Saw Levi Leipheimer yesterday

Robert Chung wrote:
Dan wrote:
He raced in the Copperopolis Road Race on 4-15-2006

Were you racing? Did he tell you to "get dropped"?

I considered racing, brought the bike and togs but managed to wuss out.
When I come up with a good excuse for this (forgot to shave my legs?),
I will post it. Maybe I would have raced if there was a masters cat
Fred to sign up for. I worked the feed zone and took the photos.

I don't follow this group and I suspect your question may be related to
a poor relationship between amatuers and the pros. Do the pros or Levi
in particular, tell mere mortals to "get dropped?" He appeared to be
friendly with the riders when with them.

I didn't see him socializing but he did thank the lady who gave him a
water bottle. My kid had hoped to say hi to him but couldn't find him
after the race.

Dan wrote:
Robert Chung wrote:

Were you racing? Did he tell you to "get dropped"?

I don't follow this group and I suspect your question may be related to
a poor relationship between amatuers and the pros. Do the pros or Levi
in particular, tell mere mortals to "get dropped?" He appeared to be
friendly with the riders when with them.

Read this world-famous-for-RBR story:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/browse_frm/thread/f276d7df0ad617a1/4c083252c3a71c9e#4c083252c3a71c9e

That's where it comes from. It's not a pro/amateur insult.

wrote:
Dan wrote:
Robert Chung wrote:

Were you racing? Did he tell you to "get dropped"?

I don't follow this group and I suspect your question may be related to
a poor relationship between amatuers and the pros. Do the pros or Levi
in particular, tell mere mortals to "get dropped?" He appeared to be
friendly with the riders when with them.

Read this world-famous-for-RBR story:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/browse_frm/thread/f276d7df0ad617a1/4c083252c3a71c9e#4c083252c3a71c9e

That's where it comes from. It's not a pro/amateur insult.

Thanks, where I come from we say "sh** or get off the pot."

It was pretty cool to see how the big leagues compare to the bush
leagues.
He did a 22 mile lap in about 57 min riding pretty much alone on rough
roads.

wrote:
Dan wrote:
Robert Chung wrote:

Were you racing? Did he tell you to "get dropped"?

I don't follow this group and I suspect your question may be related to
a poor relationship between amatuers and the pros. Do the pros or Levi
in particular, tell mere mortals to "get dropped?" He appeared to be
friendly with the riders when with them.

Read this world-famous-for-RBR story:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/browse_frm/thread/f276d7df0ad617a1/4c083252c3a71c9e#4c083252c3a71c9e

That's where it comes from. It's not a pro/amateur insult.


Benjo,

Thanks to you and Chung for the stroll down memory lane.... I don't
see the bike near as much as I would like. I am completely exhausted
with University and work committments these days. I did have a
conversation a few months ago with an old friend after one of my "long"
rides of 2hrs when we met for lunch after the ride. it went sorta like
this...
him: why were you so quiet on the bike today?
me: I was just thinking about some things.
him: like what?
me: just racing and stuff.
him: oh, are you gonna race this year?
me: no, well maybe
him: oh, you were thinking about when you raced?
me: yep, I came to a realization today.
him: yeah?
me: I realized that I will never again be able to do what I used to on
the bike.

at this point I quietly finished my beer and pedaled home....

thanks for the memories guys,
jason

Dan wrote:
Thanks, where I come from we say "sh** or get off the pot."

In rbr it's **** OR GET OFF THE POT!!!1!11!!! but only if you're fat.

He did a 22 mile lap in about 57 min riding pretty much alone on rough
roads.

So he WAS just training!

--
E. Dronkert

Dan wrote:
Thanks, where I come from we say "sh** or get off the pot."

Oddly enough that has also already been covered in rbr.

Jason Waddell wrote:

me: yep, I came to a realization today.
him: yeah?
me: I realized that I will never again be able to do what I used to on
the bike.

I had a vaguely similar moment a few years ago when I realized that it was
unlikely I would ever again be able to do what I used to do with Kristin
and Karen, the twin gymnasts.

"Dan" writes:
I considered racing, brought the bike and togs but managed to wuss out.
When I come up with a good excuse for this (forgot to shave my legs?),
I will post it. Maybe I would have raced if there was a masters cat
Fred to sign up for. I worked the feed zone and took the photos.

I am a master cat fred and I raced and I got dropped, but it was still
epic.

I didn't see him socializing but he did thank the lady who gave him a
water bottle. My kid had hoped to say hi to him but couldn't find him
after the race.

I saw him after the race, chatting with Ben Jacques-Mayne. I walked up to
him, interrupted, grabbed his hand and shook it and said "Glad you're
here." Yeah, I'm a knob. But it was cool to see him racing there. Last year
Zabriskie raced it, took 2nd to a local guy.

Coppperopolis is an epic race. It doesn't suit me but I still love it.

Morgan
--
Morgan Fletcher, Oakland, CA, USA

Robert Chung wrote:

Jason Waddell wrote:

me: yep, I came to a realization today.
him: yeah?
me: I realized that I will never again be able to do what I used to
on the bike.

I had a vaguely similar moment a few years ago when I realized that it
was unlikely I would ever again be able to do what I used to do with
Kristin and Karen, the twin gymnasts.




And now, due to the benefits of the new rbr virtual nailing life's
worth scoring system, you don't have to!

--
Bill Asher

Jason Waddell wrote:

him: oh, you were thinking about when you raced?
me: yep, I came to a realization today.
him: yeah?
me: I realized that I will never again be able to do what I used to on
the bike.

at this point I quietly finished my beer and pedaled home....

waddell, you wrote a good post my reply is retarded, but i'm female
and irrational, so everyone can just pretend to read it and then pat me
on the head and tell me i look pretty when i'm talking nonsense..

anyway, i remember once a year or two ago i was out running and
listening to the radio and there was a line from a goofy pop song that
said, "by the time i recognize this moment, this moment will be gone..."
and it made me think of the last race i had done where i was as good as
i was ever going to be.

i had no idea on that last race day that i wouldn't race ever again or
that i was only a year away from middle aged fat ass. i thought i had
hundreds of more moments like that coming my way, but it turned out to
be the last one of its kind for me. no big deal in the grand scheme of
things but still, i liked your post.

heather