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Comment on Lemond crashes Armstrong press conference by Rich

Rich — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:59:27 +0000

Greg Lemond characterizes the era in which I first fell in love with cycling as a sport rather than a means of transportation or simply having fun. Riders like Millar, Yates, Peiper and Lemond all spring to mind whenever I recall summers glued to the box - my old man on the rivet of the armchair tapping his feet on the floor in time with the prevailing on-screen cadence.

To me, as a young kid growing up in the far north of England, to have an English speaker win the greatest sporting event on the planet was my ‘man on the moon moment’. Never forget it.

To my mind, Greg Lemond is still the Don.

Comment on Armstrong responds to Bodry’s proposal to retest 1999 samples by Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:22:48 +0000

Perhaps he should start testing senior US banking officials; now there’s a group that’s definitely ON something.

Comment on Armstrong responds to Bodry’s proposal to retest 1999 samples by Nico

Nico — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:12:18 +0000

But how is Pierre Bodry going to justify his paycheck?

Comment on Panache Cyclewear: Racebred “11”Jersey and Bibs by Marcelo

Marcelo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:46:19 +0000

Really?? Black with contrasting white stripe and vice versa…
Quality and performance aside, this stuff looks too much like Rapha’s line. Even the black and white photos are similar. I’ll have to digest this one.

Comment on Astana renamed, Contador leaving, Monaco showdown by Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:22:25 +0000

That will be interesting Sam. I expect they’d be able to handle production for Lance and a team fairly easily… and there’s also Bontrager’s production capabilities to leverage. That line of clothing is due in Trek dealerships very soon.

Comment on Astana renamed, Contador leaving, Monaco showdown by sam

sam — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:02:45 +0000

interesting to see how nike will get back into cycling, as they closed up their cycling division a couple years ago…

Comment on Garmin MotionBased – terrible customer experience by Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:29:24 +0000

@Dan - I wsa able to upload a track to MB from my 405 … but I’m new to this so not sure how - I can only assume that it imported it from Training Center? Or maybe it imported it automagically from Connect? Not sure - but my ANT stick wasn’t plugged in at the time so it definitely didn’t come from the watch.

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6864800

I’m underwhelmed by the features on Garmin Connect. Even things that it says you can do in *the manual*, such as creating courses, appear to be impossible and require Training Center. Very disappointing.

Comment on Garmin MotionBased Connect – Feared Lost at Sea by Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:51:59 +0000

Discouraged… you hit the nail on the head, it does seem like a completely different (or indifferent company). It just dawned on me that I never saw the Garmin booth at interbike. Had I stumbled on it I’d have made another attempt to communicate the magnitude of the problem.

Comment on Garmin MotionBased Connect – Feared Lost at Sea by Discouraged

Discouraged — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:24:02 +0000

I have been to the Garmin developer forums lately and I’m afraid to say the software development division looks hopeless. Responses to developer questions were scarce to begin with - now the forums are infested with SPAM and nobody seems to care to clean it up or solve the problem. The Garmin Communicator Plugin API itself is so buggy to be almost useless. Recently I saw a post saying they would be focusing on Garmin Connect. It does not bode well for the future.

I am not sure if this is just a general problem with Garmin support going down the toilet, or if the consumer software division is completely useless. I know this is new territory but the performance of this group is completely inexcusable. A team of ten engineers ??? This performance is so out of line with what I have experienced in the business world I’m at a loss for words.

There is also a serious risk here…. as Garmin moves solely to a web-based system for tracking stored GPS/fitness data - will they have exclusive rights to use this data? Is there any assurance you can pull the data out and use it for your own reporting an analysis (with software apps such as SportTracks, et. al.)? Or is it “locked up” in the Garmin servers - subject to their data backup policies, privacy protection, and server uptime guarantees.

My fear is even if their intentions are good - based on past performance, delays and their apparent secrecy - can you TRUST them to meet their committments?

When I got my first Forerunner 201 I was blown away at the possibilities and thoroughly impressed. Maybe I’m jaded with the new gadgets that have come out since… maybe I’m just cynical… but it just seems like eons ago and a completely different company.

Comment on Lemond crashes Armstrong press conference by TimC

TimC — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:02:29 +0000

Terrific sequence of shots of Lemond. And I love that phone shot, it really captures the tension. Great report, Michael.