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what for? still "too beaucoup" for a bike frame, If I want to save weight and go just a bit faster uphills (and lets face it it it is only when going uphill or accelerating/decelerating that lower weight could help. Period.) I would lose a bit of weight or take less water or gear with me, there are lots of great Aluminum or steel frames available on craigslist too, ...
07-16-14, 12:44 PM
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Looks like Contador was PO'd because his Specialized carbon frame exploded beneath him so he threw it across the road and it hit the Belkin car.
07-16-14, 01:00 PM
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what for? still "too beaucoup" for a bike frame, If I want to save weight and go just a bit faster uphills (and lets face it it it is only when going uphill or accelerating/decelerating that lower weight could help. Period.) I would lose a bit of weight or take less water or gear with me, there are lots of great Aluminum or steel frames available on craigslist too, ...
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07-16-14, 01:06 PM
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It always strikes me as funny when people compare retail price to resale price when arguing value. You all do know that those craigslist bikes were, at one time or another, bought at some sort of retail price, right?
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07-16-14, 01:12 PM
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what for? still "too beaucoup" for a bike frame, If I want to save weight and go just a bit faster uphills (and lets face it it it is only when going uphill or accelerating/decelerating that lower weight could help. Period.) I would lose a bit of weight or take less water or gear with me, there are lots of great Aluminum or steel frames available on craigslist too, ...
07-16-14, 01:14 PM
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...certainly it is hilarious to discuss this in terms of the resale price of CF bikes.
...certainly it is hilarious to discuss this in terms of the resale price of CF bikes.
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07-16-14, 01:22 PM
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Few grams off a bike does not make an ordinary person, not talking about TdF athletes. a better rider or a better athlete, riding your bike every day for commuting to work and back and running errands. Sometime I see riders(more on early spring when people dust off their bike and come out for riding after few months of cold weather) with expensive bikes sometime on my weekend rides and they are surprised when i pass them going uphill on my bike 32 lbs heavy steel frame steel fork and 36 spoke heavy wheels carrying panniers and a trunk bag, :-) .... few grams off High tech CF Frames are more suitable for TdF athletes where fractions of microseconds are difference between wining or losing, ...
07-16-14, 01:26 PM
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Few grams off a bike does not make an ordinary person, not talking about TdF athletes. a better rider or a better athlete, riding your bike every day for commuting to work and back and running errands. Sometime I see riders(more on early spring when people dust off their bike and come out for riding after few months of cold weather) with expensive bikes sometime on my weekend rides and they are surprised when i pass them going uphill on my bike 32 lbs heavy steel frame steel fork and 36 spoke heavy wheels carrying panniers and a trunk bag, :-) .... few grams off High tech CF Frames are more suitable for TdF athletes where fractions of microseconds are difference between wining or losing, ...
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"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --the tiniest sprinter
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Just trying to say that i did not think i would ever need a CF bike, more so after seeing the $20,000 bike being ripped apart like that at TdF. I guess that might make me a cheapo but that is fine with me, I don't need, supposedly the best and greatest racing bike, I am not participating in TdF, ...
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I haven’t read the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned this accident happened while AC was trying to eat? Go back a couple of years ago…he eats steak and gets busted for doping. This year he eats a snack and crashes his bike. Connect the dots people, there’s your conspiracy.
07-16-14, 01:36 PM
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Just trying to say that i did not think i would ever need a CF bike, more so after seeing the $20,000 bike being ripped apart like that at TdF. I guess that might make me a cheapo but that is fine with me, I don't need, supposedly the best and greatest racing bike, I am not participating in TdF, ...
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"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --the tiniest sprinter
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what for? still "too beaucoup" for a bike frame, If I want to save weight and go just a bit faster uphills (and lets face it it it is only when going uphill or accelerating/decelerating that lower weight could help. Period.) I would lose a bit of weight or take less water or gear with me, there are lots of great Aluminum or steel frames available on craigslist too, ...
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for whom no sacrifice is too great in the pursuit of weight savings and number of cogs in your gear cluster.
Welcome aboard, just hang your hat and coat over in the corner there, stow your sanity in the locker provided, and let's start talkin' Di2.
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Just trying to say that i did not think i would ever need a CF bike, more so after seeing the $20,000 bike being ripped apart like that at TdF. I guess that might make me a cheapo but that is fine with me, I don't need, supposedly the best and greatest racing bike, I am not participating in TdF, ...
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I haven’t read the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned this accident happened while AC was trying to eat? Go back a couple of years ago…he eats steak and gets busted for doping. This year he eats a snack and crashes his bike. Connect the dots people, there’s your conspiracy.
..........it's so obvious now that you've pointed to it. I feel foolish.
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I haven’t read the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned this accident happened while AC was trying to eat? Go back a couple of years ago…he eats steak and gets busted for doping. This year he eats a snack and crashes his bike. Connect the dots people, there’s your conspiracy.
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07-16-14, 02:17 PM
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Is he? If two people are practicing different activities, which one is to say what is "practical" for the other?
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Couldn't you find a used Trek on craigslist?
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