should I stay or should I go now…
who will I work for, Pereiro or Alberto…
McQuaid, he don’t like it…
Riding the dope-hairs, riding the dopers…
With the crazy Tour de Frahhh-nce…
Wheelsucker
I can’t believe MAVIC blamed everything under the sun rather than taking responsiblity in their product failing. It’s amazing it happened to the editor of VeloNews. I don’t care what caused his crash. The spokes and rim should not separate. I’ll keep riding my wheels with metal spokes.
Mavic was the frist company to make a pre built factory wheel. the helium. it kicked ass. the krysucium is pretty much the strongest wheel out there. it is not aero at all but it is the stiffest and strongest.
before the bearing craze going on out there, only one wheel had good bearings, Mavic. the only other hub that rolled as well was King.
and oh yeah pretty much every gold medal on the track was on mavic wheels
Mavic is a good brand ,
i do wish they would make some aero stuff because nothing they make now is all that aero
Wheelsucker
hard for me to focus on how well mavics roll b/c inevitably im distracted by their hubs squealing like a drunken banshee
Wheelsucker
yeah it doesn’t seem like you kept those new cosmic carbones for very long, karl
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In my first week of using my R-sys i broke two rear spokes just due to little sticks touching them coming up from the road. Also the slowest rolling wheel due to the FAT hollow shity spokes.
Gman
Who will win the TDF clean……
lockring
rules on the track
Io 5 spoke wheel is the best, but very esspenssivo
Wheelsucker
a sweep! It’ll be Bottle, Contadope, and the Big Evil on the podium in a 1-2-3 sweep reminiscent of the Geweiss Paris-Roubaix. They’ll be counting on the ignorant American media to ignore the obvious in its desire for “objectivity” (aka don’t want to be smeared, attacked, etc. for shattering the myth). They’ll be breathing a sigh of relief that Selena Roberts and the New York Daily News’ I-Team are still not covering cycling. All the while laughing at how dumb the dummies are for believing in “miracles” but so thankful they have the goodwill shield of cancer “awareness” to hide behind.
wheelsucker
Astana won’t even make it to the start…
Cadel will win
Menchov and Sastre will be podium.
and Gay-wiss swept Fleche Wallon (1994), not PR…that would be Mapei (1996) or Domo (2001)…duh!
Wheelsucker
do you guys think contador was collecting iou’s from caisse d’epargne at the dauphine, knowing that he might need their help at the tour when astana is told to ride for lance? this could get interesting, like the old badger/lemond split.
Andy
Valverde pretty much said he would return the favor, though how he’ll do that from the comfort of his couch is unclear.
Wheelsucker
but caisse will be there, right? and without a gc guy.
Andy
I was unclear. I actually totally agree with you, just found it funny that Valverde promised to return the favor himself.
Wheelsucker
whole contador/lance thing is a fabricated armstrong rope-a-dope
Wheelsucker
i just don’t see how Lance is even a contendor
Wheelsucker
but please make him go away
Wheelsucker
When all the talk about Astana folding and new Armstrong team started, it was said that if the Pro-Tour license changes hands, then new contracts have to be signed. Rumors tightly linked Contador and Caisse d’
Math question: four – four =
Wheelsucker
Beefstrong’s new motto: “Contador: it’s what’s for dinner.”
Wheelbilly
Wonder why Chris Horner was not seen in this edition? It’s because Lance sent him out on a secret mission to find one of those Wolf forks that came on the Cervelo bikes a few years ago.
Wheelsucker
…if these twitter people are called twits, twats or plain ol’ twitterers…’cuz that’s kind of a long, lumpy word…
…btw…i had a dream that ol’ massimo “toto” hisself was once again introduced to his own cartoon-site, dammit !!!…not that i personally should be upset about his lack of presence…
…i mean, just sayin’…
…love, bgw…
Enlance Wheelshlong
liveschlong-nikre, drek, srammed % oaktree ain’t enough to subvert borat
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Looks like the Big Yellow Taxi for Alberto. Don’t drink the Dangling Testicle coffee, either. Could we get some Ham with our treacle? We miss the little guy and besides, he is Toto, too.
