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dave_atkinson wrote:Given
Given that there’s no concensus on it being awful and needing to change, it’ll stay as it is. because that means i can put my feet up.NO, you have a half marathon to be training for in a couple of weeks, get the joggers on and out for a….erm….jog 😀
Stage 5 is going to decide it
Stage 5 is going to decide it unless some super human TT guy blows them away in stage 1 and 8If your training on the road
If your training on the road then anything thats knobbly is going to slow you down a bit.If your rims can take 28’s then i’d get some on there and you’ll notice the difference, What i would suggest it getting some decent ones that are going to last you, but if you can pick up second hand ones cheap enough go down that route.
I’m a continental man, so on that score there are a few
Ultra Sport – What i use for running about on £15-18 each
Gatorskin – can get them in 28’s for around £20 each
Gator Hardshell – more for commuting £30 eachYeah i don’t think it would
Yeah i don’t think it would the slightest bit of difference using any other system of doing it, you’d still get those who will not be happy.I think the fact that there are only a few threads this year asking for things to be changed, shows that this works.
I’m just worried about picking for the Grand Tours as its going to be impossible to balance a team out without writing off a couple of spots to cheap guys.
I’m not after winning anything, i’m just hear for fun, the minute it doesn’t become fun, then i’ll stop playing, like i almost did in Oman X(
BUT for some reason, the same guys are creeping towards the top again and once they get a lead, thats it, we’re all in their wake 😕
As i said in another thread, i have a notepad this year, so i’m already ahead of my game last year :B 👿
OK OK, i know you’ll all have
OK OK, i know you’ll all have been waiting for my tuppence worth 👿I wasn’t a fan of the old system, where you had to have a GC, a KM, a PC and 2 AR, it was very inflexible, but at least we had the budget to get a decent team in.
I’m a bit more in favour of the Star vs DS system, to a point, its a bit of a waste have 4 Star riders because you cannot get a decent team in and fill the 9 riders, you have to sacrifice one star spot and get in the cheapest guy you can and then the same with the DS, i find myself looking for the cheapest DS aswell, so 2 out of my 9 riders are only chosen on their value and not ability
Also, as was pointed out above, anyone who was a DS and did anything decent last year is now a “Star” rider, even though they will only ever be a DS in their real life team. There are 156 Star riders, but if you look at it on a team to team basis and i’ll use 2 teams for examples Sky, because they are British and then Rabobank, just because they also have 12 Star riders
Because the 2011 game systems to have gone now (i was using that for reference before) how many of these were in the categories that are now star riders??
Sky’s Star’s
D. Appollonio
E. Boasson Hagen
M. Cavendish
J. Flecha
C. Froome
S. Henao
M. Rogers
K. Siutsou
B. Swift
G. Thomas
R. Uran
B. WigginsRabo’s Star’s
L. Boom
T. Bos
M. Breschel
G. Brown
R. Gesink
S. Kruijswijk
P. Martens
M. Matthews
B. Mollema
M. Renshaw
L. Sanchez
L. ten DamThen these respective DS side, Sky only have 16 and Rabo 15. Kind of leads to an uneven balance
Looking at the Sky Stars, thats nearly a whole TdF team with a couple of DS’s in there and the same for Rabo
So i think the riders grouping needs to be looked at again, If most of the team who will be riding the Grand Tours are Stars, thats not going to work, as there will only be 1 or 2 road captains, TdF, Sky will have Cav and Wiggo, the rest working for them 😕
Right, i’ve narrowed it down
Right, i’ve narrowed it down to 31 riders, so i’m waiting on the final start list, see if that narrows it down for me again and THEN and only THEN, will i make up my mind on anyone after studying form, past results and so on……NO seriously, you think i’m pulling your leg this time and giving you false information, i’m not, i need to climb back up the rankings and win a stage to get on that leaderboard with a high score :B
I have a notepad this year aswell 😀
I totally forgot about that
I totally forgot about that Armstrong posts and the rule, i knew there was something about it, but couldn’t be hooped google’ing without a clue what i was looking for 👿Hugh Lupus wrote:Sounds like
Sounds like a profile that Jonathan Tiernan-Locke would suit, and he’s bang in form.It would be perfect, but Endura aint racing
Just been looking at the pics
Just been looking at the pics on Mikeh789’s link, there is a guy on a trike 👿I hope Dowsett donated the frame to some young up and comer 😀
notfastenough wrote:I think
I think it’s the BT ads that currently have some swooshy soft-focused cyclists in them in GB kit.That would be Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee?? Are Triathletes REALLY cyclist’s 😉 👿
This ad http://youtu.be/C2EzUnq_ooY
My team is going to consist
My team is going to consist of Climbing TT guys, so anyone that can climb and TTSo you moving to WA then?
So you moving to WA then? nice work if you can get it, Love FreoI dont think its the fact
I dont think its the fact that they didn’t cover the medal ceremony, More the fact that your supposed to observe respect and silence through national anthems, they carried on the interview throughout the anthemIf you got it from Halfords
If you got it from Halfords (they seem to be the main seller) contact them, otherwise try contacting Magnum, see what they suggestI thought exactly the same
I thought exactly the same and was going to see if anyone else put it up, Yeah i think it had to be Hammer’s gold, because thats the only American medal of any type, Even Chris looked at Jill as if to say, “are you going to stop” but no no, she just rattled on. Thats the BBC for you though
