"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - McEwen: "Can't beat me."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji_XcHvJvac

Any more info on that guy who tried to grab his water bottle?

Awesome video, and perfect song for it.

Say what you will about Robbie, but that wiry little bugger can f**king ride. :beer:

that makes me want to go out and do sprint drills.
It never looks that fast from a head on shot but from the side or at an angle :eek:

Awesome video, and perfect song for it.

Say what you will about Robbie, but that wiry little bugger can f**king ride. :beer:

+1 on both counts. Homes can haul some a$$.

I just came back from intervals a few hours ago. I wish I would have seen this prior.

Sprinters are freaken crazy!

He is awesome, one of my favorites

Can sprint like a bastard and pops wheelies at the top of mountain stages. 'Nuff said.

Anyone know his height and weight? How did a white guy get so fast?

"Can't beat me."

Gold

Magnificent lead out from Rodreguieiz. See McEwen have a look and try and cover for him so he'd still run a place. What arrogance. Excellent:D

+1 on both counts. Homes can haul some a$$.

+1. Great video/editing/soundtrack.

The astonishing strength of McEwen's sprint is underscored by the fact that this 'and McEwen comes out of nowhere to win again!' stuff is because he's always 2-4 bikelengths BEHIND the leadout and he STILL beats them all to the line time and again. His accelleration is currently unmatched in the sport.

I'll have to drink some Shiraz tonight in honor of Robbie. :D

sorry, but i can't join this love in. never realy liked the guy. the fact that he can never say 'the best man won' when he loses is a good part of it.

sorry

WTF? :eek:


:p :D

WTF? :eek:


:p :D

It's just a figure of speech. ;)

I didn't say I loved McEwen. I said he's FAST.

And he is.

By the way, many of the pros and some of the amateur fast guys in bicycle racing (the ones I've personally known) come off as complete DICKS. Sort of goes with the territory to one degree or another in my view.

So being slow like me is EXCELLENT. I'm SUCH a nice friggin guy.

He's around 145 pounds or so....maybe 5'7" or 5'8"?

check out the tape across mavic logo.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/marcelinyc/bayley_and_mcewen_2_335.jpg

pwned

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/marcelinyc/bayley_and_mcewen_214.jpg

wikipedia states 1.71m, 67kg (5'7", 147lbs)

tiny little mofo.

By the way, many of the pros and some of the amateur fast guys in bicycle racing (the ones I've personally known) come off as complete DICKS. Sort of goes with the territory to one degree or another in my view.



Must be a New York thing. ;)

Most of the ones I know personally or have met (inc a few world and olympic champs) are ok.

wikipedia states 1.71m, 67kg (5'7", 147lbs)

Pocket rocket but suffers on long mtn. stages.

Must be a New York thing. ;)

Most of the ones I know personally or have met (inc a few world and olympic champs) are ok.
you know them personaly or just kissed their hand?:p how much time you spend with them to say they are ok? 2 weeks or more?:D

you know them personaly or just kissed their hand?:p how much time you spend with them to say they are ok? 2 weeks or more?:D

Normally I sleep with them before making a determination, then I rate there performance on a scale of 1 to 10.

Quite a few have stayed at my house or been for dinner - or I've trained with them or raced them - so don't worry about whether or not I've just said hello or not. .;) Theres a fair few who are arseholes too, but you get that anywhere in life.

whats the name of the soundtrack?

whats the name of the soundtrack?
firestarter by prodigy

tiny little mofo.

Hey! I'm 5'7''! Im not small, your just big ;) I'm suprised at his weight, I have the typical cyclist build, absolutley no upper body and huge legs, and I only weigh 135-140 lbs. :eek:

Hey! I'm 5'7''! Im not small, your just big ;) I'm suprised at his weight, I have the typical cyclist build, absolutley no upper body and huge legs, and I only weigh 135-140 lbs. :eek:

mcewan has beefy arms (for a professional cyclist).

Pocket rocket but suffers on long mtn. stages.

everyone suffers. but, he has made it to Paris many times so he can't be that bad of a climber either.

Must be a New York thing. ;)

Most of the ones I know personally or have met (inc a few world and olympic champs) are ok.

At the Tour of Elk Grove this summer, I got to say hello to Dave Z and Chris Horner, and stood around listening to them talk to the crowd. My opinion?

Dave Z = Awesome guy. Very nice, funny, odd. He crashed during the race, and due to "sponsorship obligations" couldn't ride a neutral service Scott CR1 with Mavics. Instead, he sat down in a tent of one of the local Cat1/2 teams and had a beer with some regular people, hung out, and shot the *****. Cool.

Horner = Very nice as well. Hard, hard dude who has been around the block but he's got a good head on him. Was nice to the little kids, too, who had absolutely no clue who he was.

tiny little mofo.

You realize that's a pretty normal height and weight for a pro cyclist, right? It's like being 5'7", 160, and then riding your bike...a lot.

I always get a kick out of people that think that being 6'2" 200lbs is "normal".

Any more info on that guy who tried to grab his water bottle?

