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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

8/9/18 5:46 AM

The race must go on

Henoch, you Brooklyn dudes are badass...

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Steve B.
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Posts: 769
Location: Long Island, NY

8/9/18 1:59 PM

That's the Tues. evening series at Floyd Bennett field. I recognize the tower building, I go past it on my bike commute.

Good concept for a race course, sort of. Wide open road (well, taxi-way and runways), just bumpy as all hell if memory serves. Kept you on your toes, heh, heh !

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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690

8/9/18 8:31 PM

@Dan, in all honesty none of us really set out to race in this biblical storm, the Sky's were blue when I left my house and there was maybe a 5% chance of rain in the forecast and no mention or warning of an epic storm, even when we started it was dry and the Sky's had turned grey but nothing major, then all hell broke lose, maybe 2-3 inches of rain in 10 minutes crazy lighting REALLY low and loud thunder, but you know how it is, once you get a number pinned on..... they did actually cut the race short, it was coming down so hard that you almost couldn't see anything.

@Steve Yeah that's Floyd Bennett, great place to race, wide open and always really windy since it's so open and right on the water, but the pavment sucks as they don't maintain it at all, so there are some pretty rough sections, but that just adds to the character of the race and makes it "Floyd".


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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

8/9/18 10:42 PM

"there are some pretty rough sections, but that just adds to the character of the race and makes it "Floyd"."

Paris Roubaix bike maybe? ;)

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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690

8/10/18 6:43 AM

Yeah sure, that would be good.

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

8/10/18 7:05 AM

Making it Floyd

Then I guess you recover with a few Jacks...

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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690

8/10/18 7:40 AM

I can neither confirm nor deny such activity :)

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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe

8/11/18 10:20 AM

Much Like the Concord (NH) Crit last weekend

[img]https://karenbachelder.zenfolio.com/p613157099/eb309eab9[/img]

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

8/11/18 11:06 AM

Hit link for the show: https://karenbachelder.zenfolio.com/p613157099/eb309eab9

I guess it is a slide show and you need to visit the link to peruse. Nice@ thanks for sharing..

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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690

8/11/18 1:28 PM

Nice pics

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: Maine

8/11/18 1:58 PM

Backwards

I raced the Concord Crit a couple times many years ago. Back then you made left turns.

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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe

8/11/18 2:22 PM

Easier then

Going right you have the switchback downhill always a load of fun in the rain with the road paint and sewer covers.....

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greglepore
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1724
Location: SE Pa, USA

8/11/18 4:50 PM

Training thunderstorms this afternoon. Maybe 3 in of rain in 30 min. Road was a river, driveway apron gone, 2 ft deep trenches in the gravel dw. Tomorrow will be a long tractor day.

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