Tilford (Tech) Tuesday on Wednesday
Remember a couple months ago, I stopped by Park Tool, in Minneapolis, to visit my friend Calvin Jones and we ended up doing a little video segment that he does which is called Tech Tuesday. Well, the segment is out and here it is. It was nice getting a personal tour of Park Tool. I’ve been using the brushes and other various and sundry tools Calvin thought would be useful to me. Okay, the video is not that long and since a lot of you don’t really know me personally, this is sort of how I am normally, a little camera shy, but interested in most stuff. https://youtu.be/3YzxdF4sqqQ.
Comments (22)
Bill S.
2015-08-19 07:07:52
Nice piece Steve. I should have never tried sprint shifters last year. I am in deep love with them, and tell others that they are the only reason to ride Di2. I got a kick out of your description too!
Milene
2015-08-19 07:45:20
Enjoyed the video. Thanks Steve.
MG
2015-08-19 07:46:38
That’s a great interview!
Carl
2015-08-19 08:13:28
You put a smile on my face. A nice way to get the day rolling.
scott
2015-08-19 08:52:30
whoa - you’re not nearly as nuts as i thought you were. nice job!
Fergie
2015-08-19 09:14:54
That was pretty freakin’ cool. Nice to hear similar views/reasoning expressed.
Joseph
2015-08-19 09:16:55
Good stuff, thank you!
Clifford
2015-08-19 09:41:14
Wonderful - thanks!
Gordo
2015-08-19 09:42:24
Hi Steve, You interviewed fine and were yourself which is refreshing to see in this era of saying the “right things only”. Are you really still running those old XTR components? I am still running them too but I am sure with your connections to Shimano some XTR Di2 components would not be hard to obtain. Cheers, Gordon
Fabio C.
2015-08-19 10:23:00
Very very cool Steve. Thank you. Your experience is just so priceless. If you don’t mind. I wish you had talked a little bit about MTB wheels sizes. Is it something maybe we can ask your opinion about ? Fabio
Joe
2015-08-19 10:44:37
Holy crap. That drivetrain is vintage!
le heckleur
2015-08-19 10:49:39 In reply to Fabio C.
really, a crusty grizzled old XC racer is the guy you wanna ask about wheel sizes? are you retarded?
Tanner
2015-08-19 10:50:52
Nice interview. I think it would be sweet to see some of your collection. Maybe you’d like to keep it private so that people don’t know what you have, but it would be cool to see a bike update with little story on each one (or maybe just some photos to drool over). As a bike guy, I geek out on some of the older models that helped to start the sport.
Freddy
2015-08-19 11:54:05
No judging, but it would have been much better to use Greg LeMond as an example of a Tour winner instead of Lance Armstrong.
vt guy
2015-08-19 12:20:15
Great! Thanks for posting.
Jackie Gammon
2015-08-19 12:47:29
Great video Steve! I LOVE the fact that you like what you like and not what the industry tells you that you should. As a shop owner, I’m always mentioning to folks to get yourselves comfortable on the bike… once you do that everything else falls into place. Like you, I ride an older ti road frame but custom model and run older 10 speed Campy… at least I can rebuild the shifters. However, the whole point to all of this is to pay attention to what YOU like and get out and ride!! +! on seeing your collection; I’d love that as well.
Larry T.
2015-08-19 13:49:46
Calvin Jones - the voice of reason and experience. Nice video.
The Cyclist
2015-08-19 14:20:55
Real cool. Real, and cool.
Donkybhoy
2015-08-19 16:40:47
Was enjoying it till Armstrong was given as an example. Fuck that shit! Only examples Armstrong can be used for is doping, cheating, bullying, sociopathy, narcissism etc……. LeMond or Hampsten could have been used. Fail Tilly.
Wildcat
2015-08-20 10:07:35 In reply to Freddy
Why? Don’t you know that LA is the greatest bicycle racer to ever live?
Clifford
2015-08-20 10:22:34 In reply to Tanner
I remember, vaguely, the ‘cross bike that Steve was using in the mid-90s hanging in the garage and it looked like something out of the Middle Ages. As a young, aspiring racer, I was shocked to see that his rig wasn’t some newfangled ride. But of course time has told that Steve knows exactly what works for him, no matter what it looks like.
Pepsi Frank
2015-08-22 05:25:12 In reply to Freddy
Sorry Steve, but Lance never won the Tour, not even once.