why'd you do it Roubaix, why?
It's a cruel race on so many levels and has been since it's inception. You have to take the outcome as it unfolds whether it's joy or pain. It nearly killed Johann Museeuw some years back as he shattered his knee giving way to a nasty infection. Phillipe Gaumont broke a leg in 2001 which I think was the impetus for him look to EPO to get back into the fold. Same could be said for Johann... Damn, there's a wasp in here! It puts the wasp in the inner tube and the inner tube stings! But I digress.
I've got a great idea...
Here's a shot of George's bike before the race showing the brilliance of Trek. This is the bike that this fork came from. I want to say that I really like Bontrager components. I own many Bontrager components. I also own a Trek bike. On that bike are Bontrager wheels (I put all the Bonty components on my Giant cuz I couldn't stand my bike looking like everyone else out there w/ the same model). But, for some reason I still have an issue w/ a professional cycling team using so much OEM products on their bikes. The wheels I can deal with as they're some of the best out there. They held up to my fat ass when I was indeed fat! I just feel as though there has to be something better out there that has more of an elite style, weight, and quality. I used to sell Bontrager parts and they were subjected to the most critical tests available in the world. But for instance look at the stems that the team are using. Are they using the top of the line model that Bontrager offers? No, they're using the aluminum Race (X) Lite. This is multi-million dollar team using parts offered on sub $2000 bikes. Who cares if it's the same bike offered on the floor that Joe Hairlegs can buy and collect dust on. They should be elite. They should be untouchable; something to be coveted; something that gets torn out of a magazine and taped to the wall like porn. Uhh, that's not happening for me.
So George was riding one of the greatest races in all of cycling, on the verge of making himself immortal in the eyes of the classics gods, when his Centrum Silver racing/touring/comfort bike fork sheared sending him to the ground, fracturing his collar bone.
I'm just having fun. It's obvious that anything could break at any time regardless of the quality or price of the component. I still hate that Trek tastes too much like vanilla. It's a good classic flavor, but it's got no flava! One of these days I'll get a shot of mine and show you what it should look like.
Hopefully George will recuperate fast.
Image courtesy of Cyclingnew.com.
T-Tags: hincapie, cycling, roubaix, trek, bontrager, centrum silver
I've got a great idea...
Here's a shot of George's bike before the race showing the brilliance of Trek. This is the bike that this fork came from. I want to say that I really like Bontrager components. I own many Bontrager components. I also own a Trek bike. On that bike are Bontrager wheels (I put all the Bonty components on my Giant cuz I couldn't stand my bike looking like everyone else out there w/ the same model). But, for some reason I still have an issue w/ a professional cycling team using so much OEM products on their bikes. The wheels I can deal with as they're some of the best out there. They held up to my fat ass when I was indeed fat! I just feel as though there has to be something better out there that has more of an elite style, weight, and quality. I used to sell Bontrager parts and they were subjected to the most critical tests available in the world. But for instance look at the stems that the team are using. Are they using the top of the line model that Bontrager offers? No, they're using the aluminum Race (X) Lite. This is multi-million dollar team using parts offered on sub $2000 bikes. Who cares if it's the same bike offered on the floor that Joe Hairlegs can buy and collect dust on. They should be elite. They should be untouchable; something to be coveted; something that gets torn out of a magazine and taped to the wall like porn. Uhh, that's not happening for me.
So George was riding one of the greatest races in all of cycling, on the verge of making himself immortal in the eyes of the classics gods, when his Centrum Silver racing/touring/comfort bike fork sheared sending him to the ground, fracturing his collar bone.
I'm just having fun. It's obvious that anything could break at any time regardless of the quality or price of the component. I still hate that Trek tastes too much like vanilla. It's a good classic flavor, but it's got no flava! One of these days I'll get a shot of mine and show you what it should look like.
Hopefully George will recuperate fast.
Image courtesy of Cyclingnew.com.
T-Tags: hincapie, cycling, roubaix, trek, bontrager, centrum silver
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