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Le Tour. Anyone else watching?
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Mike G":3gg9vmj7 said:
Ah bum, sorry Mike, I'll refrain from comments until the following day from now on. I have it on the telly in the background while I'm working so didn't think. Sorry! :eusa-doh:
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Ah Mike. 50kg, That's ridiculous. You've met my wife and she is slender and about 5ft 8". Even she does not weigh 50 kg. I am just over 6ft 2" and weigh 102kg on a very good day after not eating for a week. 
When I was at my fittest (rower, aged 20s) I was 88kg. Are those guys really that light?
Watched the race this evening on recording. Vingegaard looked determined. Impressive. The Pog did not seem all that bothered n post race interviews. Surprised that Wout was knackered so far from the end.
When I was at my fittest (rower, aged 20s) I was 88kg. Are those guys really that light? Watched the race this evening on recording. Vingegaard looked determined. Impressive. The Pog did not seem all that bothered n post race interviews. Surprised that Wout was knackered so far from the end.
Pogacar is 67kg.
For us fatties the marginal gains make little to no difference but can to those boys. A few grams on the mech isn’t going to make much difference though with all the rest, plus there’s a minimum bike weight so the ridiculous thing is that they put all this into marginal gains then some of the have to actually add some weight to the bike to make it heavier!
For us fatties the marginal gains make little to no difference but can to those boys. A few grams on the mech isn’t going to make much difference though with all the rest, plus there’s a minimum bike weight so the ridiculous thing is that they put all this into marginal gains then some of the have to actually add some weight to the bike to make it heavier!
Marginal gains of carbon…
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Perhaps carbon is not all its cracked up to be. :lol:
When I was a youngster, the best bikes had Reynolds 531 alloy tubes with special welding. When my FIL bought his first carbon bike, the frame alone was 3000 euros (Orbea) though the resultant build with campag and Mavic wheels was noticeably lighter than the Pinarello that it superseded.
Presumably they just bin the frames after a crash as for sponsored teams the rankings I imagine are far more important than bike cost. Surprised that carbon frames break up like that though.
When I was a youngster, the best bikes had Reynolds 531 alloy tubes with special welding. When my FIL bought his first carbon bike, the frame alone was 3000 euros (Orbea) though the resultant build with campag and Mavic wheels was noticeably lighter than the Pinarello that it superseded.
Presumably they just bin the frames after a crash as for sponsored teams the rankings I imagine are far more important than bike cost. Surprised that carbon frames break up like that though.
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Interesting vid on pros and cons of carbon frames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIpU92mTwI
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I prefer off road cycling, follow keely and actually had to pay for sport TV for the first time ever as the UCI XC and DH has gone to Eurosport / GCN. Seeing the cracked carbon, how about this photo from the weekends racing
Check out this link for the original and a photo of the aftermath! :lol:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/practice- ... -2023.html
Check out this link for the original and a photo of the aftermath! :lol:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/practice- ... -2023.html
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That’s more the sort of thing till I came off and tore my leg open just above the knee, not a mark on my jeans but 4” wide and an inch deep tear in the flesh. All ok now but quite a scar.
He certainly wrecked that frame!
He certainly wrecked that frame!
TrimTheKing":1awjxj8y said:
Just how many tellys in the background have you got?
TDF on one, Ashes on another, maybe even Wimbledon on a small portable? I can just imagine the video conference with noises off.
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Great battle today.
Haha big telly with cricket on, iPad with cycling, or cycling on big telly if the cricket’s not on.Andyp":32g734l5 said:TrimTheKing":32g734l5 said:
Just how many tellys in the background have you got?
I can just imagine the video conference with noises off.
Not much bothered with the tennis tbh.
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Same here. Except where I am panelling I have the big telly on (now on telescopic wall mount which works well) and other stuff (BBQ showdown currently) in the office on a side screen. Work on the other two screens. Who says men can't multi task!
BBQ showdown??!! Never heard of it, just Googled and now I’m definitely going to watch that!