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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,533
    Not much different from a Nibali car sling that.
  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    edited August 2016
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    [edit] here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSw3L46B46A&list=PLUdAMlZtaV13xg4FB8N8eMgRtVjEonQbE&index=3
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    philwint wrote:
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    I'm told he and G were both on K8's for the earlier stages and swapped for an F8 XLight.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    JSCL wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    I'm told he and G were both on K8's for the earlier stages and swapped for an F8 XLight.

    Then that pacing back was taking the p1ss
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    I'm told he and G were both on K8's for the earlier stages and swapped for an F8 XLight.

    Then that pacing back was taking the p1ss

    Not commenting on that.

    But apparently different wheels and pressure combo's for the first parts too.
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  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    I'm told he and G were both on K8's for the earlier stages and swapped for an F8 XLight.

    Then that pacing back was taking the p1ss

    Massively.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Is it just me who keeps thinking the Brits are French and the French are Italians?
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Yeah, it does seem to be fine to tactically swap bikes and get assistance these days - it just usually occurs in TTS rather than road races.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Germcevoy wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    I'm told he and G were both on K8's for the earlier stages and swapped for an F8 XLight.

    Then that pacing back was taking the p1ss

    Massively.


    Totes
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    thegibdog wrote:
    Yeah, it does seem to be fine to tactically swap bikes and get assistance these days - it just usually occurs in TTS rather than road races.

    Yeah. Some of the pushes they get in TTs these days are ridic - anything up to a hundred metres uphill seems fair game.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Germcevoy wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    philwint wrote:
    Froome does have a super light dogma (GCN had a look at it during the tour), maybe he wants it for the bigger hills, but didn't trust it on the cobbles?

    I'm told he and G were both on K8's for the earlier stages and swapped for an F8 XLight.

    Then that pacing back was taking the p1ss

    Massively.


    Totes

    Blates.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,533
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.

    Welcome to racing without race radios! :)

    It adds a different level...
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.

    Damn straight. If they win it, then fair enough, but it's like GB don't know any other way to race. Not every race is a pan flat like Copenhagen.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,533
    JSCL wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.

    Welcome to racing without race radios! :)

    It adds a different level...

    It's got nothing to do with race radios. There will be someone in Team GB that thinks this is excellent tactics.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.

    Damn straight. If they win it, then fair enough, but it's like GB don't know any other way to race. Not every race is a pan flat like Copenhagen.
    But come on... he's causing riders like Poels and others to go out the back. It's a pretty impressive ride non-the-less.
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  • jscl
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    Cummings pop.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    JSCL wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Is that Cummings still on the front? I don't even care if GB win, it's just a foolish waste of talent.

    Damn straight. If they win it, then fair enough, but it's like GB don't know any other way to race. Not every race is a pan flat like Copenhagen.
    But come on... he's causing riders like Poels and others to go out the back. It's a pretty impressive ride non-the-less.

    It is impressive, but the gap is 2 minutes with 80km to go, and 3 laps of a hilly circuit. Why waste arguably the rider best suited to the course and in such good form?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,533
    ....and that's the end of Cummings.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    edited August 2016
    JSCL wrote:
    Cummings pop.

    I don't get the point if that, burn out a rider with 74k to go now down to 4 chances!?
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    TheBigBean wrote:
    ....and that's the end of Cummings.

    You mean he's finished? Like Cav?
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,033
    What the heck was that bang ~30 secs ago?
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    FocusZing wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Cummings pop.[/quote

    I don't get the point if that, buen out a rider with 74k to go now down to 4 chances!?


    3 - stannard long gone.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Now we have a Russian out the front dropping everyone.

    Pitchforks at the ready!
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  • The_Boy
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    NitrousOxide wrote:
    What the heck was that bang ~30 secs ago?

    Car back firing. Or a massive bomb. Or Boardman was in fact eating beans earlier.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,533
    The_Boy wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    ....and that's the end of Cummings.

    You mean he's finished? Like Cav?

    Just a temporary thing. He'll be back in trade colours soon riding sensibly and winning races without the hindrance of team GB tactics.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    The_Boy wrote:
    FocusZing wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Cummings pop.[/quote

    I don't get the point if that, buen out a rider with 74k to go now down to 4 chances!?


    3 - stannard long gone.

    Fook, I had a beer and a consequential nap, missed that.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,973
    So excuse my ignorance but what are/were GBs tactics in riding at the front so much. I just don't get it.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Dabber wrote:
    So excuse my ignorance but what are/were GBs tactics in riding at the front so much. I just don't get it.

    I think Rod forgot he only had five men in total, not nine.
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Someone remind me of the distance G went solo at RideLondon...
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