Recent content by r_mutt

according o the shimano rep, shimano make a campy 11 speed hub to fit all of their wheels. i've never seen one though.

One trick pony? I'm not sure I understand. How do climbers win races? How about sprinters? rouleurs? Seems like all cyclists are one trick ponies- just depends on which trick were you blessed with.

there are 13 riders with more Classic's wins than Hinault while Kelly is 3rd on the all time list. potential to be better doesn't mean anything. results are what count. i'd rather have 14 million dollars in my bank account rather than the potential to make 40 million but never actually do it.

i can see the benefit of carbon rotors in terms of weight, but carbon rotors with carbon pads does not make sense for bicycles because those only work when both are warmed up to operating temperature. motorcycle road racing (and auto) has so many turns in a short closed circuit that you are on...

so the pros race the same bikes that we do? if what you guys are saying is true, then the only manufacturers who might be able to do a special build would be the tube to tube builders- Colnago, Time, and Look- but even Look has now gone to a monocoque frame. theoretically, those...

i wasn't implying that a rider would have another brand of bike underneath him, just that a manufacturer would make a "special" bike for certain riders - be it stiffer, or even different geometry to their stock models. i do already know that riders in the steel frame days used to have their...

perhaps i'm naive in thinking that the pros ride the same bikes as we do. do the Pro Tour guys- especially the bigger more powerful riders and the "stars"- get special treatment and have custom lay-up carbon bikes? surely guys like thor don't ride a bog-standard S5 (last year) as it's not...

how is that bitter? it was a legit move to get fabian back into his turn to pull. as for fabian's comment -that could be many things. pehaps "english as a second language"? he doesn't even know exactly the interviewer is asking. fabian could have interpreted it as "did you shake hands with...

that was not a hand shake- everyone's got it wrong! chavanel had just taken a turn at the front, and rather than going to the back, he slotted in 2nd wheel behind nuyens. so, instead of taking another pull when it was really cancellera's turn to work, he reached back and gave cancellera a hand...

i thought boonen's move was smart. launch an attack to draw cancellera out, and then let fabian do all the work to bridge them both up to chavenel, then you have 2 teamates against one. the problem was that boonen couldn't hang with fabian. am i crazy- but boonen looked really strong in the...

thanks! i like the idea of going local, if only because i like to build a relationship with a shop, or a certain mechanic.

i don't mean to single out joe young, or peter white, or any "known" wheel builder, but what's the difference between a nationally known builder and the local LBS guy, who is a top notch mechanic, but maybe doesn't have a reputation for building the best wheels in the country, but seems...