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Flying lessons at Green Valley TT in Auburn Washington
Flying lessons at Green Valley TT in Auburn Washington
Mens D1 first climb at Collegiate Road National Championships
Mens D1 first climb at Collegiate Road National Championships
Tour of St Louis, Forest park Crit
Tour of St Louis, Forest park Crit
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: A team’s line-up, prepped and ready.
This team already had one pink bike, even before the race.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Jesse Bartholomew of CycleOps/PowerTap
Jesse Bartholomew of CycleOps/PowerTap examines power and heart rate graphs from Slipstream’s time trial.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: De Rosa’s seatpost
The DeRosa aero seatpost allows for lots of fore-aft adjustment.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: LPR’s extensions
LPR’s DeRosa’s all had straight Deda extensions.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: LPR’s De Rosas
The LPR teams was racing on new DeRosa prototype time trial bikes with a very deep aero seat tube and aggressive rear wheel cutout.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Labeled for your convenience.
Felt labels the exit holes for the front and rear derailleur and rear brake cables to avoid confusion (Hooking your rear brake cable up to the derailleur would be no fun).
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Slipstream seatpost
This single-position seatpost, seen on most Slipstream-Chipotle time trial bikes, is the old model from Felt’s B2 bike model.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: DZ’s seat
Zabriskie’s stubby Fizik saddle is UCI legal and allows the rear part to be further forward while the nose is still behind the UCI-dictated 5cm back of the bottom bracket center. The two-position seatpost is Felt’s current production.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Millar’s extensions
Millar likes his extensions very far apart, and he likes a double bend to them.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Millar’s bike
Millar’s bike is the full British paint job to go with his Goiburu-decorated wheels. As another national TT champion, Hesjedal’s has a similar Canadian paint job to match those of Millar and Zabriskie.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Wheel decals
Slipstream-Chipotle mechanic Iñaki Goiburu made the wheel decals as a surprise for David Millar and David Zabriskie. He ran out of time to do Canadian ones for Ryder Hesjedal.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: McGee’s seatpost
McGee uses the far-back adjustment on his Cervelo two-position seatpost.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: McGee’s SRM
Like many riders, McGee races with an SRM power meter built into his crank. SRM builds its units into Shimano, Campagnolo, SRAM, and Cannondale Hollowgram cranks.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: McGee’s bar
McGee’s bar, which is identical to that of all of his teammates, demonstrates that CSC is one of the exceptions to the return to curved extensions. In a change from past seasons, where its riders had adjustability and varying positions, every CSC rider has a non-adjustable 3T aero bar with fixed, straight extensions.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: CSC’s Bradley McGee’s Cervelo P3 Carbon
CSC’s Bradley McGee’s Cervelo P3 Carbon bike is still the standard other TT bikes compare themselves to.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Gusev likes double-bend extensions.
Gusev likes double-bend extensions. While a few years ago, most riders chose straight extensions, now fewer teams do.
2008 Giro d’Italia, Team Time Trial Tech: Born on the fourth of July
Born on the 4th of July: Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev was born July 4, 1982, and he rode this Trek Equinox TTX with distinction in the TTT, after being yanked from his vacation by the sudden invitation to the Giro.