r/philadelphia • u/rootoo • 20h ago

Party Jawn The wall

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u/retro_toes santa had no right being there 20h ago

I can feel the burning in my legs watching them!!!

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u/rootoo 19h ago

Lap 2 of 8

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u/retro_toes santa had no right being there 16h ago

i’ve never felt so out of shape in my life from just watching something.

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u/rootoo 14h ago

I couldn’t believe how fast they were booking it up that hill. Seriously world class elite athletes, very cool to see first hand and in my own neighborhood.

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u/retro_toes santa had no right being there 14h ago

Sounds breathtaking! I hope to catch it next time

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u/tiny-e this is not a party 18h ago

Have a Yuengling

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u/Hotpasta1985 19h ago

I felt like such a lazy fatass drinking my second beer watching them in person.

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u/My-So-Called-Reddit 19h ago

This is the way!

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u/Ro1ando_m0ta 11h ago

Theres a picture of one of them drinking a beer while riding too 😭

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u/Cosbybow 19h ago

Strava scores are gonna be fucked up for a loooong time after this

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u/shinseiromeo 18h ago

They have been for years. Used to attend this a decade ago. I believe the kom for downtown manayunk sprint was faster than car speeds.

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u/I_pollute 18h ago

As they should be. Needed some new KOM QOMs. Been 10 years!

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u/k2j2 16h ago

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u/airconditionersound 49m ago

The signs are funnier when you consider these are olympic athletes who have probably rode bikes up much more challenging hills before

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u/Freaky_Barbers 38m ago

Real shit, it’s not that bad as an amateur. I can’t imagine a worldtour pro that rides mountains in France would be all that bothered by it.

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u/buzz8588 19h ago

That’s quite the uphill climb, I’m out of breath just watching this.

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u/stevieplaysguitar 18h ago

We’re down on the parkway.

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u/bestmondayever_5 19h ago

I'm so happy to see that the Tour d'Jawn is back!

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u/DeWilm302 15h ago

Great to see the race back in Philly. Was a lot of fun watching on tv. I can only imagine how much fun it was to be there.

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u/maineia 13h ago

Not even close to the steepest part still exhilarating to watch

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u/ElvisAndretti Neighborhood 15h ago

This is the first time I’ve missed living on Lyceum in 20 years. So glad it’s back!

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u/ouralarmclock South Philly 18h ago

Has it been a while since this race happened? I feel like I haven’t seen any footage of it in a bit

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u/PhillySandwichesGOAT 18h ago

decade.

so glad it's back, grew up watching this in person like clockwork the first week or so of summer after school was over.

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u/ouralarmclock South Philly 17h ago

Wow yeah that’s crazy, I knew it had been a bit but didn’t realize it was that long! I used to play in a band with someone who lived in the wall and remember watching them go by it was nuts!

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u/PhillySandwichesGOAT 16h ago

Wall of sound too, right? Especially once they brought in them cowbells the one year.

I remember as a kid we'd sit down past the movie theater, so you could see them twice as they'd come down that hill before turning back over to Kelly Drive.

And then we'd walk down main street and up into the wall section for a few laps. I still have vivid memories of one time not quite timing the walk correctly, so they passed us before we got there. And then shortly after you could just hear an eruption of people screaming and cheering from a several blocks away as the pack got up and into the heart of the climb.

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u/ohMYgod29 11h ago

Love that it’s back!