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In Depth Product Reviews
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
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Chateaux already is plural :D one chateau, two chateaux.
Chatteaux’s 2 t’s included for more mockery sorry Tristan
Château with a circumflex accent on the letter a (castel in old French from Latin castellum gave castel pronounced [cassel] in English).
“L’anglais, ce n’est jamais que du français mal prononcé.” Georges Clémenceau
By the way, Chambord instead of “Chamord”.
Nevermind, great thanks for you reviews and allowing 10% discount and have a good resort in France with your family and friends.
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I couldn’t resist
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeete go on resisting you missed another mistake: “[…] gave castle* in English.”
Doesn’t matter to me Ray… It’s all frenchy to me !! LOL.
I can’t wait to see the Ad’H report, apparently the roads around it are closed already so it will be crazy-busy just getting near it.
From watching the Mt Ventoux stage i’ll be interested to read what it’s actually like one on of those mountain stages.
Tres Bon! Enjoy your holiday, we will survive without a few days of DCR.com posts. :-)
Nice TdF follow-ups, can’t wait!
I am myself thinking of visiting Paris this Sunday. Do you have any recommendations for a first-time-TdF spectator? What time should one arrive to get a good view of the peloton? I’ve read about suggestions to get a place close to a screen so one can follow the action, but where will these be located? Is there any information available prior to the event about things like these? Moreover, is it possible to follow the race (in english) over the radio (since I don’t have roaming)?
Any chance to see the ceremony without paying for expensive tickets?
Thank you!
6 questions and the poor chap is trying to visit his many chateaux..chapeau.
Here’s a suggestion: take part in la randonnée du tour:
link to letour.fr
Basically, you will have the chance to ride the famous streets and final circuit, a few hours before the Tour riders do, alongside thousands of others. If you don’t have a bike and don’t want to rent one, you could get yourself a vélib (public bike) for a couple of hours: http://www.velib.fr
Amusez-vous bien
Later, the Champs Elysées will be completely packed so it’s a question then of finding space where you can.
Two of my favorite chateaux. Props to the chimney sweeps at Chambord. Cleaning 282 fireplaces has got to be hard on the back. And how about the sack on Henri II, what with him being not subtle about leaving hints all over the chateaux to his wife about Diane being his mistress. I think the definition of a dream home is a chateaux with a river flowing under it.
Nice! You’ll get to see the peloton twice on Alpe d’Huez!
fantastic photos!
Wow, the second photo is like a dream, congrats Ray, and enjoy the vacations!!
As always, a great post. I’m trying to answer a Tour de France trivia question and hope you or someone following this blog can help with the answer. Here it is:
On the day of 1989 final Tour de France time trial, Greg Lemond was not satisfied with how his aero bars were installed. He instructed his mechanic to improve the installation by using a piece cut from what specific everyday item?”
Coke can? (commonly used as a shim by bike mechanics)
Nice photeaux’s :)
What will the traffic be like near Annecy on Saturday?
I need to get from Geneva to Provence and I worry I will get stuck in TdF traffic, wish I could stop and watch it!
Thanks Pablo — you are correct. At the last minute Greg’s mechanic used a piece of a Coke can as a shim.