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I know someone whose folks live there as well. Oh, and in keeping with the thread, my bike took me through a mud patch today.

How sad that the readers of cyclingnews.com voted the lowest moment of the sport as the biggest moment. Biggest moment of 2012 Result 1 Lance Armstrong being stripped of all Tour de France titles and banned for life 42% 2 Tom Boonen dominates Paris-Roubaix and equals Roger De Vlaeminck's record tally 14% 3 Alberto Contador's attack on stage 17 of the Vuelta a España 11% 4 Chris Froome dropping Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins in the Tour's high mountains 5.4% 5 Peter Sagan's entertaining ensemble of victory salutes 5.4% 6 Youngest rider in the Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot, solos to victory 5.2% 7 British men's and women's team pursuit squads break their respective world records 5.1% 8 Tejay van Garderen joins Greg LeMond and Andy Hampsten to win the Tour white jersey 3.0% 9 Kristin Armstrong repeats as Olympic TT champion in final race of career 2.7% 10 Publication of Tyler Hamilton's book "The Secret Race" 2.0% 11 Bradley Wiggins's press conference rant at the Tour de France 2.0%

There you have it, Clint. Dunno about all cyclists, but this one sure is rude.

You still queer for Big Ears?

http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/gl23_2009/aw_geez.jpg

I have quite a few pairs of Bondiblu's. And yes, compared to my Rudy's, I consider them cheap. Not only in price, but in build and quality.

Not me. Search this forum, I've taken plenty flak for standing up for that very principle.

My first thought was "so, Lance has room to keep his titles, doesn't he..."

Rules there are “no grounds” to overturn lower court ruling Roberto Heras is once again the winner of the 2005 Vuelta a Espana. The Spanish Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling annulling his positive doping test and the loss of the title. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/spanish-supreme-court-restores-2005-vuelta-victory-to-heras

Oh, ****! It gets worse. I feel so bad for Ballan. He's never going to race at this level again. Hell, he's never going to be the same person again. Guy's don't take life for granted. Alessandro Ballan may be facing the loss of one of his kidneys, after losing his spleen and fracturing his femur and three ribs in a training camp crash. The BMC rider had surgery on the femur Friday, his second operation within 24 hours. His spleen was removed in emergency surgery shortly after the crash. Ballan has been kept sedated Thursday night, but doctors expected to gradually return him to consciousness today if there were no further complications. The surgery on his left femur occurred Friday evening. One of the complications which may arise concerns his left kidney, which took a blow in the crash. “We did not give permission for him to be moved to another hospital because of that,” doctor Kiko Llacer told Gazzetta. “Currently the internal bleeding has stopped and we are optimistic. But any further problems would lead to a decision to remove the kidney, which we want to and believe can be avoided, as in this case it would mean that his career is in danger.” Keeping him unconscious is standard procedure after abdominal surgery, Llacer said. “This practice is also used to prevent the patient from suffering severe pain. Moreover, in the case of an emergency, it is better to have the patient already stabilized. If, as we think, there will be no complications, Alessandro can go home in a week.” His wife Daniela has been the only one allowed to visit him. She flew from Bergamo to Valencia at dawn on Friday -- “the longest night of my life. I could not even close one eye. Her husband called her before the first surgery “to tell me not to worry.” After the second surgery, when she had seen him, she said, “the worst is over. Alessandro is strong, has a great temperament, and they are hopeful.” Gazzetta also reported on details of how the crash happened, saying that Ballan was reaching down for his water bottle when the teammate immediately in font of him slowed down. Ballan was unable to stop, and still in the saddle, flew into the mountainside at a speed of 50-55 km/h. It is believed that the handlebars impacted with his spleen. He never lost consciousness and in fact walked to the ambulance.

Not knocking anyone. Verniers and such seem like overkill to me. You will feel when shifting isn't smooth, and when it can't be adjusted away by the set screws on the dérailleurs, then look at the components. Of course, the basis for this approach is to be in tune with the kit, as in you can feel the bike and the ride, and can feel subtle differences changes.

Daily?

My 2c, that is garbage. You cannot determine cassette wear by naked eye comparison to an unused cassette. If you're going that route, you will feel the need in changing long before you eyeball will give you any hint.

Yeah, but how far/how long? 5km/15mins a day wont do you well.

You bought cheap, you get what you pay for.

Not to poke a stick in the space jump guy, you know, the one that didn't actually jump from space, and didn't actually break the sound barrier? Anyway, I prefer this guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVUo5y5KRvI

So, what's your point? Bondiblu's are cheap...

Terrorising Wayne with BoneyM and riding my bike...

Alien technology? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5POy9iKtPA

On my to do list...

Aw geez, not this **** again...

I would say she needs tits and the pain will go away.

Heh heh... Les Paul sounds like the original gay hairdresser...

Amen! The amount of funriders and noobs you see stuck on the big ring is very disheartening. Before going for a bike set up, you should be made to go for a course that teaches you the basics, like spinning and how to sit a wheel properly!

**** the view, I want to take that bike and make little fuji babies with it. One of the hottest bikes I've seen on this forum in a long time.