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Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu (Skil-Shimano) was able to hang with the break today and get himself a top ten finish. The highest an Asian has ever placed in the Tour. No, Kazakhstani Alexandr Vinokourov does not count. My mind is exploding.

I meant to make my predictions for this year’s Tour and here I am a little bit late.
Overall/Yellow – Lance Armstrong
Points/Green – Tom “Tommeke” Boonen
Climbers/Polka Dot – Andy Schleck
Young/White – Roman Kreuziger

edit: Woops, I forgot that Andy cannot win both the Polka Dots and the White jersey.

Pictured above is my S&S Travel Bike in its newest incarnation. The Thylacine Tephra road frame always had S&S couplers, but I recently had Matt Kaminecki replace the vertical dropouts with horizontal ones. He also added removable cantilever brake studs. This gives me a mind boggling number of possible variations:
- Fully geared (2 x 10)
- Singlespeed
- Fixed gear
- Road
- Touring
- Cyclocross

And of course with each of these options I can pack it up in a case & check it as regular luggage. Next step is to build a set of matching wheels, but I wouldn’t hold your breath.

Right now I have it setup as a fixed gear bike perfect for cruising around Boston while I watch Dana run the marathon. Special thanks to Team Pegasus members Cale, Katy, & Andy for all their help.

(Stripping off the old powdercoat)

(The Thylacine in its original form)