Put a seat on it - Cycling Thread

[belchardo]

the distances just blow me away. longest I have ridden is 104km (loop the lake plus riding to the start and back) in about 4 hours. I consider myself pretty fit and I just don't understand how people can keep going like that for so long at such intensity (some of them must surely be doing it with out "assistance").

[boz-monaut]

Ze hell of ze north...

favourite race of the year - so much drama, so much pain

then switch over to watch Liverpool lose to some oil billionaire's play thing

[q-money]

would you bet against cancellara? monstered flanders last week

stybar and sagan the dark horses

wiggo riding it, should be interesting

[sammydog]

Cyclocross is on at the velodrome on Sunday. Usually a good watch.

[boz-monaut]

I would actually love to see Sir Bradley win it

Roubaix = cyclocross

[q-money]

sky putting wiggo out in the front for the entry into arenberg, still a long way out though

[q-money]

carnage in the break, lost 3 blokes to punctures in arenberg

[q-money]

cracker of a race shaping up here - canc, stybar, sagan, van marcke and degenkolb in the front 13 out carrrrrn

[GazFish35]

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Got surprised with this for my birthday!

Gotta find the alan keys!

[q-money]

fuark how good was paris-roubaix

canc, boonen & sagan all marked men, terpstra picked it beautifully, ironically boonen effectively dragged him up with his suicidal break 30k out

van marcke will win it in the next two years if he leaves belkin and goes to quick-step, great talent, shame stybar didn't work with him but tevz, that's racing

[hawk]

bicycle boyz havent changed

[belchardo]

giro d'italia starts tonight...in Belfast, Ireland.

it's not even on the same land mass FFS*

* FFS is a registered trademark of MFKS. I apologise for the flagrant misuse of this trademark without the appropriate levels of ranting and swearing

[q-money]

lol

quintana a big shot, but if the weather turns to shit like last year you'd have to get around evans and purito rodriguez

quintana and purito aren't great in the TT though, evans could shade them.

if he wins it he'd have to be one of straya's greatest ever sportsmen

OGE to be in pink on first day, have a great TTT squad

[q-money]

pretty shocking day in the mountains, weird stuff with the supposedly neutralized descent

quintana is an amazing climber though, hesjedal was brilliant to go with him

also - sammy - i'm thinking about a hardtail mtb and don't want to break the bank - looked at a cannondale trail, but MTB is a bit of a mystery to me. what's the go with 29er's etc

give me your wisdom. budget 1K, new or 2nd hand not an issue

[q-money]

annette edmondson phwoar

[hawk]

thats how you promote a sport

[plague]

Q-mans 4 week fap fest is back.
Who's your tip big man?

I'm cheering for Contador, bloke has one dodgy meal and he's labelled a drug cheat. Victim of circumstance if you ask me.
Plus he hated Armstrong before it was trendy.

[The Dunster]

The sponsors and the manufacturers are to blame for the drug culture not the riders. Riders are merely doing what is neccessary to stay competitive and earn their living.
The treatment of Armstrong by the media, former sponsors, and manufacturers has been a disgrace.

[q-money]

hi plague

contador, froome dawg is cooked

[q-money]

lol ffs dunster, armstrong is pretty much the shittest douchebag on the planet

remember zip the lips