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Ace wrote:
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:09:15 +0000, BrritSki wrote: Norman wrote: "Ace" wrote in message ... Speeds of up to 100mph are recorded on some of the faster Downhill events on the World Cup circuit, so I'd suspect that your readout was correct and that your friend was misinformed. Excellent. I'll forward this to him in that case. I would agree with Ace. My push-bike has a fairly accurate (I think) speedometer and I occasionally hit 30mph on it down a steep hill. Hah, I've seen 50 on mine. Only once, mind, but I regularly used to get over 40. I too have used this as a comparitive measure for skiing speed. When I was young and foolish I spent most Sundays touring with the CTC and I'll never forget the time we were cycling out of Stow-on-the-Wold and overtook a car as we went down the long hill. We all looked at his speedo which read 40. The look on the driver's face as a pack of a dozen or so cyclists went by him was priceless. I'm sure that with the hills round here above Sanremo I could hit even more than 40, but now I'm old and not quite so foolish That seems fast on a bike, but if you imagine you're skiing rather than cycling and look around at how fast things go by, wind feel on your face, where you could turn etc., it seems very slow - I'm sure I've hit at least double that speed on skis. Aye. Thankfully snow is not normally as abrasive as tarmac. Exactly. |
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cupra wrote:
BrritSki wrote: Norman wrote: "Ace" wrote in message ... On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:38:42 GMT, "Norman" wrote: (snip) Speeds of up to 100mph are recorded on some of the faster Downhill events on the World Cup circuit, so I'd suspect that your readout was correct and that your friend was misinformed. Excellent. I'll forward this to him in that case. I would agree with Ace. My push-bike has a fairly accurate (I think) speedometer and I occasionally hit 30mph on it down a steep hill. That seems fast on a bike, but if you imagine you're skiing rather than cycling and look around at how fast things go by, wind feel on your face, where you could turn etc., it seems very slow - I'm sure I've hit at least double that speed on skis. Kind of explains why it's so painful when you fall Haven't fallen at high speed for quite a while now thankfully, which considering how much time I spend at high speed is quite surprising |
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BrritSki wrote:
cupra wrote: BrritSki wrote: Norman wrote: "Ace" wrote in message ... On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:38:42 GMT, "Norman" wrote: (snip) Speeds of up to 100mph are recorded on some of the faster Downhill events on the World Cup circuit, so I'd suspect that your readout was correct and that your friend was misinformed. Excellent. I'll forward this to him in that case. I would agree with Ace. My push-bike has a fairly accurate (I think) speedometer and I occasionally hit 30mph on it down a steep hill. That seems fast on a bike, but if you imagine you're skiing rather than cycling and look around at how fast things go by, wind feel on your face, where you could turn etc., it seems very slow - I'm sure I've hit at least double that speed on skis. Kind of explains why it's so painful when you fall Haven't fallen at high speed for quite a while now thankfully, which considering how much time I spend at high speed is quite surprising Same here - only time I tend to fall is when I attemp stoopid jumps and rails! |
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Norman wrote:
" cupra" wrote in message ... snip Kind of explains why it's so painful when you fall Haven't fallen at high speed for quite a while now thankfully, which considering how much time I spend at high speed is quite surprising Same here - only time I tend to fall is when I attemp stoopid jumps and rails! I always seem to fall within about 3 seconds of saying to myself, 'damn, I've sure got the hang of this skiiing lark now'. Yep - that seems familiar! |
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" cupra" wrote in message ... BrritSki wrote: cupra wrote: BrritSki wrote: Norman wrote: "Ace" wrote in message ... On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:38:42 GMT, "Norman" wrote: (snip) Speeds of up to 100mph are recorded on some of the faster Downhill events on the World Cup circuit, so I'd suspect that your readout was correct and that your friend was misinformed. Excellent. I'll forward this to him in that case. I would agree with Ace. My push-bike has a fairly accurate (I think) speedometer and I occasionally hit 30mph on it down a steep hill. That seems fast on a bike, but if you imagine you're skiing rather than cycling and look around at how fast things go by, wind feel on your face, where you could turn etc., it seems very slow - I'm sure I've hit at least double that speed on skis. Kind of explains why it's so painful when you fall Haven't fallen at high speed for quite a while now thankfully, which considering how much time I spend at high speed is quite surprising Same here - only time I tend to fall is when I attemp stoopid jumps and rails! I always seem to fall within about 3 seconds of saying to myself, 'damn, I've sure got the hang of this skiiing lark now'. |
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When I was young and foolish I spent most Sundays touring with the CTC and
