Ultimate race wheels

Ron Stuart

Pic of man using crap wheels :!:

napoleond

Hed?

Ron Stuart

NapoleonD wrote:

Hed?

Thought they were lightweights oh well :oops:

oldwelshman

Doesn't matter what wheels they are , he does not have to pay for them like us and at the end of the day they ride what they are told to ride

eskimo Joe

Not always, sometimes they will rebadge their wheels or bikes etc to look like the ones they are supposed to ride.

rozzer32

eskimo Joe wrote:

Not always, sometimes they will rebadge their wheels or bikes etc to look like the ones they are supposed to ride.

Exactly, I remember reading somewhere that Lance used Lightweights or HED and had them badged up as Bontrager.

napoleond

oldwelshman wrote:

Doesn't matter what wheels they are , he does not have to pay for them like us and at the end of the day they ride what they are told to ride

HTC didn't have a wheel sponsor purely so they could choose what they thought the best wheel for each situation.
In this case both the wheels are Hed although they often used Zipps too.

hopper1

NapoleonD wrote:

oldwelshman wrote:

Doesn't matter what wheels they are , he does not have to pay for them like us and at the end of the day they ride what they are told to ride

HTC didn't have a wheel sponsor purely so they could choose what they thought the best wheel for each situation.
In this case both the wheels are Hed although they often used Zipps too.

HED Stinger FR's and a usperb wheel set at that

His are faster than my set, though

plankton_brain

Just for the record, got some 404's. Found some new 2012 firecrest for a bit under £1300.

Just waiting for a dry day now

Ron Stuart

Some wheels here that framed the final TT in the Tour of the Algarve. Nearest bike is Richie Porte's who came third in the final TT stage note the highly ovalised chainrings, he uses them on his road bike as well and second bike in is Wiggo's bike who beat the World TT champ Tony Martin by a few hundreds he uses round rings, again on the road bikes as well. It was a fantastic Tour to watch both on the road and on the television which we did waiting in a cafe near some of the finishes. Sky dominated this event they were by far the strongest outfit there with Eddie Bos (points jersey a stage win), Wiggo (third o/a and TT stage winner) and Richie Porte ( Overall winner and queens stage winner up the Malhoa mountain finish). The Malhoa finish is a 3km dash up a 9.5% average gradient with sections of 13% (I know I road up it 40 mins before they did) and Ritchie flew up it launched by Wiggo who led him up the first 1.5km.

Great event topped off with great weather and in Feb!, you should come along with your bikes, forget Majorca it was snow bound we were in the Algarve for two weeks and saw a few clouds on two days. 8)

mrc1

Ron Stuart wrote:

Nearest bike is Richie Porte's who came third in the final TT stage note the highly ovalised chainrings, he uses them on his road bike as well

That is a crazy chainring! I've never seen one so ovalised! Looks like an egg.

Ron Stuart

Here is Ritchey Porte's spare road bike chainset...


and Wiggo's


Note: wheels aren't a very deep section.

napoleond

I've gone back to round chainrings after trying Oval last year. Not least because the front shifting was sh!te and no matter how I set the front mech up, I often had dropped chain issues.

Ron Stuart

Just one other point re my chainring photos above. The photos were taken shortly before the first stage and each bike was on a separate car kerb side (pole position). It was from this observation that I conclueded that either Wiggo or Richie Porte were road captains on the Tour and not Froome as some thought who didn't finish.