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wingguy
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by wingguy on Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:02 pm
TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:32 pm
I think the eBike bit was a joke. That Ribble is definitely not an eBike. There is no evidence of a battery in the downtube,
Click the link, dude
and more importantly no purpose-built eBike would have a 2x drivetrain like eTap with normal sized chainrings. You’d see a large Bosch/Steps/etc middrive motor-box with a single small chainring there instead.
Like the Paralane Squared? Wait no, that's got doubles. Like the Pinarello Nitro? Sorry, doubles again. Synapse Neo? Neope.
Um... which ones
were you thinking of?
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aeroisnteverything
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by aeroisnteverything on Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:52 pm
That Ribble makes me want cry a little bit. Because the next time someone posts a 35km/h average in a sportive, or blow past me at 20 kph on a 10% alpine climb - I would not know whether that's because they are just damn good or riding an ebike. My only hope - and it is but a glimmer of one, I admit - is that given the lightweight nature of the this newfangled contraption, the battery runs out after the first pass of the Alpe D'Huez, and I will catch the bastard on the second go'round, grinning ear to ear like the Pirate.
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jorisee01
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by jorisee01 on Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:36 pm
aeroisnteverything wrote:That Ribble makes me want cry a little bit. Because the next time someone posts a 35km/h average in a sportive, or blow past me at 20 kph on a 10% alpine climb - I would not know whether that's because they are just damn good or riding an ebike. My only hope - and it is but a glimmer of one, I admit - is that given the lightweight nature of the this newfangled contraption, the battery runs out after the first pass of the Alpe D'Huez, and I will catch the bastard on the second go'round, grinning ear to ear like the Pirate.
Made me smile!
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fa63
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by fa63 on Wed Oct 03, 2018 6:17 pm
Stop worrying about who might pass you on a climb or how; just enjoy yourself
aeroisnteverything wrote:That Ribble makes me want cry a little bit. Because the next time someone posts a 35km/h average in a sportive, or blow past me at 20 kph on a 10% alpine climb - I would not know whether that's because they are just damn good or riding an ebike. My only hope - and it is but a glimmer of one, I admit - is that given the lightweight nature of the this newfangled contraption, the battery runs out after the first pass of the Alpe D'Huez, and I will catch the bastard on the second go'round, grinning ear to ear like the Pirate.
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seaneT1
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by seaneT1 on Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:26 pm
So now that almost everybody has their new aero disc brake bike out, which of those do you guys believe that can be built to sub 7kg? The Venge seems doable, any other?
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TiCass
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by TiCass on Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:32 am
seaneT1 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:26 pm
So now that almost everybody has their new aero disc brake bike out, which of those do you guys believe that can be built to sub 7kg? The Venge seems doable, any other?
Maybe the new S3 Rim
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Mep
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by Mep on Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:47 am
Honestly sub 7 is hardly a difficult target for any of the top end aero disc bikes. For anyone that decently knows how to choose components and tune their rides, probably any major manufacturer's bike will come in under 7 in size medium.