General Cycling Discussion - Now the proud owner of the Tour Centenary Edition Giant ...

... bidon. Well it's as close as I'm likely to get, and my old bottles don't go as well with the new frame as they did with the old one - what do you think though? :

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2003/features/giant_tcr100

Not as nice looking as last years?

Richard

Whoa Richard!
Almost got me there.
That is a nice looking bike even if it is compact Geometry :D

so, what does the bidon look like? I didn't see
any pics.


Marty

I am hereby the most jealous man on the planet...

Nice ride, Richard!:beer:

Gawd! That is a sweet ride.

Love those wheels :):beer:

Originally posted by lotek
so, what does the bidon look like? I didn't see
any pics.

Marty

Bac,

Isn't that the holder and not the actual Bidon?

So, if we in the U.S. call it a bottle cage
what is it in French? Support de Bidon?
That sounds so much cooler :D

Marty

edit

Ok in French its a porte-bidon
There is a neat site that translates bike parts into
various languages (french, German, polish, Espernato,
Greek Russian)
Link Here (http://bemi.free.fr/biciklo/index.php?lingvo1=fr&lingvo2=en)

Marty

The Bidon is a very ordinary black Tacx Bottle with 'Tour Century 100 by Giant' in white, a small map of France and a small tricolore. Maybe one day I'll have the bike to match, still I've also got a Tacx Tao cage so I'm getting there :D

Originally posted by lotek
Bac,

Isn't that the holder and not the actual Bidon?

So, if we in the U.S. call it a bottle holder
what is it in French? Support de Bidon?
That sounds so much cooler :D

Marty

I don't know how they manage two cages - where do they hang their U-Lock bracket? ;)

Richard

Funky looking head-tube on their new TT bike, to make it more aerodynamic, I guess. This is one mean-looking machine.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2003/tech/features/giant_tcr100/giant1.jpg

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2003/tech/features/giant_tcr100/giant4.jpg