Diamonds and Rust
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 21, 2009 10:39 AM EST
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OK, it's early, but if the time trial is the race of truth, then here's some truth: taking a few years off can be hazardous to your sustainable wattage. At least Basso "banged his knee on his bars" and spared us his own show of rusty form. [Is banging your knee the DNS-equivalent of "a dog ate my homework"?] Seriously, one or two of these guys will probably threaten a major race before the year is over, and we Californians (honorary or otherwise) need to resist the urge to place importance on the Amgen Levi Leipheimer Celebrity Invitational. But for now, they may be back but they aren't better than ever.
We are off to chase the race today, though it's hard to predict whether we'll get to the start or KOM in the timeframe we'd like. Southern California is surprisingly hard to move around. I don't know why it's surprising, considering no less than 275 movies have this simple, unassailable fact as their central theme. I guess things just look a lot closer together than they really are. Anyway, I'm wearing my lucky Gerolsteiner socks, so am feeling good.
Some house updates: the offer is up to $15 to anyone who will drink a Bud Light/Clamato combo drink, available at the Buellton Albertson's for less money than you might think. Nobody is especially well hydrated at the moment. There is fabbo coffee here in town. Anybody [coughstevesmithcough] who rides to Solvang up the canyon from Santa Barbara is kind of insane: I got dizzy driving up, free of the need to duck anyone's right side mirror. And Crashdan is the West Coast Drew. All for now.
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What happens if West Coast Drew meets East Coast Drew?
I’m thinking universe-collapsing scenarios and altering of the time/space continuum.
Very possible
I’m hoping that they’d just cancel each other out and not affect the rest of us. Probably a vain hope.
MAybe
we would find the answer to the Bruce Gap.
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 22, 2009 1:07 AM EST up reply actions
Eh. Really hard to tell, given the time of year.
In LA’s last year racing, he took 9th in the first ITT he raced, 1’46" behind the winner (2005 Tour of Georgia). Not so far off his 14th at Solvang, 1’16" back.
Google is my domestique.
Didn't Carmicheal post somewhere that 15 or better was what he expected from Lance
(Bicycling.com I think) He was Basing it on current power data.
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Who is running the store?
shouldn’t we get some pre-race chatter going right about now?
We came to get down, so jump around!
11:56 PST
Racers are all lined up as they listen to the US national anthem, which is played just prior to the start. Today, riders will begin with a 3.5-mile neutral section.
We came to get down, so jump around!
by MarginWalker on Feb 21, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
So is this the live thread?
Welcome aboard all.
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Clamato - Will do it
I have no problem making and drinking a Bud Lite – Clamato cocktail in whatever ratio you want. Not much different than a lot of Bloody Mary’s I’ve had. With beer chaser…accidently mixed…
So do I film it or what? :-)
Who came up with Clamato juice in the first place?
Imagine drinking a nice glass of tomato juice and thinking, “Hmm. If only this were a little, I don’t know, clammier.”
Google is my domestique.
That one's pretty easy
If I felt the urge for a Bloody Mary but had no Tomato juice, only say a can of squid in tomato, I’d be tempted to try. And if that worked and the fishy tang was in any way pleasant then I suppose the next step would be to chuck the whole lot in the liquidiser (I suspect that a cocktail shaker isn’t that good for breaking down fish flesh).
Have you never seen the kitchen scene in Tontons Flingueurs, where they all want a drink, but the only thing left is the strange bottle at the back of the cupboard. Tiens! Vous avez sorti le vitriol.
Okay, you're speaking a different language here.
“Happened to have a can of squid in tomato” is not within the scope of my comprehension.
Google is my domestique.
Squid aren't native to these parts. They either come in cans with sauce,
or frozen and sliced into rings. You have to take what you can get. We all have our own brand of vitriol.
And by an odd but particularly revolting coincidence, more so as Shrove Tuesday approaches, I stumbled across this recipe for Clam Cakes. Aren’t you glad I shared it.
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