Side-view diagram of climbing rider on bicycle?

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:19:50 -0700, "Tom Nakashima"
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Lance is helpful.

By any chance was this picture taken at Lance's first SF Grand Prix 2001?
-tom

Dear Tom,

Sorry, I ended up just giving the picture links, not the
articles in which they're embedded.

The Lance picture is captioned "Lance Armstrong climbs
Fillmore in 2001" he

http://www.littlechainring.com
http://www.littlechainring.com/12%20...climb%20bw.jpg


I'm in the picture, that's me standing behind the gal right in front of
Lance's helmet. I got there around 7:00am to claim my spot on Fillmore St.
2001. There was already a huge crowd there and once you got your space, it
was nearly impossible to leave. Some rode their bikes to view the race, as
they had to hand carry above their heads and over the crowd just to move.
Hincapie was awesome! I rode my motorcycle there because of the traffic,
parked a 1/4 block away from Fillmore, but when I tried to leave early, I
was boxed in by Willie "milk it for all it's worth" Brown's entourage. Good
thing Slick Willy didn't stay long and I was able to get out of the city.
-tom

Dear Dr. Wilson Wilson, Jr.,

Let's see, there's the young woman in front of Lance's
helmet. She looks quite fetching, apart from what looks like
someone else's finger up her nose . . . yes, it must be
someone else's finger, since her hands are on the railing.

http://www.littlechainring.com/12%20...climb%20bw.jpg

Ah, there you are!

Well, at least your left eye is there. It looks as if you
could see Lance's head going by for about a second after
you'd waited since 7 a.m. while packed like sardines, sort
of like our studio audience.

If you run into her again, you could break the ice by asking
which picture would be worse on driver's license.

Hope to see you over the fence soon--

Well, you know what I mean.

Tim Taylor

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:19:50 -0700, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:


wrote in message
. ..
wrote in message
Lance is helpful.

By any chance was this picture taken at Lance's first SF Grand Prix
2001?
-tom

Dear Tom,

Sorry, I ended up just giving the picture links, not the
articles in which they're embedded.

The Lance picture is captioned "Lance Armstrong climbs
Fillmore in 2001" he

http://www.littlechainring.com
http://www.littlechainring.com/12%20...climb%20bw.jpg


I'm in the picture, that's me standing behind the gal right in front of
Lance's helmet. I got there around 7:00am to claim my spot on Fillmore St.
2001. There was already a huge crowd there and once you got your space,
it
was nearly impossible to leave. Some rode their bikes to view the race,
as
they had to hand carry above their heads and over the crowd just to move.
Hincapie was awesome! I rode my motorcycle there because of the traffic,
parked a 1/4 block away from Fillmore, but when I tried to leave early,
I
was boxed in by Willie "milk it for all it's worth" Brown's entourage.
Good
thing Slick Willy didn't stay long and I was able to get out of the city.
-tom

Dear Dr. Wilson Wilson, Jr.,

Let's see, there's the young woman in front of Lance's
helmet. She looks quite fetching, apart from what looks like
someone else's finger up her nose . . . yes, it must be
someone else's finger, since her hands are on the railing.

http://www.littlechainring.com/12%20...climb%20bw.jpg

Ah, there you are!

Well, at least your left eye is there. It looks as if you
could see Lance's head going by for about a second after
you'd waited since 7 a.m. while packed like sardines, sort
of like our studio audience.

If you run into her again, you could break the ice by asking
which picture would be worse on driver's license.

Hope to see you over the fence soon--

Well, you know what I mean.

Tim Taylor

Although everyone came to see Lance, the highlight of the day was the pre
warm up of cyclist climbing Fillmore St.. Bicycle riders of all ages proved
their manhood/womanhood by gearing up the 23% grade. Somehow an elder
Chinese woman got caught in the action on her old beat-up 3-speed with a
basket on the front full of groceries, out climbing many of the hardcore
Armstrong pretenders. She must have lived near Fillmore St. on her daily
route home from shopping. The crowd roared as she effortlessly pedaled that
hunk of steel up the steep climb...and to see that look on her face as if to
say; "What's all the fuss about?" Good thing for Hincapie taking the load
off of Lance, who wasn't feel well, as he was sucking wind pretty bad.
That was my first and last SFGP as I had enough of the crowd for the rest of
my life.
-tom