Anatomy of a Photo: Phil Anderson

Phil Rockin the Eye Shades

In honor of the first Australian to win KBK it seems appropriate to give a Chapeau to our mates down under. Congrats to perhaps the greatest up and coming cycling nation on earth and to Chris Sutton for a show of strength in what was a free-for-all to the finish in Kuurne today.

Lest our mates get too cocky though, have a look at the egregious attempt at the three-point system from the first Aussie to wear yellow in the tour. Yes, Phil is a stud and the hair net and eye shades rule. But in order for them to work some adjustment needed to be made.

Marko

Marko lives and rides in the upper midwest of the States, Minnesota specifically. "Cycling territory" and "the midwest" don't usually end up in the same sentence unless the conversation turns to the roots of LeMond, Hampsten, Heiden and Ochowitz. While the pavé and bergs of Flanders are his preferred places to ride, you can usually find him harvesting gravel along forest and farm roads. He owes a lot to Cycling and his greatest contribution to cycling may forever be coining the term Rainbow Turd.

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frank says:

Jun 20 2011 at 12:45 pm

@mouse

@Pedale.Forchetta

Looking at the photos, the one where he sport the TVM jersey, you can see that his bike is a Zullo, a beautiful Italian steel bikhe, still in production.I think that the Kelly Concord was Italian too...

Ah, indeed it was. Much like this one...

He, of course would have had the Columbus SLX Squadra, whilst this one was the humble Columbus SL Gavina.
I also had the Dia Compe aero levers as I swapped out the old Super Record ones. I think the Dia Compe ones worked much better than the Campag aero offering at the time.

Those PDM Concorde's were some of my all-time favorite bikes ever. Just a quick scan of the list of dude's who stomped on those things, and it's enough to bring a tear to your eye.
Ron says:

Jun 20 2011 at 2:27 pm

I liked those Concorde's and the color scheme so much that I picked up one of the PDM jerseys. Darn thing has always been a bit big on me.
frank says:

Jun 20 2011 at 2:56 pm

@mouse
Stunning bike, by the way, thought I can't approve of the removal of the Campa levers.
Pedale.Forchetta says:

Jun 20 2011 at 3:48 pm

I can't say if paint-schemes now are better, still I like his frames.
You judge:
https://picasaweb.google.com/zullo.maso/PAINTWORKS
mouse says:

Jun 20 2011 at 5:04 pm

@frank
Yeah, I know.
Consider it an expediency for the time.
Everything was going 'aero' at the time.
The first generation Campag aero levers didn't work particularly well due to the way the cable routing worked.
The Dia Compe ones had a much better method of routing as well as a better placed pivot.
I could brake from the hoods with these where I never could with the Campag ones.
Hmmm. Seems like I'm making excuses.
mouse says:

Jun 20 2011 at 5:18 pm

Oh, and the other thing to note was that Sean Kelly actually rode on those very wheels.
I had just had them built up by the shop in Toronto that I was racing for at the time.
For some reason or other I was away the week that there was a big summer crit that attracted some big guys to come over. Bauer was there, Kelly and many others.
In any case, when I picked up my wheels, the guys told me about it.
I always imagined that a bit of the hard man may have rubbed off. Sadly I was deluding myself.
Kelly was kind enough to autograph a PDM hat for me.
frank says:

Jun 20 2011 at 5:33 pm

@mouse

Oh, and the other thing to note was that Sean Kelly actually rode on those very wheels.
I had just had them built up by the shop in Toronto that I was racing for at the time.
For some reason or other I was away the week that there was a big summer crit that attracted some big guys to come over. Bauer was there, Kelly and many others.
In any case, when I picked up my wheels, the guys told me about it.
I always imagined that a bit of the hard man may have rubbed off. Sadly I was deluding myself.
Kelly was kind enough to autograph a PDM hat for me.

THAT is a fucking cool story, mate.
mouse says:

Jun 20 2011 at 7:24 pm

@Oli Brooke-White

Zullo may indeed make beautiful frames, but that pus yellow with white and grey streaks paintjob TVM used the following season was a crime against humanity...

I've been trying to work out what the hell is going on with that saddle.
Looks like some kind if fairing.
Damn ugly addition to the poo coloured frame.
Pistolfromwarragul says:

Dec 1 2011 at 1:47 pm

Phil Anderson, my all time sporting hero who stands head and shoulders above the others, Cadel, Stuie and Neil Stephens included! A Hardman! At the time I had to own a pair of these Factory Pilots just because Phil did. They were terrible! The foam pad would collect the sweat for an hour and then , all of a sudden, super-saturated stinging sweat would pour into your eyes!
Marko says:

Dec 1 2011 at 1:53 pm

@Pistolfromwarragul
Why do you think Phil rode so fast in those things? He wanted to get shit done with before he blinded himself with his own V.