So, what wheels does lance ride now?

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

All of you great shop guys should show this to customers looking to
replace torched boutique wheels. Especially since everyone wants to be
like Lance 😉

-Mike

Copy to Trek dealers.......

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

Is it just me, or is that just about the ugliest bike I've seen in a
while? I haven't yet warmed up the the Dura Ace "aesthetics", and
coupled with a dull black frame... I dunno. I suppose I'm biased
toward another monochromatic theme... but....

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

The frame itself doesn't bother me, but you can tell he's a bachelor
with that blue/red/yellow combo he's got going.

Mark Hickey said:

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

Is it just me, or is that just about the ugliest bike I've seen in a
while? I haven't yet warmed up the the Dura Ace "aesthetics", and
coupled with a dull black frame... I dunno. I suppose I'm biased
toward another monochromatic theme... but....

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

Is it me, or are those brifters REALLY high up on the bars.
Perhaps he's going for a more upright posture in his dotage.
What's next - flat bars & sprung saddle?

On Fri, 12 May 2006 06:03:57 -0700, Mark Hickey <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

Is it just me, or is that just about the ugliest bike I've seen in a
while? I haven't yet warmed up the the Dura Ace "aesthetics", and
coupled with a dull black frame... I dunno. I suppose I'm biased
toward another monochromatic theme... but....

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

I think it's you, I like it;-) It has kind of a stealth thing going.

Put on some red cages and red tape on the bars, it would brighten
right up.

If everybody agreed on color and style, we wouldn't have/need so many
options. The Lance haters won't like it, but so what, they aren't
riding it.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Jeff Starr said:

Put on some red cages and red tape on the bars, it would brighten
right up.

No, I say red frame with black tape and black tires.

Quoted message said:

If everybody agreed on color and style, we wouldn't have/need so many
options.

I suppose. Interesting to see the 32-spoke wheels though. What rims are
those?

Art Harris

Mark Hickey said:

Is it just me, or is that just about the ugliest bike I've seen in a
while?

Agreed, poor tire color choice there. --D-y

Art Harris said:

Interesting to see the 32-spoke wheels though. What rims are
those?

Velocity AeroHeads with Bontrager stickers?

Art Harris said:

Interesting to see the 32-spoke wheels though. What rims are
those?

Oh, wait, it might be some old surplus wheels from the team, like these
Bontrager Classics:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/tour04/tech/?id=usps_stage3/CN-TDF04-Tech36_LA_trek
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/tour04/tech/?id=usps_stage3/CN-TDF04-Tech32_Bontrager

Quoted message said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

All of you great shop guys should show this to customers looking to
replace torched boutique wheels. Especially since everyone wants to be
like Lance 😉

-Mike

Your later post is correct; Lance's bike is shown with the heavier
"training" wheels, used by the team in the same manner that some runners
train with ankle weights. You'll not see those wheels in race conditions,
aside from a variant for Paris Roubaix. They're tanks.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Quoted message said:

Copy to Trek dealers.......

Surely you didn't just discover Cyclingnews.com last week? Old news, as
mentioned in a later post. They're the training wheels the team uses, the
same way some runners use ankle weights.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

"Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

All of you great shop guys should show this to customers looking to
replace torched boutique wheels. Especially since everyone wants to be
like Lance 😉

-Mike

Copy to Trek dealers.......

no kidding....i think it's the shape of the shifter body. i don't
usually see the Campagnolo pointing sky high like that.

Anthony A. said:

Is it me, or are those brifters REALLY high up on the bars.
Perhaps he's going for a more upright posture in his dotage.
What's next - flat bars & sprung saddle?

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

Damn, he's even got a saddle bag and stem spacers! Now just slap a triple
on there, and he's in MY league...

Bill "except I need engine work, of course" S.

Mark Hickey said:

Mike Reed said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

Is it just me, or is that just about the ugliest bike I've seen in a
while? I haven't yet warmed up the the Dura Ace "aesthetics", and
coupled with a dull black frame... I dunno. I suppose I'm biased
toward another monochromatic theme... but....

Reminds me of Sugar Ray Leonard wearing ugly, plain, black boxing gear for
his second fight against Duran. No tassles, no glitter; just a big can of
whoop-ass.

Agree re. the new D-A crank. My 9-speed looks a lot "prettier" IMO.

On 12 May 2006 06:17:51 -0700, "Mike Reed" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The frame itself doesn't bother me, but you can tell he's a bachelor
with that blue/red/yellow combo he's got going.

Bachelor or not, real men (and real women, for that matter) wear and
use whatever they damn well please. Fashionability is for
fashionistas.
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Cyclingnews caption in above picture:

Quoted message said:

The Bontrager Classic wheels feature 32 hole tubular box-section, heat treated >rims, 21.5mm wide with eyelets, with the spoke holes on the rear wheel 2.5mm >right of center to eliminate any dish in the rear wheel.
Photo ©: Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews

Whoa, baby!

Specifically:

Quoted message said:

with the spoke holes on the rear wheel 2.5mm right of center to eliminate any dish in the rear wheel

Fer starters, Asymmetrical rims have the spoke holes off set to the
left of Ctr.
Secondly, they don't eliminate dish, they reduce it (which is a good
thing, of course)
And 3rd, the rims in the picture are not asymmetrical.
Aside from those minor glitches, a very accurate caption.

John

If someone is giving away "pretty" bikes I'll be first in line. Last
time I check I had to pay for my bikes and the ugly ones can ride as
well if not better than some "pretty" ones.

When I'm going anarobic at the base of a hill I don't see anything but
the pavement in front of me. When I reach the top of the hill
everything looks a hell of a lot prettier not least of all my bike that
got me there.

Before getting off my soapbox I'll mention it's funny how marketing has
convinenced everyone that Sora components can get a novice biker to
China, but won't get Lance Armstrong to the closest stop light without
fatigue failure. What does that tell us?

Granted Tiagra shifters are easier than Sora. Honestly if I could buy
a bike that fit me with Sora components and Tiagra shifters I'd ride it
for a life time without shame or worry.

Randolf

On 12 May 2006 05:27:19 -0700, "Mike Reed" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sensible wheels, that's what. He has no team van, and no need for
miniscule performance advantages.

32H 3x rear, 32h 2x front:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2006/news/may06/may12news/LanceGiro1-06

He almost certainly always rode wheels like that. In training.

If he started racing again, he'd use lighter and more aerodynmic
stuff.

This is not news of any sort -- it's obvious.

JT

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Mike Reed said:

Art Harris said:

Interesting to see the 32-spoke wheels though. What rims are
those?

Oh, wait, it might be some old surplus wheels from the team, like these
Bontrager Classics:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/tour04/tech/?id=usps_stage3/CN-TDF04-Tech36_LA_trek
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2004/tour04/tech/?id=usps_stage3/CN-TDF04-Tech32_Bontrager

Great photos! What a find.

But the rims on Lance's "retirement rig" look slightly taller to me,
since the red decals are on the sides (not the hub-facing surface).

I think Lance's wheels might be the team's standard issue training
wheels. Discovery's Solvang camp last year:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2006/features/discoverytraining/P1010014
or http://tinyurl.com/z7zb4

And even the year before:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=photos/2005/news/jan05/discoverytraining/LanceDanielsonDTC063
or http://tinyurl.com/kt2w7