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TO TRUESPORT: Bobro Rising
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Bobro told them to meet down by the river dock in Anonymous Source The email exchange was more or less as follows:
Bob: You know cyclocross, the fastest growing , most exciting, grandest form ever of bicycle racing. Self: And what exactly is cyclocross. Bob: You know you are barely tolerable when you are not trying to cute. So, knock it off. This Gran Prix is a really big event. It is the first race in the Gran Prix Series for the entire United States of Cyclocross and all the really big time CX racers will be in Louisville. Self:
So who is putting on the wing ding. Self: And what roads does it use. Bob: Ha, Ha. It is on the trails at the former River Road Country Club which even you know is on River Road. Self: That would be near the Ohio River I suppose. Bob: Idiot fool. Self: So, if it is on a golf course do you use jazzed up golf carts? Bob: No, you use very expensive Cross Bikes and you race through grass, woods, and sand traps. Self: So, at last a golf course is being used for a real sporting event. Bob: Exactly. And not just that but we are putting up obstacles that have to be jumped and places where you have to run. Self: Running, jumping and cycling. So, it is a biathlon on bikes. Bob: And if it rains there will be water in the sand traps and sometimes people fall down and get muddy. Self: So, running, cycling and jumping makes it a triathlon without the girls in small clothes? You don't suppose it would be an attention getter if you advertised girls fighting on bikes in a mud pit? I expect that would be an easy sell for Hootervillians. Heck, MKA might even fly out and announce that show. Bob: You know, that guy from Louisville who wrote that you were poison to cycling was right. Self: Yeah, it is comforting to know that I can ruin a sport I have never seen and know little about. Bob: Writing about things you know nothing about has never seemed to a problem for you. Self: Well, after you wrote I called Druber as I figured a guy who would do a time trial would surely know something about other stupid non cycling events. But, he told me that not even he was sick enough to jump over hurdles into a mud pit. Besides, he is busy getting ready for the US Gran Prix of Indoor Compu Trainer races. Bob: If you are poison then Druber is an accelerant. And I don't want to hear anymore about MKA either. Self: MKA is now RG Cupcake and while he has taken up Mountain bikes, Sea Kayaks, and competitive Hot Dog Eating he has never dismounted a bicycle so that he could jump through a hoop. But, this is your show so tell me something. Bob: Okay, on Friday, October 26 there is Kids' CX Clinic and a bunch of activities at Churchill Downs. Then on Saturday there are races all day culminating in Elite Women and Men's Races. The same on Sunday. There are races for all categories and prizes. Self: Blue Ribbons and such. Bob: Exactly. Self: So where do I sign up. Bob: You don't. Better you stay far away. In fact perhaps we could pay your air fare to someplace, IRAQ maybe. But for those who want to race go to 2Wheelsports.com. and follow the links. Self: Mike Hewitt is involved. Bob: Yes. Self: I take it all back. This has to be a great event and the greatest of sports. Bob: And there will be a beer tent. Self: And French fries with mayo. Bob: Pizza with Mayo okay. Self: Sure, get me a large.
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