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One of the EF riders told me a month or so ago that Cannondale were making them a rim brake version as the disc version was 'slow'. It seems maybe not.

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petal666 wrote:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:56 pm
One of the EF riders told me a month or so ago that Cannondale were making them a rim brake version as the disc version was 'slow'. It seems maybe not.
Wait what? Cannondale will produce a rim version of the SystemSix?

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TiCass wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:04 am

Wait what? Cannondale will produce a rim version of the SystemSix?

Extremely doubtful. Looking at the frame/fork, it would require proprietary calipers. The front caliper would have to be mounted in front because there is no space behind the fork unless you cut into it like Trek did with the Madone SLR. The Cannondale fork isn't deep enough to do this. The rear triangle also doesn't have much clearance around the seatstays for rim brake calipers...they'd probably had to put the rear brakes under the chainstays/BB. The SystemSix is definitely designed to be a disc-only bike.

Also once the new SuperSix drops in July, Cannondale will probably go disc-only like 5 other teams have done.


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TiCass wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:04 am
Wait what? Cannondale will produce a rim version of the SystemSix?
Sorry, meant TT bike. I frogot that they were on roadies for this TTT.

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Swannie wrote:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:39 pm
WvA always trains on alu zipp wheels, so does thomas de gend and many others here in Belgium.
Hush! You must never make people face reality. Might hurt their feelings.
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petal666 wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:22 am
TiCass wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:04 am
Wait what? Cannondale will produce a rim version of the SystemSix?
Sorry, meant TT bike. I frogot that they were on roadies for this TTT.
I like that some of these flyaway races that have TTT's insist on them being ridden on regular road bikes. It's a throwback to the old days. I would love to see one of the grand tours do the same. Allow the TT bikes for individual TT's but specify that road bikes in road race spec be used in the TTT.

Heck even an ITT ridden on road spec bikes once in a while would be interesting too.

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BdaGhisallo wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:22 am
Heck even an ITT ridden on road spec bikes once in a while would be interesting too.
I quite like seeing the variety of equipment choices on an uphill ITT.

Or you could do it like this local guy who likes to climb Monte Grappa every now and then on this bike...

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Wouldn't it just be easier to have a unicycle instead...?

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BdaGhisallo wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:22 am
I like that some of these flyaway races that have TTT's insist on them being ridden on regular road bikes. It's a throwback to the old days. I would love to see one of the grand tours do the same. Allow the TT bikes for individual TT's but specify that road bikes in road race spec be used in the TTT.

Heck even an ITT ridden on road spec bikes once in a while would be interesting too.
I don't beleive that the races spec the use of road bikes, but rather the teams all have a gentleman's agreement to do so, so that they don't have to bring all of those extra bikes half way around the world just for a few days worth of races. I completely agree with your thought though, that the it is interesting. Before buying my TT bike, I raced for two seasons in the "Eddy" category of my local TT Cup series. It was lots of fun and very interesting to see the results and equipment tweaks on road bikes. I was on a 1st gen. Venge and definitely learned a thing or two about trying to make it as efficient as possible, but there's only so much that could be done and since it was my general road bike that I'd also take on 80+ mile rides, I wasn't about to change the riding position.

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BdaGhisallo wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:22 am
I like that some of these flyaway races that have TTT's insist on them being ridden on regular road bikes. It's a throwback to the old days. I would love to see one of the grand tours do the same. Allow the TT bikes for individual TT's but specify that road bikes in road race spec be used in the TTT.

Heck even an ITT ridden on road spec bikes once in a while would be interesting too.
+1 and it'd be something maybe bike companies will "push" in advertising more road aero frames.
Which (road aero trend/marketing) is something to stay untill the 6.8Kg limit will be in the rules.

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Nobody’s interested that Team Sky partners with Swiss side?
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TurboKoo wrote:Nobody’s interested that Team Sky partners with Swiss side?
What does that mean exactly though?




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Wind tunnel tests? And later: New frames? Helmets? Wheels? Special aerodynamic Colombian bananas?
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zirxo wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:20 pm
Wouldn't it just be easier to have a unicycle instead...?
Wouldn't it be easier to ride it normally? Wouldn't it be easier to ride it on a motorbike? Wouldn't it be easier to drive!

Or maybe the whole point is that it's not easy :shock:

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