AToC

[pdmtong]

WC in the house
Flash...weigh in!
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[dustyrider]

Where's the seatpost binder bolt?

[pdmtong]

Courtesy TeamMurray

[livingminimal]

How wide are those tires?

[cadence90]

Where's the seatpost binder bolt?

Specialized use these integrated wedge things, with the bolt on the side of the tt.
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[happycampyer]

Where's the seatpost binder bolt?The seatpost rests on the top of the motor. No need for a binder bolt.

[bironi]

Like to see a side shot to check out the rear tire clearance on the seat tube. It looks tight from this angle.

[swaterfall]

Like to see a side shot to check out the rear tire clearance on the seat tube. It looks tight from this angle.

Yeah, that looks super tight.

[FlashUNC]

I'll be there to boo and hiss.

Kittel and Degenkolb will be fun to watch tho.

[eric01]

That iridescent paint job is nice. Anyone know if they offer that for public? Probably expensive too

[mjalder2]

That iridescent paint job is nice. Anyone know if they offer that for public? Probably expensive too



They did at one point. My shop got two of the paint job on Allez frames. Not sure where you could find them now.


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[FlashUNC]

ToC could not have gone better.

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Getting there as teams were still organizing, I got to see such epic events as Robert Gesink applying sunscreen. Or more appropriately, some poor soigneur doing it for him.

Trek had their Madones in full force that I think look stupid, but are also slowly growing on me.

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The highlight of the day, as guys were taking their warm-up laps, Petey slow rolled by not 6 feet from me at the barriers. Amid a chorus of cheers, I like to think he heard the one loud boo, though he acknowledged neither. I had no chance to take a photo as I was too busy booing him.

Once the men's race got back to town (after a killer's women's crit), we camped out at the final corner for the winning straight. As advertisted, we saw some dudes just rail this corner, Quick Step in full flight on the final turn.

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Oh wait...look who got booed again!

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With two laps to go, Sunweb rider Mike Teunissen flatted right in front of us. Literally a few feet away. He handled it well though at that point I think he never regained contact with the main group and finished down on time. All the same for a helper, no?

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All in all, not a bad way to spend a Sunday.

[Imaking20]

Why would you boo Sagan?

[shoota]

Yeah what's your beef with Sagan?

[chiasticon]

With two laps to go, Sunweb rider Mike Teunissen flatted right in front of us. Literally a few feet away. He handled it well though at that point I think he never regained contact with the main group and finished down on time. All the same for a helper, no?Teunissen? he's had some success in the states before, so I'm sure he was OK with his role in this race.

http://cyclingillustrated.com/wp-content/gallery/uci-worlds-winning-shots/lm38457-ci.jpg

as far as booing Sagan, I love it! :hello:

[FlashUNC]

Why would you boo Sagan?

Yeah what's your beef with Sagan?

Because somebody has to tell the emperor he has no clothes?

He's won precisely one more Monument than I have, and people act like he's the second coming to one-day racing. The tactical sense of a blind bull. The hype machine second to none with a palmares that doesn't match. People who think he's the next Merckx.

The list goes on and on...

[FlashUNC]

Teunissen? he's had some success in the states before, so I'm sure he was OK with his role in this race.

http://cyclingillustrated.com/wp-content/gallery/uci-worlds-winning-shots/lm38457-ci.jpg



He didn't seem too bent out of shape about it. Certainly a helluva lot nicer weather than the last time around.

[colbyh]

He's won precisely one more Monument than I have, and people act like he's the second coming to one-day racing. The tactical sense of a blind bull. The hype machine second to none with a palmares that doesn't match. People who think he's the next Merckx.

"Merckx says he identifies most with Sagan of the current crop, describing the Slovakian as a “real sensation” and his recent World Championship win in Richmond, Virginia, as “very important for the sport”."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12032170/Eddy-Merckx-I-have-faith-in-Chris-Froome-but-the-tests-will-not-silence-jealous-French-critics.html

[FlashUNC]

"Merckx says he identifies most with Sagan of the current crop, describing the Slovakian as a “real sensation” and his recent World Championship win in Richmond, Virginia, as “very important for the sport”."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/12032170/Eddy-Merckx-I-have-faith-in-Chris-Froome-but-the-tests-will-not-silence-jealous-French-critics.html

Weird that Merckx identifies with a guy who finishes second as often as the Cannibal finished first.

[colbyh]

Weird that Merckx identifies with a guy who finishes second as often as the Cannibal finished first.

Weird that an adult would show up to a bike race and boo a 2x world champion, but to each their own.

[FlashUNC]

Weird that an adult would show up to a bike race and boo a 2x world champion, but to each their own.

Weird that someone would show up to a sporting event and boo the player/team they don't like?

Do you clap for every baseball/football/basketball/hockey team? Do you cheer every pro player regardless of sport?

C'mon man.

