wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (08/30/84)
Re this race deliberately taking place "in the heat of the summer": Why? Are the supporters/organizers just trying to put the maximun strain on the participants? Why not have it in the Spring or Fall? (I could see avoiding spring rain, but the Fall, before snowfall in the Rockies causes problems, sounds like a much better time. For that matter, it could start in the West, so they get through the Rockies as early as possible, and thus be scheduled as late as weather there permits, allowing much cooler riding across the Midwest and East.) So is there a rational reason for imposing summer heat on the riders, or is somebody just being mean to them? Will
kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee) (09/02/84)
xxx One advantage of summer riding is more daylight. The RAAM riders go on into the night, of course, but I think having more daytime riding is a definite saftey advantage. -- Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB wb3g!kfl or hoxna!kfl
rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (09/07/84)
>Re this race deliberately taking place "in the heat of the summer": > >Why? Are the supporters/organizers just trying to put the maximun >strain on the participants? Why not have it in the Spring or Fall? >(I could see avoiding spring rain, but the Fall, before snowfall >in the Rockies causes problems, sounds like a much better time. >For that matter, it could start in the West, so they get through >the Rockies as early as possible... It IS fall. It arrived here in Colorado 8/26. I'm completely serious; our weather has already shifted to the fall pattern and it did so last Sunday. It snowed a little in the high country for the first time a little over a week ago. If RAAM actually cuts through the high Rockies, then the organizers have pushed it about as far into the fall as they practically can. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...I'm not cynical - just experienced.
riley@pisces.DEC (Andy Riley) (08/16/85)
> I've got it straight from Lon himself, he likes the long distance rides better> than the stage races which make up the Tour De France.
What does he like better, watching them on TV ?????? How does he know what it's
like to ride a stage in the Tour, or any long stage race. He's very good
at the long distance stuff, but European pro racing is a lot different,
I'd expect he eouldn't like riding a tour stage because he'd be off the back
as soon as they started to go fast.
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Andy Riley
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