"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Slipstream took their best stuff to Italy

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gtmandsager
05-14-08, 08:27 AM
At first I was fascinated by the bike (AL frame, welds look like they were done last week, 303 on the front?), and then I saw the helmet... Did he stop by a military surplus store on the way to the prologue?

http://www.velonews.com/files/images/PearceprolMH508-023.jpg http://www.german-helmets.com/HEER/Heer_main_page_image1.jpg

botto
05-14-08, 08:32 AM
http://www.shadetreemechanic.com/images/us_soldier_for_all.jpg http://www.german-helmets.com/HEER/Heer_main_page_image1.jpg

looks familiar.
Johnny_Monkey
05-14-08, 08:52 AM
http://www.tridentmilitary.com/New-Photos8/egphoto1.jpg

FatguyRacer
05-14-08, 10:06 AM
David Millar might be wondering the same thing about gear choices.

Thats an interesting frame. All the highend Felt TT bikes currently available are carbon.

That think looks like a Hooker with the paint stripped off.
bdcheung
05-14-08, 10:08 AM
Where was that picture taken?
gtmandsager
05-14-08, 10:09 AM
Mt. Hood prologue.
Crash716
05-14-08, 10:21 AM
More than likely that's the bike and the helmet he choose to ride. They probably stripped the paint off of it for sponsorship reasons.
balsingh
05-14-08, 10:27 AM
Me thinks the front wheel is a 404. the SRM "monitor" has a weird position between his aerobars. But I guess that's where the monstrosity fits.
carpediemracing
05-14-08, 11:09 AM
David Millar might be wondering the same thing about gear choices.

That's what I thought this was about. I'm waiting for the thread in Bike Mechanics. "I was riding my bike when... What should I do?" << intentionally abbreviated so as not to spoil anything.

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skinnyone
05-14-08, 11:24 AM
Maybe the airline lost his stuff?
jrennie
05-14-08, 03:44 PM
Some "pros" riding for slipstream are making less than $1000 a month and needless to say they aren't getting all the high end stuff and tunnel time.
TheJackMove
05-14-08, 03:48 PM
Some "pros" riding for slipstream are making less than $1000 a month and needless to say they aren't getting all the high end stuff and tunnel time.

But do they at least get all the burritos they can eat so they can create their own foul-smelling "wind tunnel"?

If I were a felt rep I'd be pretty pissed about him riding that. At least go the lance route and slap a Felt logo on it.
voltman
05-14-08, 03:50 PM
But do they at least get all the burritos they can eat? If I were a felt rep I'd be pretty pissed about him riding that. At least go the lance route and slap a Felt logo on it.

If you were a Felt rep and that pissed, you should have given him a bike.
TheJackMove
05-14-08, 03:51 PM
If you were a Felt rep and that pissed, you should have given him a bike.

Good point, I guess I was assuming they gave him something to ride and he chose to ride that thing.