According to Guinness World Records, the most expensive bike sold at auction was a “Butterfly bike” that Armstrong rode in the final stage of the 2009 Tour de France.

How much did this bike go for? A cool half a million dollars ($500,000 USD).

Get this – the butterflies on the bike are REAL (dead) butterflies. What the heck? That’s kinda creepy, although I don’t know if I would call it a horrific barbarity. It just seems to conflict with the Livestrong message. I guess butterflies aren’t allowed to Live Strong. :(

Pink logos and dead butterflies just says LIVESTRONG to me! Oh wait.. no...

I actually wanted to see it to believe it, so I found a photo of Lance holding up the bike:

Do you like my pretty pink wheel set?

What do you think? Cool? Lame? Overpriced? Weird?

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Chalkbotted

On August 3, 2010, in le tour, by sparky

Small but kind of cool : I submitted a message to be printed on the event roads for the Tour de France and it was selected. As you can see, it is a deep and philosophical message in response to the first two days of the tour this year.

I like how they even give the GPS coordinates so I can stalk the location on Google Maps.

Did you post a message for the tour this year? What would you have wanted to post?

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Perhaps you saw my review of Team Radioshack Levi Leipheimer. This is another post delving into the hotness of Team Radioshack during week 1 of the Tour de France!

He fills that jersey out nicely


Today’s featured hottie is Jose “Chechu” Luis Rubiera. This Spanish babe makes me wanna shout “Hola!” instead of “Hollah!” with his easy goin’ grin and electrical engineering degree (I love me some engineers).

Stats:

  • 5’11″ and 152#, born in 1973
  • Has to use meds for allergies and ensure he doesn’t get tested positive for doping because of it
  • Signed up with the USPS team because it was “technologically superior” yeah!!
  • According to Lance, Chechu is an ‘easy laugher’. Gotta love a man that can smile and laugh, right?

Showing his sensitive side with a baby kangaroo

In his USPS shirt, looking foine

Got a preference for a pro cyclist over these? Perhaps I am not posting about an enticing gender? Comment with your pick. :)

P.S. – It’s hard to find good pictures of these guys. I keep typing in their name + “shirtless” or “naked” but no relevant images of them shirtless OR naked comes up!!! Come on now!!

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Sorry male readers, but you can see lots of hot chick photos through out my blog, so this one is for tha ladiez (and guys who like guys) in tha house.

For those that read Bicycling Magazine, a 2010 “Fanguide” of Team Radioshack was inserted into the August edition.

I learned three things from this insert:
1. I am taller than almost every guy on the team*
2. I am heavier than every guy on the team
3. There are some srs hottiez on the team

So I would like to take this opportunity to review a few of these hottiez. Yes, I will continue using a z instead of an s, to emphasize the hawt. I will also intentionally omit Lance Armstrong (who truly has become a one word name person, “Lance”, like Madonna and Oprah) because everyone talks about Lance. Let’s shine some light on the others in the peloton that got Lance to where he is!!! It’s a TEAM sport (unless it’s uh not, like the Time Trials).

awwwww!!!!


#1 Hottie: Levi Leipheimer
Stats:

  • 5’7″ (Don’t worry, Levi, I don’t mind shawtiez), 132#, born in 1973
  • Got a Patrick Stewart sexy-bald-thing going on
  • Animal lover
  • Has a bad boy edge to him, with a suspended Twitter account going on!
  • Nice blue eyes
  • One of the best TT in zee world

Some more pics, complete with crude statements**:

This is his O-face

Is there a delicate way to reference that tongue?

More hotties to be featured over the next few days!!! Do you have a favorite professional cycling hottie (male or female)?

*I am 5’10″, if you truly wanted to know. In heels, I get up to 6’2″! Dang!
**I am pretty sure my mom doesn’t read this blog, so it’s all good. :)

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Snoop Dogg’s message to Lance Armstrong

On June 29, 2010, in bike, by sparky

Yesss heheh

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Thrown Chain: Getting your hands dirty

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