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I don't drink coffee, but they had very good English tea, and frothed milk from the cappuccino machine. Yum!

I'm sure that it was. I spent a total of 95 euros for incidentals. It was, basically, free for me. For the company, it's a sales and marketing expense. The relevance of big, expensive trade shows like Eurobike have faded. Most attendees are industry professionals and press. Even if a day is open...

We were trying to figure out how many millions of dollars they represented.

I am glad to hear that you are busy at work.

If your brakes are getting mushy all the time, you're doing it wrong.

Tadej was getting booed in the last km or so at the finish. I noticed that he put on a suffer face at that point. Supposedly, he had no radio communication with his DS at the time. My warped take is that he is feeling the heat about making it look too easy and he is putting on a show. He didn't...

Tektro and TRP have models that use one or the other. Shimano uses mineral oil but the latest models use Low Viscosity mineral oil that must be used.

True, but he could also cocked the olive. I get KISS, no problem with that. 3 years of age on mineral oil is still three years on oil that retains water. Changing it is not overkill, and it lets you inspect the system, especially when he has different brake problems on each side. No worries, I...

What's wrong with disconnecting the hose when you're going to bleed it anyway?

Something tells me that you do. 😁

If "damage" includes an improperly installed barb and olive, yes. I would not just bleed the brakes. I would remove the nut and inspect the end of the brake hose. The barb should be flush, The olive should be square on the hose, and the hose should have no creases near the olive. Reinstall and...

Jonas lost another 30 seconds today. He fought like hell to reduce it to 15 seconds, but blew up and lost more seconds at the line. Tadej was his usual complimentary self, minimizing the importance of the carnage he left behind him, but it was clear in my mind that he was going to make a...

Because you are abusing technology to break the law.

Day Four Day Four was getaway day, with no events scheduled. We had to leave at 5:30am, so no breakfast at the hotel. One of our new friends took us to the Venice airport so that we could skip the bus. The airport was under construction the last time I visited it, and it was still underway, but...

Day Three After breakfast, we kitted up and rode the bikes to the start of the event at the Piazza Matteoli, about 8km away. We were staged in the 8th group, which were separated by 2 minutes. There were two support vehicles spread out in the groups, and each group was escorted by a motorcycle...

Day Two After a classic European breakfast of fresh Greek yogurt, fresh fruit, a croissant, plus some Americanized goodies like scrambled eggs with Gruyere cheese, sausages, and bacon, we proceeded to the dealer event. Photos were limited, so I only took what was allowed. I was able to get...

Day One We took a red-eye flight from Boston that landed us in Venice in the morning of the next day. There were small transfer busses that took us to our hotel in Treviso, about 40km away. When we arrived at the hotel, we were told that our rooms were not ready, and that we could wait anywhere...

I have returned from the Pinarello Experience safely and in one piece. I shot a limited number of pictures, due to both respect for the privacy of the attendees, and restrictions set down by Pinarello. In short, it was an unforgettable experience that I was blessed to be a part of. There were...

All the backlog does is keep this runaway train running longer. You picked Oracle as an example to make your point, and it's a valid one, but they are one of the problem children in this whole thing. They had excessive debt before the AI boom took off, and that debt has always been reflected in...

How much coal?