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Post by elstoof on Jul 13, 2024 13:45:30 GMT
Pidcock out to prepare for the Olympics, I mean diagnosed with suspected Covid symptoms
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Post by askew on Jul 13, 2024 16:50:35 GMT
Not sure I want Pogi to win both the Giro and Tour. Last dude to do so was Pantani and a body full of EPO.
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Post by mothercruncher on Jul 14, 2024 6:30:06 GMT
At least Pogi is (probably) not full of coke.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 14, 2024 8:29:35 GMT
Spoiler alert: they’re all still full of EPO
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Post by askew on Jul 14, 2024 8:36:22 GMT
It’s carbon monoxide and colostrum these days
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Post by askew on Jul 14, 2024 15:17:58 GMT
Urgh.
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Post by salaman on Jul 14, 2024 15:22:54 GMT
That has to be so frustrating for Vingegaard.
You're giving it your all, hoping you're really hurting your opponent and he'll crack.
Then he zips away from you and knocks you back over a minute.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 14, 2024 18:45:47 GMT
You love to see it
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Post by askew on Jul 21, 2024 20:08:10 GMT
UAE have some super nutritionists.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 21, 2024 21:39:50 GMT
Not as good as Jumbo’s last year though, they cooked up a TT performance twice as good
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Post by mothercruncher on Jul 22, 2024 6:44:12 GMT
Whatever that climb was a few days ago, when Pog, Vin and Evenepoel all went up it *minutes* faster than Armstrong and Pantani at their doping best, worst, y’know.
Man, aero socks make a big difference, I need to get some.
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Post by gamecat on Jul 22, 2024 7:11:27 GMT
Pog took most of that time on the descent yesterday, you could see how much he was pushing it into corners (and doing 92kph hunched over on the base bars), no 'special vitamins' are going to help with that.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 22, 2024 7:39:06 GMT
Not just socks, the disc brakes and 165mm cranks are worth 30w each
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Post by mothercruncher on Aug 2, 2024 8:55:41 GMT
Always good, but LeMond always seems so affable- I think the 8 second win TT tour was the first I ever watched. I’d love to know what width bars Fignon was on 🫲 🫱
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Post by barchetta on Aug 2, 2024 10:19:32 GMT
The Men's Tour of Britain is coming through my village this year. Will do a WFH and take a break to check it out.
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Post by mothercruncher on Aug 2, 2024 20:14:03 GMT
Pick the hilliest bit, or they’ll be past in 30 seconds. Actually, they still will.
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Post by X201 on Aug 2, 2024 20:23:56 GMT
Also make sure they haven’t lassoed you with the route or you’ll be trapped for hours.
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Post by Vortex on Aug 2, 2024 20:41:21 GMT
Pick the hilliest bit, or they’ll be past in 30 seconds. Actually, they still will. They went the wrong way when going through our town on the second last day a few years back and the race got nullified for a bit until the break came back to the right road and got their time up the road added back on over the peloton. All in the lashing rain too sadly. Got a good look at a lot of expensive bikes on support cars and poor soggy cyclists. Saw wout at doping control the next day when he won it. There were a few cycling groupies hanging out for a signature. 🤣 |
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Post by elstoof on Aug 2, 2024 21:14:26 GMT
The club I used to ride with did a ride up to Essex to watch the Tour go past, 100km to get there, lunch at the Blue Egg, wait at a quiet stretch of road for the blur to fly by, a young Tom Dumoulin came through about a minute after the peloton following a mechanical and gave us a pose before we rode back following the route and enjoying the closed roads while people cheered us on
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Post by barchetta on Aug 2, 2024 22:43:53 GMT
There is a nice tightening, 'chicane'for want of a better term that they will have to negotiate. It will be the choice spot to watch.
I guess a side benefit for us locals will be some new tarmac. That section is pretty much lunar surface-quality at the moment.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 19, 2024 16:07:53 GMT
Aussie sprinter Matt Richardson has switched allegiance to GB
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Post by Vortex on Sept 3, 2024 20:42:57 GMT
Poor Wout.
Skited nastily in his crash today. He's had to abandon the vuelta. 😢
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Post by askew on Sept 3, 2024 21:02:07 GMT
Green jersey and KoM to nowt  |
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Post by Vortex on Sept 3, 2024 22:24:56 GMT
Yeah. He was going really well. Dug a lot out of the verge too, so it was no surprise he quit, but still a real shame.
He's had a bad time of it this year.
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Post by salaman on Sept 3, 2024 23:47:10 GMT
Man that knee looked nasty.
A shame to lose those 2 jerseys and I dont think we'll see him for the WC this year either.
Pfff.
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2024 15:58:21 GMT
I need help. Is this the thread for bike advice recommendations?
Need a decent road bike, my first "proper" one. It's going to be second hand so I potentially get more for my money. Looking at
Scott addict 20
Giant propel or tcr
Trek domane
Orbea orca
Going to be for triathlons. Roads are shit here so TT bike pointless.
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2024 16:23:54 GMT
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Post by elstoof on Oct 5, 2024 16:30:13 GMT
Tbh any of those bikes will be good to ride, it’s hard to buy a bad bike. Some brands tend to have better QC which can be an issue with things premature bearing wear or annoying creaks. Giant tend to be good as they manufacture in their own factory. I’d avoid Scott personally but that might be just me
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Post by damagedinc on Oct 5, 2024 16:52:40 GMT
Tbh any of those bikes will be good to ride, it’s hard to buy a bad bike. Some brands tend to have better QC which can be an issue with things premature bearing wear or annoying creaks. Giant tend to be good as they manufacture in their own factory. I’d avoid Scott personally but that might be just me Thankyou for answering this! I'll pop in the other thread |
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Post by askew on Oct 11, 2024 22:32:09 GMT
Orbea’s the sexiest though.
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