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While I agree that the range of prices one may pay for helmets, shorts, bikes or virtually anything else bike-related (and about any other consumer good...) has tripled over the last number of years, you can also get a much better, ANSI or SNELL approved helmet for about the same price you would...

I think that Astana will, as a team under Bruyneel's orders, work for the strongest rider. AC has been time-trialing VERY well the last few weeks. So he made a mistake in T-A - hasn't LA made any mistakes? LA will ride the Monaco ITT as hard as he can to win it, and so will AC, Levi, and...

Yep - Jens rocks and is a heckuva nice guy too. I had the chance to meet him a couple of times when I was volunteering at the Amgen ToC. We were escorting the riders down the stairs at the prologue in SF and carrying their bikes for them, as Stuart O'Grady had taken a bad spill walking down...

Quick Step's Kurt Hovelijnck fractured his skull on a training ride and is in critical condition... I wonder if he was wearing a helmet when it happened? Pro riders are such great bike handlers, and so used to being on their bikes that they really are not as likely to fall as the average...

Good point, Stani, but the next day (San Jose to Modesto stage) there were tons of people out on the road in Livermore for the sprint point, or up on Patterson Pass, or at the finish. Most of these people took a couple hours off of work, or left early to watch the stage finish, etc... Having...

Christian's win today was fantastic. Especially after crashing in the prologue and being in a "working into the season" mode (it appears). I was appalled at the lack of spectators along the route, watching the YouTube clip earlier. There were more people out in the rain and hail on Stage II...

I strongly urge a "Podium Girl Photos" thread. it might be someone ELSE's time of greatest need, you know!

Lots of great comments and insight on this everyone. Also the obligatory Troll that, well, wouldn't make it a forum if we didn't have them, would it? Anyone that uses a term like that, spelled backwards as their handle must have joined with trolling in mind and nothing more. To all the rest...

If they could run the race later, there are climbs in the Sierra that equal and perhaps even better some of the Alpine climbs. Though is is sort of comparing apples to oranges, the elevations in the Sierra may be higher, but the roads tend to be a bit "better" and wider. Also, some of the...

That's pretty much what I have figured all along. If it were me, today's stage would have probably had 2 Cat. 4 climbs and a Cat. 3 That first short climb is something that usually doesn't even get ranked in many cases - a 49m rise? 161 ft - just a big bump for these guys! Yet they gave it a...

I always wonder how the climbs are REALLY ranked. For example, in today's P-N stage, there were three climbs, all ranked as Cat. 3, ranging from 1.4 km to 6.9 km in length, and the shortest at 3.5% gradient, and the longest at 4.4%. So can anyone tell me why a 1.4 km at 3.5% is given the same...

Contador's ride was amazing. He is likely the "real deal" - and I really would hate to hear that he is ever caught doing anything to "augment" his performance. My shop was the technical support for Montgomery Securities back around 1990. Eddie B. said back then when he hired Lance that he "is...

So - I sent a letter in to the staff at cyclingnews.com, and Greg informed me of the new forum, and I thought I would post the same here and see what people thought: Basically what I wrote in the letter: I'm looking forward to following Paris-Nice starting this weekend. I was perusing the...