I'll never forget the time we were cycling out of Stow-on-the-Wold and overtook a car as we went down the long hill. We all looked at his speedo which read 40. The look on the driver's face as a pack of a dozen or so cyclists went by him was priceless. Once went mountainbiking around pen-y-gent and there is a road with a hill there that is dead straight and goes on for a bit and is supposed to be one of the only places where cyclists can exceed the national speed limit (60 on single lane roads). I myself got upto about 40 but the bike didn't like speed too much and I didn't fancy going any quicker. One of the guys that was with us went for it and put it in top gear and peadeld down as fast as he could and got to 58mph. No cars about though but we were all amazed by his speed. Paul |
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:58:16 +0000, BrritSki
wrote: cupra wrote: BrritSki wrote: Norman wrote: "Ace" wrote in message m... On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:38:42 GMT, "Norman" wrote: (snip) Speeds of up to 100mph are recorded on some of the faster Downhill events on the World Cup circuit, so I'd suspect that your readout was correct and that your friend was misinformed. Excellent. I'll forward this to him in that case. I would agree with Ace. My push-bike has a fairly accurate (I think) speedometer and I occasionally hit 30mph on it down a steep hill. That seems fast on a bike, but if you imagine you're skiing rather than cycling and look around at how fast things go by, wind feel on your face, where you could turn etc., it seems very slow - I'm sure I've hit at least double that speed on skis. Kind of explains why it's so painful when you fall Haven't fallen at high speed for quite a while now thankfully, which considering how much time I spend at high speed is quite surprising I had a real doozy in the Dolomites last month :-( I'm not sure how fast I was going, but it was faster than I intended, and faster than I can really cope with safely :-( I went over on my front, and left skis and poles strewn 50 yards up the slope. Bruised ribs was my only injury, and not too badly bruised. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager The road to success is always under construction. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |
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Felly sgrifennodd Norman :
" cupra" wrote in message My problems my knees - they only allow me 1/2 day of full on boarding these days before I have to take it a little easier! (next holiday is planned for NZ next August so plenty of time to get them seen to!) Good luck. I know a particularly attractive seasonaire who'll be in NZ in August. Is boarding harder or easier on the knees do you think? Tendonitis in my knee made me stop playing football a few years ago and it flares up if I do much running, but to my eternal joy and amazement it doesn't seem to mind skiing at all. Phew. If that's the same thing as Cyclist's knee, then yes I suffer too. Used to often go cycling 100+ miles a day, apparently I overused my knees. It does cause problems at times on long walks, but like you it never causes a problem skiing. I only tried snowboarding twice, in the days before soft boot. But the second time my knees didn't like it. Maybe Cupra should switch to skiing? Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Felly sgrifennodd Norman : " cupra" wrote in message My problems my knees - they only allow me 1/2 day of full on boarding these days before I have to take it a little easier! (next holiday is planned for NZ next August so plenty of time to get them seen to!) Good luck. I know a particularly attractive seasonaire who'll be in NZ in August. Is boarding harder or easier on the knees do you think? Tendonitis in my knee made me stop playing football a few years ago and it flares up if I do much running, but to my eternal joy and amazement it doesn't seem to mind skiing at all. Phew. If that's the same thing as Cyclist's knee, then yes I suffer too. Used to often go cycling 100+ miles a day, apparently I overused my knees. It does cause problems at times on long walks, but like you it never causes a problem skiing. I only tried snowboarding twice, in the days before soft boot. But the second time my knees didn't like it. Maybe Cupra should switch to skiing? Adrian I skied for 10 years before boarding - boarding (was) far easier on my knees until recently! |
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"Adrian D. Shaw" wrote in message ... Felly sgrifennodd Norman : " cupra" wrote in message My problems my knees - they only allow me 1/2 day of full on boarding these days before I have to take it a little easier! (next holiday is planned for NZ next August so plenty of time to get them seen to!) Good luck. I know a particularly attractive seasonaire who'll be in NZ in August. Is boarding harder or easier on the knees do you think? Tendonitis in my knee made me stop playing football a few years ago and it flares up if I do much running, but to my eternal joy and amazement it doesn't seem to mind skiing at all. Phew. If that's the same thing as Cyclist's knee, then yes I suffer too. Used to often go cycling 100+ miles a day, apparently I overused my knees. It does cause problems at times on long walks, but like you it never causes a problem skiing. I only tried snowboarding twice, in the days before soft boot. But the second time my knees didn't like it. Maybe Cupra should switch to skiing? Everyone should switch to skiing. Was on a chairlift in Morzine last week trying to work out the boarder/skier ratio. It was easy to do as generally, all the people moving were skiers and all the people boarding were sat down somewhere in the middle of the piste. It was roughly around 20:1. |
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