What is Floyd riding?
 

Floyd is riding this bike in his training camps, looks like all aluminum, no carbon. Anyone recognize the maker from the head tube decal?

pics from:

http://www.neilroad.blogspot.com/

It's a steel Pergoretti.

Pegoretti.

"Why do they lock petrol station bathrooms?" incidates it might be from the UK.

What is that, a Nexus hub? Is that good for training?

edit: whoa, I am a slow typer.

Its a Pegoretti love 3. Check 'em out at competitive cyclist. Beautiful Bikes.

the top tube says "Love #3" which I believe is a scandium frame. It's a beauty though:)

Is Cycleops his new sponsor or is that something he got from Goodwill?

I notice Floyd is using the R600DuraAce death grip on the handlebars.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3395/strain.jpg

Seriously?

It was widely commented that he was riding a PT SL through last years tour.

he's been sponsored by Cycleops/PT for a while now.

Thanks. I've not been paying attention to any Landis news because I figured it would all be about the doping allegations.

Deep Thoughts....

................................Jack Handy

is it me or do those chainstays look HUGE?

Pergoretti's are handmade, like many frames, use pre-made tubing, like many frames, and have similar geometry.

Other than the art-and-crafts paint jobs, what is the appeal of these frames over many other aluminum frames??

Pegoretti was a gift to Landis from the good people at Saris.

(from: http://roadmag.blogspot.com/2007/01/...rtap-camp.html)

Well i like the uniqueness of my Pegoretti....i've only seen one other pegoretti while riding the past two years.

It's kind of like what Nicholas Cage said at the Ferrari dealership in Gone in 60 seconds...."i saw three of these (new Ferrari f40) at the local starbuck and realized there are too many self indulgent wieners in this town...now if i had a 1967 275 GTB four-cam....(sales man) You'd be a connoisseur."

Everyone can own a boring aluminum frame bike from the likes of trek and giant and cannondale and any other mass frame company and you will see your bike 10 times on sunday when you head to starbucks....or you can do it the real way and get something unique and amazing like a Pegoretti. Pictures don't do them justice....when i bought mine i did so because when i walked into the high end bike room at my LBS and among the Colnago C50s and Time VXRSs and Litespeed Ghisallos the Pegoretti outshined all of them.

So..... its basically about the look is what you're saying...

Is it just me, or is Floyd Landis the LEAST bike racer LOOKING dude you ever saw in the UCI? He looks like he should be on the Pro Bowler's Tour, and that would be a stretch. The best illustration I've EVER seen for 'don't judge a rider by his appearance'. It's guys that look like Floyd that wind up BURYING the USCF field half the time. I can only imagine how dorky he looked on the day of that famous argyle socks story where he showed up wearing them and decimated some Cat 2/3 race.

the look is a big part but my Marcelo rides like a dream

I don't see it.

I can get why people like them, but then you could take a Trek 1000 frame, have it stripped, then send it to a local artist to paint.

Same could be said for the run of the mill carbon and steel bikes. Why not just buy an old huffy (non-serotta) and send it to CycleArt and have it painted to look like a Colnago. But is it really?

what's the story behind r600DuraAce and why is he always referenced?

He hasn't raced since the tour.

In race shape:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/19...57e5d6ac36.jpg

Nah, he doesn't have the hair for the PBA. You know...the comb-over/mullet/bedhead combo.