more glorious than hookers and blow

10:07 pm - Tue, May 21, 2013

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6 weeks uv roadie hell

so the response yuh neve want

is when when uh surgeons is lookin at yer MRI

n

he grabs his buddy n says

hey look at this

they where tryin to deside

if it was a small crack with a lot uv bone bruise

or if it was that the whole damn half uv the lateral tibia

got knocked loose

he consensus

by their lack uv bein able elicit pain

by pushin on what they thought should hurt

was

no surgery

but if it hurts to walk

get on crutches

no impact stuff

n

so started the 6 weeks uv roadie hell

or

as one bastard put it

you’ll be one third of a triathlete

problem is

when the hell does riding the roadie not hurt ?

realy

the whole premise uv the bike

is fold yuh half

tuh hide huh from the wind

narrow tires

tuh make sure every crack in the road

is uh stiff kick n the ass

n

who the shit came up with hoods any ways

the tops sure like uh narrow handlebar

the drops ok yeah that works to

but the hoods

what the fugg

what the hell are yuh supposed to do

with those things

which is tuh say

in that context

if yuh give the instructions

if hurts

don’t do it

n

some jack ass comes huffin by

outta the saddle

his ass is gunna get chased down

n dropped

n

if he comes by again

the process will repeat

until he’s just hangin on the wheel

at which

it’s time tuh give it sum actual stick

cancellara style

110 rpm in the saddle

on the stupid hoods

nose breathing

long the shot enough

until the stupid little bobbing

circle

uv his headlamp light

is long since disappeared

which

now

means

the back uv the tibia

while just sitting here

is throbbing

like uh serious sumbitch

n

it bein a whole lot to late

fer the if it hurts part

tuh give much guidance

in terms

uv the not doing it bit

9:24 pm

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2:53 pm - Mon, May 20, 2013

Giro pVAM analysis through Stage 15

with about as many

climb

as

GC

abandons

pickens are slim

fer stuff to analyze

but here goes

first up the climbs

stg 14 does away with any intermezo n goes straight

Jafferau

uh punchy little helion uva 9.2% 654 vert m climb topping at

1908 meters altitude

good fer uh pVAM uv 1689 m/hour

while stg 15 

the GC pianos the Cenis out uv relevance

before going

Telegraphe

7.16% 848 vert m climb at 1566 meter

pVAM 1596 m/hour

quick eat uh gel

n right back at it on

the into thin air

Galibier

6.52% 862 vert m reaching the pantani monument

at 2295 meters altitude

pVAM 1495 m/h

or stg 15 could be rightly considered

as one monster

TeleGalibier

6.8% 1710 vert m rising again to the 2295 meters uv altitude

with a bit uva a downhil breather

half way up

pVAM 1455 m/h

recalling fer uh bit that

high pVAMs mean steep short low altitude

low pVAM mean less steep longer higher altitude

…

right then

stage set

stg 14 had Santambrogio n Nibali going 1-2 

with a positive residual of 0.64%

or just under 1 percent faster than the predicted VAM

they were followed by

Uran at -1.5% or 1.5% slower than pVAM

n

Cadel at with a similar -1.7%

with only Scarponi getting truly dropped

at -6%

with nibali finally going faster

than the predicted VAM

n favorites coming in 1s and 2s

this climb is the first real look at their

flat out climbing

rather than tactical cat n mouse

n overall

its

(yawn big stretch)

eh

…

the bigger question is what to make of stg 15 

at first pass

over the telegraphe

the maglia rosa group put in a modest

-6%

while Gesink took off at a decent

-3.74%

after a short downhill

Gesink detonated on the Galibier

while the the maglia rosa

tempoed it in at

-6.25%

which might be plausible based on a general shit weather cease fire

or

that the two climbs ride more like one

with a little breather

and the maglia rosa group

put in a 0.01% or an actual performance

in line with the predicted

pushing Gesinks attack well into the unsustainable range

based on the select but not fully decimated group that went 0.01

it looks like more like the climb rides more like

Tele-Galibier*

or

“Tele-Galibier”

but with the presence of Scarponi

it would be awful generous to call it one climb

so yes interlaced

but still clearly separate for purposes uv

the pVAM model
…

now

in GC overal terms

what we’re left with is

whether by

abandons

weather

cleaner racers

or general grabassery

uh slow GT

notice that almost all the residuals

are negative

bars go down

slower than predicted

however yuh wanna think uv it

realy only Nibali and Santambrogio have gone

at GT winning pace

n

only on stage 14

Uran had one decent day on stg 10 

n

that’s it

Evans

is still in the hunt

without putting in any GT winning performance

n

Scarponi

is hangin top 5 

by default alone

which leaves us agreein

with the riders on one thing

lets hope this thing heats up uh bit

10:38 pm - Sat, May 18, 2013

in the spirit uv transparency to the 404 firecrest guy that got dropped

thissus the sagital plane uv docs knee (lookin from the side)

the front of the knee to the left back to the right

in the lower bone

the tibia

on the back uv it you can see an area about 1.5 cm

surrounded by brighter white which radiates out

that is swelling

in the bone

the reason fer the swelling

is a bit more obvious here

where you can see a chunk

that’s cracked n pushed down uh touch

here’s the view from the back uv the knee

again see the ring uv white

in the lower bone

over on the left side of the picture

radiating out

that’s the swelling

in the bone

n here’s

the chunk cracked off

n

pushed uh bit down

admittedly

it’s not uh big fracture

but

certainly still qualifies

as uh broken leg

concerning unough to were

the radiologist calls onna Saturday

n

is like…”dude ehh”

n

docs like “RIGHT.”

ie

thissus

slightly greater

than

marginal losses

so

here’s the take home

if you roll on

700cc carbon

that’s worth more than docs car

a car he loves by the way

don’t

get

dropped

by the gimp with uh broken leg

9:40 pm

Anonymous

9:03 am

cc @vaughters

9:29 am - Thu, May 16, 2013

red cow

swiss fed corruption

only plausible explanation

for backing McQuaid

preempting

Irish EGM

referrendum

today

all

races are lost

10:31 pm - Wed, May 15, 2013

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9:08 pm

8:36 pm

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the Tecate uncertainty principle

yuh can’t be at the store

n

know exactly how many Tecate are left in yer home fridge

at the same time