2014 Gear
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ddraver wrote:DiscoBoy wrote:What am I looking at here? Is it a "decoupling" type thing like on the Domane? Or is it just a new frame?
Just a posh seat clamp basically...
Ah, now I see it. Haven't these been around for a while?
The tidiest solution IMO is what BMC do/did with tightening the seat post by an "angle lock" near the top of the post
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frenchfighter wrote:Contador on a Lightweight
and his single chainring:
Here you go FF, a post you made about Contador being on a LW
Also you're really more stupid than I thought if you think there is some fraud going on here, Stages will know, Garmin will know. Garmin wouldn't be a title sponsor of a rival pro team. It's outsourcing on the part of Sky and Stages. Simple business. :roll: :roll:0 -
Come on lets see you ridicule OPQS...0 -
I was reading the last few pages of this thread and thought, Frenchie's going to get presented with an OPQS pic any minute now...
Its well known that the various non-GRS teams using Garmin headsets, cover up the Garmin name0 -
I think you are missing the point a little bit... there is no denying that Contador is riding a Lightweight wheel - but he has at least gone to the trouble of masking the branding a little with the Zipp logos.
The Sky picture is only really an issue because Garmin happen to be the title sponsor of another team. So maybe a bit of black tape over the logo would have been a good idea.
That said, there are many other teams riding groupsets, wheels, saddles, bars, computers etc that they have bought in (i.e. not been sponsored to use) - should all of these logos always be obscured too?0 -
nic_77 wrote:I think you are missing the point a little bit... there is no denying that Contador is riding a Lightweight wheel - but he has at least gone to the trouble of masking the branding a little with the Zipp logos.
The Sky picture is only really an issue because Garmin happen to be the title sponsor of another team. So maybe a bit of black tape over the logo would have been a good idea.
That said, there are many other teams riding groupsets, wheels, saddles, bars, computers etc that they have bought in (i.e. not been sponsored to use) - should all of these logos always be obscured too?
But you are missing the point, they aren't trying to hide it. There will be some tie somewhere.0 -
mfin wrote:The funny thing is, if some people are so convinced that Sky are such evil powermeter led robots, I would have thought they'd want to use a more accurate power meter than Stages - that Stages themselves state as having "±2% accuracy of strain gage measured power".
(This is not me defending Sky, I don't have favourite teams, wall posters and team duvet sets).
Betcha do
All power meters have a +/- degree of accuracy - Stages is no worse. But Stages are - apparently - more accurate when it comes to O rings. Which although Bradders has eschewed ('them silly O things'), Froome and some of the others still use.0 -
I asked Fran millar, why garmins:
Fran Millar @franmillar 18m
@stevenmclean1 no reason other than they're compatible with our new power cranks "Stages"0 -
http://inrng.com/2014/05/thursday-shorts-12/
Well timed Inner Ring article on branding/ covering up.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
RichN95 wrote:I have a six pack which I rebadged so that it looks like a beer belly.
I tried to rebrand mine as a 12-pack. Apparently that doesn't work
. Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy0 -
nic_77 wrote:I think you are missing the point a little bit... there is no denying that Contador is riding a Lightweight wheel - but he has at least gone to the trouble of masking the branding a little with the Zipp logos.
The Sky picture is only really an issue because Garmin happen to be the title sponsor of another team. So maybe a bit of black tape over the logo would have been a good idea.
That said, there are many other teams riding groupsets, wheels, saddles, bars, computers etc that they have bought in (i.e. not been sponsored to use) - should all of these logos always be obscured too?
Pretty much. There are some kuckle draggers on here that dont seem to get it though.Contador is the Greatest0 -
TailWindHome wrote:http://inrng.com/2014/05/thursday-shorts-12/
Well timed Inner Ring article on branding/ covering up.
He is 3 months late on this news as those following this thread would know!Contador is the Greatest0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:mfin wrote:The funny thing is, if some people are so convinced that Sky are such evil powermeter led robots, I would have thought they'd want to use a more accurate power meter than Stages - that Stages themselves state as having "±2% accuracy of strain gage measured power".
(This is not me defending Sky, I don't have favourite teams, wall posters and team duvet sets).
Betcha do
All power meters have a +/- degree of accuracy - Stages is no worse. But Stages are - apparently - more accurate when it comes to O rings. Which although Bradders has eschewed ('them silly O things'), Froome and some of the others still use.
No I don't, I don't have room for the paraphernalia as it's all taken up mainly with My Little Pony and Justin Bieber stuff.
I think Stages is less accurate, they are saying it is ±2% compared the tech in some of the other systems, plus of course it only measures one crank arm and then multiplies it by two (because there are two crank arms, I worked this out but it took me a while, because I couldn't see the other side of the chainset in the photo I was looking at so I assumed it didn't exist ). 0 -
frenchfighter wrote:nic_77 wrote:I think you are missing the point a little bit... there is no denying that Contador is riding a Lightweight wheel - but he has at least gone to the trouble of masking the branding a little with the Zipp logos.
The Sky picture is only really an issue because Garmin happen to be the title sponsor of another team. So maybe a bit of black tape over the logo would have been a good idea.
That said, there are many other teams riding groupsets, wheels, saddles, bars, computers etc that they have bought in (i.e. not been sponsored to use) - should all of these logos always be obscured too?
Pretty much. There are some kuckle draggers on here that dont seem to get it though.
Here's the answer why they don't cover up Garmin on the head unit.
Fran Millar @franmillar 2h
@stevenmclean1 erm because they're Garmins? And it would be a bit churlish to cover the name, also Stages have a relationship with Garmin 0 -
That's an awful lot of scratching off of logos for many mechanics not working at Giant-Shimano ... Or maybe not ...0
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Abbott rocking the tiny shorts:
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Good article on Colnago:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/05/colnago-superfan/
How much money have you spent on collecting Colnago gear?
Like any good Italian man I never kiss and tell (and if my wife read this and saw the amount, I’d probably be divorced). But let’s just say I lost count in about 2008 and I never looked back!Contador is the Greatest0 -
frenchfighter wrote:nic_77 wrote:I think you are missing the point a little bit... there is no denying that Contador is riding a Lightweight wheel - but he has at least gone to the trouble of masking the branding a little with the Zipp logos.
The Sky picture is only really an issue because Garmin happen to be the title sponsor of another team. So maybe a bit of black tape over the logo would have been a good idea.
That said, there are many other teams riding groupsets, wheels, saddles, bars, computers etc that they have bought in (i.e. not been sponsored to use) - should all of these logos always be obscured too?
Pretty much. There are some kuckle draggers on here that dont seem to get it though.
I am struggling to see the problem?
They dont have a cycling computer sponsor, so what difference does it make?
Its the same with their tyres (although that might have changed), they didnt used to have a tyre sponsor and bought their own, why would they need to cover up the brand?Scott Addict 2011
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I bet that briefcase cost a pretty penny!frenchfighter wrote:Good article on Colnago:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/05/colnago-superfan/
How much money have you spent on collecting Colnago gear?
Like any good Italian man I never kiss and tell (and if my wife read this and saw the amount, I’d probably be divorced). But let’s just say I lost count in about 2008 and I never looked back!0 -
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Appalling piece of kit.Contador is the Greatest0
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Shoes of Francois Pervis:
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Check out the aero peg!
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