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and kirby continues to spout irritating bollocks

geniez gets it, quintana 3rd froome 4th

yep its certainly fishy. But vivian cheruiyot's time was only 0.8 seconds of Wang Junxias and was about a minute faster than her 2012 performance, so the track must be playing quite a big part

Hehe

bare in mind its supposed to be a quick track as well which might explain why so many pbs were set

Yeah 45s probably a better shout then. Might have to scallop them slightly then to get them under the long drops, which'll be a faff.

Cheers. The surpremes come up quite small more like ~29mm, so wasn't sure. Better safe than sorry I suppose

Accessories are:
Zefal hpx size 1, Planet X stainless cages, cateye strada speedo.

Still thinking of getting a rear rack, in case I want to carry camping stuff + lock in future.

Need to fit mudguards as well. Not sure which ones just yet but likely sks in 35/45.

Very happy with initial test run. Bit of toe overlap and marathons feels sluggish but too be expected I suppose.

Test run with carradice camper long flap and saddlebag rack, as it was hitting my legs without the rack.

Ok finally finished scouring eBay for all the parts and built it up. I like a build list so:

Frame- thorn audax mk3 w/ 853 forks size 590
Headset- hope
Stem-ritchey pro 4 axis 120
Bars- 3t tornova 420
Seatpost- Thomson elite 410
Groupset- 5800 bar shifters (6800) and brakes (a550 long drop)
Wheels- 6800 on excel light (though front buckled currently)
Tyres- marathon supreme wired 32
Cables and tape- transfil + lifeline performance
Saddle- brooks b17 for summer, Romin/smp for winter

I think you'll find it summarised quite well here by @ùbér_grùbér

http://www.bedlam.cc/post/139169061284/f%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration-fran%C3%A7aise-de-cyclisme-hire-david-millar

Yeah true, its a depressing mess if you actually start to consider how corrupt and ill conceived the entire construct has become. But at the end of the day I do just like watching sports. I want to see a Russian weightlifter lift enough mass that the all the smaller competitors start to orbit him.

Sorry to derail important vuelta considerations. Who's everyones picks? Tour dropouts/flatliners or giro podiumers?

Haha the Giro's my favourite, but likely for similar reasons. And true but I'm getting hopeful Tom DeWindmill will be able to compete in the olympic tt. That and I enjoy the chance to get very excited about random sports I couldn't give a toss about for the next 4 years.

Yay something to fill the post Olympics void. Looking forward to smiley Chavez with Yates in support

Yates gets a 10s penalty for a handsling to add insult to injury. Poor lad.

yates gets back on, all kicks off and he's still just hanging on

Porte in small crash it seems, pissing it down now

Gutted for windy Tom if its broken. Astana looking very strong.

some riders, particularly those who don't spend a lot of time training on their tt bikes may be able to put better numbers out on their road position though

Ah sweet was this the deda one on fleabay?

Porte made an attack and moto braked sending all 3 into the back of them.

Froome experiments with cross training

Opposite side of the story on bouhani punch-up provided by A. Kuntz

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/man-punched-nacer-bouhanni-gives-side-story-260123

Was thinking about the tortec ultralite but wasn't sure it would work with an 810-815 saddle height? Academic now as got the saddlebag carrier curtesy of @hamrack

Cheers, looks interesting