Well - there's two of us! I'm not a super avid rider. I started riding due to crappy knees for exercise. I'm lucky to live just outside Indianapolis and can ride into the coutryside with very little traffic.

I too am oddly intrigued watching the race although I haven't seen much this year other than highlights. I'm not aware of any bike themed pins.

I'm pretty big on cycling, but I'm not one to watch anything regarding it, and I'm certainly not skilled enough to compete. Instead, I'm pretty casual. My ride is a Trek 2.3 FX hybrid. Excellent bike with Alivio derailleurs. My only regret is not upgrading to the disc brakes. While not necessary, I like the way they feel compared to the standard rim brakes.

I'm a suckass rider who has done a bunch of long rides with my wife. But never a century...my legs couldn't handle it. I always watch the Tour every year, but can't get to it now because I'm on vacation and the TV choices suck.

Have you ever done/considered the "Bike MS: City to Shore?" They have different routes for people who want to do different distances. I've heard it's easy since it's mostly flat and trending downhill, but I thought the same thing about their century option. I'd probably want to saw my legs off if I tried it.

count me in - been to the tour twice - and rode some of the course including Courchevel 1850. its a blast.

There's got to be a few of us who pinball and cycle.

For cycle related pin have a look at "Criterium 75" by Recel

http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=596&picno=39052

http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=5127&picno=30915

I cycle for holidays because you move at a fast enough pace to get places but slow enough that you are immersed rather than traveling through. I recently rode 1,000 km from Brisbane to Sydney and posted the blog on the site crazyguyonabike which is a cycling equivalent to Pinside. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Bris2Syd for anyone interested.

I watch the TdF each year and laughed as I recalled one year that the race covered in one stage what I and my girlfriend covered in a few weeks - needless to say we consumed our share of pastries and vino along the way.

I dream of bringing my bike to the USA and cycling the TranAmerican route (Yorktown to Astoria) playing pinball along the way - maybe one day.

Absolutely loving the tour this year. Today's stage was epic, pure racing at its best, everyone fighting, attacks going off everywhere. The fight for GC is the closest I can ever remember. It's everyone vs Team Sky. And Kittel is killing it, would have been interesting to see how he was have faired with Cav and Sagan in the race, but he's in the form of his life

Used to be but not anymore. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 rode across Switzerland several times including parts of the Jura mountains in France and into Austria and Liechtenstein. Enjoy watching the Tour and their sheer athleticism. I've ridden 145 miles in one day but there's no way I could do that for as many times as they do.

Big cyclist here, last year a few of went and watched the tour, while there rode up Alpe d'huez, Mont Blanc, Finhaut-Emosson and the Mosson Dam, Col de Joux Plane and finished the trip riding the Champs-Élysées.

I'm a rider, fan of the tour, although not so much in recent years with the Sky scripted approach. Went to the tour on three occasions and rode some of the courses in the Alps and Pyrenees… fantastic riding. Wish they would televise the Giro here in the US.

First part of this year's race was a snoozer, but it's finally getting interesting.

Jody

Shut Up Legs!

The Fianceé and I recently bought Hybrid bikes and have been loving it. Our first ride was the 25 mile Tour de Cure and I was dying. Haven't ridden a bike for probably 10 years prior. We live out in the country so plenty of easy riding.

It used to go a lot faster when I was younger and carried less weight.

20170714_191154 (resized).jpg

Sagan getting kicked out was ridiculous. Last year the Vuelta was televised, that was great to see.

Yeah, Cavendish tried to put himself where there wasn't space. Rooting for Bardet here.

Was planning to do a TdF re-theme back in 2010, which was going to include Armstrong images, glad I didn't do that. Pgh Penguins was a much better choice.

Each year where I live we have "Le Tour De Fort". It's a pub crawl in the downtown district on bicycles. It's a hell of a lot of fun and the only "Le Tour" type of event I'll ever enter

I've been cycling (MTB and road) for 10 years. As a cyclist I'm truly amazed at how the human body can keep going when you think there's nothing left in the tank. Then when I watch the TDF I'm in total disbelief that they can push like that for 21 stages with only 2 rest days. It's truly amazing!
Big fan of the tour.

Yep Lance was certainly a cheat and a jackass, but it's amazing how he was singled out and banned, while many of the other riders who also cheated are still in the sport (like Vaughters, Aldag) or still considered heroes (Zabel).

I've heard that Lance's podcast is worth checking out.

Cyclist for 30 years here. Have been in the industry for 25 of those. Mechanic, sales, framebuilder, fitter, etc...

Seen cycling make some amazing leaps in tech during those years and have made many good memories with a bike underneath me.

Even though it's more dangerous these days for road cyclists due to distracted/texting drivers, I still try to ride our local canyon roads/hills at least twice a week.

I wouldn't be to envious, the morning we did Alpe D'huez it was 41C (106F), felt like you where riding into the sun, although it was great for the descent, tarmac was super sticky managed to crack 61mph (98kph).

Agreed, it looks like Greipel is done and Degenkolb has been dissapointing as well, Kittle is in a different league.

Froome has just nailed it, he just chips away, tactically gets it right and Aru got stuck. Aru had been excellent up until today, but Froomey's experience may be enough

Count me in too. I had the privilege to watch the Tour de France in Bordeaux a few years ago, and more recently in the Massif Central.

These are my two rides. Kestrel Talon - winter rider on the Trutrainers. Stock Ridley Noah RS for everything else. I'm a lightweight so I went with an aero frame on the Ridley that's a little heavier than some of the stuff out there.

kestrel (resized).jpg

ridley (resized).jpg

FYI, it's not "LA" Tour de France (which would mean Tower of France) but "LE" Tour de France

I used to be into riding quite a bit until my back gave out in 2005.
I can still ride but have to take it easy with hills and distance. This is the bike I have:

2002trek5200 (resized).jpg

Thank God you said it. I wanted to, but I take enough shit for correcting English around here. I don't need any French Police jokes...

I cycle as an aspect fitness, I have a 12 year old yellow specialized and love it. I just rode this morning about 2 hours 27 miles in Barrington hills. I pack the Fuji cycle cross when we travel to Michigan.

I ride solo,riding friends disappeared with age and golf. There's a club but they go to far and two fast for this senior.

I prefer to ride in the bush so I don't have to fight with traffic. You can see the red hut I'm heading to in the distance, this is in the Snowy Mountains in Australia.

IMG_1123 (resized).JPG

Yeah. That was just a stock picture from Trek. I have my seat more in line with the bars because it is easier on my back. It is a 2002 Trek USPS Team model.

Been watching Le Tour ever since LeMond beat Fignon by 8 seconds back in '89 but took a short break after the Armstrong years and all the doping scandals.
Here's my beach bike (yes, I ride on the sand at low tide), an early 90's Trek singletrack with a vintage Manitou 2 fork.
And a vintage poster hanging in my garage featuring two has-beens...

bike (resized).jpg

M2030003 (resized).JPG