Ted, You personify just what makes The List such a special place for me. Thanks for another fantastic read! Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York
>From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
>To: "Tam Pham" <terminaut@gmail.com>,"CR RENDEZVOUS"
><Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR]Ted Erst, 12-Hour racer?!
>Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 20:55:42 -0700
>
>Thanks, Tam.
>That was a wild race!!
>The course was only about 3/4 Mi. around.
>It was underneath the expressway in a parking lot around the pylons holding
>up the roadway and was located next to the river.
>If you went too fast and were not watching you could fly over the 12x12"
>beams and wind up in the river.
>The course being so shortt made it most difficult to get real speed and
>keptthe mileage down.
>If you look at hour 6-7 you'll see our lap count go way down, as we rode in
>the RAIN! for that time frame. It made for some very tricky and cautious
>riding.
>Try doing intervals for twelve hours and see how you like it.
>Oliver took a lap out of me, then I grabbed it back and later took one out
>of him.
>Towards the end he tried to jump away, so I dogged him and that was that,
>as he wasn't getting away from me nohow.
>Everet Cassagneres was rolling along and as we were getting closer to the
>200 mark he kept telling us he was tired and wouldn't sprint and would just
>sit in.
>Tat as cool, so we were going to ride steady and keep our pace up.
>Everett jumped like a pack of wolves was after him, got the 200 distance
>and knew we were going to kick his ass after the broken word, so he dropped
>back and we kept on going to duel it out. When you're in a lead group and
>working like hell to distance the group and go man to man, deceiving your
>pace group during the race and ruining the line is really a no-no.
>We would have attacked him and blown him off and he knew it.
>That's racing. It was a good ride and I didn't hold any bad feelings, as
>he disciplined himself.
>Just a little background to flesh it out.
>Ted Ernst
>Palos Verdes Estates
>CA USA
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tam Pham" <terminaut@gmail.com>
>To: "CR RENDEZVOUS" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 11:52 AM
>Subject: [CR]Ted Erst, 12-Hour racer?!
>
>
>>Photos and caption from the 1953 Cycling Almanac:
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>>http://chainedrevolution.com/CS/forums/195/ShowThread.aspx#195
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>>Tam Pham
>>Huntington Beach, CA - USA
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