Why you need so much bicycles...

Seen here at cyclingcartoons

every ride on a road I think

you own a car, not the f*** hole road

Präsentation Tour de France 2013, LIVE

Velo Solex 3800

My first "petrol" ride today...

...with an old Velo Solex!

Like Luise de Funes in "Le Gendarme se marie" :-)

"minime" - riding a mini bike

so much fun to ride!

morning sun in the alps...

...today, on the way to work...

Richard Mitchelson - Tour de France

2013: Tour de France, 100th

* Mont Ventoux * Alpe d´Huez * Alpe d`Huez * ??? ...official presentation on 24th october!

2013: Team Sky + Rapha

we will see... :-)

Remember Breaking Away...

The film Breaking Away was about a group of Indiana townies who enter the annual Little 500 bike race at Indiana University, actor Dennis Christopher rode a 1978 Masi GranCriterium. ‘‘It floats over small bumps... as if the bike is barely touching the ground.’’

The following is from Tom Schwoegler, who was the technical adviser on the 1977 movie "Breaking Away."

"We purchased 2 Masi's from Faliero (or was it Alberto... the one who was building in California at the time). We also had 2 extra forks. One fork was bent to simulate the wreck when the pump is put in the front wheel. I bent the fork and it was not easy. We also had a Sears Free Spirit painted and hand decaled to look like a Masi. We had to hand-paint the decals because Masi would not give us an extra set. The Sears bike was mounted on a special platform for the close shots of Dennis Christopher. You can tell if he is on the Sear bike because it had Weinmann brakes and the brake cable came down on the opposite side when compared to the Campy brakes.

Both Masi's returned to California after the film was shot. Steve Tesich ended up with one of them (he was the one who insisted on getting Masi's for Dave and Colnago's for the Italian Team. We only had to buy 2 Colanago's as two of the guys who played those riders already had Colnago's (one of the guys was Christian VanDeVelde's dad, John). I still have one of those bikes, a gift from Director Peter Yates and the other was sold to a friend of mine in Indianapolis who later sold it. I also ended up with the bent fork from the "wrecked" Masi." – Tom Schwoegler

Artikel from here: Masi.GregFletcher.Org

a very very happy ciclyst :-)

BMC - World Champion Edition Philippe Gilbert, WC 2012

It´s cross time