Road Cycling

[Champ]

Do I sense some scepticism on your part, sir?

[L19red]

Yes, I think Brailsford is full of shit. All this talk about how Sky would do it differently and have nothing to do with the historic doping culture of the sport then he hires

1) Dr Gert Lienders the man was at Rabobank when Michael Rasmussen was kicked off the tour in 2007 when leading it.

2) Sean Yates, Lance Armstrong's Directeur Sportif at Discovery and a guy with a very dodgy EPO near miss when the second sample mysteriously disappeared after the first one was positive

3) Bobby Julich podium in 98 tour behind pantani and ullrich, yeah he'll be clean.

and now little JTL.

To the occasional British cycling fan Brailsford looks like a genius but go on a cycling forum and you'll see they all think he's a sanctimonious prick.

[lifetime fan]

Triathlon here today and the cycling stage is through our village, hopefully it'll go incident free.

[Champ]

Triathlon here today and the cycling stage is through our village, hopefully it'll go incident free.

 

I wondered about your post when I first read it but is that the event where a young guy was killed last year?

[lifetime fan]

I wondered about your post when I first read it but is that the event where a young guy was killed last year?

 

 

Different event but very similar cycling stage.

[L19red]

My favourite race of the year today, the Giro di Lombardia and my missus is away. The most beautiful route of any race in the season around the shores and over the mountains surrounding Lake Como. I did the Madonna di Ghisallo in July but couldnt make it up the 30% slopes of the Muro di Sormano. Bigger gears required next time, much bigger.

 

[raininblood]

Hopefully it will not rain as much as it did a few weeks ago(worlds) as for that picture,i'd just about get up that in my car ! :D

[L19red]

No cars allowed on that road, bikes only.

[Sweeney287]

Jesus, I cannot imagine how hard it must be to cycle up those kind of hills

 

Anything above a 15% and I am struggling!

[Champ]

Jesus, I cannot imagine how hard it must be to cycle up those kind of hills

 

Anything above a 15% and I am struggling!

 

Same. I'm not even sure how you'd walk up that

[L19red]

I tired it with a 34:25 gear. I reckon I'd need to add a couple of links to the chain and go up to a 34 on the rear cassette to get up it. I'll go back to Lake Como again one day and give it a go.

[L19red]

Did Sheryl Crow sing to the feds?

 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sheryl-crow-witnessed-armstrong-blood-transfusion

[Champ]

I need some motivation (or is it just more hours in the day?)...what are you lot planning to do over the winter?

[lifetime fan]

So the UCI knew about Lance's positive test and helped cover it up.

 

There's a surprise.

[L19red]

I need some motivation (or is it just more hours in the day?)...what are you lot planning to do over the winter?

Sign up for something difficult in the spring. I recommend the paris-roubaix sportive, its 170kms and 52kms are over cobblestones.

[Champ]

Sign up for something difficult in the spring. I recommend the paris-roubaix sportive, its 170kms and 52kms are over cobblestones.

I hate cobbles.

 

But you're right; a goal for the Spring is a good plan. And there's the Etape, of course.

I'm hoping I can avoid the dreaded turbo trainer

[Champ]

I hate cobbles.

But you're right; a goal for the Spring is a good plan. And there's the Etape, of course.

I'm hoping I can avoid the dreaded turbo trainer

And look what arrived in my inbox this morning

 

http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk

[L19red]

Need somthing harder than that, 80 miles and mostly flat is a breeze. As soon as I'm back in work I'll be booking my flights to somewhere mountainous. Might try the Pyrennees this year as there is a new flight from Manchester to Toulouse, its either that or back to the Alps. I've done galibier and iseran so really need to do bonnette to tick the 2500m+ cols in France but its so bloody remote and only open for 3 month a year.

[Champ]

Need somthing harder than that, 80 miles and mostly flat is a breeze. As soon as I'm back in work I'll be booking my flights to somewhere mountainous. Might try the Pyrennees this year as there is a new flight from Manchester to Toulouse, its either that or back to the Alps. I've done galibier and iseran so really need to do bonnette to tick the 2500m+ cols in France but its so bloody remote and only open for 3 month a year.

I'm looking for a breeze after my humiliation in the Glasgow to Edinburgh sportive in September. That will do for me, I reckon

[Champ]

I'm looking for a breeze after my humiliation in the Glasgow to Edinburgh sportive in September. That will do for me, I reckon

 

Not at £65 a throw, I dont think so. I'll organise my own ride, thanks. 

 

However, what is pressing today are my cold feet. Very cold, numb feet. I missed all this last year but now its bloody freezing out there, what do people wear to keep their feet warm when they're out...or is this another on for the World of a Woman thread?

[L19red]

Neoprene overshoes. Toasty

[Champ]

Neoprene overshoes. Toasty

And much easier to clean than your shoes? Its filthy out there at the moment

[L19red]

*wanders off shaking head and muttering bloody women*

[Champ]

*wanders off shaking head and muttering bloody women*

What've I said now? I cant wash and get my shoes dry before the next time I want to wear them, so running a pair of overshoes under the tap, that will then dry in next to no time, seems a very good idea to me

[L19red]

Rule 5 applies

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/