First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Not too stellar, but not totally bad either, just bla. If I feel a little better I may go to bethel just to get a ride in. Comments :    First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   missed u today, how you feeling ? Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Nah, Im just trying to get as strong as possible without adding much size. Comments :    First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   sounds like you might be getting the bodybuilding bug. Comments :    First Name :   Ernest Tautkus Thoughts :   is the terminator Mike N. ? LOL Comments :   Im enjoying the web-site Tim, very funny. The Chad story was a little F@*Ked up, but interesting to see how Lance has touched his life, jk First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   So who knows maybe Larson is just some super freak. Then again with those number you do have to pause and think a little. Comments :   Anyways I think you inferred that I was inferring doping because I lumped a blog about high watts with the bad reputation of Rock Racing. Honestly I was kind of rambling about a few separate topics. First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Oh Im not saying Larson was doping. I have no idea if he is or is not. Maybe my blog was a little unclear. Im just saying I cant do it. Also the number of guys over 400 watts now is interesting. Comments :   Before EPO, the world hour record was at around 425 watts, then when EPO hit people were going up to 500 watts and stuff. Now 425+ is common in the pros, whereas prior to EPO only one or two could do it. First Name :   Chuck Thoughts :   I hear you Tim and Im not a Lance zealot but he was hanging right in there and I just cant seem him doing PEDs at this point. Comments :   Who would take the chance at this point? I think the CERA example supports my thesis. If the drug cos are in on the anti doping effort, thats further deterent. Maybe some guys really can hold 480 watts for 30 minutes. I equate it to benchpressing, some ve First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Oh yeah Chuck Im not trying to be mean its just that there have been way too many drug scandals in this sport for me to somehow think that all of the sudden it got clean. Comments :   Thats not the way life works. There will always be people cheating the system unfortunately, whether it be in sports, business, on their wives, etc. First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   1st off, Chuck I wasnt complaining. I was stating I cant do that wattage. 2nd, if you think most of the elite pros are clean you are living in a fantasy world. Comments :   Seriously wake up and smell the coffee. The team doctors are usually way ahead of the testers. Last year, with CERA, the testers actually got ahead, once, and even then pros said more were taking it. First Name :   Chuck Thoughts :   watts Comments :   Im so sick of listening to you (very solid) amateurs and pros complain about the watts the elite pros put out. Perhaps theyre just that much better. How incredibly stupid would they be to take even a designer undetectable drug in this environment? Its no First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Thanks Noah, thats good advice I think. The longer ones work well with the Peterson saddle height. Ill either go with those or the 180s for the start of the season. Comments :    First Name :   Noah Thoughts :   go with 177.5s Comments :    First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   good one Tim Comments :   still laughing First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Oh yeah, just for clarification, Im not in grad school now. Back to school (at the end of my florida diary) means back to work as I work in the school systems. Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   I work every day in the off season, except for vacation (the school vacation). People go to grad school that work by the way. Comments :   Besides if I beat Aiden year round he would be too depressed and we cant have that. First Name :   rick Thoughts :   What? Applying to grad school again? I thought you got a real job..... So, when are you going to stop making excuses and beat Aiden early in the season? Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Oh yeah shimano makes 165s. Also I think FSA and maybe SRAm on certain models. Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   I was referring to Rondo Rage by the way. Ron L. is an emerging star on the New England circuit so I wont rip on him ... yet. Anyways yeah in the pictures, Comments :   your knee comes up higher on the 170s than mine on the 180s so yeah, shorter cranks and you might crank and stuff. The stuff about Aiden got cut off though. First Name :   Trent Thoughts :   Tim, thanks for the update. Now, which Ron are you referring to? Larose or Fantano? Also, you mentioned you think my cranks are too long - get it crank and long. Seriously, I tend to agree. Do they even make 165s? Finally, as far a seeing Aidans chi Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Ill get on that Trent. Comments :    First Name :   Trent Thoughts :   Wheres the updates? I would like to see some training updates and other stuff.... Comments :    First Name :   Mike Thoughts :   Happy Belated birthday Tim Comments :   HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! First Name :   Zach Thoughts :   Great Website Comments :   Youre website is neat! I agree that Lemond is a biking genius and I think you are an excellent biker too. First Name :   Herodotus Thoughts :   Heyy babe youre smokin!!! :* I love you Timothy! Youre the love of my life. Comments :   Thanks for being there in my times of need. First Name :   Sean Thoughts :   dude, Lemond does rule. and no, he didnt dope. Comments :   hahaha. schumacher- no suprise there, he came from a middle packer to leading in mtns, no? at least hes not pulling a virenque and crying daily.. First Name :   Sean Thoughts :   Happy 32nd Bday Timmy TLK! Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Mike, thats wierd I havent got any of your emails. Comments :    First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   I emailed you a couple times. Comments :   you havent responded, maybe Im a little slow. First Name :   mikeyC Thoughts :   you are so lucky, you should go to vegas. imagine if you knew what you were doing. Comments :   great writeups, keep them coming. First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Sorry Mike your post got cut off, this thing automatically cuts off after a certain amount for some reason. Comments :   I think if you want to do a longer post you basically have to do two posts or more. First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   sounds about right Comments :   most teams lack the total commitment that it takes. they watch a tour stage and think that they are gonna do this big leadout, having no clue what it takes to do that. unless somebody is paying you nobody wants to give up there race for someone else. ive First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   This way I dont have to deal with the local team politics and can just have fun with it. Comments :   The local teams (most anyways) seem a bit disorganized too so its fairly easy to ride off of them. Please dont me mad local teams its just an observation. First Name :   Frank Thoughts :   Youre a pretty good bike rider. How come youre not on a bigger team? Comments :    First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   didnt mean it in a bad way Comments :   just curious, missed the 2 moves that went away yesterday. had no answer, mind said go body said no. maybe its off to the masters(no disrespect to the masters) im not quite feeling it lately First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   i think i heard of kurt hackler Comments :   i think he retired, probally slow you down anyways First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   So for five laps wed need roughly five minutes in a fifty minute race, or 10 percent faster so I think its definetly possible. Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   When Barton and I did the race up in NH the day before Naugatuck, we were pulling at 32 mph the whole race with two other guys. Comments :   So figure three of us, we have to slow down a little through the field we average 30 to 31 mph, the field on a fast night would average 26.5 mph. First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   One day licenses - yes I think so. I shut off after lapping them twice, Im sure I could have atleast gotten three out of them but after two whats the point. Comments :   If we coordinated together at least four, maybe five. For five wed have to just go straight through, kind of like the pack was obstacles in a video game. First Name :   Kurt Thoughts :   Tim, If I brought MikeBarton to this tuesday night race how many times do you think the three of us could lap the field? Theyll still sell one-day licenses dont they? Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Mike M, email me and Ill tell you what to click on. Comments :    First Name :   mike m Thoughts :   i waited 2 days for a race report and all i got were videos? Comments :   i changed my mind, i dont like you. ha, i did like the mike tyson one. First Name :   mikeyC Thoughts :   i guess i dont exist. can i be a figment of my imagination? now where did i put my beer. Comments :    First Name :   Tim Thoughts :   Also as a final note many other racers come up to me and tell me how they love my blog at races. Comments :   Sure some people are going to take it the wrong way but you cant please everyone. First Name :   Nick Thoughts :   Dont get any bright ideas and make me share July 14 with this Dave guy. Comments :   Belinda Carlisle still sucks.