Wiggins bike on the news tonight

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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    ThomThom wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Why has he kept that aweful yellow lid?

    I'm almost inclined to say that it's better looking than the Ford Multipla of helmets:

    bettiniphoto_0117688_1_full_600.jpg

    Almost...
    TBH I think the Kask lids look better than anything else in the peloton, certainly better looking than the golfballs and point hats the other teams are forced to use for no advantage.
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  • KieranHardman
    KieranHardman Posts: 63
    Is it just me or is he using the SRM with no computer? I cant seem to see it unless its integrated into the rather large looking stem?
  • calvjones
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    Note to designer. It's called a head *tube* for a reason.
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  • ddraver
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    KieranHardman wrote:
    Is it just me or is he using the SRM with no computer? I cant seem to see it unless its integrated into the rather large looking stem?

    Between the bars is nt it? - Probably what he's looking down at..?
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  • KieranHardman
    KieranHardman Posts: 63
    I was looking on the picture where Wiggins is waving. Cant see it in front of the bars. On the TT picture it looks like its between the bars though. I might just be being blind and swayed by the fact that the aston martin bike has a power meter computer in the stem.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    KieranHardman wrote:
    I was looking on the picture where Wiggins is waving. Cant see it in front of the bars. On the TT picture it looks like its between the bars though. I might just be being blind and swayed by the fact that the aston martin bike has a power meter computer in the stem.

    If you're just out for a wee spin to the cafe, as the telegraph captioned those pictures, would you bother with the SRM though?
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  • KieranHardman
    KieranHardman Posts: 63
    Ah I missed that bit! That would explain it.

    Though marginal gains and all that... ;)
  • rebs
    rebs Posts: 891
    Does the Olmypics have to honour some of the weird UCI rules of "what is a road bike"

    possible these bikes may just be stuidly light as they don't have many things to bolt on the frame... as it's all frame it seems.
  • prawny
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    Omar Little wrote:
    http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/cycling/

    Anyone emailed for a price yet? :?
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    prawny wrote:
    Omar Little wrote:
    http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/cycling/

    Anyone emailed for a price yet? :?

    I did wonder if the saddle could possibly be more expensive than the top line Arione I'm lusting after for my new TT bike.
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  • Pross
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    rebs wrote:
    Does the Olmypics have to honour some of the weird UCI rules of "what is a road bike"

    possible these bikes may just be stuidly light as they don't have many things to bolt on the frame... as it's all frame it seems.

    Still has to meet UCI rules and the quoted frame weight of "about 1kg" is fairly heavy by modern standards. I suspect that given the relatively flat course (sorry south-easterners but Box Hill isn't really anything!) the aero nature and stiffness of the bike have been where the development has been done.
  • skylla
    skylla Posts: 758
    He's training with his yellow BtB helmet: such a practical joker....
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    symo wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Why has he kept that aweful yellow lid?

    I'm almost inclined to say that it's better looking than the Ford Multipla of helmets:

    bettiniphoto_0117688_1_full_600.jpg

    Almost...
    TBH I think the Kask lids look better than anything else in the peloton.

    No, they look ridiculous.
  • appletrees
    appletrees Posts: 327
    ThomThom wrote:
    I'm almost inclined to say that it's better looking than the Ford Multipla of helmets

    Wasn't it a Fiat Multipla? End of pedantry. :wink:
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    appletrees wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    I'm almost inclined to say that it's better looking than the Ford Multipla of helmets

    Wasn't it a Fiat Multipla? End of pedantry. :wink:
    Oh, of course it was. argh.
  • keyser__soze
    keyser__soze Posts: 2,067
    phreak wrote:
    And why's he wearing tights on probably the warmest day of the year so far?

    Looks like the photo was taken in or near Eccleston. Warmest it ever gets to up there is about 8C anyway :)
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  • esspeebee
    esspeebee Posts: 174
    ThomThom wrote:
    symo wrote:
    TBH I think the Kask lids look better than anything else in the peloton.

    No, they look ridiculous.
    Given the other time trial helmets around, they're both ridiculous and still better than anything else in the peloton.
  • Calder
    Calder Posts: 51
    Keyser__Soze wrote:
    phreak wrote:
    And why's he wearing tights on probably the warmest day of the year so far?

    Looks like the photo was taken in or near Eccleston. Warmest it ever gets to up there is about 8C anyway :)

    It's painful to admit, but it's true. They were lucky though, it stopped raining for a few minutes while they got their photo's.

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