Kona Bike Photos

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I am not, by any means, a good photographer so I apologize in advance. Sorry it took so long to post, I don’t want to bore you with the excuses.

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/8269/Badmann.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/8926/Bell.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/8923/Bowden.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/9375/Bell2.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/1533/Kraft.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/2309/Lessing.jpg

As I was standing there, shooting photos, I noticed Macca was having a hell of a time getting his shoes in. There were no volunteers around so I handed the camera to my wife and offered to hold his bike. He couldn’t have been more gracious. My wife took a picture…of my back which was completely blocking out Macca.

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/1314/Macca.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/65/Reid1.jpg

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/3323/Stadler.jpg

This had to be one of the sickest bikes in T1.

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/8611/Widoff.jpg

-Shawn, ASICS America

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Very nice pictures. I’ve heard Macca is a great guy which I believe. I guess the bravado is just to keep himself pumped up.

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Luke Bell’s bike… holy shit that is one sick looking bike.

That’s the coolest bike I’ve seen in a while.

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It definitely stood out among all the matte black and carbon. You can’t see it in the photo, but there was a large group checking it out, everyone wanted to catch a glimpse.

-Shawn, ASICS America

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When does this bike become availible to the public? I’m gonna start saving now.

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Great pictures Shawn, shame the big mags couldn’t come up with such good shots!

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I love pro bikes :slight_smile: Thanks for the pics!

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What’s with bike 14. is that a STI on the right and a bar end shifter on the left.

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It’s a different bike (the none-sti shifter)
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I was right next to Macca in that one picture. I helped pump up his tires. He is a real cool guy. Maybe I should of been worrying bout my own race at that point…haha…but its pretty easy to get caught up in the hype of Kona. I thought T. DeBoom’s Trek was pretty cool too. Anyone have a picture of that?

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This is so cool. I love photos like this. Thanks for putting them up. Awesome.

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This is the best I could come up with.

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/1255/DeBoom.jpg

Bjorn

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/9859/Bjorn.jpg

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/7137/LoriT1.jpg

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/1967/Lori2.jpg

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AAAAHHHHHHHHH… Lori… Nice… bike :slight_smile:

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yep… bike…

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Great pictures! I will still NEVER understand why the Flame paint jobs run vertically along the lines of the forks and seat stays. It’s not nearly as cool as running horizontally as if the wind is blowing them rearward. Such a shame it is done incorrectly (in my opinion) almost all the time.

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Looks like Bell has a Polar handlebar power mount kit on (see pic showing the front end), but dont see the chain stay attachement?

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I can’t believe nobody noticed Widoff’s handlebars. HELLO!!! Probably Bontrager integrated carbon, Visiontech brake levers, S-bends!!! I figured you’d be all over that! What is wrong with you people??? ;);):wink:

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Nice pics Shawn!

Here are a few action shots I managed to snap as well:

http://www.competitionzone.com/images/IMH.htm

Joel

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What is with Tim D. running a Madone instead of the TT? I see he is running a Bontrager front wheel instead of a Hed. Luke Bell’s bike looks awesome.

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I can’t believe nobody noticed Widoff’s handlebars. HELLO!!! Probably Bontrager integrated carbon, Visiontech brake levers, S-bends!!! I figured you’d be all over that! What is wrong with you people??? ;);):wink:

http://www.competitionzone.com/images/IMG_1815.jpg

I noticed the same thing. I think this bike puts the Giant to shame.

On Lori’s bike: what the hell use is a rear wheel cut out if the rear wheel sits like 3 meters behind the cut out. That just makes me think 2 things: 1) Specialized people don’t know what the hell they are doing, 2) dead weight . Check out her drop between saddle and aerobars, ouch!

http://www.competitionzone.com/images/IMG_1828.jpg
DeBoom bike: A road bike instead of a TT bike…I think that is why he rode so slow :wink: