So I have been watching the Tour De Suisse at last a little bit every day since my original post about it. Despite it being seemingly boring and the fact that I know next to nothing about that type of Cycling I still find myself checking in on it. It's really interesting and seeing the crash the other day didn't hurt it's interest either. Although seeing those guys crash like that made me appreciate helmets even more because just about all of those guys hit their heads on the pavement and hard!
I watched the final time trial stage today and I wanted to just say congratulations to Lance Armstrong for finishing second overall and Frank Schleck for the overall tour victory.
I also can really appreciate how hard what they are doing is. The other night, after watching one of the stages of the Tour De Suisse, I went out on my bike and attempted to get it up to 25 MPH.
Now let me preface this by saying that I was on a 25 LB. Kentfield FS hybrid.
I hit 21 MPH on the approximately 1 mile stretch that I had available to me on my short ride. I held it for a little while before I came up to a stop light. Let me tell you that it's tough riding that fast for an extended period of time. Again, it's not like I'm riding a Madone like Lance, but it is still a tough thing to do.
Now, I'm still not sure that I'm going to become a big fan of competitive cycling or anything but I'm going to be watching more of the tour De France than I normally do. Hopefully Lance wins!
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