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Comments - Long live single file bike racing
February 22, 2010
what is tt, rr and crit??
- danni, crewe
July 13, 2009
its simple, Fred's Law. Akin to Murphy's.
- Hunter, Atl
July 11, 2009
Thanks for the ride info, John.
- Matt, St. Joseph
July 10, 2009
For $250, I will watch the tour online, install a VNC client, and you can connect to my computer with another VNC client. Pretty straightforward.
My last order from you guys was # 52508
- Jon, Key West
July 08, 2009
You probably learned this already, but in Summit County timing is everything, and I would have to say that the eighteen wheelers on the major passes are not nearly as bad as the weekend riders on the Vail Pass path. What I like on the weekends is going south on Highway 9 between Breck and Alma/Fairplay on Hoosier Pass. The mornings have fairly light traffic, but the shoulder is small/nonexistent. The south side of the pass is pretty easy. The north side from Breck is hard. You will definitely get some great altitude. The only problem is if cars really bother you the descent south is a bit nervous because there is no guard rail, and I have had Flight for Life land in front of me a few times driving over on a summer afternoon rescuing a person on a touring bike or motorcycle. However, I have never had a problem and most of the time you do not need to come close to touching your brakes. I am also a little biased because I ended up crashing descending down to Copper on Vail pass avoiding a fat lady stopped in the middle of the path on a bridge in front of a very sharp turn. Another idea is go to Leadville or drive over and do Independence Pass.
My rule of thumb in the mountains is on the weekdays avoid the roads because you can, and on weekends, take the roads less traveled (not Hwy 6) and deal with the motorists because they are easier to avoid than the weekend warriors on the paths.
- Derek, Denver
July 08, 2009
YOU WANT TO WATCH THE TOUR FROM WORK????? What kind of company do you work for, anyhow?
- Rich, Delaware
July 07, 2009
Loveland Pass has a legend?
- Daus, Denver, CO
July 07, 2009
Matt-from keystone, ride over swan mtn road. there is a bike path that goes from east to west that is easier that the road, and it keeps you away from traffic for 75% of the climb. its also a great way to see how the altitude effects you, and how you're feeling that day. the path will end on the road, turn left and take it to the top. this is a short, but steep section. ride swan down to highway 9 and turn left. now you're able to join up with the bike path from frisco to breck. take that bike path until airport road, then turn right and that will carry you to highway 9 on a road free from weekend bike path traffic, and the highway. airport turns into highway 9 (go right at the light) in the town, ride that to where 9 and main meet up on the south side of breck. the last stop light in town is boreas pass road. turn left there. you can see the ice arena as a marker. you can ride boreas for some easier switch backs until it turns to dirt, or turn left once on boreas when you see baldy rd. for a very steep finish.
- john, frisco
July 07, 2009
I prefer to go with "Theorem of the J-bag" for the sketchy dude in the race, and there does exist the "Corollary of the Attacker". Usually the sketchy dude is not so good at making splits, so a few hard attacks will often take care of him. Skewer placement, I go between the seatstay and chainstay unless the dropout and skewer do not allow it (think Breezer style dropout with Shimano or older Campy L_shaped skewer), where I would then go parallel to the chainstay underneath facing forward. All my bikes have vertical dropouts. Front skewer should be closed facing rearward on an upward angle but not tucked in behind the fork. Bisecting imaginary lines of upward rear-pointing front skewer and upward front-pointing rear skewer should cross ~10 cm above BB along seat tube axis :).
- Eric, White Rock, BC
July 07, 2009
It's not just the incessant crappy ads... it's also the inept, mistake-ridden, LA centric, sensational, and hyperbolic commentary by the Versus crew.
- REG, San Francisco
July 07, 2009
The Squirrel Law
- p, nippleworks.com
July 07, 2009
if you can get the canadian OLN feed from your cable or sat service provider we are refreshingly male enhancement free, just lots and lots of Cervelo ads and sales pitches for Sham-Wow's. Though it does still mean that you have tp put up with VS horrible coverage. that being said, their interview with Cav at the end of the stage more than made up for their shitty coverage. "If they want to race like junior riders they'll get results like junior riders". OWNED. Speaking of riding single file, major props to Columbia for laying the smack down and putting the rest of the peleton into the gutter yesterday!
