Recent content by VeloEcosse

Goodbye To those of you who actually responded with a salient and reasoned argument...thank you and I apologise to you in adavance of what I am about to write here. I am not sure who ACF is but most of you seem to be afraid of whoever he/she is. Have I stumbled across a Stalinist Russian...

It was the subject of the argument and I was directly quoting the phrase used in that discussion. I don't see why this would be a problem? I am asking a genuine question as a direct result of a debate over the weekend between myself and and some other cyclists. I value other peoples...

Just to be clear I was looking for opinions and was not looking to assasinate Evan's character. Reason being I had a rather heated discussion with a group of cycling friends who would be very much in the "I think Cadel is a whining little girl" camp. I tended to disagree for a number of...

What do we think. Is Cadel a whining little girl or does he have the cojones to "man up" as the parlance goes and become a serious GT contender?

Me too but mine was really cheap...free (as in a B'day present). Its the 305 which is great. Not sure I have ever bought anything that was advertised on a cycling jersey or bike consciously. However, who knows what subliminal evil is at work in the marketing departments of these sponsors...

Too true. Was out over the weekend and stopped at the Hill of Tara for some tea and a scone. Who should be there but Lawrence Roche who is Stephen's brother and Dan's uncle. Congratulated him and the family on the win. Martin is a class act alright with a great future ahead of him if...

Best of luck with your first marathon. Only advice I would give there is go at your own pace and run your own race. Don't get caught up in the start line madness. If you are feeling the pace or the potential of a blow up then walk through the feed stations. I would agree that doing 100 miles...

Two words....fart and spacesuit Oh yeah and Cheryl Crowe:p

Back in my BMX (Chromoly Skyway TA with white Skyway Mag wheels and TW bars....loved that bike!) days I decided that I could gap jump a 20 foot wide river. I factored wind, distance, speed, run up and landing. What I didn't factor was my lack of talent, the embankment on the far side, coming...

Congrats on a well thought out piece. Have you applied for a job with the TdF route planning team yet? My simple view would be to keep the cobbles in as a regular part of the Le Tour as it really sorts the men out from the boys. As far as mountains go, I think there should be good...

Simon, I own a pair of bontrager Aeolus 5.0 carbon rims and I hated the stickers they put on them (very garish). I prefer the simple carbon look. I took a hairdryer and heated them up and they literally just fell off. A quick rub down afterwards with some light solvent based liquid and they...

Way worse than what? Hunger, Poverty or Cancer? I think we need to put this into perspective. If someone has the means and has purchased an expensive bike and the kit to match whilst only riding to the coffee shop then more power to them. They are obviously content with themselves and do...

Apocalypse Now Lance = Colonel Kurtz (Brando) Floyd = Captain Willard (Sheen) This is the end...my only friend, the end

Dog Was chased by a dog once. Poor little fella decided that my back wheel was fair game for a full on tackle. Spokes must have hurth his teeth a bit. I am a big dog lover so couldn't be too mad for too long even though he made me crash. When I went to pick my bike back up he wizzed on...

Vino has never been high on my list for integrity. But, as there is no proof I guess everyone will just have to accept that he has trained hard and maybe got a little smarter. Never been a big fan of his and even less so when he took the morally indignant stance of not apologising for blood...