Recent content by La Fringale

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    Touring gear ratios

    Thanks for the reply, very good points. You are right, the 52X11 is pretty much useless. I need more small gears, so I guess it will be a MTB cassette or an home made one. I found this Web site http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/k7.html#9cassettes. The Sugino crank attracted my attention and...
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    Touring gear ratios

    Hi there, Happy New Year everybody! OK, I am in the process of replacing my Marin Muirwoods frameset that I used for touring for years. During last summer tour, I realized the frame was not up to the task anymore fully loaded, too muck flex, pretty scary going downhill. I am still...
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    Will Armstrong ride the Tour de France?

    I think the media have a huge responsibility in the state of things. How is it possible that a guy like Virenque is commenting cycling events? That's a joke.
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    Will Armstrong ride the Tour de France?

    French newspapers are very quite about it, same with Vélo 101 (http://www.velo101.com/). Cycling is not on the map right now as Roland-Garros has just started and the soccer World Cup is about to start. No doubt France is a better place than the US for Armstrong at the moment. Things could...
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    Will Armstrong ride the Tour de France?

    Since the change of leadership at the head of ASO, no more ethics, it's all about the $$$. By the way, ASO owns l'Équipe which explains why their journalists have been so quite about the whole story. If they run stories about doping, they might lose their jobs. Pathetic.