- Michael, Vancouver, BC
July 07, 2009
Loveland Pass has the issue about it being the route hazardous cargo HAS to take to bypass the Eisenhower Tunnel. I've ridden Loveland a million times and every single one of those tanker guys is very pro--the drivers who haul tons of gasoline over the Continental Divide are very skilled and they are more used to you than you are to them. Don't fear them, just be understanding of their situtaion and be courteous. Pay closer attention to the cars--every manufacturer tests cars on the pass and you will see ridiculously awesome stuff up there before it ever hits the market--the Bugatti Veyron and the Mercedes Black Series AMGs were my favorite sightings.
Go from Loveland Ski Area to Breck and back, or vice versa (easier but there is very liitle at Loveland Ski Area so if you bonk you're stuck). I find that leaving the car on one side of a mountain and going over that mountain is a fine motivator to go back over. Also, Bergen Park - Echo Lake - Idaho Springs and back is wonderful and very hard. There is a spectacular bike path that goes from Breck to Vail if cars spook you, you can instead see noobs and gapers driven to the top by tour guides, and then turned loose to ride downhill. I'll take the tankers.
- Matt , Denver
July 07, 2009
Watch the tour here now http://www.veetle.com/viewChannel.php?cid=4a5238a4f321d. Quallity is good.
You can use a proxy server, but they are usually too slow for streaming TV.
And send me my $250 gift certificate! Check your database for a Danny from Tokyo.
- Danny, Tokyo
July 07, 2009
Apologies use this link please http://www.ustream.tv/channel/klitschko the ads on that last one were almost as bad as the versus ones..
- oakmad, Austin
July 07, 2009
Currently its streaming on this page with the Eurosport commentry: http://teampilipinas.info/2009/07/tour-de-france-2009-free-live-stream.html about a sec lag from the versus coverage...
- oakmad, Austin
July 07, 2009
Well, lets see if my "Ask Bobke" shows up on Versus...Maybe their is a way someone could petition that viewers would stop watching if the ads weren't pulled. I'm not a conservative guy, but I find these to be tasteless.
"Hey Bobke,
Big time fan, so I decided to ask you instead of advertising reps. In a sport that constantly talks about its sophistication and class why are "Male Enhancements" constantly advertised on Versus during the Tour De France? People watch this with their kids and I don't think anyone wants to explain what Smiling Bob is smiling about. Why doesn't the network show the same class as is expected from the riders and is constantly talked about on the programs? "
Dont expect to see it on Vs. tonight.
- Doug, Atl
July 07, 2009
For your restrictions, if you go to http://www.xroxy.com/proxylist.htm and select the country you want from the drop down list, you can find an open proxy in the country you need to be coming from in order to view the feed. If by some bizarre chance that list doesn't include a proxy in the country you need, goodle "open proxy list", as there are a lot of lists out there. Just configure your browser's proxy settings for that proxy, and check the box that says "use same proxy for all protocols" or similar. It's that easy. Firefox has that under tools > options > network > configure how firefox connects to the internet > settings, and IE is under tools > internet options > connections > lan settings (at work/on a lan), or you're using ppoe (dial-up) settings, you'd configure the proxy within the dial up settings while at home.
If you decide you want to get really advanced in hiding your IP, we can talk about getting TOR installed.
- Rob, Richardson, TX
July 07, 2009
try this one, http://atdhe. net/7269/ watch-le- tour-de-france- 2009--en-
- miguel, california
July 07, 2009
The Versus online feed has pretty limited commercials
- Tolsun, Philly
July 07, 2009
There are systems that can do it - I use AnchorFree (www.anchorfree.com) - that lets me do what you want from Canada. (i.e. watch US stuff when I'm on a Canadian ISP)... Might work
give it a shot
- Chris, Toronto
July 07, 2009
FYI, universal health insurance in Canada, so moot (so to speak) point for our LBS's - I'd be more concerned about fundamental lack of retail intelligence at the average bike store: if they understood inventory and margin management (and leveraging suppliers) there wouldn't be an issue around supply health insurance in the US (not that that should ever have to be a choice in a civilized country....)
- Bob, Toronto
July 06, 2009
one of the reasons i buy from cc is that both the other major local shops NEVER have anything in stock. i think it contributes to backing up their service dept too - people drop bikes off to get fixed then the shop has to order parts.
- sam, little rock
July 06, 2009
Hey John, I'm heading out to Keystone next week leading up to the Mt. Evans race...what are some of those good routes east of Breck?
