Ron and Dorothy Strasser
Thanks for post.
I never forget. I just don't remember... most of the time. The ladies you mentioned are heroes.
One thing I do know for sure is..... I am crushed by local women riders very often. I wish I could ride as fast and handle a bike at that level. One saying that works for both cycling and bowling.........."Lets roll". I am pretty sure a common recovery drink for adult participants in both sports is..... beer? One difference however I saw on TV (and I BELIEVE EVERYTHING I SEE ON TV). I saw one of those GEICO ads where this nice cave man (in standard modern day caveman kit) was having fun bowling, but then noticed the pin-setter guard had the GEICO phrase... "So easy a cave man can do it". I think in cycling a cave man would have a HARD TIME with the shifting of a bike. Lets face it. You can drill different size finger holes in a bowling ball, but can do very little to accommodate different sized hands for shifting mechanisms.
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe they would need to be singlespeed riders. Maybe I am looking in the mirror? Scraggly beard, body hair. Ah! I have forgotten the rest.
ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Johnson
To: Ron and Dorothy Strasser
Cc: joec@aracnet.com ; obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Pro bowlers and women in cycling...
Have you guys forgotten about Jacquie Phelan already? You know, women were kicking ass in this sport a long time ago. Jacquie was handily crushing the competition in the early 1980's and was the first woman MTB racer to receive factory sponsorship. Cindy Whitehead was a contemporary of Jacquie's and in the 1986 edition of the Sierra 7500 (7,500 feet of climbing in a 50 mile off-road race) she rode 49 miles of the race WITHOUT A SADDLE. Yep. Standing up. The top of the seatpost was broken off and she couldn't remove the rest of the post from the frame. But she kept racing. HARDCORE. And she won! I believe that she took first overall meaning that she defeated even the men.
And Jeannie Longo? Her career wins put most men's to shame. (It is a mistake to try comparing her to Lance Armstrong.) In fact, I believe she's the winningest bike racer, man or woman. I'd have to take some time to do a little research, but I have to get back to work. :)
Anyway-- it's sad that cycling is still a male-dominated sport and that we have forgotten so many of the pioneers and "true achievers".
Google around, guys!
Cheers!
Brian J.
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:48:01 -0800
From: "Ron and Dorothy Strasser"
talking about and riding bikes/ trainers, repairing, selling etc. a very important thing happened. In the Pro Bowlers Tour Championships a bowler named Kelly Kulick won the championship. The important aspect of this was she worked her way all the way through the playoff system to become the first woman to win this championship which has been totally dominated by men to this point. Way to go Kelly. A true "Achiever".
Now those who do not care about this sort of thing, but took the time to read this can go back to the nuts and bolts of cycling.
The Dude abides..........
wimpy man ron
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:49:07 -0800
From: joe cipale
Having been a former bowler in my past life, What this woman
accocmplisehd is no small feat! Think of Jeanie Longo winning the Men's
UCI RR championship against the likes of Armstrong, Cadel Evans, Alberto
Contador, etc
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