2015 'PRO' cycling discussion

[nathanong87]

Lots of other pros riding all kinds of different bikes and equipment. Looks like there is no sponsor obligations

[petepeterson]

biggest penalty of disc brake bikes is they look terrible.

2nd worst thing about disc brake bikes is that it's all I read about on twitter, cycling websites, and forums.

[djconnel]

Eric Wohlberg wins Thanksgiving Low-Key Hillclimb up Mt Hamilton last Thursday:

[Dez33]

biggest penalty of disc brake bikes is they look terrible.

2nd worst thing about disc brake bikes is that it's all I read about on twitter, cycling websites, and forums.

Yeah, getting pretty tiresome. Bike and component manufacturers must be loving it though.

We should have a poll on when the first monument or GT will be won by a disc equipped bike. 2018?

[Wingnut]

biggest penalty of disc brake bikes is they look terrible.

2nd worst thing about disc brake bikes is that it's all I read about on twitter, cycling websites, and forums.

Agree...I'm unfollowing manufacturers on Instagram who post too many pics of road bikes with discs eg Mosaic

...eventually I'll have few...

[LeDuke]

Is it just me, or does Kittel look HUGE in the Boonen and Friends cyclocross pictures?

[KWalker]

Terpstra must've crashed because of his discs, woulda won if it wasn't for evil marketing schemes.

[stoney]

Is it just me, or does Kittel look HUGE in the Boonen and Friends cyclocross pictures?

Yep, he's huge for a pro cyclist.

[LeDuke]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/door-aj ... aine-case/

Interesting.

[LeDuke]

I meant to imply that Kittel looks a bit...puffy.

I realize it's the off season, but he looks like a different person than the guy who was blowing people out of the water in sprints at the Tour two seasons ago.

Perhaps he's on the Jan Ullrich winter program?

[djconnel]

Kittel looks fine to me:



Compare and contrast:

[nathanong87]

kittel's hands and looking down be like 'how the heck this di2 hydro work?'

at least he's not bentacuring

[martinko]

If Cav doesn't look puffy then it's someone else. This time, it is Kittel He did have a break from racing

[KWalker]

Guys who look puffier all the time, even at their best, commenting on a top level athlete not fitting their preconceived notions of what said athlete should or should not look like when out of competition. Always informative.

[tymon_tm]

Eric Wohlberg wins Thanksgiving Low-Key Hillclimb up Mt Hamilton last Thursday:

who? what? huh? where?


CN just quoted Ekimov on "ethics", "image" and "reputation" (re Paolini). I bet Millar (who probably doesn't even know the expression 'to party') also has some important insights. or maybe just ask Lance nevertheless, it's been 6 months or so and we still know nothing. can't Italians sweep it under the rug? doesn't Paolini care at all? WTF is going on?