Bob does it on purpose.

I buy that he says "Tour day frants" on purpose. But I find it hard to believe that he selectively mispronounces about 50% of the riders' names, plus most of the start/finish towns.

edit: plus he's just a dingleberry. ;)

All part of his "American charm", it's all for the US viewers, being an ugly American. If he was flowing the names off in french/flemish and rolling his R's the views would hate him. That's what Phil is for. Bob is Phil's comic relief.

Oh Phil.. will you be my Daddy?

I mean.. uhh.. did I type that out loud? ;)

some photos from disco inferno...

http://flickr.com/photos/63632089@N0...7600986712407/

Oh! I was riding to my Mom's in Oakville the other day and passed a bike cop, so I asked him whether I could listen to an ipod on my bike or not. He looked at me like I was crazy and said "of course you can".

I don't know if we discussed this here, or if it was just something I thought about. But according to this cop, ipods are fine. He said you were not allowed to ride with a Zune though (ok, he didn't, but I think that should be the law! :) )

I passed a guy on the way to work this morning who had his headphones in and regardless of the fact that I basically yelled "YOU'VE GOT A FLAT" from a foot away he didn't hear me and looked totally confused.

I used to ride with my iPod all the time - but then during the winter I figured that with the roads being as they were I'd stop because it was unsafe... When the ground thawed I opted to leave the buds out of my ears for good. I'm sure if I were going on a long solo ride I'd pop them in on low volume but for city riding? No thanks...

I think it's insane that a cop can give you a $110 ticket for not having a bell but it's perfectly fine to ride a bike in the city and not be able to hear someone else's.

Wes...yer frame is in. I have to say that the colour is, as far as I can tell, not really blue. I would call it more of a turquoise than blue. Kind of like lung butter.

hahaha.. yeah, I've seen lots of pics in the build thread today. :)

My thoughts exactly.

.Who wants to hear death approaching? *dripping with sarcasm*

I listen to my ipod all the time. I think like everything else, it depends upon how you use it. I never have it loud (just a preference that has nothing to do with biking), and I tend to think of myself as a 'safe' rider.

It's not meant to be an insult, but I've seen a lot of people ride who are pretty aggressive, and that's just not how I roll.

Not to get into a debate by any means, but having gotten the door prize once, and hearing others on here getting hit by cars, in most cases it's not the cyclists fault. That said, having it so loud that you can't hear someone yelling at you, is just asking for trouble.

Corollary: Car windows and car radios need to be outlawed.

I can't listen to my music quietly so...I don't at all when riding.

LMAO. Yesterday after watching the stage live, I was going to actually say "Vino fails dope test" as a headline for today.

Haha.

What's up with the Deda Pista bars being a 31.7 clamp diameter? Is that a screwy number? I guess I can always just shim it to fit into a 31.8 stem (or get the Deda 31.7 stem).

The whole time I was watching the tt, I'm thinking, "wow...he's riding smart and riding hard." At the end, he comes in like 2 minutes ahead of anyone else, and I'm thinking, "oh ****, he's doping." Kinda sad that we're conditioned to think "doper" when a dude rides well.

31.7 is fine with 31.8. I think even a pop can shim would end up being more than .1mm

This is not a new phenomenon. I think it was the great Eddy Merckx who said " You can't win the Tour on mineral water alone" .

i always thought deda just tried to be different with the measurement, and it's actually the same thing - the measurement is 31.75?

oh yeah, does anyone own one of these silly tassimo coffee/tea/drink making machines?

http://www.ecookshop.com/products/ga...imo%5B1%5D.jpg
http://www.tassimo.com

i went to a marketing shindig today and they gave me all these tassimo disks, probably $30 worth. i have twinings green tea (16), twinings chai tea latte (8), and maxwell house french vanilla (16). since i don't plan on buying this stupid, wasteful machine until the next forever, first taker gets em for the price of a real espresso (ideal?!).

My dad bought my mom one for xmas... I scolded them both for this transgression.

Oh, the horror.....

Some day, my lovely Silvia, you will join your brother Rocky, who is currently waiting for you on my countertop. :)

http://www.appliancist.com/rancilio-...so-machine.JPG

I'm late to the party apparently... but +1 on the West side!