Eric (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} drinkumbrella) wrote,@ 2009-04-06 11:43:00 |
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fast bikes
Freeman and I went down to watch the Santa Cruz Classic Criterium bike race yesterday. Saw the starts/ends up at the finish line, and pretty much everything else from the bottom of the hill where Front Street comes down from the top. He wanted to see the bikes going as fast as they could, and that was the spot.
The final men's race (pro and category 1/2 riders) had 105 riders in it. When that many bikes go by in a hurry, you can feel the wind as they pass by.
A woman rider from an earlier race happened by when the field was blasting past, and said to her friend "holy shit!" You wouldn't want to be in the way if anyone crashed down this stretch. (No crashes this year! Sometimes you get some blowouts on the hairpin turn right before the hill.)
Freeman and I went down to watch the Santa Cruz Classic Criterium bike race yesterday. Saw the starts/ends up at the finish line, and pretty much everything else from the bottom of the hill where Front Street comes down from the top. He wanted to see the bikes going as fast as they could, and that was the spot.
The final men's race (pro and category 1/2 riders) had 105 riders in it. When that many bikes go by in a hurry, you can feel the wind as they pass by.
A woman rider from an earlier race happened by when the field was blasting past, and said to her friend "holy shit!" You wouldn't want to be in the way if anyone crashed down this stretch. (No crashes this year! Sometimes you get some blowouts on the hairpin turn right before the hill.)
