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Date: 12 Jan 2007 07:13:24
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: A day in the life of a track mechanic??
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2007/features/ken_ilegems_track
Sumy of the article:
-arrive at track at 2pm, inflate tires to 150 psi. Drink first beer of
the day.
-check bike carefully for cracked components. Drink second beer.
-dinner break until 8pm. Drink third, fourth, fifht, sigxth, eigth beerz.
-racing starts. hand racer correct bikes. Only drink two more beers.
-2am: racing ends. Finish off the eleventh and twelfth beers.
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Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
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Date: 12 Jan 2007 10:11:09
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: A day in the life of a track mechanic??
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2007/features/ken_ilegems_track
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> Sumy of the article:
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> -arrive at track at 2pm, inflate tires to 150 psi. Drink first beer of
> the day.
> -check bike carefully for cracked components. Drink second beer.
> -dinner break until 8pm. Drink third, fourth, fifht, sigxth, eigth beerz.
> -racing starts. hand racer correct bikes. Only drink two more beers.
> -2am: racing ends. Finish off the eleventh and twelfth beers.
These cracks they check for might be caused by alcohol fatigue.
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Date: 12 Jan 2007 18:00:25
From: William Asher
Subject: Re: A day in the life of a track mechanic??
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Donald Munro wrote:
<snip >
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> alcohol fatigue.
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Oxymoron.
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Bill Asher
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Date: 12 Jan 2007 10:19:32
From: Fred Fredburger
Subject: Re: A day in the life of a track mechanic??
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William Asher wrote:
> Donald Munro wrote:
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> <snip>
>> alcohol fatigue.
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> Oxymoron.
>
I've been working hard to become the RBR oxymoron. The competition is
stiff as one of those 2007 Cannondale frames I was reading about. Er,
that someone read to me about.
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