Impressive guess! Close enough for me. 2001 Boxster S... the poor mans version. Or as I like to think of it, the P2C of the Porsche world. I would also have accepted 986 or 996 :) Julian was the first to come up with Boxster though, so massive credit there too.

I can't believe how many responses and PMs my little throwaway comment garnered. It must be then off season!

Thanks for the info on the Rubbermaid stuff, Khai. You got me motivated to head to Home Depot (which an Amazon review said is actually cheaper believe it or not, but they might not carry the certical bike holders) right now and clean up the garage and hang all 6 bikes.... making room for more cool stuff like the rest of this thread has inspired me to collect!! :) I'm guessing a few others of us are gonna do that now.

Ajo -- what kind of bike is that? It looks sweet!

I am not Sergio Jr. but I can tell you that those legs are probably swollen from trying to stay on the wheel of an ex CSC, ex Discovery and now Liquigas rider all week long ;).

I found a picture of Sergio Jr's first bike (size 48) when he was 12 y/o, three years ago on October 2005. Time flies!



Funny how he keeps putting that little falcon sticker on his bikes :)

The photo below is from April 2006 on his size 51 Soloist.



December 2006 pic (w/o helmet) after his first bike fit with John Cobb on a 54 cm P2SL



Maybe we should start a new thread, posting pics to show how we have changed our position over the years.

Sergio

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The red Cram is a track bike, and as such needs something to protect the top tube from the handlebars. I've seen bandannas used as well as bar tape, pipe insulation wrapped with tape, just tape, etc but I saw this on someone's bike and it struck me as an elegant solution. It's a Five Gold Frame Protector made by Kashimax of Japan. It's made of a slightly tacky rubber with a metal band inside that gives it shape. The tackiness of the rubber and the springiness of the band hold it in place. Ever since the hipster fixie kids started to go NJS crazy the price of everything Keirin has gone through the roof! It's still a great little device but I don't think that I'd pay the $35-50 they seem to be selling for these days!

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thanks Khai.
From package it is circular, so won't fit the bike I want it for most, but a very cool find.

Paul

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Home Depot in Canada doesn't carry that line (though the do carry other Rubbemaid stuff...) - otherwise it is a little cheaper there. Amazon gives me free shipping though, so compared to homedepot.com, Amazon worked out cheaper for me in the end. If you have a Home Depot nearby that carries the stuff you'll probably do better that way (though I'm not sure once you throw in taxes...). It's pretty close to a wash.

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Hey I have that Tinley poster in my garage........he signed it at the Championship race in Chicago 1995......wow , I am old.

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NJS?

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NJS (Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai - thanks Wikipedia!) is the certification standard by which all Keirin bikes and equipment must comply. It's effectively the UCI rulebook for Keirin racing, only it's FAR more restrictive. If you've ever wondered why they all race on round tubes steel bikes with those round helmets, NJS is why. All bicycles and equipment used in an (official) Keirin race must bear the NJS stamp. Because of this, all the hipster fixie kids want NJS stuff so that their bikes have street cred as the real deal. Even though most of them just get walked around/ to coffee shops... :p

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he signed mine, too... time flies!

If you've ever wondered why they all race on round tubes steel bikes with those round helmets, NJS is why.

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I thought Sir Chris Hoy was the reason ;-)

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Not in Japan, mate. :p

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What you talking about Willis? He's big in the land of Keirin after all he's the Olympic and world champ.

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Ok, so this is taken from the couch where I am currently sitting writing this. Yes it is a cross bike with road tires. It's all I have left after selling my road, TT, and mtb bikes to:
a)pay the bills
b)wait to see who I am riding for in 2009. I just hope I won't be clipping aero bars to the cross bike come April.

Gotta love the glorious life or the pro triathlete.

Jimmy

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Holy Quads!!

Quadzilla!

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True, but do the Olympics & World Champs demand strict adherence to the NJS standards and rulebook? I'm not fully up to speed on them myself but that bike he rode in the Olympics does not look NJS to me!

You forget that in Japan, Keirin is first and foremost about gambling. Then heroes. Excellence in sport is but a mere byproduct...

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Go away rain, trainer ride this morning:

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thanks. team sc is a very nice ride!

Ah, I forgot the gambling aspect!

Wanna race?

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I might have a chance against that guy in the pool... :p

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Waiting for its winter cleaning and new zipp decals---and yes, the sit and spin does give one a rigorous workout

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I see an Argon 18 in there. I am thinking about the 112. How is it?

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Here I are my rides.


My mountain bike waiting to be cleaned.


My project bike. Trying to convert to a fixie. Anyone know what kind of Crank puller I need to get these cranks off?




My Tri bike, road bike and my GF's bike have turned her living room into the bike room.

My rack of unmotorized 2 wheelers:


This one was down because I had my tri bike on the trainer earlier, havent re-racked it:


And my other bike:

nice... you want to trade a R3-SL for the YZF?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

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