[chiasticon]

Weird that someone would show up to a sporting event and boo the player/team they don't like?

Do you clap for every baseball/football/basketball/hockey team? Do you cheer every pro player regardless of sport?

C'mon man.I'm a Philadelphia Flyers fan. when you go to their games in Philly, as the announcer is calling out the names of the starters on the opposing team, after each name, thirty thousand people scream "sucks!"

hell, for certain players (e.g. Sidney Crosby) they boo them the entire time they have the puck. every single time.

sports, man. you don't have to like everyone. even if the person you dislike is bigly popular.

[mhespenheide]

Yeah what's your beef with Sagan?

At this point, FlashUNC's feelings on Sagan are well known in the forum. I don't happen to agree with him, but he's entitled to his opinion.

Personally (and I say this as a great fan of the Grand Tours), I'd rather watch Sagan animate and make a race and come in second than watch the current snoozefest of the Giro d'Italia (at least before Blockhaus). So I like him. FlashUNC think he's overhyped, and he may well have a point.

@FlashUNC: thanks for the photos!

[choke]

I went to Sacramento to watch the women race. Last year I took a Rabo Liv jersey to the race and the whole team signed it, so this year before the race I found Anna van der Breggen and had her sign it as well. I also got autographs from the Wiggle team and Giorgia Bronzini was kind enough to give me one of her used bottles.

This gent decided that a good time to cross the road was right as the peloton was coming through. Fortunately everyone missed him but it could have been a very bad situation. Several police officers had a long chat with him afterwards.

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You can see he was right in the thick of it, his head is visible just behind the rider in orange.

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Christine Majerus and Amy Peters setting Anna van der Breggen up for the intermediate sprint. Anna was 1 second behind on the GC and needed the bonus seconds from the sprint. Even though Anna isn't a sprinter they did it, Anna took 2nd in the sprint and gained 2 seconds which put her into the lead.

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[bikingshearer]

I, along with some friends, met up in Clarksburg on Sunday for Stage 1. We rode 15 miles to the spot on Ryer's Island, the furthest south part of the course, and waited at the place where the peloton went by three times, and rode back to Clarksburg. They all went by in a blur (well, six blurs - three times each for the breakaway and the pack) and I couldn't pick out anyone. Didn't matter - I packed in lunch, had a great time with friends, and got to ride on some wonderful Delta back roads in glorious weather.

Sorry Flash, I neglected to boo Sagan. :p

[swaterfall]

I, along with some friends, met up in Clarksburg on Sunday for Stage 1. We rode 15 miles to the spot on Ryer's Island, the furthest south part of the course, and waited at the place where the peloton went by three times, and rode back to Clarksburg. They all went by in a blur (well, six blurs - three times each for the breakaway and the pack) and I couldn't pick out anyone. Didn't matter - I packed in lunch, had a great time with friends, and got to ride on some wonderful Delta back roads in glorious weather.

Sorry Flash, I neglected to boo Sagan. :p

That's pretty close to a Belgian experience, minus the waffles ( unless you had waffles).

[enr1co]

Thanks to my bud (and Giant Bicycles shop owner) I had the opportunity to do a TOC VIP ride & meet event w/Team Sunweb World Pro men and women.

It was slated to be a casual paced ride ~20-25 miles through Folsom and El Dorado Hills just outside of Sacramento.

No surprise that the "casual" pace of a pro team had me at redline mode with my meager ~40 miles/week fitness but had plenty of time to chat, eat and take goober selfies with the riders back at the shop :D


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Team captain, Roy Curvers (NED)
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Chris Hamilton (AUS), Lucinda Brand (NED), Mike Teunissen (NED)
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Mike Teunissen (NED), Ramon Sinkeldam (NED), Johannes Frohlinger (GER)
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Ramon, Roy, Johannes
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Liane Lipper (GER) and Leah Kirchmann (CAN)
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She-beast, Coryn Rivera, first ever American to win Flanders. She just added Stage 3 of the womens TOC to her palmares a few hrs earlier.

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[shovelhd]

Racing friend and local pro Ben Wolfe's numbers from Stage 3:

Duration: 5 hours 2 minutes
NP: 387w
Kj: 6439

[bikingshearer]

That's pretty close to a Belgian experience, minus the waffles ( unless you had waffles).

Nope, no waffles. Just a yummy salami and Swiss cheese on sourdough roll sandwich.

And weather-wise, it was not even remotely a near-Belgian experience. I can assure you that that is a good thing. A very good thing. :D

[ptourkin]

Racing friend and local pro Ben Wolfe's numbers from Stage 3:

Duration: 5 hours 2 minutes
NP: 387w
Kj: 6439


Cool kid. Met and hung with him at multiple camps and events around San Diego as he was developing.

[rounder]

Good stage today on Mount Baldy...Andrew Talansky won.

