Comments on: The Superweek Solution http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rice Daddy http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-25376 Rice Daddy Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:14:16 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-25376 Have an uncle who was Texas state road champion back in 197mmm. For performance enhancement -- for racing, training, going to the grocery store, making love, or just hanging out and listening to Shawn Phillips or Eartha Kit records -- he used to brew up a pot of coffee so freaking strong the spoon would stand up in it, fill his water bottles, drink the rest, then roll a couple of enormous fatties, grab a box of matches, wrap the lot in saran wrap, stuff 'em in the front pocket of his woolen jersey, and hit the hills west of Austin, or Fort Worth, or god-knows-where he happened to be, his Santa Clause beard parting and streaming over each shoulder and his handlebar-mounted double bottle cages holding his Colombian-filled bidons like Anquetil himself. He'd do 100-150 miles a day, fueled almost exclusively by caffeine and THC. Would ride you into the GROUND! Don't think for a moment that the Euroids have anything on Norte Americano wheelmen. Hey, make mine a vente with a quadruple shot, and stop bogarting... Have an uncle who was Texas state road champion back in 197mmm. For performance enhancement — for racing, training, going to the grocery store, making love, or just hanging out and listening to Shawn Phillips or Eartha Kit records — he used to brew up a pot of coffee so freaking strong the spoon would stand up in it, fill his water bottles, drink the rest, then roll a couple of enormous fatties, grab a box of matches, wrap the lot in saran wrap, stuff ‘em in the front pocket of his woolen jersey, and hit the hills west of Austin, or Fort Worth, or god-knows-where he happened to be, his Santa Clause beard parting and streaming over each shoulder and his handlebar-mounted double bottle cages holding his Colombian-filled bidons like Anquetil himself. He’d do 100-150 miles a day, fueled almost exclusively by caffeine and THC. Would ride you into the GROUND! Don’t think for a moment that the Euroids have anything on Norte Americano wheelmen.

Hey, make mine a vente with a quadruple shot, and stop bogarting…

]]> By: jason http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-24205 jason Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:48:14 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-24205 Peter, You missed Charlotte. Peter,
You missed Charlotte.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23720 Sebastian Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:47:51 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23720 Spain and Italy: in this case some Euros may be more Euro than others. Spain and Italy: in this case some Euros may be more Euro than others.

]]> By: Dana http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23700 Dana Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:20:45 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23700 I think this is great, I think the Queen stage should be held on the old Fon Du Lac crit course. By my estimate 200K would be about 300 laps? I dont remember a lot about my Superweek years (THC), but I remember lapping the field and still finishing out of the money. This would be bike racing Purgatory for all ProTour Euro's. And on the other subject of US Dopers I have this to say. I think we all know there are US D3 dopers, but none of them are driving around in Ferrari's and dropping $250,000 Euro backpacks off at the Gyno! The multi million euro conspiracy thats run by the teams, riders, doctors, sponsors, governing bodies and race promoters makes Peter's use of Superweek that much more poignant and funny. PULITZER! I think this is great, I think the Queen stage should be held on the old Fon Du Lac crit course. By my estimate 200K would be about 300 laps? I dont remember a lot about my Superweek years (THC), but I remember lapping the field and still finishing out of the money. This would be bike racing Purgatory for all ProTour Euro’s.

And on the other subject of US Dopers I have this to say. I think we all know there are US D3 dopers, but none of them are driving around in Ferrari’s and dropping $250,000 Euro backpacks off at the Gyno! The multi million euro conspiracy thats run by the teams, riders, doctors, sponsors, governing bodies and race promoters makes Peter’s use of Superweek that much more poignant and funny. PULITZER!

]]> By: Peter http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23698 Peter Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:59:32 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23698 My intent in penning this exercise in existential absurdity wasn't really to hold up the American peloton as a paradigm of non-doping virtue. Admittedly, I've been away from elite level competition in the US for some years...so the rumor mill of who's doping and what kind of products are in circulation are things which I'm no longer privy to. I've seen stuff first hand many years ago, but I'm hardly able to venture about the current level of proliferation. Although after reading this post (http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.com/2007/07/doping-here-and-now.html), it's likely scarier than I possibly ever envisioned. At the root of this whole post was Rasmussen's reaction to having all his bovine hemoglobin flushed down the toilet..."Do you know how much that shit cost?!?!?!" (http://pages.citebite.com/m2m0j2q0k3nbm). I think it would be comical to gauge the reactions of the Euro peloton's juicers to finding out that all the money they spent, all the subterfuge at hand to evade detection, it's all for chasing $100 primes in Whitefish Bay instead of world-wide glory within the Grand Boucle. My intent in penning this exercise in existential absurdity wasn’t really to hold up the American peloton as a paradigm of non-doping virtue. Admittedly, I’ve been away from elite level competition in the US for some years…so the rumor mill of who’s doping and what kind of products are in circulation are things which I’m no longer privy to. I’ve seen stuff first hand many years ago, but I’m hardly able to venture about the current level of proliferation. Although after reading this post (http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.com/2007/07/doping-here-and-now.html), it’s likely scarier than I possibly ever envisioned.

At the root of this whole post was Rasmussen’s reaction to having all his bovine hemoglobin flushed down the toilet…”Do you know how much that shit cost?!?!?!” (http://pages.citebite.com/m2m0j2q0k3nbm). I think it would be comical to gauge the reactions of the Euro peloton’s juicers to finding out that all the money they spent, all the subterfuge at hand to evade detection, it’s all for chasing $100 primes in Whitefish Bay instead of world-wide glory within the Grand Boucle.

]]> By: the mostly reverend http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23683 the mostly reverend Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:08:05 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23683 are you suggesting that american d3/cat 1 racers are drug-free? are you smoking crack? are you suggesting that american d3/cat 1 racers are drug-free?
are you smoking crack?

]]> By: Tommy http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23679 Tommy Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:21:24 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23679 Don't waste your time with the two fat ass losers running superweek. They are slowly killing cyclings greatest series. Don’t waste your time with the two fat ass losers running superweek. They are slowly killing cyclings greatest series.

]]> By: unstoppable http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23630 unstoppable Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:41:36 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23630 Agreed mollycameron, its rather naive to assume that the "Euro-pros" have a monopoly on doping. I'm not saying it isn't true, but I don't think we can assume US good Euro bad. Does the UK count as Euro? Agreed mollycameron, its rather naive to assume that the “Euro-pros” have a monopoly on doping. I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I don’t think we can assume US good Euro bad. Does the UK count as Euro?

]]> By: mollycameron http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23527 mollycameron Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:45:19 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23527 The plan would work, until all the doped up domestic racers started getting tested at the Tour. We might end up with more doping scandals than we had in the first place! The plan would work, until all the doped up domestic racers started getting tested at the Tour. We might end up with more doping scandals than we had in the first place!

]]> By: jason http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23521 jason Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:33:30 +0000 http://www.bobkestrut.com/2007/07/31/the-superweek-solution/#comment-23521 dude. you are a frikkin wordsmithie. let's me and you head to the land of Laverne and Shirlie next July. dude. you are a frikkin wordsmithie.

let’s me and you head to the land of Laverne and Shirlie next July.

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