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  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    pinarello001 wrote:
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxieWLz7oGuFyGADanye_DUYhaXuNDH2g88CC3PCn62pZ9ojwGFA

    Now that's a bike (not to mention the rider). Hope the hour is restored as something that every true champion wants in their palmares.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,466
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    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... ike/323383
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    TailWindHome wrote:
    dsc_8611_670.jpg
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... ike/323383
    Awesome!
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Awesome!

    Do you think? Looks utterly bland to me and the wheels look terrible.
  • tom3
    tom3 Posts: 287
    I never realised they could do it on what is essentially a pursuit bike.

    Wiggo could potentially take the record out of sight.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Awesome!

    Do you think? Looks utterly bland to me and the wheels look terrible.

    A link out of the chain would help.
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  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    Paul 8v wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    I'm not following why anyone cares if the bike is hideous or not. :? It's the record that matters. Right? :? If the bike is within whatever rules are set up, by whomever, then hideous or not it got the job done.
    Because the Lotus one did it better and it looked the Bo**ocks, that's why. When I was a kid I had a picture of the Lotus on my wall. If I'd had the Corima I wouldn't have been able to sleep at night :lol:

    A true excellent piece of design performs a function whilst looking beautiful, lets not get in to this again, it's about the hour record... :wink:

    I'm looking forward to seeing what Jensies' bike looks like, if it doesn't say SHUT UP LEGS on the down tube in massive letters I will be disappointed (I would forgive SHUT UP HOUR)

    When I was entertaining vague notions of going I was thinking of making a banner that said SHUT UP TIME - the obvious double meaning of not wanting him to retire and the hour thing.
    I'm left handed, if that matters.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Awesome!

    Do you think? Looks utterly bland to me and the wheels look terrible.
    I think the wheels are pretty cool,makes it look like a giant stopwatch. It still needs SHUT UP HOUR written on the downtube though.

    Treks always look bland to be fair (apart from Fabu's one) but they do work very well :-)
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,600
    TailWindHome wrote:
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    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... ike/323383

    It's fugly.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    OnYourRight wrote:
    it’s the rest of the bike that looks like a wind-tunnel experiment.

    Maybe that's because it IS? What else are TT bikes other than wind tunnel experiments? :?
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    dennisn wrote:
    OnYourRight wrote:
    it’s the rest of the bike that looks like a wind-tunnel experiment.

    Maybe that's because it IS? What else are TT bikes other than wind tunnel experiments? :?

    Please stop making posts I agree with Dennis. It confuses me.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,335
    Is Boardman's hour bike within the pursuit rules? Or in other words, should his record be reinstated?
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  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    No, superman position, bars too far forward of the bottom bracket. The saddle may be too far forward too.
  • Runtothehills
    Runtothehills Posts: 184
    edited September 2014
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Is Boardman's hour bike within the pursuit rules? Or in other words, should his record be reinstated?

    I presume you're referring to his 1996 hour record? If so that was set in the 'superman' position which I believe is still disallowed, being outside the current limits for track bikes.

    Edit: his 1993 record may still be ok though. All Wikipedia says is 'triathlon handlebar' now I know triathlon TT bikes have different geometry rules to road TT ones but I'm not sure how they relate to rules on the track. Also if the 1993 record was ok Romingers's 1994 may count.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Very long legs, very long arms and a short body. I know where I went wrong...

    I guess his anatomy is such that it is conducive to being relatively aerodynamic.

    I dunno - those arms look so long that there would surely be a lot of drag ?
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    If a carbon bike with tribars and disc wheels doesnt shatter the hour record - I'll eat my hat.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    edited September 2014
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Is Boardman's hour bike within the pursuit rules? Or in other words, should his record be reinstated?

    Assuming you mean his Corima? If it is still valid, then why not Rominger's?

    Tony_Rominger_Colnago1.jpg

    and check out the size of the chainring!

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Assuming you mean his Corima? If it is still valid, then why not Rominger's?
    Different sized wheels for a start.
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    OnYourRight wrote:
    it’s the rest of the bike that looks like a wind-tunnel experiment.

    Maybe that's because it IS? What else are TT bikes other than wind tunnel experiments? :?

    Please stop making posts I agree with Dennis. It confuses me.

    Sorry, won't happen again. I'll make sure to disagree or say something really stupid about literally everything. :wink:
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,335
    TailWindHome wrote:
    dsc_8611_670.jpg
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... ike/323383

    Well, I guess it is supposed to be fast rather than pretty...

    Pretty damn awful though.... :roll:
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    dennisn wrote:
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    OnYourRight wrote:
    it’s the rest of the bike that looks like a wind-tunnel experiment.

    Maybe that's because it IS? What else are TT bikes other than wind tunnel experiments? :?

    Please stop making posts I agree with Dennis. It confuses me.

    Sorry, won't happen again. I'll make sure to disagree or say something really stupid about literally everything. :wink:

    There isn't one answer to what is the best aero bike, it is all about choices and compromises. Some people will like some better than others and aesthetic value of the bike (I know you hate the concept) is not totally dictacted by the wind tunnel numbers.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    More pics here
    http://road.cc/content/news/130168-jens ... ed-concept

    Looks pretty striking with lots of neat Jens style graphics
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    From Jens the office T-Shirt


    http://twitter.com/thejensie/status/511084900888621056
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    OK let's get down to the important business - does anyone know who Eurosport are going to have commentating on this? I'm rather hoping it'll be Carlton just to see how he plays it.
    Yep, Kirby is doing it. Eurosport lending the event an element of interactivity by giving the viewer an idea of what it's like to endure an hour of pain.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    thegibdog wrote:
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    OK let's get down to the important business - does anyone know who Eurosport are going to have commentating on this? I'm rather hoping it'll be Carlton just to see how he plays it.
    Yep, Kirby is doing it. Eurosport lending the event an element of interactivity by giving the viewer an idea of what it's like to endure an hour of pain.


    Even with good commentary the hour is f@cking boring.
    _
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    My question is how do they get those pictures of the bike without any help keeping it upright?

    Does someone just push it into the line of the camera?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    My question is how do they get those pictures of the bike without any help keeping it upright?

    Does someone just push it into the line of the camera?
    It's propped up against a support hidden behind the wheel. You can see it here.

    dsc_8584_670.jpg
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Wow, that's magic!
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Just set the Sky+ to record Jens' Hour Attempt and it asked me if I wanted record the series.

    What do Sky know that we don't ;) ?
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    Perhaps he's planning to do what I saw a swimmer do once and keep going to break the 12 and 24 hour records after smashing the hour.
    I'm left handed, if that matters.

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