2013 01Jan20 - Santos Tour Down Under

While Melbourne is having its Australian Open (tennis)

South Australia is having its next big thing, Santos Tour Down Under

This is the Australian version of Tour de France

Smack right in the middle of Adelaide city 

Tour guide cars sponsored by Skoda 

 

Famous Aussie Kangaroo can cycle too?!! 

The area is split into the Village & Expo 

KS & I first ventured into the Expo, where stalls of merchandises & bikes were being sold 

Santos event merchandise

Too bad its not as appealing as ironman expo 

And the backside of the expo tent is where the competitors village 

Getting ready for ....er...i dunno..coz their race was only in the evening...warm up kua 

 

KS is soooo amaze how skinny these cyclist are

and yet being able to cycle so freaking fast 

And they are off... 

TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO is off 

Introduction to the teams 

Bupa tent

KS & I got our skin checked since Australia is very fomous for its non/lack existing ozone layer 

While waiting for our turn to be inspected by the drs, I played with a cycling Wii game which I seriously sucked at  

Next area was the bike porn area

The whole place is surrounded by big bike names for you to see and demo try

You heard me right...I mean u read right...You can test the bikes 

I went walking around looking for bikes that can potentially fit me....size XS 

Targetting triathlon bikes though 

The famous Cannondale that partner with Chrissie Wellington to win her Ironman World Championship 

Slice!!! 

Pinarelio...yummy 

Trek caught my eye coz of its Triathlon bike..Trek Speed Concept

But it has only a size M...i can barely reach the pedals 

I like BIanchi's colour 

In the end, KS & I went to the Specialized tent to test the Shiv 

My first time riding on a triathlon bike

it was pretty intimidating. I had to have my saddle max down

And the amazing thing is they have a size XS with 700cc wheels 

The handlebar width is 41cm compared to my size of 38cm

A slight difficulty controlling going between aero & upright coz of the size.

I felt like i was zooming down the road.  

Took our momento photo as Skoda's photo booth