hubcaps wrote:
I read his book when I started in the sport. The info was okay and most of the info easy to find if you are a geek. I don't think it influenced me much except holding off for many years before buying carbon aero rims. However, that was more confirmatory than eye opening.
I should review the book, but looking him up now there's something that doesn't vibe well with me. As a geek, I'm constantly looking for the most up to date info. He didn't continue that. It seems like he disappeared. He deleted his twitter and doesn't have anything new posted online except this:
http://jim-gourley.blogspot.com/ His
velopress bio, it states he his a multiple ironman finisher. I can't find one finish. He keeps bragging about being a rocket scientist. His bio reads like he is twisting the truth. I could be wrong. Since he graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering, he might be working on something top secret.
Hmmm... USAT has only one result from a man named Jim or James Gourley, and it's a short course race by someone from the Federated States of Micronesia. As a US Air Force officer, I assume he is from the US....
Also, I know a bunch of engineers and scientists that work on spacecraft and rockets and none of them have ever called themselves a "rocket scientist".
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Ed O'Malley
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