Team RadioShack Camp - video

[hope_rides_again]

lance said he will ride 2011 tour!

"After 2011, I'll retire," Armstrong told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper from a training camp in Arizona.

"This team hasn't been constructed for me, I'm 38. Our aims go further than Armstrong."

 

[kurtinsc]

Going through the pages of comments on the look of the bike... I'm forced to wonder if I'm the only person who pays very little attention to what the bikes actually look like during the race?

The only time I really have noticed a bike is when someone gets annoyed and gives it the old heave ho.

And with the (very few) bikes I've bought for myself over the years... I don't think I ever paid too much attention to the "look". Some of the frames were a bit cluttered... some quite plain... but I don't think it ever really factored into my decision. Now I might avoid a pink frame for fear of mockery... but I'd have no problem getting on that bike. I don't think I would have thought of it as attractive or ugly if I saw it on the street... my thought would have been "looks pricey".

 

[Publicus]

Going through the pages of comments on the look of the bike... I'm forced to wonder if I'm the only person who pays very little attention to what the bikes actually look like during the race?

The only time I really have noticed a bike is when someone gets annoyed and gives it the old heave ho.

And with the (very few) bikes I've bought for myself over the years... I don't think I ever paid too much attention to the "look". Some of the frames were a bit cluttered... some quite plain... but I don't think it ever really factored into my decision. Now I might avoid a pink frame for fear of mockery... but I'd have no problem getting on that bike. I don't think I would have thought of it as attractive or ugly if I saw it on the street... my thought would have been "looks pricey".

You aren't the only person. Most bikes in the peloton are non-descript. The Radio Shack bike looks like what happens when you hire a NASCAR marketing person to design your bike. It's just too dam busy. Take a look at the Wiggins to Sky thread. Dimspace posted a picture of Team Sky's new bike. The contrast is stark.

 

[richwagmn]

You aren't the only person. Most bikes in the peloton are non-descript. The Radio Shack bike looks like what happens when you hire a NASCAR marketing person to design your bike. It's just too dam busy. Take a look at the Wiggins to Sky thread. Dimspace posted a picture of Team Sky's new bike. The contrast is stark.

I"m not sure anything at NASCAR looks that bad.

 

[kurtinsc]

You aren't the only person. Most bikes in the peloton are non-descript. The Radio Shack bike looks like what happens when you hire a NASCAR marketing person to design your bike. It's just too dam busy. Take a look at the Wiggins to Sky thread. Dimspace posted a picture of Team Sky's new bike. The contrast is stark.

I guess I look at the two and think "Those both look like expensive bikes. I wonder if they'd be comfortable to ride on."

I don't think "Wow that looks good." or "Wow that's ugly." for either. I have a black/oragen/blue frame that causes my back the least amount of annoyance while riding and was fairly inexpensive. While I suppose its rather unatractive... it's a bike. I don't really care what it looks like, I care about the ride. It's not even like there's a whole lot of visible surface area... you're talking about a few feet of tubing that's an inch thick or less.

The jersey would seem to me to be the more important space in terms of "team identity".

 

[CentralCaliBike]

thats the trek photo of how they want us to think it looks... the one i posted is the one of it up against a garage door which unfortunately shows us how it really does look..

bunch more photos here

im surprised i was three hours ahead of armstrong with the picture, and a couple of hours ahead of velonews.. i should have started a new thread as a dim exclusive..

The Trek site has a much better color scheme than the bike by the garage, I can live with the greys as opposed to the pinkish/lavender color of the front wheel in your photo - I probably would not repaint the bike in the layout if someone gave it to me.

 

[richwagmn]

Sorry, the last thing I want to do is add to whatever is disturbing you. This is my new avatar, will that work for you?

Don't EVER change your avatar.

 

[Boeing]

funny to see the all old kits together

 

[auscyclefan94]

lance said he will ride 2011 tour!

"After 2011, I'll retire," Armstrong told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper from a training camp in Arizona.

"This team hasn't been constructed for me, I'm 38. Our aims go further than Armstrong."

if you really believe that the team is not all about him then your dreaming.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

lance said he will ride 2011 tour!

"After 2011, I'll retire," Armstrong told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper from a training camp in Arizona.

"This team hasn't been constructed for me, I'm 38. Our aims go further than Armstrong."

Of course he won't be the only person to retire in 2011 -"I've got another two years: in 2011 I'm going to retire because I'll be eligible for a pension"

 

[scribe]

Sorry, the last thing I want to do is add to whatever is disturbing you. This is my new avatar, will that work for you?

Looks good!