2014 Gear

Mad_Malx

Excuse my ignorance, what am I looking at here - campag battery unit and electronic thumb shifters ?

schlepcycling

Electronic thumbshifters definitely, not sure about it having a battery, looks like a bit of chopped up tribar extension fixed to the bars with the thumbshifters fixed at either end. It's presumably because Campag don't do EPS sprint buttons.

alihisgreat

schlepcycling wrote:

Electronic thumbshifters definitely, not sure about it having a battery, looks like a bit of chopped up tribar extension fixed to the bars with the thumbshifters fixed at either end. It's presumably because Campag don't do EPS sprint buttons.

Looks like that to me.

ddraver wrote:

The weirdest thing about that monstrosity is that there will still be people in Road General saying that that is a wonderful piece of fantastic design, better than anything shimano could come up with etc etc...

It does look horrendous, but its not like Shimano's cable-tied on solution is the most elegant thing in the world

Paul 8v

Yeah, I think in this one specific case Campagnolo is much less elegant than Shimano. Sprint shifters are much nicer.

Someone said Europcar were on discs yesterday? Must only have been on a few bikes.

andyp

Whoever said that was wrong. Discs aren't sanctioned for road race use by the UCI.

cal_stewart

Campagnolo really needs to get a climbing shifter, they don't have a sprint shifter because there is no need because of the length of the down shifters.

Paul 8v

andyp wrote:

Whoever said that was wrong. Discs aren't sanctioned for road race use by the UCI.

That's what I thought but sometime in the past Paris Roubaix has seen some oddball bikes so I thought it might be true. It can't be long before it happens...

ddraver

Paul 8v wrote:

andyp wrote:

Whoever said that was wrong. Discs aren't sanctioned for road race use by the UCI.

That's what I thought but sometime in the past Paris Roubaix has seen some oddball bikes so I thought it might be true. It can't be long before it happens...

it's a marketing thing for Colnago, nothing more

Paul 8v

ddraver wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

andyp wrote:

Whoever said that was wrong. Discs aren't sanctioned for road race use by the UCI.

That's what I thought but sometime in the past Paris Roubaix has seen some oddball bikes so I thought it might be true. It can't be long before it happens...

it's a marketing thing for Colnago, nothing more

I'll quote you on that in 3 years time



P.S this bike has nothing to do with discs, just a 2014 team Saxo bike ;-)

ddraver

oh yeah, I mean in terms of having the biek on the car/stand at the biggest race of the year. I'm an MTBer and have half a brain so I'm very much pro disc!

Paul 8v

They look horrible on road bikes but I think it's inevitable. I would never go back to V's on my MTB, it's like going back in time!

greasedscotsman

ddraver wrote:

The weirdest thing about that monstrosity is that there will still be people in Road General saying that that is a wonderful piece of fantastic design, better than anything shimano could come up with etc etc...

Wonder if Shimano do sandpaper as well?

frenchfighter

nic_77

Boonen's Ferrari :shock:






http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cn ... 5_01069877
via inrng on twitter

Crampeur

At least that paintjob wasn't his choice :shock:

Pross

That is seriously tacky!

ddraver

What is it with belgians....

thomthom

To be honest, that's quite awful.

Macaloon

I don't believe it:

Een uit de hand gelopen grap, zo omschrijft cartoonist Jeroom zijn jongste project.

It's a toy car/publicity stunt gone badly wrong. Surely?

skylla

Macaloon wrote:

I don't believe it:

Een uit de hand gelopen grap, zo omschrijft cartoonist Jeroom zijn jongste project.

It's a toy car/publicity stunt gone badly wrong. Surely?

Jeroom, the cartoonist, is a friend of Tom and they race fast cars on the race track near Spa together. Jeroom thought Tom's car - that only really stays on the race track and is not driven on public roads - looks a bit boring compared to his bike, so Tom let him have his way.

More money than sense, I say.

#700

cal_stewart

Let's hope pip doesn't do the same as he'll take it to 11 even in Belgium he got no taste

LutherB

nic_77 wrote:

Boonen's Ferrari :shock:

If i could swim with the dolphins...

http://youtu.be/2zH0OYUXQXs

above_the_cows

For the love of all that is holy! :shock: Belgians, they really don't do themselves any favours.

The car should have its own special weekly spot in my soon to launch Eurotrash Cycling Project.

I take it David Millar won't be asking Jeroom the cartoonist to design him a special pair of shoes.

Macaloon

skylla wrote:

Jeroom, the cartoonist, is a friend of Tom and they race fast cars on the race track near Spa together. Jeroom thought Tom's car - that only really stays on the race track and is not driven on public roads - looks a bit boring compared to his bike, so Tom let him have his way.

More money than sense, I say.

#700

Thanks. Shake'n'bake

Paul 8v

Jerome the Cartoonist needs to be locked up by the Belgian Police for crimes against humanity! He hasn't even got Boonen's donkey on there!

Wheelspinner

It's a Ferrari. What makes you think it showed class and taste in the first place? :twisted:

Paul 8v

Wheelspinner wrote:

It's a Ferrari. What makes you think it showed class and taste in the first place? :twisted:

At least he didn't do it to a vintage one I suppose.

RonB

Looks like one of my avatar's sex dreams come to life. Good grief!

mfin

RonB wrote:

Looks like one of my avatar's sex dreams come to life. Good grief!

that's bang on

nic_77

Wow. The other side is even better!






More pictures here for those with a strong constitution:
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cn ... id=3224427