Tour de France thread

I thought he gave some time back to him later on. Can't remember. In any event I'm not a Contador fan. They see to think this may be his last tour as well.

 

I wouldn't be afraid to get one. I looked at the Scott's but I didn't like the feel of their carbon frame. Giant seemed to be pretty decent. To be honest I might go back to aluminum frame for my next road bike.

 

contador was dq'd after he was caught doping handing schlock the win.

 

I've been eyeing BMC's Roadmachine 01, checked it out several times at the LBS. Just too much for me to spend on a bicycle. I've also been looking at the Lynskey's, I like the idea of titanium over carbon with my weight.

 

Lifetime warranty on the frames if I remember right.

 

Ahhh.

Hey how clean do you think the fields are today. I would think they are cleaner over all but do you think there is still some PED going on. Pretty hard to think that everyone is 100% clean.

 

This is truly puzzling. You regularly come up with some of the most entertaining spelling on the BBS, and you are one of only a handful here who can properly spell "peloton."
<Mind fucked>

 

Part of the challenge of being 100% clean is just keeping track of all of the banned substances and then knowing exactly what is in every last thing you eat or inject. Lots of drugs have multiple brand names, etc. Sometime it is a class of substance that is banned, so then you have to become an expert on what stuff falls into that class.

Now the other side of that is how many of them are skirting along the edge of the rules as to what nutritional supplements allowed.

Bottom line is you will catch a few that are outright cheating. You will get a few who are trying to walk the tightrope and slipped a bit. You will catch some that were not trying to do anything wrong, but took the wrong cold medicine by mistake and gained no performance advantage in the end. Sucks for them because others are cheating and they get caught up in it. Some will get away with cheating. That's life.

 

Seem damn good for the money. I just bought my first road bike, a Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1. Ultegra components, tubeless carbon wheels, under 15lbs stock. I'm a rookie to road biking but can't say enough good things about it and it was only about $3k. That's not chump change of course but it's a damn good deal for a bike that nice and that light/fast.

 

"Porte fractured his hip and collarbone in the descent of Mont du Chat."
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/othe...e-France-Dan-Martin-Chris-Froome-cycling-news

 

I know, right.

 

I like the Propel Advanced 1, it looks awesome. I've never tried one though.

 

I'm over 200 lbs. In the early and mid 90's when carbon fiber frames were coming out and becoming more popular the cons were carbon did not have stress cracks, the frame would just fail. I have ridden Cannondales since the then. I just also have a carbon steel Surly for commuting.

I was recently riding/speaking with a long time riding partner who upgraded to a carbon fiber with metal lugs. So I'm curious to how far the carbon fiber technology has advanced since then.

 

I'm over 200 lbs and have put a ton of miles on several Giant carbon frames without any issues.

 

I'm actually amazed it wasn't worse. That was one hell of a crash into a jagged rock well, and it looked like his back took a huge hit......

 

Curious? What models? I've never really considered a carbon fiber bike while I was deeply in the sport. I've just returned to the sport after a long hiatus and my curiousity has been intrigued since talking to my old riding partner.

 

Both the Defy and TCR Advanced SL. Right now I'm riding a flat bar steel bike because I'm not riding anywhere like I use too. Now its mostly around the neighborhood chasing my son around. I also owned a Scott full carbon Tri bike that I put a lot of hours on with out any issues.

 

Same here. Not riding anywhere near the miles I onced used to ride.

Thanks for the info.

 

cycling is a filthy disgusting sport. No way is froome clean. id say 70% of the field is dirty. there are just better dr.'s now to figure out how not to get caught

 

Agreed. Best proof is they are destroying Lance's times on specific routes and that gain in performance sure can't be attributed to bicycle technology or even progress in training techniques.

I have friends I ride with casually (not even racers) that even considered taking micro doses of EPO. I was like WTF ?