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I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Monday, January 02, 2006
Tandem and HillsDo tandems go up hills slower? Well, yes and no. One would think that having two people on one bike would make for faster assents. But many people find that tandems are slower on the hills. Why is this? My response is that the speed of an ascending tandem has much to do with the strength of the riders and that the speed is related to the strength of the weaker rider more than the strength of the stronger rider. Also, I can not over emphasize the value of teamwork. In my experience, I have chased Dave and Shirlee Clark up hills watching them drop me and my single. And, Joanne and I have passed many singles while we suffered up hills. It all depends on training, and teamwork. None the less, this was posted on the tandem mailing list recently... Hill Haters AnonymousTwelve Steep Program 1. I am powerless before hills. 2. I believe in my granny gear. 3. I give myself to hills. 4. I know I am weak. 5. I admit I have fallen before hills. 6. I will stretch. 7. I will train. 8. I will list hills. 9. I will train on hills. 10. I accept some hills will beat me. 11. I will become one with hills. 12. I will help others overcome hills.
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