I had a thing for the Bianci's that Bayliss had when they were a minor sponsor of the WSBK team...

There's something ironic about a cigarette brand on a race bicycle (more so than a motorcycle, even).

A little thread drift here too but since we are on Spies and bikes and he most likely rides around White Rock Lake here is Dallas (along with everyone else! ), the last time I drove by the lake loop I saw a man and woman riding together on very nice bikes with full cycling gear and they BOTH were smoking cigarettes!!. Couldn't believe it!! The Marlboro/Kuota bike reminded me. Crazy stuff.

Quote from: triangleforge on February 02, 2011, 07:50:02 AM
I've long admired those bikes over at Pez - that's some splendid work!   

Thanks,

Those are mine...  I'm the tech editor

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/167136/1/ben_spies_1000cc_motogp_will_be_better_for_me.html

Quote from: gm2 on March 04, 2011, 11:10:40 AM
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/167136/1/ben_spies_1000cc_motogp_will_be_better_for_me.html

With the same fuel restrictions, I really wonder how much the change to 1000cc will make.  The engines *may* be a little less peaky, but they're not going to be point and shoot a like a superbike or like the 990cc MotoGP bikes.  Get rid of the fuel capacity limitation (or raise it).  Then the bikes would be the devil, and The Ben would be even more fun to watch. 

Quote from: Spidey on March 04, 2011, 12:07:25 PM
  Then the bikes would be the devil, and The Ben would be even more fun to watch. 

they'll all be fun to watch!

I'd love to see him test one of the old 990cc GP bikes for fun and listen to what he thinks about them.

Quote from: Spidey on March 04, 2011, 12:07:25 PM
With the same fuel restrictions, I really wonder how much the change to 1000cc will make.  The engines *may* be a little less peaky, but they're not going to be point and shoot a like a superbike or like the 990cc MotoGP bikes.  Get rid of the fuel capacity limitation (or raise it).  Then the bikes would be the devil, and The Ben would be even more fun to watch. 

Get rid of fuel capacity and also get rid of limited engines.  I honestly don't think limiting engines is as big of a cost savings measure as they claim.  The R&D to make high hp engines that don't explode probably costs more than replacing them every week.

I was wondering the same thing about the new engines with the same fuel restriction.

Haven't quite got my head wrapped completely around it, but right now I'm thinking the same as Spidey, it'll not be much different.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/03/04/ben-spies-gets-ready-to-spit-blood

Um....

Elbowz Racing Elite Cycling Team

Really?

Quote from: Speeddog on March 04, 2011, 11:34:59 PM
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/03/04/ben-spies-gets-ready-to-spit-blood

Um....

Elbowz Racing Elite Cycling Team

Really?

what, the name or the fact that he has a team?  the latter has been mentioned/linked to around here many times.

but yeah, the name is kinda awkward..

awkward?   

ok, 'elite' is ghey.  Elbowz Racing was already a company so i'm sure he wanted to tag on to that.. not necessarily the best choice  =)

Quote from: gm2 on March 05, 2011, 06:44:08 AM
ok, 'elite' is ghey.  Elbowz Racing was already a company so i'm sure he wanted to tag on to that.. not necessarily the best choice  =)

It all starts innocuously by tagging adjectives to your names. Before you know it it's snowballed into bedazzled jackets and post win celebrations. BE AFRAID.