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February 14, 2010
I've never seen our roads look that good before....
- Matt, Montreal
February 14, 2010
Matthew: Funny, I hadn't thought about it for years but I suppose the Tag sponsorship of 7-11 is what inspired me to get a Tag 1000 all those years ago. Although the Formula 1 was colourful and more affordable for a teen, I wouldn't still be wearing a plasticky watch 20 years later. The 1000 has classic lines and has resisted all temptations from other watches. On a related note, Lemond always seemed to sport unsporty watches...K
- Krys Hines, Dundas, Ontario
February 12, 2010
Regarding watches...i'm a bit of a watch snob in addition to my bike addiction and both addictions compete for limited resources. That being said, checkout the German watch scene. I have several "Sinn" watches and they are amazing time pieces at reasonable prices (for hand-made mechanicals that is). There is a great German watch forum on watchuseek.com with tons of info to get you fired up about a purchase and help you make a decision...happy hunting
- Dan, Arlington, Va
February 11, 2010
Man I love that Labrecque movie and will gladly accept the honors of having spawned its presence over the web when ONF went all HD for free on us.
What you may be missing is the sense of old Catholic oppressed Quebecois description in the movie. That is epic, I guarantee you, the odd african or Cuban in that peloton was for some kebekois, the first they saw a black man in flesh and bones ! Watching that Cadillac sheering across bikers and train tracks is amazing. Then on to the Parc Lafontaine for a city crit with mad unorganised choas like only french canadians know.
See you at UCI this fall ! (still waiting for that web site are you ? The movie should be a good indicator of how we roll, the food, hotels and the women will be sublime, there will be no schwab, only survival with bad car driving and poor support. HA !
- Leyo, Montreal
February 10, 2010
So many people miss the fact that it's purple loctite 222 and not the blue threadlock. Personally I think it's only required on Italian threaded BB shells to stop the cups working lose. You are better off using grease on English threaded BB shells (and as above commented, make sure they are faced).
- TW, Oxford, England
February 10, 2010
FYI almost all of the Loc-Tite products are anaerobic. Thats why they are sold in bottles that seem to have paper thin walls and only about half full. The walls actually let air in so it doesn't harden, and the half full is intentional so there is some air in their to begin with.
- perry, lesington nc
February 09, 2010
Watch: Black Nixon Ceramic Player. Not too youthful and the lack of numerals won't really matter when you are banging away on your next (insert synonym for epic here) ride on some mud-strewn faux pave road. Thanks for the 1960's vid. Love that era. Those guys look like real bike racers should, not at all like the delicate insect/alien mutants of today all festooned in garish colors, helmets, and eyewear. Looks like some of those guys were carrying their own frame pumps and seat-bags as well. Try and find a guy in today's pro peloton that could look as classy as Anquetil, Gimondi, or Hugo Koblet after a 250 km. slugfest. Now those guys were PRO...in the most epic (oops) sense of the word.
- PawleeWalnutz, NYC
February 09, 2010
On the watch thing, white is Euro, Euro is Pro, Pro is Cool. Don't get a watch like Valv-Piti, unless you're a doosh. (And balding).
- CJ, Outthere
February 09, 2010
Being 39, you can only aspire to one watch, a TAG Heuer Formula 1. Why, because so many pros were wearing them in the Tours of the late eighties that they must have been giving them away at the depart like Oakleys. I know that's why I've got one.
- Matthew, Kippax
February 09, 2010
Watches - it's like trying to someone which bike to buy. Have a look at RGM Watches out of PA. They are one of the sponsors of Richards Sachs Cross team. They even have Sachs special edition. Remember you could always wear your Polar to the next big business meeting.
- Ticker, New England
February 08, 2010
WOW. I spotted Gene Hackman, Frog 1,Britt Reid, Black Beauty and Kato.
- Jerry, Nyack, NY
February 08, 2010
"Epic" is not doing your cycling job day after day, nor is it repeatedly riding a long way in crummy conditions because you are obsessive. Epic is going beyond your comfort zone, way beyond, just once, in a manner that involves great struggle but ultimately great success. It is specific to the person doing the struggling, because only they know the struggle. In as much as what is epic to one person may be routine to another, epic is about the human capacity to self-deceive and self-aggrandize, but still, it's all we've got.
- Dobbin, Horse Country
February 08, 2010
Airline pilots have an old saying which could just as easily be applied to riders:
"Big watch, little dick"
- Marc, Providence RI
February 08, 2010
music rights, schmusic rights. those were the days... that led to these days, i guess. interesting the staged shots of the peloton cresting the big hill near the beginning. quite why the filmmakers felt the need for this b-roll shot... prolly just b/c they built a tempered glass ramp & wanted to use it.
- al b, madison
February 08, 2010
When you're a member of Team Quick-Step and you're racing Paris-Roubaix, you'd better damn well not miss out on any of the radio chatter.
- Bang, Olufsen
February 08, 2010
Excuse, me. Where is your anti-JV rant for his soft pedalling comment about Lance? Get on the ball!
:)
- chris, Tex
February 08, 2010
"pro," not epic is over used on this site
- Julio, Iglesias
February 08, 2010
FWIW, while I totally agree that epic's currency is often cheapened like a fake Vacheron Constantin, I've got to chime in for those of us who wear a shi*-ton of hats: "Epic" has its place as a relative term. / I realize that's not what you were referring to, but "epic" and bikes belong together like Penelope and Odysseus. We all have our epic rides and, at least for this cyclist, it's those precious few experiences* that helps to keep the romance at a boil. / BTW, should I be surprised that there was no mention today of Boonen's recent comment about Cav's character? Rich, that. / *ie: http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/61547094/DSC03061.jpg
- mjw, PRoB
February 08, 2010
Watches:
Mondaine. It's swiss, but affordable. If you're into European aesthetics (all american cyclists seem to be these days), you can't beat it. It's a replica (same company) of the clocks found in all swiss train stations (as well as very much like those in germany). the watch even replicates the unique movement of the clocks, which has the seconds hand stop at the twelve, minute hand clicks, and then seconds hand keeps moving.
http://www.mondaine.com/mondaine-watches/display/167
- sleeper, out there
February 08, 2010
It's like reading a weekly summary of Velicipidesalon yo.
- eddy, meise
February 08, 2010
I think those Campy instructions were updated to the Loctite method as primary because after UT was first introduced there were a lot of people complaining about premature bearing failures. This was most likely because the cranks were installed into frames without proper BB facing. The UT design is elegant but it requires parallel BB faces and tight tolerances on the BB shell width to function properly. The original instructions for UT in 2007 were to torque the BB to 35 N-m, or use the Loctite method if no frame prep was done. Here is how I prefer to do it: 1) Face BB shell/chase threads, 2) Verify shell width spec as per Campy recommendations, 3) Install cups with a nice big smear of grease on threads, 4) Torque to at least 35 N-m. For Italian BB use blue Loctite instead of grease on the drive side and torque to 35 N-m. Install crankset and torque the fixing bolt to at least 45 N-m, I go for 60 N-m.
- EKH, Canada
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