Comments on: Rocky Ridge – Vestavia Dr KOM analysis

By: kartoone

kartoone — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:37:37 +0000

Wow, thanks Louis!

By: Louis Pfau

Louis Pfau — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:32:07 +0000

Doug Robinson is the cyclist that introduced me to your biking accomplishments. He is my always faster stronger rider i have been trying to keep up with on evening rides around town. what he said about you…. and being man from Bham? It sounded a bit mythical, like a one legged brick layer who pedals with a stob, cleans old bricks all day, and lays them in the moonlight. I see however it is true. Since it is true, my perspective on the universe is changed for the better. The intensity of your storytelling matches your emotions and kinetic energy, sharing the fears for your kids and avoiding death tgrough total atrentiveness and conversing at point of effort when most cyclists could not dream of speaking or thinking.
You are most inspirational, every time someone said ” more power too you” you said ” thanks, don’t mind if I do”
I got to ride with you on one BBL ride in 2012 on a cold windy Saturday. I kept up but had to take the short route back because of a slow leak.
I’m 50, and trying and I hope I can ride with you on a recovery ride or another non KOM event. If I do or don’t its amazing to ponder what you do on a bike. I can’t imagine adding, carreer, family, eating, sleeping to your day.
More and more health and vigor, motivation and rewards to you.

By: kartoone

kartoone — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:06:34 +0000

Thanks Chris – yeah I definitely got lucky with the stop signs. There’s a few where if you had to wait on a car, it might only cost you a second which you could use for recovery and make up for later. But there are three stop signs that if you cannot run them, you will lose big chunks of time … the one at the bottom of morningstar, the one right before the steep curve up towards the country club, and the one you mentioned (Shades Crest). If you miss any of those, then you lose a lot of momentum.

By: Chris Freeman

Chris Freeman — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:19:36 +0000

Brian, that was fun watching you fly through the same roads I drive on nearly everyday and occasionally attempt to ride. You got pretty lucky on the 3 way stops in Tanglewood and the 4 way going across Shadescrest. I’m assuming if you’d had to stop at Shadescrest you wouldn’t have made the time.

Chris