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7/14/2014 1:48pm
What happened to Talansky today ? That sucks about Contador. I don't see Vincenzo Nibali cracking in the mountains but who knows anymore. Crazy the 2 best GC riders crash out of the Tour. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
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7/14/2014 1:59pm
What is it with the fans wanting to get out right in front of these riders? In some cases, it looks like they are definitely interfering with the race. They showed one of the riders swatting phones out of peoples hands like he was playing whack a mole. I thought that was funny.
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7/14/2014 2:19pm
IWreckALot wrote:
What is it with the fans wanting to get out right in front of these riders? In some cases, it looks like they are definitely interfering...
What is it with the fans wanting to get out right in front of these riders? In some cases, it looks like they are definitely interfering with the race. They showed one of the riders swatting phones out of peoples hands like he was playing whack a mole. I thought that was funny.
Touched on that earlier in the tread but ya your right, they want to get selfies and down goes the rider or riders. thats why Schleck is out and why riders are swatting phones like flies.

With social media becoming more and more evident since the turn of the century I don't know what they could do about it in the TDF
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7/14/2014 2:27pm
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Alberto Conta-doper is out. see ya later cheater!
A strange line to take from a whole hearted backer of the ultimate drug cheat!


"it's not about the bike" - F*cking right it's not Laughing

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7/14/2014 4:25pm
I hope this TDF doesn't turn into a one man snooze fest. Joaquin Rodriguez is real far behind in time, but leading KOM now. Voeckler doesn't seem to be on form and is an hour back in gc. Haven't heard much about Valverde lately. I wouldn't be surprised if VN drinks champagne all the way to Paris.
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7/15/2014 7:44am
TJ is making a nice recovery from the early crash! All the way back up to 7th overall!
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7/15/2014 7:08pm
Ever see a frame that took out it's rider?

You have, now.
7/15/2014 7:24pm
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Ever see a frame that took out it's rider? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/07/15/59604/s1200_image.jpg[/img] You have, now.
Ever see a frame that took out it's rider?

You have, now.
Amazing how quicky they pulled the rug over that one. First media response was that his frame cracked and spat him off, 5 minutes later the story changed to it cracked as he wadded up. And then they said that was a backup bike that fell off the team car. I have some funny feeling that I remember a similar incident in a prior TDF.
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7/15/2014 7:30pm
I've got 30 years in the Aero-Composites biz & composite bike frames are a subject of a lot of discussion among us "carbon-geeks".

My Road-Bike has a carbon fork and an Al. Frame w/ carbon-stays.

I'll roll with predictable hybrid construction.
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7/16/2014 10:31am
When the story was unfolding on Monday, I also thought that it might have been some form of cover-up.

They described it in detail this morning. Evidently, they were swapping bikes, and Contador got about 500 meters up the road, and pulled back off. In a scramble to get back up to him, they had a fender-bender with the Belkin team car, and that is where the frame got broke.

I believe that. I have a carbon road and mtn bike, and those things are TOUGH.
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7/16/2014 10:54am
TeamGreen wrote:
I've got 30 years in the Aero-Composites biz & composite bike frames are a subject of a lot of discussion among us "carbon-geeks". My Road-Bike has...
I've got 30 years in the Aero-Composites biz & composite bike frames are a subject of a lot of discussion among us "carbon-geeks".

My Road-Bike has a carbon fork and an Al. Frame w/ carbon-stays.

I'll roll with predictable hybrid construction.
Yeah, and once you roll right around 65 miles plus, you'll be riding in pain! I have both ! Not mention anyone with half a brain could look at that bike and tell that there is no way that damage was from breakage while riding! Those Specialized S WORKS are fantastic machines!
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7/16/2014 2:35pm
I have a lighter Cannondale aluminum frame but my favorite rides are on a 20 yr old Merckx MXL steel frame.

I'm waiting for Porte to blast off on a long climb like his teammate Froome would have inevitably done. It'll be interesting to see if he can pull back enough time on Nibali before the TT.
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7/16/2014 3:55pm Edited Date/Time 7/16/2014 3:56pm
BUTCH wrote:
Yeah, and once you roll right around 65 miles plus, you'll be riding in pain! I have both ! Not mention anyone with half a brain...
Yeah, and once you roll right around 65 miles plus, you'll be riding in pain! I have both ! Not mention anyone with half a brain could look at that bike and tell that there is no way that damage was from breakage while riding! Those Specialized S WORKS are fantastic machines!
I've been considering a road bike. My wife graduates nursing school in December and I've been thinking about going with a caad 10 cannondale to celebrate. but the specialized bikes look super sweet. You have any experience on both bikes by chance? I've resorted to going with the caad 10 but I am not opposed to considering the s works. Even though the s will likely be more expensive.
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7/16/2014 5:28pm
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Yeah, and once you roll right around 65 miles plus, you'll be riding in pain! I have both ! Not mention anyone with half a brain...
Yeah, and once you roll right around 65 miles plus, you'll be riding in pain! I have both ! Not mention anyone with half a brain could look at that bike and tell that there is no way that damage was from breakage while riding! Those Specialized S WORKS are fantastic machines!
IWreckALot wrote:
I've been considering a road bike. My wife graduates nursing school in December and I've been thinking about going with a caad 10 cannondale to celebrate...
I've been considering a road bike. My wife graduates nursing school in December and I've been thinking about going with a caad 10 cannondale to celebrate. but the specialized bikes look super sweet. You have any experience on both bikes by chance? I've resorted to going with the caad 10 but I am not opposed to considering the s works. Even though the s will likely be more expensive.
Cannondale makes a great bike...I do not have a Cannondale road bike but I do own a Cannondale MTN bike! Everything I've read about the Cadd 10 is that it is a very good machine, couldn't go wrong with that bike! The Specialized S works series bikes are a lot of coin, new ... the least expensive being the Allez the only Aluminum Framed S Works is 7grand! The carbon S works start at 8500 to10500 and they come in several different models! Specialized 2015 bikes are being made by a new standard that only they are using right now! Without going bikes into it to much.... most all manufacturers build their bikes based of a 56" size and use that same pattern with smaller and larger bikes......the 2015 Specialized bikes will not be built like that any longer. They are also using a new standard when it come to building Aluminum framed bikes as well that they have Patented! Here's a link to their web site look around in there.....good stuff!Wink
http://www.specialized.com/us/en/home/
7/18/2014 6:13am
Lots of abandonments lately of top riders and the true Mtn stages are just getting started. The Alps should keep things interesting.
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7/18/2014 6:32am
Yeah,today is the day ,see who has it.

