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And Catlike Road / MTB shoes N' helmets also on special.

Assos Skin foil base layer on Spécial to day over at ODO. https://www.onedayonly.co.za/unisex-skinfoil-longsleeve-cycling-base-layer.html

Had to reread that to make sure. I thought you said you were running Ardents up front on the Transition. Which would be weird.

As well. It's like a 1000 paper cuts each time.

Was a good result. I've always thought TJS was a good rider that just didn't kick up his careers. Hopefully he can do something at the Giro. Lord knows DD need something. I'm not so sure about Cav'. I think he might be working up his form quite well all things considered. Remember it's all about Le Tour, that's it nothing else matters and anything in between is a bonus. It's the biggest stage for the sponsors, the team and the fans. He been buried as past it so many times and I hope he's going to prove them wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't actually start playing on the 'no form' angle a bit leading towards france to keep under the radar, much like in the way his MSR win was orchestrated.

If you like a Ibex why not go to 2.4? Else a Spez' Eliminator is a good roller / good gripper. Then the usual suspects - Mary, DHR 2.4 or DHF 2.4 - if you can actually pick a difference.

It's all very well having one. I have one. I just never use it. And swear I will every time I crash. And don't. But I have one.

Always wanted to ride one of those Spectrals and wished they came in 29'r wheels. Their delivery times are far too long to TBH. I'll stick with my GG that should be here. Sometime.

Always a hell of a sprint in this race. The run in ratchets up and the final straight(s) go on for ever. Brilliantly played again by DQS. A lesson in timing, patience and control.

Scheldeprijs '19 107th Edition TDD start list but Gibbons is out according to Twitter. To be honest it's known as the Sprinters Classic with the last 10 years being shared by Cavendish, Petacchi, Farrar, Kittel and Kristoff I would have thought Nizzolo would be 1st choice after Cav. Overall the field of fast men is looking a bit bare but Kittel is in as is Dan McLay, the Gorilla, Bonafazzio, Ackerman and defending champ Jakobsen. I'm going for Mclay as EF are on a roll and Kittel has been anonymous again this season (watch him prove me wrong!)

Oh yeah, he won in Valenciana. Good work Eddy. Heard a podcast the other day where a couple of former pro's were saying they were really suprised that team sky had tried to fashion him into a classics man for the cobbles as he didn't like the cobbles and wasn't actually very good at it. TBH I thought he was always pretty up there until the final selections happened (or he cartwheeled across another nameless french / flandrian field).

Holy thread revival but the sentiment remains the same. Has TDD won anything so far this season? Ol' Valgren seems to be suffering the same 'blue curse' of a results drought as many riders do once the they leave Astana and the arch overlord Vino. Meanwhile Omar Faile seems to be going the other way. Not getting that many results in TDD and racking up a few once he donned the pale blue.

Who is in form but has been hiding it bit? Outside bet is Jonny D. He's looked good but had bad luck in a couple of races and knows how to win it but his team is nowhere at all. Naesen would have been up there but his illness will have knocked off that extra bit of shine you need for Roubaix. Sagan has been around even though losing 4kgs through early season illness and skills / positioning can trump alot on the cobbles. Van Aert? MDVP? Going in as their first time in the hell of the north might be a bit of a stretch but remember when Stybar debuted and was looking the goods until the spectator incident in the last few kms. Stybar is big fav for me. 2 x 2nd in '15 and '17. In '15 he won early with Strade and came in 2nd and this year he's won early again and looked strong all through the campaign so far (Flanders aside). But the bookies have a different idea!

And we're back!

Van Baarle is a strange one. he's was 6th in 2016 and 4th in 2017 at Flanders, had a shocker last year and came good-ish again yesterday. You never know with Sky, they have a different philosophy with riders and targets (preferring to give the rider everything thy need in terms of training, equipment to get to a physical level etc and to be the best rider he can be at that event rather than galvanising a team in a specific way for a cohesive goal). Even so looking at the team on the day and how Rowe has been going recently you'd expect more of their numbers near the end and more team work overall. Maybe they really can't improvise as a team and react like the classics need.

I'd like to ride the Propain Hugene. That looks like a good all around trail bike that can do a bit of everything. Other than that the Ibis Ripley LS would be top of my list.

I know it's been linked to before but I'm interested to see what price they'll be dropping these at. We are in Spring '19 after all and that is what they said they'd be releasing them.

Kidding... I wouldn't last 5 minutes in one of those classes. This year I've been looking at core, flexibility and dropping weight. I'm pretty keen to sign up to that online system to complement the other stuff, seems to be pretty good value.

Bin Chicken.

Chris Nixon at the Uitsig Bike Park had one for a while. Chat to him and he'll happily say that it was just too much bike for the CT / WC trails.

You going to post a video review?

Hold on, was she cleared of her doping ban or are we cheering sanctioned dopers now. Sometime I find it hard to see which way the wind blows on here with certain subjects. Flame an OP for raising dangerous riding practices, cheer on dopers.

Death Grip are good and nice that they keep making with a BMX style flange. What versions did you get? I recently got the thick / soft version and they are extremely plush.

Humm..... reminds me of something.