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R-sys = garbage
Mavic 2009 product line = fail
Crappy shoes & clothing will be gone by 2011
R-SYS wheels cost them a fortune to engineer and even more to recall
They are kings of blunder… anyone remember Zap? Mektronic?
R-Sys wheels are slowest wheels you can buy. Why would people pay money for these?
Wind tunnel results: http://accel10.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/Tests-Acheteur/base-de-donnees/aero_english.jpg
should I stay or should I go now…
who will I work for, Pereiro or Alberto…
McQuaid, he don’t like it…
Riding the dope-hairs, riding the dopers…
With the crazy Tour de Frahhh-nce…
I can’t believe MAVIC blamed everything under the sun rather than taking responsiblity in their product failing. It’s amazing it happened to the editor of VeloNews. I don’t care what caused his crash. The spokes and rim should not separate. I’ll keep riding my wheels with metal spokes.
http://velonews.com/article/93054
http://velonews.com/article/93240/mavic-responds-to-wheel-collapse-article
Mavic was the frist company to make a pre built factory wheel. the helium. it kicked ass. the krysucium is pretty much the strongest wheel out there. it is not aero at all but it is the stiffest and strongest.
before the bearing craze going on out there, only one wheel had good bearings, Mavic. the only other hub that rolled as well was King.
and oh yeah pretty much every gold medal on the track was on mavic wheels
Mavic is a good brand ,
i do wish they would make some aero stuff because nothing they make now is all that aero
hard for me to focus on how well mavics roll b/c inevitably im distracted by their hubs squealing like a drunken banshee
yeah it doesn’t seem like you kept those new cosmic carbones for very long, karl
In my first week of using my R-sys i broke two rear spokes just due to little sticks touching them coming up from the road. Also the slowest rolling wheel due to the FAT hollow shity spokes.
Who will win the TDF clean……
rules on the track
Io 5 spoke wheel is the best, but very esspenssivo
a sweep! It’ll be Bottle, Contadope, and the Big Evil on the podium in a 1-2-3 sweep reminiscent of the Geweiss Paris-Roubaix. They’ll be counting on the ignorant American media to ignore the obvious in its desire for “objectivity” (aka don’t want to be smeared, attacked, etc. for shattering the myth). They’ll be breathing a sigh of relief that Selena Roberts and the New York Daily News’ I-Team are still not covering cycling. All the while laughing at how dumb the dummies are for believing in “miracles” but so thankful they have the goodwill shield of cancer “awareness” to hide behind.
Astana won’t even make it to the start…
Cadel will win
Menchov and Sastre will be podium.
and Gay-wiss swept Fleche Wallon (1994), not PR…that would be Mapei (1996) or Domo (2001)…duh!
do you guys think contador was collecting iou’s from caisse d’epargne at the dauphine, knowing that he might need their help at the tour when astana is told to ride for lance? this could get interesting, like the old badger/lemond split.
Valverde pretty much said he would return the favor, though how he’ll do that from the comfort of his couch is unclear.
but caisse will be there, right? and without a gc guy.
I was unclear. I actually totally agree with you, just found it funny that Valverde promised to return the favor himself.
whole contador/lance thing is a fabricated armstrong rope-a-dope
i just don’t see how Lance is even a contendor
but please make him go away
When all the talk about Astana folding and new Armstrong team started, it was said that if the Pro-Tour license changes hands, then new contracts have to be signed. Rumors tightly linked Contador and Caisse d’
Math question: four – four =
Beefstrong’s new motto: “Contador: it’s what’s for dinner.”
Wonder why Chris Horner was not seen in this edition? It’s because Lance sent him out on a secret mission to find one of those Wolf forks that came on the Cervelo bikes a few years ago.
…if these twitter people are called twits, twats or plain ol’ twitterers…’cuz that’s kind of a long, lumpy word…
…btw…i had a dream that ol’ massimo “toto” hisself was once again introduced to his own cartoon-site, dammit !!!…not that i personally should be upset about his lack of presence…
…i mean, just sayin’…
…love, bgw…
liveschlong-nikre, drek, srammed % oaktree ain’t enough to subvert borat
Looks like the Big Yellow Taxi for Alberto. Don’t drink the Dangling Testicle coffee, either. Could we get some Ham with our treacle? We miss the little guy and besides, he is Toto, too.
agreed Рandy, your id̩e fixe is now running the show