Boonen

[shinomaster]

Am I the only one who thinks Tom Boonen looks wierd on his bike?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/tour06/index.php?id=/photos/2006/tour06/tour0615/S-BOONENTOUR8109

[atmo]

most folks look gay when the pedals are at
3 and 9 atmo, especially when the power leg
is at the back. the elegance comes when the
gams are outstretched.

[fiamme red]

most folks look gay when the pedals are at
3 and 9 atmo.NTTAWWT. ;)

[BoulderGeek]

To my untrained and unsophisticated eye, he looks like a big dude on a frame 2 or 4 cm too small for him.

But, what do I know, I'm fat.

[GoJavs]

You are seeing the reason why he abandoned today. Look at the size of those legs! If I were Boonen, I'd forget about grand tours and just rule the Classics for the next ten years.

[Grant McLean]

The Belgians pedal in a style with their seat low.

but Boonen looks like he's on a toy bicycle...


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[Fat Robert]

a six three sean kelly, in many ways

[shinomaster]

Boon looks gay, because he IS gay. Just kidding. I have seen at least two other pictures of him where he looks almost as bad as I do on my bike. Too short, or scrunched.

[atmo]

Boon looks gay, because he IS gay. Just kidding. I have seen at least two other pictures of him where he looks almost as bad as I do on my bike. Too short, or scrunched.
show us your pictures; let us decide atmo.

[obtuse]

his saddle slipped once and his wattage went up; so he kept it low. atmo is correct imho-everyone looks gay in the 3 o'clock 9 o'clock position...particularly with a member of the same sex but i digress......

yeah; it looks weird but white bib shorts get all the ladies; as for those handlebars....mp.

obtuse

[shinomaster]

show us your pictures; let us decide atmo.

No. You will be mean to me. imho

[atmo]

No. You will be mean to me. imho
not a chance. we'll have a go-baby moment atmo.

[Grant McLean]

not a chance. we'll have a go-baby moment atmo.

speaking of babies...

http://www.dailypeloton.com/article_images/celine/champs/Tom%20Boonen.jpg


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[Grant McLean]

atmo is correct imho-everyone looks gay in the 3 o'clock 9 o'clock position...
obtuse

especially...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/features/tom_boonen_promotion/Press_release.jpg


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[Fat Robert]

especially...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/features/tom_boonen_promotion/Press_release.jpg


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great

we're one step away from the belgian equivalent of big yaz bread

[Grant McLean]

great

we're one step away from the belgian equivalent of big yaz bread


Carl Yastrzemski. I had to look that one up.
wuddwedo before google?

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[Fat Robert]

if they'd fed it to the reds, both the '75 and the cold war would have been over a lot quicker

[coylifut]

No. You will be mean to me. imho

Shino, you don't look scrunched up at all. Nice and stretched out I say.

[swoop]

boonen rides a bike frame a lil' smaller than what would be the 'right' size.. so he looks funny ... it does work for him...

[classic1]

Boonen = Rik van Steenburgen IMO

[Tom]

... especially when the power leg
is at the back. ...

What does that mean? One leg much stronger than the other?

[shinomaster]

Shino, you don't look scrunched up at all. Nice and stretched out I say.

Really? Hey that's cool...maybe I'll get another cannondale then.

[shinomaster]

what about this one ATMO?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://hammerhaj.dk/media/2/20050724-Tom%2520Boonen01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hammerhaj.dk/index.php%3Fitemid%3D132%26catid%3D2&h=253&w=380&sz=43&hl=en&start=22&tbnid=t8AsuViesulyDM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtom%2Bboonen%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20 %26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

[72gmc]

you have to post some sort of warning when your link contains a photo of tom boonen's butt! i don't need to see that.

is that rudy pevenage with jan?

[shinomaster]

Michel Sylvester would have him on an 80cm top tube.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/apr06/rvv06/index.php?id=raceday/71

[Fat Robert]

fyi...i read in velo or someplace that boonen rides a 56...at six three, yo

[shinomaster]

I ride a 56. :confused:

[Fat Robert]

I ride a 56. :confused:

start growing

[shinomaster]

where?

[Fat Robert]

all over

that frame won't fit properly until you're six two

then put a 150 stem on it and ride with your saddle an inch too low

start taking your growth pills now

[shinomaster]

no no....Mine is 56 cannondale center to top. His is likely 56cc. My frame is about a 54cc.

[Fat Robert]

no no....Mine is 56 cannondale center to top. His is likely 56cc. My frame is about a 54cc.

then you only have to grow three more inches instead of six

get on it

[obtuse]

his bike isn't a 56. its an xl time. it has a 58cm top tube and a 193mm headtube. it's not a small bike. he's just a big guy and how far apart are you going to put 700c wheels anyway?

obtuse

[Fat Robert]

i thought that was kind of wack when i read it...what do a bunch of french cycling journalists know, anyway....


shino needs to eat more and grow three inches anyway

[dbrk]

Of all the Tour riders I saw a few weeks back, only Magnus could compare to Boonen in size and overall massiveness. He is one large fella', and scary powerful looking too. When I saw him interviewed he was as affable and decent off camera as he was on...and standing next to virtually any other rider, he looked huge...but they looked tiny. It's amazing how small most of these guys are and how fit, fast, and powerful. Boonen's bike, which I think I have a photo of (I'll look), was big but he still towered over it. It looked like an obtuse fit: tall saddle, giant drop to the bars, no nonsense racer. Just my two cents from standing there lookin'.

dbrk

[shinomaster]

his bike isn't a 56. its an xl time. it has a 58cm top tube and a 193mm headtube. it's not a small bike. he's just a big guy and how far apart are you going to put 700c wheels anyway?

obtuse

Then he need a longer stem.