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Velominatus: Rob

Order: Level 1 Velominatus

Location: N.Y. usa

Old dog rider with some amateur race experience back in the day. Still going fast but seeing the writing on the wall... Day job is self employed metal smith. Occasional mushroom hunter, collector of antique spoons

@Rob's activity:

Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you’ll first see my little test video of my puppy eating grass. Please disregard me yelling at it. That never happened.I have always considered myself to have a good imagination, something I attribute half to my...

@Rob's posts:

  1. Congrats to @ten B on an astute pick! ten B 37.3 Rob 37.4 Now who do I petition for 1) a remeasure of the track or 2) an investigation into Franks piss poor track skills, where we all know that the actual distance covered was at least 1/10th of a km mo… »

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@Rob's posts:

  1. @PT thanks and I hope all your questions get better answers from now on. »

Update: You can watch the live stream (assuming it works from the velodrome) on the Velominati channel at USTREAM. When you log in, you’ll first see my little test video of my puppy eating grass. Please disregard me yelling at it. That never happened.I have always considered myself to have a good imagination, something I attribute half to my...

@Rob's posts:

  1. @Russ I will second that, thank you both and I’m sorry I got bitchy in the heat of the thing. »

  2. @brett Yes before he’s too drunk. »

  3. Great effort Frank! That was fun to watch, was on the edge of my couch the whole time! »

  4. whew Im exahasted… »

  5. He has been steady the whole hour! »

  6. 3 mins… »

  7. 5 mins! »

  8. Oh he’s suffferin now, deep, deep, deep in the pain cave! »

  9. We dont care about the midgets – yell at him!! »

  10. Are we talking to the wind or is track side picking up all this sage advise?? »

  11. @itburns +++1 »

  12. WATER!!! oh for fucks sake stop coddling him WATER it just an hour he doesnt need water he needs akick in the butt!!! »

  13. G’rilla yell at the boy, come on, get it going! »

  14. lost the feed… »

  15. brett wish i was there id be giving him such shit!!! None of this “nice Frank, good job keep it up” BS »

  16. He’s feeling it now! just asked how much time had gone by… 14 minutes »

  17. @Gianni ++1 »

  18. 25′s consistant »

  19. Eddy Merckx and the Hour Record. … Indeed, after a few test laps he decided to gearup from his 52X15 to 52X14. (Only Jacques Anquetil had used a higher … »

  20. Praise The Prophet, now he has a shot… »

  21. Other trackies are little girls? »

  22. Went to the link and saw the “pre game show” of Frank getting into the kit. Very cool we get to watch! Ride well Frank and thanks G’rilla and Scaler. »

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@Rob's posts:

  1. @ChrisO +1 Funny thing is you described the East end Sunday morning ride on L.I. to a T.  I think you hit the nail on the head, it’s about pushing yourself not about nailing someone’s ass – unless your in an open race. »