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Levi's ATOC TT Ride

I was fortunate to be able to get by Astana's Camp in Santa Rosa on Monday. The mechanics were starting to put together Levi's TT bike for ATOC. Levi signed some posters for the Solvang stage and some pictures I had taken on the climb of Ballard Canyon Road in last years race. 3271758915_7d45dc0e7d_o_medium

via farm4.static.flickr.com



here are more pics taken of Astana camp.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/downtown6787/sets/72157613631169145/

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LOL!

I was just planning to ask if you liked the colors, no need now!
Looks very Swedish, but still pretty cool. ;D

by Bruce Suomi on Feb 11, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions  

It's a known fact

in the rest of the US, that UCal/Berkeley is a part of Sweden . . .

by R Mc on Feb 11, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions  

No, the cat is out of the bag

It all makes sense. He’s quiet, withdrawn, sort of bland. Levi is obviously a closet-swede.

by Jens on Feb 11, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions  

and probably blond.

by Hons on Feb 11, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Ouch!

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Feb 11, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm digging the Bear!

Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland

by natbla on Feb 11, 2009 2:18 PM EST reply actions  

nice

I like it, no more white bikes ;)

by kimchi on Feb 11, 2009 2:27 PM EST reply actions  

hmmmm... maize and blue? i can dig it...

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Feb 11, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions  

no way man --

Here in California, it’s blue & gold.

-Greg, with degrees from both Cal AND UM. :)

by gregm on Feb 11, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions  

that's NOT gold

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Feb 11, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions  

It looks yellow. Yellow jersey yellow.

Mon coeur appartient à les forçats de la route.

by Josenka on Feb 11, 2009 4:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Wow... that bear is bad ass...

Me likey. Here’s to hopin’ Levi puts in a good ass kicking …

NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.

by crashdan on Feb 11, 2009 5:27 PM EST reply actions  

What about Georgie Baby??

He is going for it…

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

by CycleGirl on Feb 13, 2009 4:45 AM EST up reply actions  

I need that

So, can anyone who will be going to the ToC steal his bike and send it to me?

Thanks in advance.

Bork, bork, bork!

by TheFigurehead on Feb 11, 2009 5:34 PM EST reply actions  

Sure

Not a problem. Do you want Levi also, or just the bike?

Where the #@&$ is my Time?

by Jimbo... on Feb 11, 2009 5:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Just the bike

But tell him that it was sent to a farm in Kentucky, or something

Bork, bork, bork!

by TheFigurehead on Feb 11, 2009 5:50 PM EST up reply actions  

hmmm Levi??

Nahhh Just get me.. hmmm let’s see

We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

by CycleGirl on Feb 13, 2009 4:46 AM EST up reply actions  

Wildlife

the latest in bike fashions. I’d like someone to paint my Litespeed in, oh, maybe Adams River sockeye colors?

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 11, 2009 8:44 PM EST reply actions  

I'd settle for an unpainted Litespeed...

or really any bike build after 1985.

(Really, I’m still riding the bike I bought in 1985)

by Ed K on Feb 11, 2009 10:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Cool, Oldest bike in use thread!

We should make one. I regularly ride a Lotus from the mid 80’s and just rode my old Trek 820 mountain bike from that time period for my first outside ride of the year! Nothing like 50 degree (10C) temps when its been below freezing literally for almost all of January. No high above freezing for 28 days in a row.

I am sure people still ride 40 year old bikes and more regularly. When is a bike an antique?

by Markk on Feb 12, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions  

Apparently,

when it’s NOT carbon. At least that’s what I gather from the kids these days.

by swells on Feb 12, 2009 11:33 AM EST up reply actions  

I've got an Indy Fab hardtail from 1995

that I still ride in the woods. And it is still badass.

"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."

Tom Boonen

by Drew Davis on Feb 12, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Actually, it is a Trek 410

Campy Triomiphe, Tange double-butted tubes, hand-brazed, investment cast lugs, bought new for less than 500 bucks. Not a bad bike at all. I do like it a lot.

by Ed K on Feb 12, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Ohh the Lotus.

Now I’m jealous. I’ve heard those were very nice bikes. Mine’s not quite a quarter century yet, so I’m not counting it as antique. After that though.

by Ed K on Feb 12, 2009 5:38 PM EST up reply actions  

I have an early 80's Paletti

that still works great. It weighs about 400 lbs, but that only makes me strong like ox…

Where the #@&$ is my Time?

by Jimbo... on Feb 12, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions  

My husband recently retrieved his high school bike from his dad's garage

Schwinn Le Tour from the late ’70s.

And my brother has two Bianchis, one from the ‘80s and one from the ’90s, but I’m not sure if he was the original owner on those or not.

Google is my domestique.

by majope on Feb 13, 2009 7:41 AM EST up reply actions  

Back to the bike

I love that paint job. Looooooooooooove it.

"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."

Tom Boonen

by Drew Davis on Feb 13, 2009 8:51 AM EST reply actions  

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