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bluehorizons
07-14-06, 10:04 AM
everytime you see him on tv, he has some grey thing around the back of his neck -- anyone know what it is? something related to the radios?

matt

CyLowe97
07-14-06, 10:05 AM
The other Disco guys have them too. They look like some kind of radio device, but I'm not sure.
Hipcycler
07-14-06, 10:08 AM
Radio earpiece would be guess one.

I-pod guess two.

Or in his case, anti-climbing buzzer to make him slower and throw away Le Tour in the mountains device?

Bockman
07-14-06, 10:45 AM
The part on his throat is a 'throat mic', activated by speaking or by pressing a button first.
Cromulent
07-14-06, 10:52 AM
He's part Borg.
POTFH
07-14-06, 05:31 PM
Governor device to restrict speed.
Cranks
07-14-06, 05:40 PM
Wife's remote control shock device to keep him away from podium girls. Working well at this point.
Moochers_Dad
07-14-06, 05:42 PM
It's called a Throat Microphone, or a Transdermal Neck Microphone, although calling it the latter is usually for speech loss applications. It picks up vibrations of the vocal-cords through the neck muscle and skin. It cuts out backgound noise that a regular mic would pick up.

Soldiers and motorcycle riders use them.
james_swift
07-14-06, 05:46 PM
His tongue.
alpe d'issaquah
07-14-06, 09:37 PM
Or in his case, anti-climbing buzzer to make him slower and throw away Le Tour in the mountains device?

I bet you that's what it is. I hear Levi got the time trial version...and Mayo got the all inclusive deluxe version.
Laggard
07-14-06, 09:54 PM
Every five minutes it plays a recording of Lance saying "you're nothing without me. you're nothing without me. you're nothing without me"
Jared88
07-15-06, 03:22 AM
Every five minutes it plays a recording of Lance saying "you're nothing without me. you're nothing without me. you're nothing without me"
:D :D :D
roadwarrior
07-15-06, 04:05 AM
He's part Borg.

It's not working. You'd figure a Borg could wax people....I mean, look how Bjorn Borg used to wipe up the tennis courts with competitors...

Being a Borg ain't what is used to be....we humans are catching up!
:D

And about the Borg R&D...that steering tube deal at Paris/Roubaix...:eek: