Anatomy of a Photo: Rule #47

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• @Ron

  @Gianni

  @Joe

  Marvellous. There's a picture of me somewhere supping a brew at the top of the Gavia. BEST. BEER. EVER.

  Whilst I can admire some of the spectacularly hopped efforts available over here, fizzy 7.5% wallop has been scrambling my swedes rather than gently massaging me into post ride intoxication. Note to California breweries...high performance athletes require, high volume, low(er) rocket fuel, refreshing beverages, preferably of minimal effervesence. Cask conditioning boyos. Believe.

  Mind you, a half litre or so of Russian imperial stout could be just the ticket to see you through a queen stage or two.

  I feel your pain. Too hopped, Too strong. Too foamy. Too pissed after two pints. As we americans (and velominati) usually do, we take a good thing and take it too far. I miss the cask conditioned pints of England.

  A long time ago I spent some time in Salt Lake City, Utah. There are some nice breweries and outdoor beer gardens. It didn't dawn on us for a long time that the beer was 3.2% alcohol, by law. But I loved being able to drink a few post-ride pints and not be ruined. My wife was not amused, she wanted her fair share in every pint, bless her. Cursed the mormons for it.

  I visited a friend there in 2002 and we attended an AHL hockey game, where I purchased a full-cost beer. Halfway through the beer I thought something was up. Full-price yet half the alcohol? Not cool, Mormons, not cool. I honestly don't know why we've ceded an entire state with great outdoor attractions to one nutty group of Christians. 99% white. No thank you. And half-pop beer? No thank you.

  Next time you're there try some Polygamy Porter.  Tasty stuff even if it is only 4%

• Final 50km of todays Tour de Romandie feeding now http://www.stopstream.com/

• @Buck Rogers

  To make a small generalization I love fuck'in Mormans.

  I fucked a Mormon once (well several times). She wasn't a very good Mormon but a dislike of underwear and a fondness for outdoor activities made her a pretty good fuck.

• Well, my slandering of a group of people has really taken on some interesting directions. Nice work, lads!

  Nate - Strong work, you got it!

  Also, might Philippe Gilbert's lack of form be the result of the Curse of the Club Fit Kit? Pearl Izumi doesn't look so hot on the WC.

• @JoeB

  One of the Pavé boys - Alex Voisine - is a nutjob for oldschool racing; I believe André Leducq is his idol. He's got a 1919 period accurate cobble-eating fixie that he raced on the Strade Bianche last year. He also organized a fixie edition of Paris-Roubaix. To each their own. 

  But Alex doesn't fuck around.

  He also races his Penny Farthing, which is crazy.

• @frank

  One of the Pavé boys - Alex Voisine - is a nutjob for oldschool racing; I believe André Leducq is his idol. He's got a 1919 period accurate cobble-eating fixie that he raced on the Strade Bianche last year. He also organized a fixie edition of Paris-Roubaix. To each their own.

  But Alex doesn't fuck around.

  Alex's bike handling skills are astonishing - serious chapeau to the man

• @Joe

  @Gianni - you are so unutterably correct about the benefits of 'slow rehydration.'

  Alas I must confess my only interaction with booze in Utah was buying a 6 pack of corona from a petrol station after narrowly avoiding a flaming viking exit when the fuel pump on my car exploded and doused me in Yeager bombs.

  It need to be a lot stronger than 2.6pc....

  Ah the dichotomy....Fullers 1845 at the (bottom) then top of the hill, then some cool refreshing Hophead therafter. 3d fitness in a nutshell...

  Its all a matter of training your liver. Drink enough of them, raise your tolerance for the alkeehol, and off you go popping a half dozen before getting ruined.

• @Chris

  @Cyclops

  from the looks of euphoria on their faces it is obvious that they are drinking Rochefort 10

  Just when I'm trying to knuckle down and get myself back on the bike and off the booze you have to remind me that there's a few 10s kicking round the house somewhere. Thanks.

  Love that glass, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for one of those on ebay.

  It doesn't look like the one I've got. I'll have to go ducking around the cupboards to see what's gone on with it.

• @frank

  @Chris

  @Cyclops

  from the looks of euphoria on their faces it is obvious that they are drinking Rochefort 10

  Just when I'm trying to knuckle down and get myself back on the bike and off the booze you have to remind me that there's a few 10s kicking round the house somewhere. Thanks.

  Love that glass, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for one of those on ebay.

  It doesn't look like the one I've got. I'll have to go ducking around the cupboards to see what's gone on with it.

  There are similar examples, new, on ebay at the moment.
  

  Speaking of fine vessels from which to imbibe malted recovery drinks, what's the story with the KT13 V-Pints? As a part-time attendee was that an optional extra that I've missed the boat on? Did you also mention that there was also some exclusive defeet gear that had gotten itself caught up in the postal/customs system somewhere or is that thought the result of having my brain shaken to bits on the pave before being marinaded in Malteni?

• Not sure if this is the appropriate venue for this question, but here goes.  I have a serious problem with dry eyes on long rides.  Even when wearing sunglasses, after four or five hours, one eye dries out to the point where I can't even see out of it, and the other eye gets pretty marginal.  Not pleasant and downright dangerous. So, if I were to obtain and wear a set of old school goggles, like the gentleman in the photo above, would that be a rules violation?  Would I have to obtain and wear the rest of the old school kit--button collar wool shirt, cap, etc?  Could I put the helmet straps over the google straps?  So many issues.