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Old 09-18-2018, 10:44 AM
ptourkin ptourkin is offline
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Originally Posted by fiamme red View Post
Jobst in the early days of bicycle newsgroups (when it was just rec.bicycles) used to argue that land speed records were all about the skill of staying upright and at a constant distance from the fairing, not at all about the generation of power.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec....E/myLjisXsDxwJ
Not arguing with Jobst on that but having ridden on the track with Denise and John and seen her winning pro 1-2 crits despite being twice as old as some of the field, I can attest that she generates a **** load of power, too.
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