Garmin Sponsors Up for 2010
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 27, 2009 1:47 PM EST
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PrintAdios Team Slipstream...Vaughters and co have replaced their original identity completely today, with the addition of Transitions Eyewear as the secondary sponsor of Team Garmin-Transitions. Transitions makes rather clever sounding lenses which change tint with the weather. Does it sound sorta grandpa? Sure, but this long-standing technology can now fit into some stylish frames (all of what you see on the site look straight out of the Vaughters Collection). JV does a nice job of claiming the lenses will give the team an advantage in races like the classics where conditions change rapidly. Can't hurt, I guess. And the real bottom line is, it's always great to see more sponsors come into the sport. So welcome to Cycling, Transitions.
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Good on them for grabbing another good sponsor
As for the glasses, though, they’re not as unique as Vaughters’ marketing talk implies. Specialized has been making lenses like that for several years…
Shimano also sells sunnies w/ "photochromic" lenses
I don’t think it’s marketed as a unique feature by Transitions, though. Specifically: “Transitions Optical is […] offering the most advanced photochromic technology” acknowledges it exists elsewhere.
Transitions lenses have been around for a long time in the prescription eyeglass world
I suspect in the world of contact lenses, lasic surgery and all, eyeglass manufacturers need exposure like everyone else.
by Christopher See on Nov 27, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
Love my rx transitions lenses
Made custom for Rudy Project frames (in my super-myopic case) by Sports Optical in Denver . . .
Love mine too
(in specialized glasses – hence my one-sided knowledge…)
by Douglas Ansel on Nov 27, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
"Does it sound sorta grandpa?"
Pshah! This stuff is so the future. Just wait til we’re all wearing Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses.
pounding along in three ratios like a sonata
like a Ritter with pommelled scrotum atra cura on the step
Botticelli from the fork down pestling the transmission
tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway
Talking about Garmin Edge specs,
(har har) does anybody know how many GPS points the new Edge 500 records per second (or per minute) and in total? It doesn’t say on the spec page at garmin.com, only that ANT+ power data will be recorded at approx. 1 per second.
Or a bowl of soup?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 28, 2009 3:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Or a bowl of soup?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 28, 2009 3:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No doubt hype
think about it, they’re losing Wiggins to Team Sky, they need to send out some positive PR to minimize the egg on their face…
We lost a Tour contender
but lookie here, we’ve got snazzy new bifocals?
Nah, those two stories hardly merit mention in the same context.
Glasses shield the eyes from tossed eggs
I’m guessing that’s the context/hint?
by Douglas Ansel on Nov 28, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
i agree
that the stories don’t have the same weight, but what else could they put out there with a positive spin.
Not sure I follow
Since when is acquiring a new title sponsor spin? That’s fab news all the way around for a team. Of course, they’re going to announce it. No need to come up with an excuse or underlying motive here.
okay, it's not spin
it’s just a happy moment before the they annouce losing the team’s “revelation” of the 2009 tour to team sky…okay, so it’s not a done deal yet, but i give it 99.991% chance of happening in the very near future. :)
wait have they lost him yet
or is it still urban myth? Like the Contador nonissue I’m losing interest in where BW rides next year. May even drop him from my twitter feed.
by Christopher See on Nov 28, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Sunday morning english lesson:
Anyone riding behind Fränk Schleck on a descent is bold
Stefan Schumacher is bald
The combination
To baldly go where no man has gone before.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Nov 29, 2009 5:24 AM EST up reply actions
Wow
Schumi was in a SNL skit in the 70s?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 29, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
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