You kinda do. At least one rider was on tv doing it again this year and Backstedt on commentary said it was a common thing at Roubaix.TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:24 am
I'm just legitimately curious as to why teams would do it. Sagan had to grab a hex key from a team car that one year to tighten the bolts on his stem's steerer clamp, but you don't expect stuff like that to happen.
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It's just a bike component. Let's not lose our shit with other people over it. Hasn't the last 18 months been hard enough?
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One of them was Tom Van Asbroeck. He was also the rider who had the bars and stem on his Factor snap off in a race last Spring. He must have been feeling some deja vu on Sunday.
on a road ride I did a while back, I hit a dirt road at about 40 mph. Transition wasn't particularly brutal, no rim bottoming etc. Despite this, my stem rotated on the steerer a little (yes, the stem bolts were tight). So I can only imagine that over the course of many hours on cobbles, stems loosen up and/or shift a little.
TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:55 amflying wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:51 am
Whats up with folks like you & maquisard always calling people ignorant or stupid because their opinion does not match yours?
Perhaps you need a break from cycling or at least forums?
Because believe it or not none come here to hear the tone you two display constantly
Neither do you two own the only "right" opinion in cycling
....Chill........go ride a bike
Then don't frame TAs as inferior to QR for something as inane as this. It's not a problem, don't pretend it is, don't spread FUD and I won't feel compelled to respond. If they're carrying multiple sizes of hex keys, it's because they expect general equipment failure.
Again........This is a forum not your personal blog regardless of your post count.
Members can & will post & quote things they see & thought interesting
None has framed anything to hurt your fragile ego
Instead I gave my opinion that yes I think the lack of a real QR is a step backwards period..So what?
You & folks like you take that as some kind of personal challenge? It is not
You have a problem with what Cycling Tips wrote?
AG2R riders had hex keys stuck to the seatposts to help with speedy wheel changes.
Take it up with them
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Interesting to see a lot of riders at Il Lombardia running really shallow wheels today. Looks like the Specialized riders were on Alpinist CLX and others were on 30mm or so wheels.
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First pro on Dura Ace 9200 it seemsGuevarca wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:07 pmAlexey Lutsenko won Serenissima Gravel, billed as the first professional gravel race, part of Filippo Pozzato’s new series of races in Veneto
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