Pro Peloton Swap Meet

by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 29, 2008 5:03 PM EDT in News

Things happen awfully fast these days, it seems. [Title of next post: Get Off My Lawn!] Just a day or so after hearing that Scott Bicycles is dumping American Beef and Cervelo is leaving CSC to start its own project, the pieces are falling back into place.

Scott will now pair up with fellow Americans Team Columbia, putting some of the world's greatest riders (from one of the peloton's cleanest programs) on the unfortunately-named-but-otherwise-awesome Scott Addicts. IIRC correctly, this displaces Giant, though Giant can be seen elsewhere. [Corrections in 3... 2... ]

Bjarne Riis didn't waste any time replacing Cervelo after their amicable split: today he announced Team Sexy Back will ride Specialized starting January 1. Wonder who else will be telling us "I am Specialized" now that we already know the true identity of people we thought were Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini. BTW, they will still "be Specialized" in 2009 too. Can't wait to see Boonen and Cancellara head to head on their identical Roubaix's next spring (for about 10,000 reasons besides the name on the bike).

And there's Ridley's move too, in the Fanposts. Big week for the manufacturers.

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Yeah.

Scott will now pair up with fellow Americans Team Columbia

Finally. Thank you. It was so embarrassing to have an American Bicycle Company’s name next to American Beef. Does anyone else think American Beef is the worst team name ever? Especially since it conjures up the visions and aromas of Coalinga California. Yuck.

I survived the 2008 PdC Olympic Road Race Live Threads

by ZoeRochelle on Aug 29, 2008 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

I don't even know what Coalinga is

but it always makes me think of Fletcher’s American Cheese and I half expect their riders to break out in song.

by Monty. on Aug 29, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Coalinga, California

Home to earthquakes faults and cows. The Tour of California will pass within smelling distance of this place.

by Jimbo... on Aug 29, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, I just learned a new word

Cowschwitz

by Monty. on Aug 29, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, that's a good one.

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by ZoeRochelle on Aug 29, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd honestly never heard of the place before

But when amateur pilots start talking about running into a cloud of methane at 2500ft then it’s hard to stop reading.

by Monty. on Aug 29, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

ugh

let us never speak of it again.

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 29, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I drive through there every couple of months...

…on my way to visit my grandparents. The money quote of all my trips up there was “Oh dear Jesus!!? Did someone just shit up my nose??”

I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...

by crashdan on Sep 1, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Happy cows come from California

by lyne on Aug 29, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

What.Ever.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Aug 29, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions

but the ads say so, so it must be true

by lyne on Aug 29, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions

and you believe everything your read?

LOL. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Aug 29, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions

of course I do

;)

by lyne on Aug 29, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions

it's not something one reads..

it’s on television, so it has to be true..
doesn’t it? :-\

by Christopher See on Aug 29, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions

The cows in WI are suing for not getting fair TV time.... ha ha ha ha

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Aug 30, 2008 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

"Bull"shit...

They get all the TV time they want with the asinine Green Bay fans and their asinine headgear :P

I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...

by crashdan on Sep 1, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Sadly... I own one of those.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Sep 1, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Yuck indeed

Though I personally didn’t care about Scott’s connection with Am Beef. Sure, slaughterhouses aren’t pretty images, but I love having a Mexican sponsor around, as a matter of personal bias (Mexico belonging to the G-8 of food cultures, as well as being warm and sunny).

"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."

by Chris Fontecchio on Aug 29, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Warm... Sunny...

… and Jalapeno’s laden with e-Coli…

I know, it said "als" instead of "ist"... don't give me any crap...

by crashdan on Sep 1, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

this makes sense...

Giant leaving Team Columbia doesn’t.

But you have to give credit to Scott Bicycles, they’re certainly persitant about getting marketing leverage in the big leagues—and I’m sure they must have had to bid big to get in. But I think this is the new trend where the bike manufactures are taking bigger stakes in these teams because of the lack of other corporate support.

Cervelo going their own way, (like BMC) is pretty much what Honda, Suzuki or even Ducati has been doing for quite sometime—competing at both the extremes, technical and on the road.

live to ride, ride to live

by orangekick on Aug 29, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions