Now here is something were not used to seeing at the US races.....roadside betting. This photo was sent over from Belgium by my old pal John Pierce. Those people know their bike racing! It's similar to people who follow football or basketball here in the US and know players from there college days through the pro ranks. In Europe fans will start to follow riders as juniors even and then espoirs and on. The odds-on favorite was definitely Boonen but it looks like Hincapie wasn't getting too bad of odds compared to a lot of the others.
It's old news now but at the end of the day Tom Boonen (photo by Luc Claessen) ripped the legs off the rest of the bunch for the win. If
you haven't read the whole report you can read it here on Cyclingnews. My buddy James Haung was there this year and he's loaded up some cool bits in the tech section too. It was pretty interesting to read about what guys were doing differently to bikes just for that day and also what guys didn't change anything.
Speaking of tech! I've got 2 new bikes in the stable for testing. James Haung and I are 
doing a really cool test with the LOOK 595's. The 595's come in 'Origin' models and 'Ultra' with the Ultra being the stiffer of the two. James and I each have 2 bikes built identically and our job is to try and see if we can tell which one is the Origin and which is the Ultra. The Ultra uses 15% more carbon fiber to increase the stiffness for bigger guys like myself or even smaller sprinters who want that little bit extra. These bikes are sweet! Each one is built with SRAM Red components, Ritchey carbon bar and stems and Mavic Rsys wheels. Were going to spend a couple months on these and then we'll have a full report on our findings so stay tuned.
One more thing. I read a great quote the other day that I wanted to pass along. I'm not sure who said it but it read like this...."I hope I am the person my dog thinks I am."
Think about that one and have a good week.
When your dog looks at you like you are a hero, that means more than anything! Dogs know us better than anyone and they see us for what we truely are.
Posted by: s47dev | April 15, 2008 at 07:40 AM