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by kgt on Sun May 15, 2016 9:04 pm

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Bob JUNGELS today. LW Autobahn rear?
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by seaneT1 on Tue May 17, 2016 8:46 am

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by Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez on Tue May 17, 2016 1:46 pm

kgt wrote:Bob JUNGELS today. LW Autobahn rear?


Can't believe the other team riders were on heavy Hed clincher discs just to ride Specialized cotton clinchers

With the amount of rythm changes and climbs in this ITT, the gain with clinchers was very very marginal, moreover in the wet
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by kgt on Tue May 17, 2016 6:54 pm

So, a wheel's weight matters? ;)
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by MRM on Tue May 17, 2016 7:24 pm

Not necessarily. TT bikes tend to be quite a bit over 6.8 kg, so it makes sense to lower the total weight in any way you can. Especially on uphill TT's. :P
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by nathanong87 on Tue May 17, 2016 9:15 pm

basically every time using autobahns haha
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by kgt on Wed May 18, 2016 8:25 am

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by jooo on Wed May 18, 2016 8:34 am

Yeah, why wouldn't you? The hub internals are well proven. They don't seem to have any unusual weaknesses and they're quite a bit lighter than most of the other discs on the market.
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by djconnel on Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:56 pm

Just selected for Rio:
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by lippythelion on Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:27 pm

^Pro tan lines too :thumbup:
Abby-Mae Parkinson of Servetto-Footon was on LW's front & rear at the British National TT Championships on 23rd June. The turn was about a mile from my crib (do rappers still say crib?)
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by Roel W on Wed Aug 03, 2016 11:18 am

Vincenzo Nibali in Rio:
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by kgt on Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:45 pm

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by bkw on Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:28 pm

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Wish I had the wallet to roll on a set.. too bad they cost 2x more than my entire bike :(
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by micky on Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:29 am

Whole italian team for both road and track will be on LW.
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by coppercook62 on Sat Aug 06, 2016 4:41 pm

djconnel wrote:Just selected for Rio:
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i like that helmet
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