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Old Guy Racer: April 2011
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Monday, 25 April 2011. 2011 Hau-Dong Race Report. I can honestly say I hate this stage. About 20km there is a series of climbs that are a few km long and steep enough in places to shatter the group. My goal is always to make it over this section in the main group. This year was no different. It was a beautiful day: sunny with a slight headwind but not too hot and no humidity. That would change. I told my team mates before...
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Old Guy Racer: July 2014
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Saturday, 5 July 2014. Why We Do How We Do. The BDop Cycling Co. is located in Taiwan. All of our products are designed and proudly manufactured in Taiwan by established manufacturers who use quality tooling, who invest in R&D and have stable, experienced workforces. Aside from doing the right thing why should this matter? Just what do I mean by consistency? I know that the bearings in our hubs are ALWAYS the ones I speci...
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Old Guy Racer: Brain Over Brawn - A Race Report 15 June 2013
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Saturday, 15 June 2013. Brain Over Brawn - A Race Report 15 June 2013. Well, it's been about a year and a half since I pinned on a number so this morning was met with a bit of trepidation. However, after 25 years of toeing the line, once I parked the team car all the old habits came back but this time, without the pressure. It was too far and I am too olde. We start and immediately a small group goes off the front. It...
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Old Guy Racer: Why am I a Crazy Foreigner?
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Thursday, 10 May 2012. Why am I a Crazy Foreigner? I started racing bikes in 1982. I was 3. In my first race because I helped a team mate win. I won my next two races. The rest is a blurr. I continued racing and became an Elite level racer. Then a crash broke my arm in 30 places and I spent a week in the hospital. I missed the rest of the season and lost my spot on the Elite Team I raced for. I came back to racing, got ve...
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Old Guy Racer: June 2012
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Friday, 1 June 2012. Cycling Faux Pas and Other Shit I Miss. Over the last two years a growing family and business has supplanted. My time on the bike. I ride less. I also drink more. There could be a correlation but who can say with any certainty? That's a long, hard stare. So here, in no particular order, are some of the Faux Pas I may have experience with. This list will certainly continue to grow. A saddle bag. I ...
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Old Guy Racer: May 2011
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Tuesday, 17 May 2011. Big, Big Mountains and What They Gave Me. A lot of things have happened to me on a bike. I've found love, I've been crushed by a shit brown Toyota, I've laughed and I've cried. The last time I cried on my bike was at the top of a mountain in Spain in 1988. The last time I've seen another rider cry was at the top of Yushan in Taiwan in 2002. First off, there is never a section longer than 200m. It...
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Old Guy Racer: June 2011
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Sunday, 26 June 2011. Race Report - 26 June 2011. It rained pretty hard yesterday as some typhoon grazed our Island after killing a few people in the Phillippines. Pretty everyday stuff. The good news is that today was the Tainan Parking Lot Race. I was pumped to ride and conditions were ideal. In the end I finished 2nd in the sprint to an up an coming rider. Now I know who to watch for. Links to this post.
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Old Guy Racer: September 2011
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Monday, 5 September 2011. Stage Racing for the Elderly. I've been tossing around a few things lately and one of them was to throttle back a bit for 2012. I've had the hammer down for 3 years and it's starting to take it's toll. With soccer out of the way we went home, played with lego and I loaded the team car for the quick drive to the race. During the team meeting I laid out the game plan. The goal was to do nothing...
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Old Guy Racer: Stage Racing for the Elderly
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Monday, 5 September 2011. Stage Racing for the Elderly. I've been tossing around a few things lately and one of them was to throttle back a bit for 2012. I've had the hammer down for 3 years and it's starting to take it's toll. With soccer out of the way we went home, played with lego and I loaded the team car for the quick drive to the race. During the team meeting I laid out the game plan. The goal was to do nothing...
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Old Guy Racer: July 2011
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You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write bad cheques. Here's what you're looking for. Tuesday, 12 July 2011. Master Race, Pintung County 10 July 2011. This was the first time I got to do a Masters race in ages. Very civilized, I must say. It was a weird course because it seemed like there was only about 2km of tailwind and the rest was crosswinds of some sort or swirling headwinds. We drop off the bridge and the road squeezes in. Bo Zhuo gets pushed off my wheel and I hear him say, 'Wait". We go up to him ...
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