[VonTrapp]

Why would you boo Sagan?


Cause he didn't wash his hand before putting it in a communal cookie jar. Sheesh. To think, children world-wide are seeing him act like this!


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Stolen from Phil Gaimon (https://www.instagram.com/p/BUQec0VlH8n/?taken-by=philgaimon&hl=en).

[Clean39T]

I went to Sacramento to watch the women race. Last year I took a Rabo Liv jersey to the race and the whole team signed it, so this year before the race I found Anna van der Breggen and had her sign it as well. I also got autographs from the Wiggle team and Giorgia Bronzini was kind enough to give me one of her used bottles.


Thanks for sharing all this - the little I've been able to take in of women's pro-tour racing has shown me that its a way more exciting peloton than the men's side of things.. Makes me wish there was more coverage!

[Black Dog]

Cause he didn't wash his hand before putting it in a communal cookie jar. Sheesh. To think, children world-wide are seeing him act like this!


https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4175/34615245861_23cfcd182b_c.jpg
Stolen from Phil Gaimon (https://www.instagram.com/p/BUQec0VlH8n/?taken-by=philgaimon&hl=en).

Yea but he took the 1st cookie that he touched. :D

[mjalder2]

Good stage today on Mount Baldy...Andrew Talansky won.



I was happy to see Cannondale get a much-needed win and on home soil to boot. It was also great to see his family there are the end.


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[Red Tornado]

Thanks for sharing all this - the little I've been able to take in of women's pro-tour racing has shown me that its a way more exciting peloton than the men's side of things.. Makes me wish there was more coverage!

Yes

[chiasticon]

Thanks for sharing all this - the little I've been able to take in of women's pro-tour racing has shown me that its a way more exciting peloton than the men's side of things.. Makes me wish there was more coverage!this is also true of women's cyclocross, btw. may be a bit slower, but it's way more exciting with more than just a couple people dominating it. (including, btw, Lucinda Brand, shown in the photos above.)

[weisan]

Why would you boo Sagan?

it's ok it's ok, people, calm down...this should more than make up for it.

http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/twitter/?title=Peter+Sagan+is+welcomed+by+Miss+Bear+Lake+p rior+to+Stage+6&dashboard=tour-of-california&id=BORAhansgrohe/status/865649241363959811&yr=2017

And flash pal, a piece of friendly advice, make sure when you boo, don't do it in front of his fans, I fear for your personal safety my friend. :no:

[Big Dan]

Sagan needs some bike "handling" classes from Flash.

[Jaxmeowmeow]

took this one of pete at the first kom yesterday

[FlashUNC]

it's ok it's ok, people, calm down...this should more than make up for it.

http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/twitter/?title=Peter+Sagan+is+welcomed+by+Miss+Bear+Lake+p rior+to+Stage+6&dashboard=tour-of-california&id=BORAhansgrohe/status/865649241363959811&yr=2017

And flash pal, a piece of friendly advice, make sure when you boo, don't do it in front of his fans, I fear for your personal safety my friend. :no:

Why? Someone will resort to violence because I don't like their bike racer? Cmon man.

I booed loudly, he was right there, I'm sure people looked at me as a lunatic. But whatever.

But omg u guys he got a cookie!

[beeatnik]

^Flash, it was a super duper Strava-loving clean cookie. Made from soap.

[cadence90]

^Flash, it was a super duper Strava-loving clean cookie. Made from soap.
That, or a fresh motor battery disguised as a super duper Strava-loving clean cookie.

In complete compliance with all EPA regs, the motor runs on soap. At stage end the team RV guys dump the old soap on the side of the road, to mask the other waste they dump on the side of the road....

[beeatnik]

So much intrigue in the high stakes world of Professional Bike Pedaling!

[mhespenheide]

An impressive TT today. Much respect.

[choke]

Thanks for sharing all this - the little I've been able to take in of women's pro-tour racing has shown me that its a way more exciting peloton than the men's side of things.. Makes me wish there was more coverage!I'm glad that you enjoyed them. I agree, I think the women's side is better racing than the men's though I know I'm in the minority around here. It is harder to find coverage of women's racing but it is out there, I've been able to watch at least the last bit of most of the WWT races so far this year. Eurosport is pretty good about showing some and you can also check out Sarah Connolly's blog for tips on how to watch, she's good about listing any live broadcasts. https://prowomenscycling.com/

[weisan]

Why? Someone will resort to violence because I don't like their bike racer? Cmon man.

Flash pal, are we living on the planet? Just look around you...men were called into violence for much less, sometimes just a simple idea. Obviously you are detached from reality, just as you fail to see Sagan for who he is. :D

[jasonification]

Had a friend who got VIP passes for the TT yesterday..he was sending me these photos while I sat in meetings! At least he was big hearted enough to give me a poster autographed with disparaging comments from Vande Velde and Voigt :)

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