Ahhh - only 3 days until the Olympics finally begin. Well, officially begin - since the soccer starts tomorrow. And among the many reasons that people watch the Olympics are the...well, the nice physiques of the athletes. I discovered a nice Top 25 list from a US blog (gawker.com) that is all about Olympic Hotties.
The list does contain 3 Canadians, including the gentleman in the bottom left corner, who is Achraf Tadili (a Moroccan-born 800 m runner). I'm sad to say that I didn't even know we had a second 800m runner (besides Gary Reed, who has a good shot at a medal). Anyhow, ladies (or Canadian 800 m fans) you can see more of Mr Tadili on his website here...
In fairness to male readers, I should add that the same list shows another Canadian athlete, synchro swimmer Dominika Kopcik. Turns out she has been on the National Team for 5 years and has managed to evade national acclaim. Go Canada indeed...
Yummy bike time...the 2009's are coming! And despite rumored price increases from fuel increases, carbon fibre shortages, labor costs, and increased technologies, the new bikes don't look too bad indeed...
2009 Look 596 Time Trial Bike (in red below). Other than the crooked top tube, the cool thing about this bike is the integrated crankset and BB, which is supposed to be the lightest crankset with highest torque to weight ratio, blah blah blah. How 'bout it just looks cool? And is rumored to cost $1500! And you better like Look pedals since they will be the only ones that fit...whoops. Anyhow, the 596 frameset (includes the crankset) is $4999 US next year. Start saving...Look also has a cheaper option 576 (white/blue) bike, which will be $2999 US (ultegra) in 2009. But it just doesn't look quite as nice...
Of course, a new bike deserves new wheels, and nothing compares to a fancy shiny disc wheel. HED has brought out a $999 Jet Disc that is light, sturdy, and at least appears wicked fast. Hmmm...something else for the triathlete who has (almost) everything...
Cervelo is also bringing out new bikes just in time for the Olympics. Men's gold medal fave Javier Gomez is riding a new Soloist. AND Canada's own Simon Whitfield will have the same bike. As will some pro women riders. So although Cervelo has not announced if this bike will be available to the public (maybe a small run?), it will be very visible in Beijing. I like the pseudo-Olympic rings!
One more post before Friday to clean up any last second stories...see you then...
2 comments:
very cool.
Awesome post Trev. Love the new Cervelos... I think that the chance of a Cervelo being at the top of the podium in Beijing are pretty good!
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