an American accent over the last year.


Mike Fletcher

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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I've just been reading Ric Stern's analysis of the Tour de France stage results
for this year and last year.

   It's quite interesting and good stuff.  But the logic and approach seems to be
the same as what Francois has been saying over the last 5 years or so - which
has a quite individual style / analysis not seen on other web postings.  Could
it be that Ric has got his grounding from following Francois' writings?

   Ric also seems to have gotten an American accent over the last year.



Mike Fletcher

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Well Richard,
it turns out that I had this year the same fate as you last year . I rode a
while with Carol Rasmussen on the first pass, telling her that the 1st woman (at
that point) was just a few seconds ahead and encouraging her. Then she dropped
out of sight as she did not manage to hold on to our wheels going downhill.

Then I did not see her again until less than 2 km from the finish, when it was
her turn to encourage me - before flying away - as she probably saw how much I
was suffering on that last climb.

I also like very much that event, hard to beat in terms of panoramic views.

Cheers
François

________________________________

De: kom_@yahoogroups.com de la part de Richard
Date: mar. 04.07.2006 20:27
À: kom_@yahoogroups.com
Objet : [kom_] Re: Un uomo solo al commando



I prefered this event to the Marmotte -- a bit less of a slog, a bit
more like a race, since people rode in groups more often in the places
between the various climbs.

When I rode it I dropped Carol Rasmussen, the winner of one of the
women's categories that year, on the climb up to Villard-Reculas,
which is about halfway, but she reeled me in, caught and passed me in
the final 500 metres before Vaujany.


--- In kom_@yahoogroups.com, François Siohan <francois.siohan@...> wrote:
>
> hello everybody,
> Yesterday I entered the Vaujany
> details here
> http://www.sportcommunication.com/newsite/horaire.php?Id=81&langue=2
>
> Oege Hiddema, who won it a few years back,
> decided to have a go of it alone from the very
> first climb. I heard that at one point he was 10
> mn ahead of his nearest followers.
>
> However, in the end they reeled him in, just a
> few km before the finish and he ended up being
> 5th.
>
> But he told me he really enjoyed his epic ride
> over le Col de la morte (Alpe du grand Serre),
> Ornon, Alpe d'Huez, and the wild Col des Sarenne.
>
> Cheers
>
> François
>







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I prefered this event to the Marmotte -- a bit less of a slog, a bit
more like a race, since people rode in groups more often in the places
between the various climbs.

When I rode it I dropped Carol Rasmussen, the winner of one of the
women's categories that year, on the climb up to Villard-Reculas,
which is about halfway, but she reeled me in, caught and passed me in
the final 500 metres before Vaujany.


--- In kom_@yahoogroups.com, François Siohan <francois.siohan@...> wrote:
>
> hello everybody,
> Yesterday I entered the Vaujany
> details here
> http://www.sportcommunication.com/newsite/horaire.php?Id=81&langue=2
>
> Oege Hiddema, who won it a few years back,
> decided to have a go of it alone from the very
> first climb. I heard that at one point he was 10
> mn ahead of his nearest followers.
>
> However, in the end they reeled him in, just a
> few km before the finish and he ended up being
> 5th.
>
> But he told me he really enjoyed his epic ride
> over le Col de la morte (Alpe du grand Serre),
> Ornon, Alpe d'Huez, and the wild Col des Sarenne.
>
> Cheers
>
> François
>

Francois, you haven't been using an online translator by chance?
My favourite was my translating instructions for a meeting in Paris for two of
my work colleagues (Steve North and Matt Driver). The online translator turned
this into;

Steve North and his chauffer Mat!

Darren



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Subject: RE : [kom_] Un uomo solo al commando



Thanks,
I was wondering about that, but I figured that if I took the time to check, I
would never send it.
Cheers
François

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comando.

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Thanks,
I was wondering about that, but I figured that if I took the time to check, I
would never send it.
Cheers
François

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comando.

commando is for the army











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