March 2011
56 posts
February 2011
92 posts
“You have to be able to move sur la plaque [use the larger chainring] as soon as you’re at the top. I generally change gear 300m from the top. On a gentle climb, I sprint with my hands on the bottom of the bars, or I accelerate with my hands on the brake levers. I climb cols by feel and I don’t look at my heart meter. That said, I do have a look at my rivals’ heart meters sometimes, to see what state they’re in. Often I look at my computer to see how many more kilometres there are to the summit. When you’re not going well, you avoid looking upwards. In a climb, I look straight ahead 10 metres in front of me to judge my rivals, analyse the gears they’re using, see if they’re rolling in the saddle, if they’re breathing easily or not. You have to sense all that. Some riders don’t show signs of being tired but after riding with them so many times in the mountains I know what shows if they’re not going well. But I’m not going to say what they are.”
—Richard Virenque (via paris87)
good shit well said
“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. Yes is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”
— Stephen Colbert (via 472239364)
