Comments on: Dee-fense! Dee-fense!

By: Jeff in PetroMetro

Jeff in PetroMetro — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:59:49 +0000

Another year of Le Tour and I didn’t see one nano-second of it live. Followed the whole thing online through VN. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Now it’s time for me to go back to work between 8am and lunch.

Way to go, AC. However, the Tour’s not really over until all the testing is done, oui?

Good to know the chiles will be good this year. We’ll gather all the New Mexican ex-pats here in the PetroMetro to grill, peel, stuff, dip in batter and fry ’til crunchy on the outside, spicy on the inside. What doesn’t become a relleno goes into salsa, soup, enchiladas, on burgers, on eggs, and in my father-in-law’s oatmeal (he has it that way at least once a week). It burns soooooooo goooooood.

By: Larry T.

Larry T. — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:20:11 +0000

GJ? Does that mean Grand Junction, as in Colorado? Hot? Just like ‘Vegas (the armpit, or is in anus of the world?) it may be hot but it ain’t humid. Not that yours truly would do something as stupid as this but I think a lot of years the folks who “enjoy” RAGBRAI would endure (same as enjoy, right?) something like 90-90-90, ninety miles in 90 degrees with 90% humidity!

By: Charley Auer

Charley Auer — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:46:51 +0000

Damn, you are a tough dude. They all looked like they were ready to puke to me!
Move to Vegas and you can ride all 12 months (if you can dodge the people trying to run you over). It is easy to have a different kind of double century-100 miles in 100+ degrees.

By: khal spencer

khal spencer — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:10:32 +0000

I was wondering what would have happened had Andy and Roberto just said fuck everyone else and beat each other senseless. That would have been fun to watch. The constant chess game seemed to slow down what could have been a real one on one knife fight.

By: Patrick O'Grady

Patrick O'Grady — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:10:27 +0000

GJ,

Man. Nothing says hot like GJ in summertime. John, you wouldn’t believe it here. Big ol’ puddles of West Nile Starter Kit everywhere and the trails looking like something out of “Platoon.” A ‘cross bike is definitely the vehicle of choice in these parts. Either that or an M113 armored personnel carrier.

By: John

John — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:32:53 +0000

Over here in GJ it’s just been hot…like every other July. If you’re gonna ride you gotta go out early, otherwise you’re done for. Saying “I’m going to get up early and get in a dawn ride!” is easy, actually crawling out of bed before 6am on my day off, that’s the hard part.

Who am I kidding? It’s impossible.

By: Patrick O'Grady

Patrick O'Grady — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:51:49 +0000

Hey, Larry,

Oh, I did, I did … took a nice little ‘cross-bike ride into Palmer Park and back before things got too hot. The weird weather continues here in Bibleburg — the heat ramps up fast, so if you’re not out by 10 a.m. you risk heatstroke, and then the thunderheads start rolling in come afternoon, so if you’re not home early, you risk electrocution.

The upside is, damn, have we got a lawn this year or what?

By: Larry T.

Larry T. — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:38:23 +0000

Couldn’t have written it better! Now get out there and ride your own damn bike.