Hideously long aero bonce receptacles.

FocusZing

The wind tunnel streamliners slip through the air giving up every last peice of effort. Seeing them looking down giving the Chris Froome really vexes me thus, with the feckless sponsored air brake.

Pross

That's why they are generally switching to rounded helmets like the Sky / GB Kask.

Daz555

I take it we mean this sort of thing:

Good:


Good:


Bad:

FocusZing

Pross wrote:

That's why they are generally switching to rounded helmets like the Sky / GB Kask.

Yes I have seem them start to appear.

FocusZing

Daz555 wrote:

I take it we mean this sort of thing:

I know its for a short amount of time but it still annoys me, the same as a large radio stuffed down a skin suit and flapping safety pin position numbers on a £6k+ bike.

rick_chasey

Daz555 wrote:

I take it we mean this sort of thing:

Good:


Good:


Bad:

Roadie

Roadie

Triathlete

ai_1

Rick Chasey wrote:

Roadie

Roadie

Triathlete

Whether no.3 is a triathlete or not is irrelevant. There's no shortage of the same from roadies

Daz555

Here's the best tester on the planet up to no good:

RichN95.

Daz555 wrote:

Here's the best tester on the planet up to no good:

It's a handicapping system. The more he beats everyone by, the longer the fin he has to have.

FocusZing

Pross wrote:

That's why they are generally switching to rounded helmets like the Sky / GB Kask.

Makes a lot of sense for Chris Froomes head down effort style of riding.

FocusZing

rick_chasey

Ai_1 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Roadie

Roadie

Triathlete

Whether no.3 is a triathlete or not is irrelevant. There's no shortage of the same from roadies

greasedscotsman

Nothing really new with shorter aero helmets.

oscarbudgie

I have seen the future....

andy_wrx

Didn't Obree train with a bungee cord sewn into the back of his jersey which clipped to the back of his helmet ?
- forced him to keep his head in the right position

Typical Obree thinking, perfectly logical, but a bit leftfield

FocusZing

andy_wrx wrote:

Didn't Obree train with a bungee cord sewn into the back of his jersey which clipped to the back of his helmet ?
- forced him to keep his head in the right position

Typical Obree thinking, perfectly logical, but a bit leftfield

Yes. In the same way he built his TT bike beating large manufactures, brilliant eccentricity, will power.

Paul 8v

andy_wrx wrote:

Didn't Obree train with a bungee cord sewn into the back of his jersey which clipped to the back of his helmet ?
- forced him to keep his head in the right position

Typical Obree thinking, perfectly logical, but a bit leftfield

Haha, genius! As I would expect from him

Pross

I've got a club mate who is a bit Obree like in his ways if not in his riding ability. He has some velcro on the helmet point and the other half in the corresponding part of his skin suit to do the same as that Obree technique. He has also fixed a pouch to his skinsuit that his race number fits into so that everything is kept flat and doesn't flap around as it would when pinned on.

Paul 8v

That's not a bad idea, I was thinking of doing something similar as the pin holes start to knacker the skinsuit after a while and they're £100 a pop!

mm1

andy_wrx wrote:

Didn't Obree train with a bungee cord sewn into the back of his jersey which clipped to the back of his helmet ?
- forced him to keep his head in the right position

Typical Obree thinking, perfectly logical, but a bit leftfield

Not new either, Maitre Jacques worked obsessively on holding his egg shaped tuck and Alf Engers position and ability to hold it were pretty good.

The don't look down mantra has been hammered for years for safety reasons, but everyone does it.

morstar

It would be interesting to see what positions and gear Boardman and Obree would bring if they were still riding. Obviously Obree would be more likely to be radical but Boardman would be at the forefront of refining the more traditional position.

FocusZing

Brilliant win for Sir Bradley Wiggins, Great to see the Union Jack balance to the line. Looking forward to David Millars team.

Daz555

Paul 8v wrote:

That's not a bad idea, I was thinking of doing something similar as the pin holes start to knacker the skinsuit after a while and they're £100 a pop!

The pins thing is so 1930s it is crazy. Surely by now we can come up with a sensible solution!

cougie

I use race belts for triathlon - you need to have the number on your back for the bike and on the front for the run - so you pin to an elastic belt and you can turn it round. It flaps at the bottom - but maybe you could do a double belt ?

frenchfighter

Daz555 wrote:

Good:

Stylistically fantastic.

JackPozzi

cougie wrote:

I use race belts for triathlon - you need to have the number on your back for the bike and on the front for the run - so you pin to an elastic belt and you can turn it round. It flaps at the bottom - but maybe you could do a double belt ?

People have tried that but the belts tend to move towards each other apparently

Daz555

frenchfighter wrote:

Daz555 wrote:

Good:

Stylistically fantastic.

I reckon it is my favourite ever bike/kit/lid combo.

Hmm, or perhaps this one from TOB 2014:

Paul 8v

JackPozzi wrote:

cougie wrote:

I use race belts for triathlon - you need to have the number on your back for the bike and on the front for the run - so you pin to an elastic belt and you can turn it round. It flaps at the bottom - but maybe you could do a double belt ?

People have tried that but the belts tend to move towards each other apparently

I did see some magnets somewhere, they weren't cheap but they were cheaper than buying new numbers all the time. Especially when some people fold them up to make them smaller and trash them

frenchfighter

^I like the kit better but much prefer the bike im the first.

Paul 8v

He's using a different tri spoke these days by the looks of it, I think it was a de-badged HED before?

philbar72

Used a pro tri spoke, the newest one out. Supposed to be the best tri spoke out there....