As it is Tour time, I thought I'd show you what it takes to get a bike team through a 3 week grand tour. I hijacked this list from the Garmin / Chipotle team website. As you can imagine, it is a lot of stuff. Megan and I will have considerably less for our PMC adventure, but we did just make a big purchase on Backcountry.com for some odds and ends. I'll try to make a similar list when we get closer to the PMC.
From the Garmin / Chipotle website: Here’s a run down of what it takes to get 9 blokes on the road for 3 weeks:
42 Felt bikes
Zipp Wheels
27 rear Powertap 202’s
22 front 202’s
6 rear Powertap 303’s
10 front 303’s
40 rear Powertap 404’s
26 front 404’s
12 rear Powertap 808’s
17 front 808’s
2 rear Powertap 1080’s
10 front 1080’s
21 Powertap Disc wheels
193 Zipp wheels in total!
Shimano spare parts
10 complete 2008 Shimano Dura Ace group sets
2 extra pair of huge cranks…177.5 & 180 mm
12 pairs of Shimano Dura Ace Pedals
50 Shimano Cleats…Red & Yellow
2 pair of Shimano Bar-End shifters
35 Shimano Dura Ace Chains
Enough cables for 3 laps of France!
Oval Concept
20 handlebars, aluminium & carbon, all sorts of shapes and sizes
30 stems, as above
14 seatposts, same again
12 TT aero extensions, all shapes
3 TT carbon base bars
Enough spare nuts and bolts to rebuild the team truck!
Fizik
28 saddles
40 rolls of white bar tape
20 rolls of black bar tape
Several Fizik bits and pieces like bar gel kits and non slip saddle sticker thingys.
Vittoria
80 Corsa CX tubular tires
15 crono tubular tires
16 cans of the good ol’ sticky glue
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