2015 'PRO' cycling discussion

[micky]

The most interesting thing is the rider who uses custom carbon bars with 1 side 2cm narrower than the other.

Don't leave us hanging like that! I recall a spanish rider on Cofidis some years back (his name escapes me) having a strange looking custom bar with the reach on one side shorter than the other to compensate for some biomechanical oddity.

Bingen Fernandez?

Actually I think it was Luis Perez, if my memory serves me well.

You're correct, Luis Perez from Cofidis; he had one side of the bar moved backward of about 1-2 cms.

[LeDuke]

I think the pros are going to hate them, particularly how they affect wheel builds. Yeah they may like them when descending in the rain, but there is something I just don't like about watching my front wheel wind up and collapse to the left when I grab the brakes hard. Maybe I just haven't found the right disc wheelset yet, but none that I have tried handle as well as my regular wheels in aggressive cornering and braking.

And for the rest of us non-pros, complicated, expensive, heavy, shitty chain lines, and not aero.

Yes, it sounds like you have a terrible wheel builder or rode really, really bad wheels in general.

[OJ]

Having ridden discs on my cross bike this season, all I can say is that both benefits and problems of disc brakes are often exaggerated. Benefits and problems seem to be found in exceptional circumstances while 95% of time they make very little difference. Main benefit I could see is greater durability of wheels etc. in wet/winter training use.

[pastronef]

Adam Blythe and his new Specy

https://www.instagram.com/p/-j6R6AIGqs/

[martinko]

I see more the Carrefour bag than the actual bike

[KWalker]

Gotta suck to be Blythe. His girl leaves him to marry a triathlete and then wins Worlds.

[wingguy]

Triathlete?

[KWalker]

Oh wow, didn't know she was now with Deignan. Looks like she came to her senses, but I remember seeing a pro tri guy on her IG for a moment.

[btompkins0112]

Pretty sure Blythe isn't hurting for strange....


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[nathanong87]

some how kittel finds himself the smallest helmets available to wear

[micky]

Maybe he does Cipollini's way aka take off the foam from inside the helmet to fit a smaller one.

[pastronef]

nice from Giant-Alpecin to let him ride a Specialized and wear a Specy helmet and not his team kit.

[micky]

Nowdays teams care less about that than few years ago as they probably realized it doesn't make a big difference ( =season is already over).

[lippythelion]

^I wonder if Campagnolo feel the same way about Marcel Sieberg riding a Shimano equipped Ridley?!

[ultimobici]

^I wonder if Campagnolo feel the same way about Marcel Sieberg riding a Shimano equipped Ridley?!

You'll find many contracts are for the discipline they are paid for, so cross, mtb & track allow for a bit of latitude. I suspect that Lotto Soudal stipulate that riders always ride a Ridley and supply them accordingly, but Campag only cover the road.