Sprinters Delight: where are the aero bikes

[ronderman]

I see a whole bunch of exposed front brake calipers. Nothing out of the ordinary with this stage: typical run up to the line and sprint.

TOUR DE FRANCE-48909.jpg by P McQuown, on Flickr

[pritchet74]

Odd that Cav isn't on the fancy new Venge, eh?

[Nefarious86]

Crappy conditions and not yet comfortable/confident on new equipment. It's nothing new. People just have short memories.

[pdlpsher1]

The aero helmet more than makes it up.

[stanseven]

I thought it was interesting thst many of the bikes in the initial TT are aero road bikes

[spdntrxi]

I thought it was interesting thst many of the bikes in the initial TT are aero road bikes

wah?

[Valbrona]

What difference would a so-called 'aero' bike make with a load of fat lads?

[spdntrxi]

The gorillas Ridley is aero you know....I see a lot of aero bikes in the front.

[ronderman]

An Aero bike according to Ridley!!!!!

As per specialized, and I quote: "Recipe for aero: short, narrow head tube; narrow fork without caliper on the fork or inside the legs; dropped stem housing cabling; inline Garmin mount"

[spdntrxi]

Oh so specialized makes the laws?
Give it up .. You failed

[TheKaiser]

Odd that Cav isn't on the fancy new Venge, eh?

He told Caley Fretz from Velonews that when riding in demanding conditions he wasn't comfortable with the new brakes, which is why he switched back to the old Venge after a stage or two.

[TheKaiser]

As per specialized, and I quote: "...dropped stem housing cabling..."

Can someone clarify what this means? I am very familiar with cables and housing and stems, but for some reason am not quite grasping what "dropped stem housing cabling" is.

[ronderman]

Oh so specialized makes the laws?
Give it up .. You failed

I dunno, you seem to be trolling me from site to site #winning

[ronderman]

As per specialized, and I quote: "...dropped stem housing cabling..."

Can someone clarify what this means? I am very familiar with cables and housing and stems, but for some reason am not quite grasping what "dropped stem housing cabling" is.

I mean, as it's written is is confusing, but, and I think I got it - a reword could be "a dropped stem that also houses the cables."

In the future, all cables must be hidden!!!!

[random101]

What about Sagan?