again, better late then never or something. i find that ridleys can be kinda weird looking most of the time, but they have a fantastic reputation. ridley is a fairly young company being founded in 1990 and i don’t think they’re too well known outside of belgium and its neighbors. they sponsor team silence-lotto, which [...]
Archive for July, 2008
tour de france – ridley
Posted in bikes, tagged bikes, cadel evans, ridley, tour de france on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
tour de france – kuota
Posted in bikes, tagged bikes, kuota, tour de france on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
kuota are another one of those companies i’m pretty sure i’ve never heard of before the tor this year and they seam pretty small. somewhat fittingly they sponsor the tiny team agritubel that just sort of quietly goes about their business every day. agritubel’s sponsor is a farm equipment manufacturer too, so the whole thing [...]
tour de france – cervélo
Posted in bikes, tagged bikes, cervélo, tour de france on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cervélo is one of the most hardcore bike companies around. they are all about the science of a good ride and really obsess about aerodynamics and engineering and, not surprisingly started out making nothing but time trial bikes. this little canadian company sponsors the danish team csc saxo bank on the tour, which has probably [...]
tour de france – felt
Posted in bikes, tagged bikes, felt, tour de france on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
felt bikes are pretty much awesome looking and have a great rep. in the tour they are being ridden by the solid team garmin-chipotle. from what i’ve seen felts are also super reasonably priced. in the tour garmin-chipotle’s star is undoubtedly american christian vande velde (currently riding 3rd overall), so if your a yay america [...]
tour de france – lapierre
Posted in bikes, tagged bikes, lapierre, remy di gregorio, sebastien chavanel, tour de france on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
lapierre bikes, as ridden by team francaise des jeux, are awesome. they look great, they are very well respected, and they like to brag that they are still hand made in france by certified technicians. lapierre bikes are the what inspired me to do this little review of tour bikes, btw, so show ‘em some [...]
tour business
Posted in tour de france, tagged cheating, leonardo piepoli, mark cavendish, tour de france on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
*update* – stage 10 winner leonardo piepoli fired from saunier duval for violating the teams code of ethics regarding doping. so that teams disgrace this year is more or less complete. piepoli hadn’t been busted by the tour last i heard, but the team director was doing his own investigation after ricco got busted and [...]
tour de france – giant
Posted in bikes, tagged bikes, giant, tour de france on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i think people sometimes associate “made in taiwan” with junk, but giant bikes are really good, and team columbia has been showing them off in style so far. kim kirchen has held both the yellow and green jerseys in the tour so far and overall the team has looked pretty strong.
giants are the new ten [...]
saunier duval – scott = out!
Posted in tour de france, tagged cheating, doping, riccardo ricco, tour de france on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
when things look too good to be true, they usually are…just a couple of days after they completely dominated the day riccardo ricco tests positive for doping (the third rider to do so) and the team drops out. when i posted on them before i was going to add that if one high profile person [...]
tour de france – bh
Posted in bikes, tagged bh, bikes, tour de france on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
beistegui hermanos are one of those mainly european manufactures i’m not sure i’ve ever heard of before. bh is kind of an interesting company that started out as a firearms factory, then took up bicycles (a logical step for a basque manufacturer), and now not only make great bikes but also high end fitness equipment [...]
