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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2013 - 06:26pm PT
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Love the look on Cav's face
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jul 11, 2013 - 06:29pm PT
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Poor little Cavend#@&%e! Justice is served.
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Jul 12, 2013 - 02:26am PT
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Great pic StahlBro. Heart warming. Thank you.
It's only fitting that I take that picture as my farewell gift from you, the perpetrator of this fine thread, as I depart. Regrettably I will be unable to participate any longer, as I am off to the wilds of Montana in search of fat, gullible, trout.
You folks have been alot of fun, keep up the good work.
See you in a few weeks.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Jul 12, 2013 - 07:28am PT
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Cavendish blew it, he started to soft pedal maybe 10 meters before the line, thinking he had the win and that's when Kittel went by him. oppps!!
It made my day.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Jul 12, 2013 - 11:35am PT
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For all you folks out there who think only mountain stages produce great racing, today's stage showed just how sexy racing in the wind can be.
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Argon
climber
North Bay, CA
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Jul 12, 2013 - 04:48pm PT
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Pretty impressive win for Cavendish and his team. I was surprised so many GC contenders got caught out. Sagan was again amazing in that he is always there at the finish. Given his good performance in the TT, could he ever contend for the yellow jersey - or will he never be a good enough high mountain climber?
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Jul 12, 2013 - 05:08pm PT
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Amazing stage today on what was supposed to be an easy day. Froome got boxed in and with his team falling apart, Saxo made a very smart and gutsy move. Can't wait until Sunday's Mountain stage.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 12, 2013 - 05:25pm PT
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Cavendish blew it yesterday and knew it, roared back with a great win today. Say what you want about the little guy, he is of the greatest sprinters ever in the Tour.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 12, 2013 - 05:52pm PT
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Yes, Cav raced like the real deal today, bravo to Quick Step and Chavanal.
But especially, bravo to Saxo Tinkoff, Belkin and Quick Step for REALLY puttin' it to 'em. That was an awesome action filled stage that looked pretty predictable on paper.
I don't dislike Froome but no one wants to see him run away with it.
I was bummed about ValVerde's bad luck. We will see how much class he has by how he races from here on. I think he'll back the little Colombian and maybe go for a stage win next week. He didn't deserve that crap.
Anything can happen in the Tour and they still have a long, long way to go, Mont Ventoux, another time trial then Alpe d'Huez twice in one day and as we saw today the most routine stage can kick someones ass.
Sweet, I love July!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 12, 2013 - 05:57pm PT
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Oh, I forgot to say I love Laurens TenDam. How about last year when he had a full beard for the tour? He knows about aerodynamics and doesn't worry about it enough to shave! I kept thinking "there's a guy that does what he wants." I'm sure the team director gave him shite about that.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2013 - 09:21pm PT
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Those cross winds can cause havoc! Once the split happened it was on! Kudos to Cav today (hate to say it ;-)
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 12, 2013 - 09:47pm PT
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very casual cycling fan here, haven't been following the Tour.
when are the mountain stages, and who are the bad-ass climbers this year? If I wake up at ass-thirty, I want to see climbing agony
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 12, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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Yes, even I love Cav today. Maybe the best win of his TDF career.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 12, 2013 - 10:57pm PT
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ms55401,
You're a wiser fan than you know.
The mountain stages I'll make sure to watch this year are Sunday, Thursday, and Friday.
You don't have to get up at dawn on Sunday - the big climb that day is at the very end.
But the other mountain stages are broadcast extra early - like 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. You'll want to see all of those.
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Mtbphoto
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, Ca
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Jul 12, 2013 - 10:58pm PT
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Saw Contrador with a big smile on his face while talking in his race radio at about 2k to go. He know he did a great thing today
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 12, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
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To totally toot my own horn, from July 8
Jul 8, 2013 - 10:06pm PT
Tomorrow the wind will wreak havoc and some Belgian team will produce the winner. Note that Cavendish's team is Belgian, so I'm kind of hedging my bets here. I'm not saying that I'll be particularly happy with him winning.
OK I got the day wrong, but you have to admit the call was petty good.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Jul 13, 2013 - 07:49am PT
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Froome and his team are riding oblong chain rings
anyone got the specs on those babies..
I wonder how much of an advantage they could be.
Shimano used to market them on lower end road bikes under the name Bio-pace and they lasted for a couple of years before being replaced by regular round chain rings. The idea behind them is they remove the dead spot in one's pedal stroke.
Bobby Julich had pretty good luck with them and refined the shape a bit. I do believe he is part of the Sky coaching/management staff.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 13, 2013 - 11:08am PT
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Shimano had BioPace on their montain bike group as well. I raced them for a year. They were supposed to even out the "dead spot" at the top/bottom of your stroke. They were ok once you got used to the different spin, but I never really got used to them.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 13, 2013 - 11:26am PT
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My first mountain bike ( Raleigh bonded aluminum "Technium" ) had the elliptical rings, too. But mine was the SunTour version. The small ring was almost square. I didn't care for them, either.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 13, 2013 - 12:39pm PT
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More great racing today! Crowds were crazy.
Tomorrow, it is on!
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