Cycle Drivel

Hursty

Along_the_Wire Baby steps Grant, they are hardly going to go from several years hiatus to 21 stage GT

There is loads of inequality at top level pro sport, tennis for a start

Along_the_Wire

Hursty There is loads of inequality at top level pro sport, tennis for a start

Doesn’t make any of it right!!

Hursty

Along_the_Wire Do you think every sport should be the same number of sets, miles, games, time, weights for men and women regardless?

How do you think the pro womens tour would react to a full mens TdF?

Taking tennis again, the prize money is the same, the sets are 2 less, that seems to be a balance for most

Along_the_Wire

Hursty are women less capable than men outside of athletics, football, basketball, softball and almost every other sport where times, sets, halves etc are all exactly the same?

Women playing 3 sets instead of 5 is fair for the same money? No wonder no one watches the cunts.

seanc80

LT42 lol

Hursty

Along_the_Wire Lol, ok Grant, I think we understand your point of view on women in sport

Along_the_Wire

Hursty what’s my view? Women are more than capable of 21 stage races or playing 5 sets - I’m all for equality - you patronising women by suggesting that they can’t race for 21 stages or play 5 sets is by far the worst part of this conversation.

Hursty

Along_the_Wire Where did I say that? I asked a question about how the womens teams would receive that, ie would they be open to a race of GT length?

Along_the_Wire

Hursty They should and they would - they’ve got 9 months to prepare. It’s a fair point you make, they really should be there already. No excuse for tennis

Hursty

I would have thought someone with your cycling knowledge would understand the point trying to be made here.

Lots of positives around this 8 stage Tour for women next year, currently there isn’t the strength and depth in women’s pro teams to hold a 21 stage GT, so the racing would be somewhat mute to say the least, that is all I’m saying.

I will certainly be watching it next year and hopefully it will be the catalyst for bigger and better races in the future

benson

Mallorca 312 in 8 days. Have to say I’m a bit nervous!

Weather looking like it’ll be glorious though.

Thinking about the etape next year as well

Along_the_Wire

benson Fuck the Etape. 4,700m of climbing and finish on Alpe d’Huez? It’s almost the Marmotte route - that nearly killed me.

Good luck on the 312 - I’m never doing that

Hursty

benson My mate has done it a few times, he said it used to be a proper loop around the island, but they changed it to a more contrived route more recently. He preferred the new route as it was on better roads for most of the way, an absolutely epic event!

Dubman

Went out for a glorious afternoon ride up the downs a few days ago after my bike had the full strip down & rebuild. It felt like i was riding a brand new bike.

Mad_Cyril

Dubman It felt like i was riding a brand new bike.

Stop it Dubbers.

A lot of the married wans on here would kill for that feeling!

Dubman

Mad_Cyril
Lol.

Smallman1

A lol for MC!

benson

Did it 3 years ago. Finished with 10 mins to spare. 12:30 of actual cycling. It was amazing. Most of the hills are in the first 160km. Makes it slightly easier.

My mates just got covid so I’ll be going solo.

benson

Mallorca 312 was actually Mallorca 225 for me today. Wore new shorts (not Rapha) and my arse feels like it’s sone 10 rounds with Tyson’s forearm.

Fell in a heap at 125km having cycled from pollenca to Andratx. For those that do not know. That’s really fucking hilly.

Struggling to put out 130W on the climbs after that.

My cleat broke so I spent half the ride with my right foot falling out of the peddle.

Ducking shambles all in all.

Pretty much what I imagine every marathon Ed has run to be like.

Getting pissed for 10 days in the carribean wasn’t great prep.

Along_the_Wire

Fucking nightmare. I did kind of warn you.

New bib shorts is a shocker for something like that. Ouch.

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