- Matt, Saint Joseph
July 06, 2009
www.anonymizer.com or
- Alain, Montréal
July 06, 2009
You can dog BG Fit all you want, but as a person that has taken every bike fitting course known to man (several of which you paid for, which I appreciate), the Specialized course is the best, hands down. Look at the rider, not the bike - Jens still has a pretty flat back, no matter how goofy his armrests look.
- Cru Doggy Dogg, Jonesboro, AR
July 06, 2009
I use Hotspot Shield on my mac to allow me to watch georestricted feeds while in Canada:
http://hotspotshield.com/
- lawrence, halifax
July 06, 2009
Sorry, I didn't see Rominger climb Loveland. I did catch him going up Mt Evans (2,000ft higher than Loveland) September of '93. He was flying.
I am sorry for your experience up Loveland. I haven't had and experience like yours. I am here in central Ar for the A.F. and must say the drivers are nicer here. I can see why you might call it scary.
P.S. Rear skewer under chainstay. It is out of the way, won't get open by accident and is easy to open.
- jim, denver, co
July 06, 2009
re:rear skewer placement.imo placement depends on the type of drop-outs and the style of lever for the skewer.horizontal d/o require you to pull back so a shimano style will point back or be behind the seatstay whereas the zipp style skewer will be just behind or just in front of the seatstay.with vertical d/o the shimano style skewer will be below and parallel to the chainstay or in between the seatstay and chainstay with zipp style skewers placement will be the same.i prefer clean lines on my ride.whatever you do don't point thay lever straight back.
- enrique, walnut,ca.
July 06, 2009
Pertaining masters nats - the scheduling meant you had to take at least 1 week off of work to fully participate and commit the weeknd on each end as well. As a 30-39 guy who wanted to go race immensely, I still had to go to work to pay the bills, and I'm not going to use my 1 week of vacation to play bike racing. Once I'm retired though (in the 60+ age range you mentioned) - it's open season so long as the $ is in place. It's asanine that it needs to span over a week - looking at the numbers, you could easily run this in a 3-4 day span.
- Rich, Jacksonville
July 06, 2009
I went back through some old links I used to watch the Giro, it looks like this channel on Justin.tv might be doing something for the Tour: http://en.justin.tv/golden_dragon it was very good for Giro coverage from Eurosport (I think)
- oakmad, Austin
July 06, 2009
i live in summit county. i do a majority of riding on sketchy roads (hoosier, loveland, fremont, mt evans) in the early part of the week. traffic is much better then, and more polite as well. i usually take weekends off, or do recovery rides.
the allure of loveland is its high, and it stays steep the whole 8 miles out of keystone.
if you're ever back, let me know, i have routes on the east side of breck that never have much traffic.
- john, frisco
July 06, 2009
Look up "Torrent" stage recordings on sites like mininova.org just search for tour de france and download an app like Transmission (for OS X). I recommend the ITV rips, the stage one version was commercial free. I started stage 2 download this morning but a Vs. version was available yesterday.
- grayson smith, emeryville
July 06, 2009
Just listing a few of the common items listed and my own situation, I built up a Moots Compact SL frame with DA 7900 over the winter. It's the bike I'll ride over Loveland Pass next Saturday while in the Triple Bypass event. It'll also be ridden on the Colorado Rocky Mountain Bicycle Tour the first week in August. Slumgullion and Wolf Creek passes are just two of the ones we'll ride over.
- Merlin, Amarillo
July 06, 2009
I'm a health care policy wonk, so I can't resist here. I thought your piece "'Dopers Suck' - All of them" was the best piece of cycling journalism of the year. Maybe the best part was the referencing of William Finnegan's 'The Countertraffickers' from The New Yorker. You may find that Atul Gawande has done the same thing for US health care here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande Wal-Mart is making a big play here, but the reality is that who writes the check isn't going to bring down costs, only changing who does the billing will.
- adam, Hamilton
July 06, 2009
The Law of the Squirrel.
- Liam, NYC
July 06, 2009
re: online feeds I have been getting mine from http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/ but of course I don't have the restrictions you indicate. You might want to try setting up your browsers proxy server (preferences/options) to one in Europe (http://www.xroxy.com/proxy-country-EU.htm is a list of some) which 'should' get around those restrictions, though of course they may explicitly block proxies. Good luck.
- oakmad, Austin
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