KIt for Paris Roubaix

specialgueststar
specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
edited April 2013 in Pro race
FdJ taking 53 pairs of wheels and 23 bikes

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    A lot of effort to place someone 37'th

    :P
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    iainf72 wrote:
    A lot of effort to place someone 37'th

    :P
    1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 6:06:01
    2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:27
    3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:29
    4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 0:01:39
    5 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
    6 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
    7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
    8 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
    9 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
    10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge
    11 Lars Boom (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
    12 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
    13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
    14 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
    15 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
    16 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ
    17 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
    18 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
    19 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
    20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp
    21 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
    22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
    23 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 0:01:48
    24 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:02:30
    25 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:02:49
    26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Duclos won with Rockshocks in 1992-93...any suspension these days?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Yep - 25c tyres, lower pressure and double taped bars....
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    mroli wrote:
    Yep - 25c tyres, lower pressure and double taped bars....

    Or 28mm
    _
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Dave_1 wrote:
    Duclos won with Rockshocks in 1992-93...any suspension these days?

    None like the old days, though expect a few frames to have design specific to deal with the cobbles better
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    AFAIK the last suspension bikes used were the Saeco Cannondale Headshocks ridden by Dario Pieri in 2002 or thereabouts. I doubt there's any suspension that has the high-speed rebound to cope with pave that's any better than a fat tyre run at low pressure. I reckon there's some benefit running something like 32mm tubeless tyre at 60psi given how little rolling resistance a 2.4" tubeless 29er has - it's quite easy to wind them up to 40kph on fire roads.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    There's not much marketing value in running bikes with suspension whereas soft riding carbon frames seem to be the latest thing.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    inseine wrote:
    There's not much marketing value in running bikes with suspension whereas soft riding carbon frames seem to be the latest thing.

    Appeals to the middle aged man who wants comfort on his racey bike.
    _
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Movistar and some of Sky using the Dogma K - what's the difference to the Dogma - angles ? I know I could look it up but it's a forum :)
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/pro-bike-taylor-phinneys-bmc-granfondo-gf01-paris-roubaix
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    good article on it here http://inrng.com/2013/04/the-hardest-ra ... test-ride/
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Let's not forget that the cobbles are only 1/5th of the race too - whatever they ride has to work well on the other 4/5ths of normal tarmac too. I'm seriously weighing up buying a carbon MTB which has no pivots on the seat stays at all and just uses the flex in the carbon which is controlled by the shock. That has 120mm of travel so engineering a few mm's is easy enough. To work well on such repetitive hits as you'd get on pave, the shocks would have to be run super soft and wallowy too which would further cause problems...

    There's little benefit to running suspension on the pave and a flat disadvantage in terms of weight and uselessness on the road
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    OPQS bike:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... SuaSmyVZ3g
    Running 27s
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/pro-bike-taylor-phinneys-bmc-granfondo-gf01-paris-roubaix

    Gee that looks weird.
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  • JackPozzi
    JackPozzi Posts: 1,191
    Do they do thicker chamois for cobbled races?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    JackPozzi wrote:
    Do they do thicker chamois for cobbled races?

    Erm...I confess I don't know for sure, but I doubt it...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • liquor box
    liquor box Posts: 184
    JackPozzi wrote:
    Do they do thicker chamois for cobbled races?
    I would have thought if anything they would have added padding on the seat. a bigger chamois might cause more chafing?

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