Nicole Cooke's 2010 Bike???

Speed_King
Speed_King Posts: 510
edited May 2010 in Pro race
HI al i will make this short and sweet, does anyone know what brand and model Nicole is riding this year? I thought she was with Pinarello, but not too sure if she isnt stil with Focus. I seem to have lost touch with what one of my fav Pro's is upto this year i know she is riding for the Great Britain squad under Dave Brailsford but other than that i have lost touch.
Any help would be appreciated in pm or on here,
Thanks
G.H.Allum
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  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    I'm not sure, but she has sent it back to Wiggle as the stickers were put on wrong
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    HUH ????
    G.H.Allum
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Percy Vera wrote:
    I'm not sure, but she has sent it back to Wiggle as the stickers were put on wrong

    I heard she sent it back because the cassette was worn out when they gave it to her.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    She's riding a Pinarello;

    04_21_10_fleche_332_600.jpg
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    Oh i get it!! Very funny people, but can we move on that topic has been well and truely used and abused lol

    Does anyone actually know the answer to the question i DID post??
    G.H.Allum
  • Speed_King
    Speed_King Posts: 510
    Thanks AndyP, I thought she was but i wasnt sure.

    Back to who she used to ride for then it seems ??
    G.H.Allum
  • Squillinossett
    Squillinossett Posts: 1,678
    Come on guys can we Focus on the main question, there is no point trying to wiggle in some cheap shots on poor Speed_King.

    I think the subject has prematurely worn out.
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    Speed_King wrote:
    Oh i get it!! Very funny people, but can we move on
    way too soon SK :wink:

    In 3 weeks I reckon.
  • songbird
    songbird Posts: 60
    Speed_King wrote:
    Oh i get it!! Very funny people, but can we move on that topic has been well and truely used and abused lol

    Does anyone actually know the answer to the question i DID post??


    Don't waste your time posting any serious questions on here.... it's full of...
  • songbird
    songbird Posts: 60
    Speed_King wrote:
    Oh i get it!! Very funny people, but can we move on that topic has been well and truely used and abused lol

    Does anyone actually know the answer to the question i DID post??


    Don't waste your time posting any serious questions on here.... it's full of...
  • plowmar
    plowmar Posts: 1,032
    Duplications???????
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    plowmar wrote:
    Duplications???????


    :lol::lol:
  • Vino2007
    Vino2007 Posts: 340
    No, says on twitter she's using her old bike, the seatpost she fitted to her dogma cracked on her for no apparent reason.
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    Given she's riding under the BC banner at the moment, she'll be riding a Pinarello, as part of the deal to supply all the road bikes in Dr Evil's empire.
  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    Did someone say BE WARNED!!!?
    Cannondale Supersix / CAAD9 / Boardman 9.0 / Benotto 3000
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    If British Cycling are so into getting the British into cycling or whatever crap they're trying to spin, shouldn't they be using a British bike maker rather than an Italian (or wherever Pinarellos come from) bike maker?

    Makes no sense
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    If British Cycling are so into getting the British into cycling or whatever crap they're trying to spin, shouldn't they be using a British bike maker rather than an Italian (or wherever Pinarellos come from) bike maker?

    Makes no sense

    Money talks....................money talks..............................dirty cash I wan't you, dirty cash I need you oh...................................can't imagine there's a British frame builder, capable of making that kind of financial commitment?

    Plus, Italy is a big market for BSkyB, so there's a hook there.

    Suppose the same could be said for most of the Sky sponsors - Shimano groupos/wheels (Japan), Deda kit (Italy), Kask helmets (Italy), Oakley shades (USA), Adidas clothing (Germany) etc etc...............the list goes on.

    Then again, given we don't make anything in the UK anymore, hardly surprising really.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Oh ffs. Over 16% of revenue in the British economy comes from manufacturing so peddling this erroneous nonsense that the UK doesn't make anything any more.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Oh ffs. Over 16% of revenue in the British economy comes from manufacturing so peddling this erroneous nonsense that the UK doesn't make anything any more.

    True, but probably not much bike stuff made here, especially by anyone with enough money to bankroll a top pro team.
  • Down the Road
    Down the Road Posts: 949
    WHAT Manufacturer in Britain??????????????
    Racing is life - everything else is just waiting
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    She's riding a Pinarello Prince:

    http://www.womenscycling.net/jpegs/2010 ... da_152.JPG

    http://www.womenscycling.net/2010/Galle ... age14.html

    BC Cycling had a pic of one of the other riders on a Dolan in an earlier world cup round though in this pic:

    http://www.womenscycling.net/2010/Galle ... age21.html

    Katie Colclough is just behind (and mostly obscured) by Cooke but is on the same frame as her.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    She's riding a Pinarello in all the pics :?:
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    andyp wrote:
    Oh ffs. Over 16% of revenue in the British economy comes from manufacturing so peddling this erroneous nonsense that the UK doesn't make anything any more.

    I don't understand your fragmented and rambling syntax?
    Perhaps you could go and manufacture yourself an education.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    WHAT Manufacturer in Britain??????????????

    Dolan maybe?

    There are some smaller UK manufacturers - but no one that could be trusted to produce top quality bikes for a ProTour team. Even Boardman's are made in the far East.


    It's foolish to say that just because the team is based in Britain that everything about it should be British. Unless you want them to start filling the musette bag with fish and chip during Tour stages and filling their water bottles with warm ale. :roll:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Speed_King wrote:
    Oh i get it!! Very funny people, but can we move on that topic has been well and truely used and abused lol

    No.
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    Pokerface wrote:
    WHAT Manufacturer in Britain??????????????

    Dolan maybe?

    There are some smaller UK manufacturers - but no one that could be trusted to produce top quality bikes for a ProTour team. Even Boardman's are made in the far East.


    It's foolish to say that just because the team is based in Britain that everything about it should be British. Unless you want them to start filling the musette bag with fish and chip during Tour stages and filling their water bottles with warm ale. :roll:

    Does Dolan build them these days?
    I think most of his are Made in Taiwan these days
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549

    I don't understand your fragmented and rambling syntax?
    Perhaps you could go and manufacture yourself an education.

    Get you. :roll:

    I made a typo, it should have read 'stop peddling this erroneous nonsense'.
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    Only messin'.
    Although for the record, I don't agree it's "erroneus nonsense".
    We (the UK) don't make enough stuff.
    Especially bike stuff!
    The only thing we appear good at manufacturing is debt. :(
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    This isn't the place for such a discussion, but the UK can't compete with low wages in the Far East to be competitive in mass producing bike kit.

    There are some UK firms who specialise in making niche products though, i.e. Hope, Royce, Brooks to name a few.
  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    Its a Focus with a Pinarello sticker on it thats been painted over BE WARNED!!!.
    Cannondale Supersix / CAAD9 / Boardman 9.0 / Benotto 3000