The last climb is HC and believe they said 23 miles long.
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7/18/2014 7:16am
Jesus,

Nibali's righthand man just hit a water bottle at 50 mph in a turn and slid a long ways on his side.

He is serious covered in rash,got up,swap bikes and the team and movistar team held up to wait on him.
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7/18/2014 7:50am
Just not Sky's tour this time around. Richey Porte found out on the first hors cat climb. Sad
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7/18/2014 8:38am
TJ was afraid to go,now that he knows how good he feels maybe tomorrow he will get some time back.

Nibali looked close to the edge right at the end.

See how he recovers.
7/18/2014 9:04am
I don't think a thread about TDF is complete without mentioning the podium girls. HOLY MOLY!!!!! Where do they find those women???!!! They look like the finest genetic creations the human race has to offer. No silicone or trashiness, just elegant statuesque beauty. Europe has our asses kicked.
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7/18/2014 3:58pm
Looks like TJ has pulled himself back into contention for a podium spot! Second might be doable if he doesn't have anymore problems!
7/18/2014 5:29pm
I don't think a thread about TDF is complete without mentioning the podium girls. HOLY MOLY!!!!! Where do they find those women???!!! They look like the...
I don't think a thread about TDF is complete without mentioning the podium girls. HOLY MOLY!!!!! Where do they find those women???!!! They look like the finest genetic creations the human race has to offer. No silicone or trashiness, just elegant statuesque beauty. Europe has our asses kicked.
Those girls are unreal!
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7/19/2014 11:19am
He podium girls in the Vuelta are my favorite. Nibali looks a lot better in these climbs than he did in the Dauphine. He's the Don of this TdF.
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7/19/2014 12:00pm
TJ is looking solid! Could sneak in for an O/A Podium spot on the last time trial! I think he's 59 seconds out of 3rd right now!
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7/19/2014 4:22pm
I with ya, Butch. I keep waiting for the young French climbers to crack but they are solid. Valverde always seems to have a bad day or 2 on the high slopes. Quintana must be sick that he's not out there this year. I am.
7/22/2014 7:44pm
Week 3 is like the 7th inning stretch in baseball or the 3rd qtr in football. VN is not relenting. The Pyrenees will sort everything out. White jersey shake up today and some drama in KOM.
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7/23/2014 5:15am
Is this the ULTIMATE in tough?

Reto Hollenstein crashes in the first few kilometers of yesterday's stage and breaks a rib which punctures one of his lungs. After waiting for about five min's for medical help (which does not come) instead of getting a regular ambulance to hospital he gets back on his bike and finishes the stage. That stage is the longest of the tour at 237.5 ks! and contained two cat 4 climbs, a cat three, a cat 2 and finished after climbing and the descending an hors category climb.

Unbelievable! and if you saw it in a hollywood movie you'd laugh at the writers for coming up with something so far fetched.
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7/24/2014 5:31am Edited Date/Time 7/24/2014 5:32am
Wasn't the Astana team one of the last to get caught cheating?

The team manager ,he crashed into a tree and broke a hip ,didn't he get caught doing a transfusion in his room?

And,the 30/30 slaying the badger,that was great.
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7/24/2014 4:29pm
IWreckALot wrote:
I've been considering a road bike. My wife graduates nursing school in December and I've been thinking about going with a caad 10 cannondale to celebrate...
I've been considering a road bike. My wife graduates nursing school in December and I've been thinking about going with a caad 10 cannondale to celebrate. but the specialized bikes look super sweet. You have any experience on both bikes by chance? I've resorted to going with the caad 10 but I am not opposed to considering the s works. Even though the s will likely be more expensive.
The shop I work at sells both Cannondale and Specialized..Both have great options at every price point in alloy or carbon. You can't go wrong as long as the frame size fits you.

I'm lucky enough to be rocking a 2014 S-Works Tarmac that I built up this winter...It's seriously fucking bad ass. I will say this though, for a customer who doesn't have the advantage of employee-level pricing, the Tarmac Expert has a ton of bang for the buck. My friend who owns the shop was out in Cali last week for the 2015 dealer event, and he had a chance to ride the 2015 S-Works Di2 disc Tarmac. He said it was sweet, but out here we don't have any real descending so it's not a huge advantage for us.

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