For those of you that have never ridden the track or more to the point the pursuit consider yourself lucky. I’d imagine that the kilo might be worse but frankly i’ve never really had the ability to make it hurt enough. one of the most amazing things i’ve seen on a bike is when sarah hammer won the LA world cup a year or two ago. after she finished and slowed down people had to unclip her feet, and carry her down the stairs into the infield. She had turned herself SO inside out that in 3.5 minutes she couldn’t walk. Thats the kind of hurt I’m talking about

I don’t know Taylor Phinney. i don’t know what its like to ride a 4:25 pursuit. but i believe it to be in that “can’t walk down the stairs ” kind of hurt zone. but at 17 years old, riding his 7th or 8th pursuit….maybe, he took down the best pursuiters in the world. hes currently ranked 2nd in the world… in the big boys, not juniors. mind you he stepped on the track in October, October-4 months ago-October. Damn. oh and for a few minutes i guess he held the track record… not to bad for a kid who hasn’t gone to prom yet.