He grabbed the bottol out of the guys hands and turns right around in front of him and gives it to someone else....a little kid I believe...

You realize that's a pretty normal height and weight for a pro cyclist, right?

Sure. But he's still tiny.

I always get a kick out of people that think that being 6'2" 200lbs is "normal".


I'm 6'2, 210#...and I'm kinda normal. Well, except that I'm brilliant. Oh, and unusually handsome.

everyone suffers. but, he has made it to Paris many times so he can't be that bad of a climber either.

Correct. I think that even the "non-climbers" in the pro peloton would completely smoke most of the posters on these boards on any road that points up a hill

Spot on Wilchemy. Guys like Vogels, McEwen, Malcolm Elliot and Wust who weren't known for their climbing ability in Europe have had high overall placings in the Herald Sun Tour against the home based elite riders . Climbs like Mt Buller, Mt Buffalo and Mt Hotham aren't easy climbs, even on a Euro scale. Hotham is 30km long.

I think that even the "non-climbers" in the pro peloton would completely smoke most of the posters on these boards

Most? They would smoke everyone on here, or else they would not be on here posting, they would be getting paid to ride their bikes

I'm 6'2, 210#...and I'm kinda normal. Well, except that I'm brilliant. Oh, and unusually handsome.

Right there with ya, except I'm at 202 right now. :D

Most? They would smoke everyone on here, or else they would not be on here posting, they would be getting paid to ride their bikes

+1.

Most? They would smoke everyone on here, or else they would not be on here posting, they would be getting paid to ride their bikes

oh, come on - we got some good up and coming cat 4's and 5's......:) ....:lol: (sorry, i couldn't even type that with a straight face).

Talks the talk, then walks the walk. Wins when it counts. The real deal.

Spot on Wilchemy. Guys like Vogels, McEwen, Malcolm Elliot and Wust who weren't known for their climbing ability in Europe have had high overall placings in the Herald Sun Tour against the home based elite riders . Climbs like Mt Buller, Mt Buffalo and Mt Hotham aren't easy climbs, even on a Euro scale. Hotham is 30km long.

yep. i remember ol' malcolm kicking ass at the killington stage race back in '93. imagine that. bloody limey comes to new england, and beats us at our own game.

Elliot was a class act. IMO he should have had a better career in Europe. Still, a Vuelta points jersey and placings in a couple of classics are nothing to sniff at.

I just said in a pervious thread, if anyone has the footage from the bay crits in 2003 when Mcewen took the corner at San Remo on one knee and straightened it to put about 20 lengths on Hilton Clarke in 200 metres which included the hotdog 90 degree corner.

He jumped Clarke from behind going in, and got about half a dozen lengths and took the perpendicular at about 35 miles an hour.

I just said in a pervious thread, if anyone has the footage from the bay crits in 2003 when Mcewen took the corner at San Remo on one knee and straightened it to put about 20 lengths on Hilton Clarke in 200 metres which included the hotdog 90 degree corner.

He jumped Clarke from behind going in, and got about half a dozen lengths and took the perpendicular at about 35 miles an hour.

Yep, McEwan has scary fast acceleration. Saw him do pretty much the same at one of the Bay crits held in the foreshore car park at Rosebud (or Rye). Lays it flat round a turn and then exits to put a extra bike length into the others with each turn of the pedal. And that day he was testing new tires for the first time & still laid it horizontal. :eek: Easily one of the top bike handlers in the pro ranks. :)

He grabbed the bottol out of the guys hands and turns right around in front of him and gives it to someone else....a little kid I believe...


True.

Got a roasting in the Belge press about his it. Was seen as an arrogant, unecessary act.

Professionals are public property, it seems.

Easily one of the top bike handlers in the pro ranks. :)


THE best.

I just said in a pervious thread, if anyone has the footage from the bay crits in 2003 when Mcewen took the corner at San Remo on one knee and straightened it to put about 20 lengths on Hilton Clarke in 200 metres which included the hotdog 90 degree corner.

He jumped Clarke from behind going in, and got about half a dozen lengths and took the perpendicular at about 35 miles an hour.


It was a staggering display of cornering ability. Could've nearly rolled to the line after exiting.

Yep, McEwan has scary fast acceleration. Saw him do pretty much the same at one of the Bay crits held in the foreshore car park at Rosebud (or Rye). Lays it flat round a turn and then exits to put a extra bike length into the others with each turn of the pedal. And that day he was testing new tires for the first time & still laid it horizontal. :eek: Easily one of the top bike handlers in the pro ranks. :)


Why did I say San Remo, meant to say Sorrento, could have been Rye or Rosebud that year like you said Wil.

Only saw it on the teevee. Did you catch it live?

It was 2003 pretty sure, Brownie and Clarke and Snozza were riding as part of the SBR yellow team. Brownie was flicked by McGrory (? Ed is that right?) and did not ride the last stages. This after the Arlington or Mornington round where there were parked vans and cars on the side of the road where Brown deciding to shut the gate on Mcewen. Pretty amusing Brownie, could have easily been up on manslaughter charges with the bar looking for a judge that does C grade crits around Glenvale crescent to preside.