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Dr Heaton:
I did say "a bit" and based it on the failure to score on the flat last time out (53rd), but there may have been a reason for that. I have not been able to follow the race too closely, due to the Giro and other commitments. Sometimes I feel Fantasy cycling is taking over half my life
Like what am I doing on here now on a Sunny Sunday afternoon?
Had to pick one of four sprinters to leave out and that was my reasoning.
If we really wanted to reduce the CO2 footprint of travelling to work (because of course, CO2 is the perfect invisible enemy) then perhaps we should all try to ride British (or at least European) made bikes/parts/clothing because actually importing all of the goods from the Far East must add up and their environmental controls are most likely not as strict as in Europe.
As said join bc or ctc for public liability insurance. My bike is insured for damage. I hold licences for a motor bike a car and trains. I'm also a member of AIM really don't think I need a licence to ride my bike
Fair enough. But if your son is still wearing his Superman shirt and cape when an adult, the general public may make other assumptions.
1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 17 for me.
Or.... They just like it? Why do they have to be trying hard or a stereotype? This says more about your assumptions and prejudice about the kind of people who wear Rapha than the actual people who do, just like the majority of people here decrying those wearing team gear (Although it was kind of a godwin's law thing that someone was bound to mention Rapha at some point)
Well said Stepho. My 3 year old has become quite taken with running around wearing a superman t-shirt (complete with cape) over the last few weeks. As far as I'm aware he is distintly lacking in any superpowers and I'm fairly confident the majority of the general public wouldn't assume he has them either
OK let's recap. Do the papers talk of someone "Wearing the hat" the same as they say "Wearing the Maglia Rosa", or "Wearing the Rainbow Jersey"? There's the difference. If you want to wear team kit, I couldnt care less. (Honestly).
From previous experience the last stage of the ToC has always started much earlier than the rest of the stages, but I couldn't tell you why
Try drilling into the cap and using the hole to prize is off. A dremel or similar might be easier but a small bit on a power drill should work OK. Just don't go too far. What have you got to lose?
poor stage today, banked on the Galibier being open to the top and picked a team for that.
Fell short though with 2,7,8,9,10 plus pirazzi and chalapud
Same score as the boss
Breakaway of 3 with 60km to go:
De Gendt - Vacansoleil
McCartney - Bissell
Duchesne - Bontrager
Er. No. It's been welcomed by one person affiliated with a pressure group (FoE) who has set up another pressure group and a badly maintained website.
That's not Manchester's cyclists. That's one person.
You'd get a more considered and representative opinion by crashing a Raleigh Chopper into a crate of fermented fruit on the middle of Oxford Road, letting loose a horde of half-starved deranged gibbons, and asking the gibbons if they think cycle lanes are a good idea.
The stage started at 8.30AM local time.
Join BC or CTC. That way you get insurance, plus the benefit of funding one of the campaigning organisations.
Appollonio lantern rouge
This is all relative! You may have done well but so has everyone else. It becomes easier to pick riders the later the competition progresses. The trick is to try to pick the riders on days where it is less predictable - as in earlier in the competition.
One of the weaknesses of the FC game is that once you get to this stage in the comp., it's almost impossible to have a chance of winning it unless you are in the top 20 or perhaps even top 10. I'm currently 37th but don't have a chance in hell of winning overall.
Did my transfers yesterday as normal, even though leaving it to the last minute is sometimes advantageous. Only just checked the TV schedule though to see it's on soon!
Sounds like a brilliant idea - alternatively (and it won't happen) said non-elitist residents of the town can be taxed to raise funds to add a cycle only lane to the alternative route.
Grrrr, I'm peed off. Should have checked the time, assumed I'd be ok though. Surely they are still having breakfast in Cali! Defending 10th on this tour too. That's gone now- unless a 15 man break makes it
Anyways, would have brought in Sagan, farrar, Matthews and meersman, taking 20 point pen, and binning my GC guys in most efficient way to defend GC points. For the record.
Now I'll go and mope in my corner....
but as a car owner/driver I already pay for the "joy" of
using the Bristish road systems one way or another
WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT ANYONE IS WEARING ON THEIR BIKE.
Please people.
my 5 year old son wears a Valentino Rossi Moto GP champion hat, should i tell him he can't wear it because he never earned it? give me strength.
2,4,7,8,9,10 + chalapud + pirazzi points. Ok I guess
@The Rumpo Kid:
Sorry, I think I got a bit carried away there, im sure you arent elitist and I understand your view. I do have to admit that I would feel very self-conscious about wearing a polka-dot jersey, as it would in my mind be akin to making a statement about my climbing abilities, but wearing a pair of prendas armwarmers with the World Champion stripes on wouldnt bother me a jot.
I live in leafy Cheshire and I see a lot of riders out in full rapha gear, I cant help the feeling that they are trying just as hard to fit in with a stereotype as the man in the Wiggins kit.
Nice bike! ha... just ride and enjoy it. I hope i live long enough to ride like the old dude in the Garmin kit so i can be uncool too. That old man rocks!
New rule #1: all velominati followers are douchebags.
cheers!