Bruyneel on Giro course
05-04-06, 12:48 PM
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The road is hard packed fine gravel, not the bumps and jolts of PR. While they may use treaded, thicker tires, I don't see the need for a full-out cross bike. My guess is the teams will keep their setups under wraps untill the last minute before the start.
Seen this over-priced trinket yet? The Basso signature watch:
Seen this over-priced trinket yet? The Basso signature watch:
05-04-06, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
The road is hard packed fine gravel, not the bumps and jolts of PR. While they may use treaded, thicker tires, I don't see the need for a full-out cross bike. My guess is the teams will keep their setups under wraps untill the last minute before the start.
Seen this over-priced trinket yet? The Basso signature watch:
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500 bucks! Sorry but that's a bit much for that watch!
05-04-06, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
The road is hard packed fine gravel, not the bumps and jolts of PR. While they may use treaded, thicker tires, I don't see the need for a full-out cross bike. My guess is the teams will keep their setups under wraps untill the last minute before the start.
Seen this over-priced trinket yet? The Basso signature watch:
Seen this over-priced trinket yet? The Basso signature watch:
05-04-06, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Laggard
If I remember correctly, there was a similar section on a climb last year. Lots of talk about cyclo and mountain bikes. The whole thing ended up being really anti-climatic and no big deal.
05-04-06, 02:53 PM
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Still no big deal. These guys are pros. They can ride on all kinds of scary steep surfaces using their plain old road bikes.
And though that was a good stage, the dirt section certainly did not lead to gloom and doom scenerio everyone expected.
And though that was a good stage, the dirt section certainly did not lead to gloom and doom scenerio everyone expected.
05-04-06, 04:11 PM
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Bruyneel is not the only one complaining, so is the director for Liberty Seguros:
"It's exaggerated," he said. "Until you actually race it, you never know, but on paper it looks excessive. It's not necessary to make stages like the 17th, with a final to a ski station with ramps as steep as 25 percent which can create technical problems for the riders."
https://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/9824.0.html
"It's exaggerated," he said. "Until you actually race it, you never know, but on paper it looks excessive. It's not necessary to make stages like the 17th, with a final to a ski station with ramps as steep as 25 percent which can create technical problems for the riders."
https://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/9824.0.html
05-04-06, 07:53 PM
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I had a Skagen watch real POS atmo.
my bet is racing triples ala Heras on Angliru.
minus all the whinging and moaning by the DS' this
should be a good Giro.
my bet is racing triples ala Heras on Angliru.
minus all the whinging and moaning by the DS' this
should be a good Giro.
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
500 bucks! Sorry but that's a bit much for that watch!
05-05-06, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by DrWJODonnell
LOL. Let me just say that a saying 500 bucks is a bit much for a watch is like saying 150 bucks is a bit much for a bike. 10, 50, and 100 thousand dollar watches are not that uncommon. Hell, my polar 720i was three hundred.
I have a pretty good watch collection, it includes a Rolex GMTII, Datejust (both stainless) a bubble back, Tag Heuer Monaco, and a Speedmaster along with some older Hamiltons so I can appreciate a good watch. That is just Swatch with Basso's sig I can't see paying more than a couple of hundred for it.
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
. . . That is just Swatch with Basso's sig I can't see paying more than a couple of hundred for it.
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Originally Posted by DocRay
My Brother wears a Panerai -$6500.
I once had a Rolex as a Gift-damned thing never kept proper time, the lugged steel of watches.
I once had a Rolex as a Gift-damned thing never kept proper time, the lugged steel of watches.
05-08-06, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ScandiHo
and this is a picture of what? part of the Giro? what stage?
05-08-06, 08:00 AM
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I am still shocked when I look at these pictures
05-08-06, 11:42 AM
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No, I thought it was part of the stage at kronplatz, but I just realised it's further down at something called Piani Eterni
Looks steep though perhaps 25%
Looks steep though perhaps 25%
05-08-06, 12:04 PM
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In cyclingnews it said the ski area was going to pave the road prior to the race. So, while low gearing will be the way to go, I am not sure the riders will need fat tires.
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
For those of us old enough to remember, the Tour de Fritolay's mascott would be the Frito Bandito!
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Originally Posted by lofter
im old enough to remember those commericials,lol iam the frito bandito ,i even had a pencil eraser shaped like that friendly ol guy.awsome flashback thanks for the trip down memory lane.lol
05-08-06, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
..................but then again I can laugh at myself and my people....it's something I feel that to many have lost the ability to do.
Now, so that this isn't a hijack.... damn those are steep roads, paved or unpaved!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by cmh
In cyclingnews it said the ski area was going to pave the road prior to the race. So, while low gearing will be the way to go, I am not sure the riders will need fat tires.
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