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    Barry Ryan's writing style: a compliment

    In his commentary on Stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de Suisse Barry Ryan provides an excellent example of what sports writing can and should be. He gives a sharp analysis of the stage's action along with its implications for the outcome of the race as a whole, and this in a style displaying not only a...
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    95th Ronde van Vlaanderen - April 3 2011

    No, no, no! "An inmpressively clever ride from Nuyens. Congratilations to him, a truly great spring classic rider, and to Riis, for getting even with Cancellara." Nyet, nyet, nyet! A memorable finish, but a forgettable winner (I won't call him "victor").
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    Ricco Comeback Thread

    Ricco I hesitate even to mention Ricco's name, because any mention of this disgusting cretin is too much. The least any sane and serious cycling fan can do is to boycott Quickstep products, not to forget, unfortunately, Eddy Merckx bikes, BBB products, etc.
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    Campagnolo cassette with Shimano wheel?

    Thanks for all your answers, everybody! Wasilij
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    Campagnolo cassette with Shimano wheel?

    Byercycles in GB (not an online shop, you have to send them a snail-mail letter) sells what they call an "Evolution" Campagnolo-compatible cassette (apparently only 10-speed 12-28) which fits on Shimano wheels. Has anyone had experience with this? (Their website: http://www.byercycles.co.uk)...
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    Riccos Return

    Scum of the earth The little **** ant seems to be right, judging by the majority of you lot, when he claims that cycling "fans" don't care if their "heroes" (ha-ha-ha) are doped when they perform their glorious feats. Tell me what his sponsor is trying to sell and I'll tell you what I'm never...
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    Opinions on Wiggins

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    Point of grammar too or to

    Sorry, Frl. Westemeyer, but languages and nationalities are ALWAYS capitalized in English. Nichts fuer ungut! Wasilij
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    Sky and cycling's landed gentry

    Daniel Friebe's panagyric on Sky seems utterly, if somehow touchingly, privincial: Sky may be boggling Britain's mind, but they have a long way to go to create a similar impression in the rest of the world. And they haven't yet ridden one meter "in anger," so the laurels are premature, to say...
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    Mononucleosis

    Medical question (didn't there use to be a place for this in the "old" cyclingnews?): On the basis of blood tests and of my persistent and otherwise (to me) inexplicable feeling of weakness it seems that I have an admittedly very rare recurrence of MONONUCLEOSIS, which I had decades ago as a...
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    Difference between American and European fans

    I haven't read all the above posts, so perhaps this has been said already, but: Given the author's knowledgeability it can only be assumed that he is wilfully concealing doping in US sports (which is too obvious to require documentation here). And his generalizations about the attitudes of...
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    Lance now Astana team leader...

    Spelling bee "...calling us 'Lance haters and pathetic' wreaks...." "Reeks," ace, "reeks." (Related to German "riechen.")
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    Shimano casettes on SRAM drivetrain? (Road)

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    New site design

    Photos in race reports I haven't found any other means of contacting the editors on the newly designed website, so I'll take this opportunity. The new look is quite fresh, if only because I'm as yet unaccustomed to it. But I must say that a new look was not among my desiderata concerning...
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    Compatibility table

    Here's the answer to my own question: http://www.wheelworks.co.nz.drivetrain.php
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