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... btw, if you wanted to include the seat-post, and maybe even the stem, I could be interested.

If you ever want to get shot of that Scapin you've got in Italy, just let me know (frameset only).

Because he appears to be stepping outside of his comfort zone. He's shown very little interest in the Giro previously, and now that he's got the Vuelta he's always wanted, the easiest thing to do would have been to chase the record for the most Tour de France wins. Instead, he's taking on the challenge of winning three consecutive grand tours, and fair play to him

His fifth tour can wait; if he wins the Giro, then he'll simultaneously hold all three Grand Tour jerseys, which would be quite something.

Wow - it's very well proportioned for such a large frame.

My other half refers to all her cars as male: - "Look at Francis - he could do with a wash," she might say.

Personally, I don't go in for anthropomorphisation of any kind.

I love this bike! What size is it?

Weeping emoji.

I'm sure it will look the business regardless.

Winter schmuck more like. Summer brings dust, which just as filthy, and you can always wipe them down, depending on the material. I would recommend Selle Italia Controllo Gel tape to go with that Flite saddle.

What's winter got to do with it?

White would pick out nicely with the lettering on the frame.

Exquisite. White bar-tape?

Does that mean they will they be allowed to have beards for reasons other than aesthetics?

In a biologically taxonomic sense, there is only one 'race' of humans. The genetic variations between someone from Scotland, say, and somebody in Gambia, say, are no more or less than between said Scottish person and someone in, say, Bulgaria.

'Race' is a shorthand for 'ethnicity', which means the culture and the distinct traditions of particular social group.

'Black people' aren't a 'race' so what does that matter? You don't think Italians can be the subject of racism?

I'm no expert, as far as I am aware, some sort of clear-coating is advised.

With regard to the head-badge, I've heard the fake rivet thing suggested when the rivets have snapped off, leaving the body of the rivet blocking the hole. If the original rivets screwed off and the holes are 'open' then personally I'd screw the head-badge on.

HEAD-BADGE YES!

In my view, the frame should have been left as it was - those ATALA decals looked great. That aside, it's a nice job.

No necessarily - he may have been hearing the original, Tommy Roe version.

You got me.

Although I completely agree with the sentiment - a bike is a 'thing' and does not have sex/gender - a few thoughts:

1 - I'm guessing the habit is nautical in origin, which in and of itself, although dated, is not so sinister:

"But people generally agree on the more romantic notion of the ‘ship as a she’ phenomenon: that it stems from the tradition of boat-owners, typically and historically male, naming their vessels after significant women in their lives — wives, sweethearts, mothers. Similarly, and more broadly, ships were once dedicated to goddesses, and later also to mortal women of national or historic significance, thereby bestowing a benevolent feminine spirit on the vessels that would carry seafarers across treacherous oceans."

2 - Mrs The Kindness of Trees assumes her cars to be male. Indeed, her current car is called Francis. (Previous vehicles include Fu Manchu and Wesley.) I'm fairly sure nobody has ever given her any grief for doing this.

... and yet when the guy at work refers to his (mountain) bikes as 'she' I'm squirming inside. I also very much object to people describing bikes as 'sexy'.

Part of its appeal; that and the opening graphics makes it feel like the 1990s.

I used to like it in World Cups (Mexico 86 I'm thinking) when it sounded like the commentators were on the other end of a telephone, which they may well have been.

Record it - has the added bonus of being able to fast forward the adverts.

Aru is simply wearing the Astana team shorts, that's why they are black.

Arnaud Démare is wearing the French National champions jersey and he isn't wearing black shorts - he's gone for red.

Only if 'Gios' has a Latin route.

Nicely put.

That's it!!

Thanks for finding it.

Which would fall under the umbrella of Liberalism. I was making the point that the terms 'Lefty-Liberal' is a cheap-shot term of abuse that seeks to obfuscate what Liberalism actually entails.