Pinarello Dogma K8-S
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- spookyload
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He seems to be caught tossing his bike a lot. Primadona. I remember a tour shot a few years ago where he tossed his dogma and it rolled to a curb and stayed upright.
djconnel wrote:Ironic Flanders was won on an aero road frame with 25mm tires.
Not really. At least the top six were on no compromise race bikes. No Roubaix, no Domane or Synapse and as you say, no Pinarello suspension.
All it tells me is how utterly irrelevant the choice of bike really is when it comes to races like this - and how much of the "innovation" we see in the cycling industry is pure marketing.
There was only one remotely aero bike in the top six too AFAIK and they would have all weighed pretty much the same.
Invest in training and preparation is the message I took from that.
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airwise wrote:djconnel wrote:Ironic Flanders was won on an aero road frame with 25mm tires.
Not really. At least the top six were on no compromise race bikes. No Roubaix, no Domane or Synapse and as you say, no Pinarello suspension.
All it tells me is how utterly irrelevant the choice of bike really is when it comes to races like this - and how much of the "innovation" we see in the cycling industry is pure marketing.
There was only one remotely aero bike in the top six too AFAIK and they would have all weighed pretty much the same.
Invest in training and preparation is the message I took from that.
Err, do the Venge and Aeroad not count as Aerobikes anymore? [emoji6]
Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live.
What's the point of suspension when you can't fit a decent sized tire under there? I'd be more impressed if the brake blocks were at the bottom of the calipers for added clearance.
Who engineers these bikes?
Who engineers these bikes?
ilvwhtgrls wrote:
goodboyr wrote:Apparently Wiggins didn't think much of it.
[url]Bradley Wiggins Tosses New Bike: https://youtu.be/dIqwU4tVfr0[/url]
I thought Wiggins switched back to the bike with suspension a bit later in the race.
I'll agree though in that it's all about the engine. Looking forward to Paris Roubaix though.
spookyload wrote:He seems to be caught tossing his bike a lot. Primadona. I remember a tour shot a few years ago where he tossed his dogma and it rolled to a curb and stayed upright.
Stage 4, 2013 Giro of Trentino.
http://youtu.be/QhdVr2Cn1OY
"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."
- spookyload
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53x12 wrote:spookyload wrote:He seems to be caught tossing his bike a lot. Primadona. I remember a tour shot a few years ago where he tossed his dogma and it rolled to a curb and stayed upright.
Stage 4, 2013 Giro of Trentino.
http://youtu.be/QhdVr2Cn1OY
Yep. Bonus with the video clip. Thanks for the link.
- spookyload
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He threw his bike in the ditch at the Tour de France also.
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