Velominatus: Tartan1749
Order: Level 1 Velominatus
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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36 yrs old, 1.8m tall, 73.5 kg riding a 57cm Merckx CHM custom assembled with a mixed bag of Campy 10s components. An engineer that has past worked in motorsports and aerospace, I am now in nuclear in Pittsburgh, PA. Hills! I have only been riding about 3 years, but love it and despite a small child, the wife seems to approve.
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@DocBrian too bad – I love my Aspide »
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I’ve found ridewithgps.com to be the most accurate with regard to elevation and grades. I notified Strava this morning that they have a 125m climb incorrect in that it only crosses 2 40′ contour lines. They also have my max climb as a little over 10m hi… »
Com on guys! verticals aren’t to scale, they are hugely exaggerated. Unless you were climbing Everest, a map to scale would more/less be a flat line over a 120km route. »
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Is Evans going to go for the win/ time bonuses? »
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@Nate True – I’m only thinking this could occur at 2 places: 1) seatpost/frame connection, in which sweat will probably not be making contact as it should be umbrella’ed by the saddle 2) stem/fork/bars, but if any of these pieces are Al, they are usual… »
@RedRanger Carbon is pretty much inert, so it could be that the aluminum is oxidizing into Aluminum Oxide (a ceramic, which will look like a white powder) and then riding vibrations or something is knocking it loose and it is collecting between the surfac… »
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Great tutorial on this subject released yesterday: »
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@Buck Rogers Yes, I noticed the uncany similarities as well, right down to the cockring (which in black and white, yellow vs white would look identical). »
Wiggins at the Giro Press Conference today: Here he is illustrating the chance that he will support Froome in the Tour And here he is showing 1) what large cahunas he has (especially compared to COTHO), or 2) the size of his TT big ring, or 3) how b… »
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@SimonH I still can’t get over the fact that is your # 2 »
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Not an epic ride by any means, but I’m not sure where else to post this shot while crossing the 62nd Street Bridge on my commute this morning. »
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@Bespoke it’s not about weight as that’s a forum all to itself. On ambrosios, it is ok. On a more modern wheel not meant/designed for cobbles and the like, I could argue that extra spokes are not needed given finite element analysis and other design t… »
@Dr C Holy Hell, that’s a lot of spokes! (exaggerated more by the shadows at play). They’d better be stiff with all that steel. »
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I think Wiggo wants to win all 3 Grand Tours in his career, Nibali won’t hold on in the TTs, Cadel will make one last great showing, and Taylor held back by team orders VSP PICKS: 1. Wiggo 2. Nibali 3. Ryder 4. Cadel 5. Phinney »
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@DerHoggz I’m assuming you’ve tried them, then? Their extra slim fit is similar to Banana’s fitted shirts – slim enough for me (5’11″, 32/33″ waist, 160 lbs, and not muscular up top at all). If you want slimmer, then you might as well wear a jersey in… »
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@Cyclops I’m thinking it should at least have a clerical white collar, though. »
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@Dr C Pretty sure that beverage is a bit too dark to be a Trippel »
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@mcsqueak Steampunk is the one that takes pride in delivering articles of clothing to obscure places such as cycling cafes in the middle of rural Ontario. »
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VSP PICKS: 1. Gilbert 2. Roman K. 3. Porte 4. Valverde 5. Sagan »
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@the-farmer I know this isn’t in your neck of the woods, but your budget is about USD$1500, this bike is a pretty good value with all the extras for ~$2100 (2 sets of wheels and a Edge 800 and a K-wing). This is intended only to indicate how far your m… »
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@gerty I’m sure the goods will come – Frank’s been a bit busy gobbling up cobbles in the holy land of late »
@Sauterelle That is one poorly written article with a decided biased. Not at all what I would consider objective, nor are the points made necessarily related to the subject. Not worth spending any more time on, actually. »