Cav - is he really 5 foot 9 ?

cougie
cougie Posts: 22,512
edited October 2009 in Pro race
I've not met him myself - so just going off tv and the magazines - he doesnt look 5'9" - but thats what he's meant to be. His bike always looks tiny.

Is there a Tom Cruise coverup going on here ?

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    A 52cm bike is not that small. Although he did ride a "medium" giant last year which was a bit bigger.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It means he has less drag. Watch Boonen sprint and he looks like a parachute.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He's also stopped racing for the year, no Paris-Tours.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    All the best riders are that size ;)
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Size doesn't matter.
  • El Conejo Ingles
    El Conejo Ingles Posts: 155
    you do know its 2009. 5 foot nine ?

    Why don't you use shaftments?
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Tusher wrote:
    Size doesn't matter.

    No. It doesn't
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    El Conejo Ingles wrote:
    you do know its 2009. 5 foot nine ?

    Why don't you use shaftments?

    I'm sure our european friends are happy measured in centimetres but over here in Blighty - its still very much feet and inches. For all body parts.
  • Brian B
    Brian B Posts: 2,071
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Tusher wrote:
    Size doesn't matter.

    No. It doesn't

    Yes it does! :lol:
    Brian B.
  • El Conejo Ingles
    El Conejo Ingles Posts: 155
    " but over here in Blighty -"

    we've been decimalised since before I was born. :oops:

    Let it go, it helps no one. :roll:
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    cougie wrote:
    El Conejo Ingles wrote:
    you do know its 2009. 5 foot nine ?

    Why don't you use shaftments?

    I'm sure our european friends are happy measured in centimetres but over here in Blighty - its still very much feet and inches. For all body parts.

    Offhand I don't know my height in inches. I had to covert from cms. :lol:
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I don't know my size in cm OR my weight in kg's. Or my European shoe size
  • LittleB0b
    LittleB0b Posts: 416
    cougie wrote:
    very much feet and inches. For all body parts.

    you wish
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  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    I'm 5'9" and I ride a 52cm frame!
  • vision267
    vision267 Posts: 149
    I am 5foot 9 and 1/4 and ride a 54 and it feels a bit small no way i could ride a 52.Cav does not look 5 foot 9 I dont think he is that height.
  • vision267
    vision267 Posts: 149
    Lance Armstrong and Contador are both around 5 foot 9 and look much bigger than Cav.
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    I don't know my size in cm OR my weight in kg's. Or my European shoe size

    Is this a boast or an admission of failure.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Just a statement really. We're supposed to be living in a time where we're all metric but I don;t know any of these things
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Weirdly - I know my weight in Kgs - but height is still feet and inches.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Sorry to bring 4 wheels into a cycling forum, but I cannot fathom why we buy fuel in litres, but cars are sold with their mpg statistic.

    I have never, ever heard anyone say 'Oh, my car does 8 miles to the litre'.
  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    tusher that sis such a good point, i don't have a clue how much a gallon would cost but mpl sounds so wierd, cougie i also know my height in feet and inches and my weight in kgs

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