What is 1:34?
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 1:46 PM EDT
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PrintOne minute, thirty four seconds. Not even enough time to sufficiently microwave a burrito. Here are some other time markers, to put Cadel Evans' deficit to yellow into perspective. Feel free to add your own.
- Time it took the Minutemen to get ready for battle: 2:25
- Time required for my espresso machine to warm up: 3.17
- Time required for Filippo Pozzato to position his time trial helmet: 4.51
- Total elapsed hair and helmet preparation time, Filippo Pozzato: 17.32
- Time required to make minute rice: 1.00 (so they say)
- Elapsed time spent planning this post: 0.45
- Average elapsed time for DS Little Bear to put on his shoes, from first request to completion: 22.02
- Cumulative time spent by Stefan Schumacher in deep, meaningful contemplation, 2008 Tour de France: 1.28
- Time spent discussing who will win this time trial: incalculable
- Total elapsed time, 2008 Tour de France, Carlos Sastre: 82.54.36
- Gaps between top four as a percent of total time: approx. three hundredths of one percent.
More nonsense, on the flip:
Cadel's video valentine to the yellow jersey:
Hoodoo Gurus!
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Total elapsed time of my first attempted...
How long does it take to say “are you kidding?”
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Very, very gutsy
Way to put yourself out there. Very Chavenal-esque.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
He didn't include a time scale...
... for all we know that could have a very Tantric 0.39 weeks.
Ricco stole my marbles.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
I had such a good reply for this
but then I thought about it and figured “no, maybe not just yet. Let’s see how the Tour of California trip turns out first.”
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
So the time Schumi spent in contemplation,
Is that the time he spent on the ground after crashing and losing yellow. Also, is that minute to cook the minute rice at sea level or altitude? I need clarification.
If I just had one more gear, I...
Total time it take Chris to get ready for a training ride
after he’s had an hour to get ready – 14 minutes.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
hang on
I just have to stretch my uvula.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
You've been doing that your entire life
I think it’s pretty flexible by now.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Time it takes
my heart to beat 50 times while resting- 1 minute
Time it takes my heart to beat 50 times while waiting for Chris to get ready for a ride- 20 seconds
by Peter Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That is not an exageration
The only thing funnier than watching Chris get ready to go riding is watching the veins bulge in Pete’s neck.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Holy jesus did I just mis-read that...
... add a “v”... move the ‘l” around…
Ricco stole my marbles.
Cadel's video valentine
says it’s no longer available.
Dang
better try another…
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Or
Just go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lCuSsGm8No
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Total time it took Cunego
to figure out that this tour was a bad idea = 18 days
Total time for him to adandon after yesterday’s stage = bout 1 rough night’s sleep.
Total time for me to figure out that there are absolutely no other VD Sentry points that I can collect. = 1 min. 34 sec
BTW, what the hell is American Beef?
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?
Time it took Lampre
to scrape Cunego off that jersey barrier: 28.05
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
What the hell...
... I was just looking at that yesterday and thought about posting it under the whole Katyusha thread. Jinx!!!!
Ricco stole my marbles.
time it took
to look away in horror: 0.38
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I want
the bass Balaliaka thingie that they dude is playing at :25 in. Way to cool to show up and gig one of those. Wonder if it comes in a 5 string with a low B….
by Christopher See on Jul 25, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Time to ...
Accelerate a Bugatti Veyron from 0-60mph: 2.3 seconds.
Accelerate my former 1973 Volkswagen Beetle from 0-60mph: 2.3 days
Empty a full tank of gas in a Bugatti Veyron under full throttle: 00:12:46
Me to create the L’Alpe d’Huez Video: 1:50:00
Create my list of “If I were Emperor of the World” things: 00:25:00
Time from bat to fan in the 37th row for Ted Williams Homer 1946: 00:00:05.8
Ricco stole my marbles.
Mmmmmmmmmm, Bugaaaaaaaaaaatti
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Top Gear... the most BitTorrented show in the world...
... says the guy with all the first 10 seasons on his hard drive + all the specials.
Ricco stole my marbles.
Time it will take Cadel to wake up from his dream...
And see that he lost because it was up to him and not the fans and the press to take away Sastre’s advantage=1:34
BTW Sastre did beat Evans in a TT in 2005.
what type?
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jul 25, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Individual time trial
the opening of the 2005 TdF, won by David Zabriskie
Sastre 1:34 behind
Evans 1:39 behind
Here is the report:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/?id=results/tour051
Time it took doc to tell me to get to the ER - < 2 minutes. :-)
It’s been a really sweet (all things considered) 3 weeks of leTour!!!
Next year is going to be a rough one.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Last year got pretty ugly...
It was then that I think I read like 6 or 7 books on cycling (at pretty much the same time) as I was just at a loss. And two of those were ones I had already read. Luckily for me, I’ve got Elk Grove to watch the weekend after and Downer’s quickly approaching which should be a treat as “a friend” might be there racing. :-) Then it’s hopefully fun times at TOM. After that it’s fun plan making times for TOC. So… I’m hoping this year isn’t quite as bad. Plus I now have 3 weeks of work to occupy my time and that is going to be VERY brutal all on it’s own.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Saw 'em in '87
Good thread with music and cycling… Hoodoo Gurus and The Ramones… ahhh good memories!
"Race radios in Cat 4?"
Cadel's superiority an urban myth
Here are the numbers to dispel the myth:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2008/07/25/ciclismo/1217008413.html
Use Babel or ask one of your kids to translate if do not read Spanish.
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