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Velominatus: G\'rilla

Order: Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 Attendee

Location: Seattle, USA

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@G'rilla's activity:

This photo is perhaps the greatest of all time; it shows The Prophet riding in the 1969 Ronde van Vlaanderen, kit and machine perfect. Rule #9 conditions in abundance. He’s gone off the front with some 80km left to race, which predictably sent his directeur into a rage. Ordered to return to the bunch, Merckx calmly suggested he go screw hi...

@G'rilla's posts:

  1. @Marcus And the hoop snakes. »

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...

@G'rilla's posts:

  1. See if you can guess which ones are Frank’s and which ones are the track sprinter’s. »

  2. Slideshow: Fullscreen: Download: Powered by DM Albums™ »

  3. We’ll stream an interview when we’re back at Scaler911′s house in a bit. »

  4. We have lots of better camera footage of the whole event and will put it together… »

  5. Still unofficial, but we’re loking at 37,317m. »

  6. Unofficial tally 139 1/4 laps. He’s already talking about doing it next year. »

  7. Somewhere around 120 laps. »

  8. 50 minutes passed! »

  9. 45 minutes. »

  10. 40 minutes, still keeping 25.5 second laps. »

  11. Taking a water handoff (in motion, of course). »

  12. Roughly 68 laps at 30 minutes. »

  13. Restarting feed…phone must have gone to sleep. »

  14. I’m tired just watching this. 15 minutes in and consistent 24-25s laps. »

  15. Consistent 24.5s splits! »

  16. Starting! Stream should be running now. »

  17. Switching to 47×14. 14! »

  18. He’s adjusting the gearing…needs a bigger gear. Beautiful day. Other track racers are trying to talk him out of it. »

  19. Correction…starting in 20 minutes at about 3:20pm. »

  20. Starting the stream. Hopefully the battery lasts! Other track racers here say he’s crazy, and his position looks pro, like Olympian Bobby Lee. »

  21. 24°C, clear. Slightest breeze. »

  22. Gear choice: 47×16. Live stream starting soon. »

  23. Just arrived at the velodrome with Frank and Scaler911. Starting in an hour! »

  24. @PeakInTwoYears Yes, there will be a recording. It might take a few days to put that together, given the post-event beverages and such. »