Fucking DiLuca. »

FYI if it applies to your setup, I read somewhere recently that most of the carbon clincher manufacturers do not recommend using latex tubes with their carbon clinchers due to heat dissipation issues. »

Latex tubes are nice if you run thin, supple tires.  If your tires are more like a garden hose (e.g., Gatorskins) there is no point. »

@DerHoggz As others have said, depends on your local roads.  I am quite fond of the 320 tpi Vittorias.  Although they can be spendy, somewhat prone to puncture, and wear quickly, they are quite supple.  Even better are Veloflex. »

@frank You don’t need a  quantum computer, you need a torque wrench.  And if you don’t have  a high-range one, don’t worry, it’s not a SRAM lockring, you can tighten it till the veins pop out on your arms.  That will be about right, and disabuse @G’ril… »

@frank As @frank says, better to just pass the fucker.  I did that this weekend at 70 kph.  The look on the driver’s face was priceless.  Also, keeping that car behind you over the top of the climb is a great Sur La Plaque training technique. »

That’s what she said.  Or was it a he? »

@Ron I have a rosa Rapha wind jacket.  It is stunning. »

@frank Love the feeling I get descending on my Golden Tickets.  They are not the lightest, meaning more work getting up the hill, but the gyroscopic feeling is so stable going down. »

This one bears study as well.  If only the resolution were better. »

@Ron Casually Deliberate is crucial on the drop, you have to be relaxed on the bike so you can carve the turns and let the bike absurd the irregularities in the road. @Mikael Liddy That’s awesome.  I think that stage is when I first realized the breadt… »

@G’rilla I think it is “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” »

@Cyclops Cool jig. The very experienced guy who built my frame does all his miters by hand.  In the spirit of the Giro, Avanti Deacon! »

@Chris That sounds like a cool method.  I am not sure I totally grasp it but I will have to give it a shot. @frank I hope you did not think I was trying to suggest otherwise, but I did want to point it out for those of our brotherhood who have the misf… »

My understanding is that bicycle turns are also initiated by counterstearing, but that the effect is so subtle that it is pretty much automatic.  Then again, I don’t ride  motos, so I don’t have that basis of comparison. »

@PeakInTwoYears I think it might do more for leaning the bike.  I honestly don’t know the theory, I have just observed that it is a common piece of advice, and one that I find very helpful. »

The important things aside from weighting the outside pedal and pushing down with the inside bar are (1) get in the drops to get low; (2) brake before the turn; and (3) start wide, and hit the apex so you can take the right line on the exit.  The reason (… »

@Chris Nipple… lube. »

@LA Dave Heh, some of what you wrote there about the place of cycling in Columbia reminded me of the coke-binge story from We Were Young and Carefree. »

@Chris I’m no expert but you’d need to match the number of holes in the rims to the number of holes in the hub. »

@DerHoggz These are not the droids you are looking for. »

@Mikael Liddy Uran says “We are not like Froome.” »

@frank Well, the Columbians were big at the top level, then went away for most of the EPO era, and now seem ascendant again, if you will excuse the pun. »

Buh bye, Watto.  Has he started issuing polemica about how Uran is not the team leader, or threatened to drop out of the Giro to get ready for the Tour? »

@frank There was that big brouhaha recently about one of the young Columbians winning one of those indistinguishable one week Spanish stage races.  The idiot announcers suggested he came out of nowhere (he hadn’t) and insinuated doping.    Someone, may… »