2016 Gear

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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Not to be used in pro peloton any time soon

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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,712
    ^^ I don't care if it's aero, or super strong, or any other marketing spin... that humped stem and crazy bar alignment thing is just plain ugly.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,719
    Not to be used in pro peloton any time soon

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    ...kinda dig that...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    back end = tidy

    front end = minging
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  • shipley
    shipley Posts: 549
    maddog 2 wrote:
    back end = tidy

    front end = minging

    Yep - agreed
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    That bike makes me want to be a bit sick in my mouth
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Shipley wrote:
    maddog 2 wrote:
    back end = tidy

    front end = minging

    Yep - agreed

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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Quite Like This Paint job for Valverde @Rio

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  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    Yeah I do like that colour. Still not keen on the bike though
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    ddraver wrote:
    Not to be used in pro peloton any time soon

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    ...kinda dig that...

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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    ^the stem - tops- hoods line is all wrong, I'd say.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Shame it looks so bad from the side cos I think that bar/stem setup looks cool from the front (IMO)
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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    Graphene.

    "Revolutions don’t come along that often in cycling, but Dassi, a UK bike manufacturer focusing on bike customisation, claims to have started one with the presentation of the world’s first bike frame containing graphene.

    Launched yesterday from the company’s headquarters in Hartley Wintney in Hampshire, the company’s frame weighs 750g, although it claims that this could be more than halved to just 350g at some point in the future."

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/pro ... ZgUdOWF.99
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    It begins. I was wondering how long it would be before this was made in to a frame. I wonder how it rides?
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    It does sound like a bit of a different angle to make it stand out from the rest.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
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    Adam Blythe's jersey. Much better the the small flag affairs we've seen on some national champs lately. Hope we're not to be treated to white shorts though :D
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    edited August 2016
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    Specialized’s Rio 2016 bikes will change colour in the heat. Bikes and helmets will change from orange to yellow when the temperature hits 22ºC

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/videos/c ... n-the-heat
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    So Specialized are making yellow bikes for Rio then?
  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    going to have to dig out my old Global Hypercolour t-shirt!
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    I had hotwheels cars as a kid that would do the same thing... change colour in the heat, it was AMAZING...
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Quite Like This Paint job for Valverde @Rio

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    I presume its a nod to his old nickname "The Green Bullet"?

    He's got to be a big this weekend.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Timoid. wrote:
    Quite Like This Paint job for Valverde @Rio

    I presume its a nod to his old nickname "The Green Bullet"?

    He's got to be a big this weekend.

    OT I know, but I would bloody LOVE Purito to do him over.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,719
    FocusZing wrote:
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    They had just got those in at the Concept store where the club leaves from. Have to say they are phenominally cool. Orange when cold and yellow when hot btw.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    ddraver wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
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    They had just got those in at the Concept store where the club leaves from. Have to say they are phenominally cool. Orange when cold and yellow when hot btw.
    Yeah which was my point - it's going to be above 22c the whole time surely, so they may as well have just made yellow bikes for Rio...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,719
    I wonder what happens with a 50kph wind over it though... Is that going to make "cool streaks" in orange down it.....oh mate I hope it makes cool streaks down it...
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    I guess now we will know during the next cold Milan-San Remo if someone pees on the bike... :lol:
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    They might stick them in a fridge:)
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,172
    Quite fancy an orange bike, doesn't get above 22 much in Yorkshire.

    Edit- Straight after posting it hit me: This would show any motor heat pdq in the classics
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    So if this Specialized bike turns yellow near the bottom bracket, it will be proof that there's a motor inside.

    Wheelie Pete has got the MTB version (see the clear evidence of a motor in the top right picture)

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    (I'm not serious about the motor)
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