ok, so it IS all abut the bikes.........i check scw's blog daily, then i check on the tdefrance results........even though i will sit and watch the tape on oln courtesy of my mother..........knowing and watching are two different things....and today i know about a crash that lance eluded.......and must keep quiet about until we watch it this evening......i did see on-lne where a person can pay $2500 for a week of riding the our course either before or after the tour has been there....and see the stages for that week from a vantage point.........this is precisely the event that would get my spouse to travel to france again.........