SNH Cycling thread

[zionlion18]

What an incredible stage just watched my mammoth 5 hour recording of today! Alpe d'Huez delivered everything I could of expected and more! Tejay Van Gaderen put in a sterling effort, but Riblon found those legs and just powered home! Richie Porte proving himself aswell, my doubts are slowly ebbing away.

Contador and Kreuziger just didnt have it today, got a bit worried when they broke away on that descent. Was getting excited when Andy had a bit of a shot up the first climb!

Great article by the way. VaVaFroome!!

[hutyluty]

What were saxobank playing at? I think froome was there for the taking yesterday but everyone was so passive up the first summit.

Poor teejay . Yeah i got very excited watching the hilights when pierre, andy and teejay were all off the front .

And yeah i wouldnt say im a hater of froome i just think its sensible to doubt when someone is sooo much better than everyone else, seeing as recently anyone in a similar position has been doping. Besides, saying he's at the same level as 2011 (when he was about to be dropped from sky then came from nowhere to b come second in la vuelta) isn't that definitive.

Anyway, expect a death or glory attck by contador today or tomorrow which should let quintana and rodriguez onto the podium and earn me some money.

[hutyluty]

soo, froome wins! woo. Also rodriguez destroys contador in revenge for last years vuelta, great to see especially as it makes me 50 quid

Been a fantastic tour this year, even though froome was pretty dominant there's at least been a lot of attacking, plus in the emergence of quintana there's a real prospect to challenge him in the next few years. Next year already looks quite tasty- Froome v Nibali v Quintana v Rodriguez v Schleck v Contador

Also fingers crossed for Cavendish to make it 5? 6? on the champs elysee tomorrow!

[hutyluty]

he's just soo cute

[zionlion18]

Kittel Arrghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

What a finish! Kirby was going mental! The jokes that man has provided over the past 3 weeks have been sensational!
Sad to see the end of that but what a race!!

So glad for Froome what a hero.

I cant remember what I used to do on my days off now that there is no more tour? :S

[hutyluty]

renaming this the snh cycling thread now just incase anyone else wants to talk about stuff other than the tdf

Anyone watch the san sebastian classic yesterday? Gallopin with a great solo attack on the last mountain after saxobank, movistar and euskatel had been riding hard for the victory all day- fantastic days racing.

Also euskatel have announced they're pretty much shutting down next year which is quite sad as ive always had a bit of a soft spot for them

[fiasko]

read david walsh's 7 deadly sins this week, quite a good read

[hutyluty]

read david walsh's 7 deadly sins this week, quite a good read

yeah i rate him as a journalist, might have to pick it up- his "access all areas" thing with team sky was pretty reassuring- even if he does also work for news international i think he'd have enough personal integrity to tell us if anything dodgy was going on there.

I read the death of marco pantani by matt rendall in a similar vein, really good stuff by a guy who knew him- definitely made me feel a lot of sympathy for the riders as he put it "a human chemical experiment".

In other doping news, jan ullrich might be going to jail for lying under oath about using EPO- which would be a precedent for lance too.

[zionlion18]

Just discovered this threas (well re-discovered technically)

Where can I read this article about Jan??

Also what bikes do people ride, really interested to know

[lloydnoise]

i am taking my peugeot in today to get the tubs replaced with clinchers after TOO many punctures/hours spent with rubbing alc getting glue off the rims..

[topmo3]

^ loving that frame! used to ride a vintage road bike myself but i had to sell it cause i had a crave for a single speed.. kinda miss it but perhaps we meet again

this is my current ride

[AxeD]

Old road bikes are really easy to make single speed though.
Thinking of switching to a higher gear ratio on mine, but I'm told it's already quite high. Think it's 48 - 16.

I don't get how track cyclists get over 60kmp/h on 52 - 14/16 though. I max out at a little over 50.

[topmo3]

yeah i know that but it was a classic that was worth more with all the original parts intact and installed. didn't wanna mess around with it. yeah yours is quite high, i got 46/16

[zionlion18]

I see a lot of you guys have single speeds, might get one to cycle to work. My hipster mates all have em and really love em so i was thinking of getting one to cycle to work as my new flat is gonna be 15 mins ride away from the office.

Right I need some help my bike needs replacing, it was a trek 2.5 2011 105 shimano. (Some bitch ........... stole my baby)
trying to get a carbon frame and forks and shimano 105 for circa £1000. i know its a tall order but Im sure it can be done even though its proving hard. Every time I find a carbon frame circa £1000 the groupset are tiagra or something similar. the best I have found is this:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc ... 2#features (actually falling in love this bike Im gonna be the black Teejay van Garderen if i get this!!)
edit. but this has an ali frame and at 8.95 kilo its a weighty.

Any one have any ideas or looking to sell something similar??
I need a decent mofo coz I do triathlon and road races.

[hutyluty]

i'd post a pic of my wheels but itd just be embarrassing lol, there's more rust than bike there atm. Saving up for a new one, probs just a 200 quid commuter thing tho so no idea about pro race bikes etc..

But yeah la vuelta starts on saturday with nibali, rodriguez and valverde the favourites even if nibbles is only treating it as prep for the worlds. There's 11 summit finishes this year including the angliru where last time the motorbikes couldn't get up as it was too steep lol so i might put a fiver on betancur each way- quintana mk. 2?

unfortunately itv4 is just doing highlights so will have 2 stream eurosport again

[hutyluty]

Tony Martin!

[mIrReN]

Froome has the best dope imho

called it

[sonar]

Tony Martin!

Yeah that was an intense stage, gutted he didn't get it. Still can't believe the pace of the peloton when it flattens out in these pro races now I know the amount of effort it requires to keep at 25/30mph on the flat for even a few minutes.

[Mr Hyde]

Swinley Forest is all open now and decent for any of you that actually ride and prefer off-road to posing with retro frames and fixed gears or looking at men in lycra..

Anyone been to BikePark Wales yet?

[hutyluty]

it's angliru time!



hopefully horner falls off beforehand but still, should be exciting enough even if it'll be whoever comes second who gets the eventual win in 5 years.