2017 Gear

dish_dash

Depends who holds the upper hand in that negotiation. In this case I'd argue that Astana have the money and they get to pick who provides their bikes rather than the other way around. Argon 18 are lucky they get into the WT given that Bora dropped them for Sagan...

So quite right that Astana want their national colours and def no soviet red...

m.r.m.

dish_dash wrote:

Dimension Data for Qhubeka kit out...

Cav looking in tremendous shape. Probably not finished!

DD kit looks nice. Best iteration so far.

pinno

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

yourpaceormine wrote:

The Astana kit is much nicer with the black shorts. At first I did wonder if the yellow bands were still some tie in to Livewrong and the Tedious Texan (but that was ages ago); I'm sure even with their darker bits of 'history' Astana are keen to distance themselves from that period.

Many many dark moments from their history to choose from, mind

Lovely, weren't they?

kleinstroker

stunning new bikes, far better than those shitty Specialized

salsiccia1

^fair play, that's pretty nice (at least to this luddite, as far as modern bikes go)

dinyull

Is that a full FSA groupo? I knew they were trailing the prototype last season.

Richmond Racer 2

M.R.M. wrote:

dish_dash wrote:

Dimension Data for Qhubeka kit out...

Cav looking in tremendous shape. Probably not finished!

DD kit looks nice. Best iteration so far.

DiData jersey much improved without the stripes

rick_chasey

Stripes don't work if you need to break them up with big blocks for sponsor names etc.

kleinstroker

fundacontador team bike

Anonymous

Christ those bikes don't get any better looking

dinyull

And a Rotor full groupo. Be interesting to see if they're still riding it in races.

salsiccia1

kleinstroker wrote:

fundacontador team bike

That's pretty depressing. Suspended sentence at least.

specialgueststar

FdJ new woman's team kit

ridgerider

Salsiccia1 wrote:

kleinstroker wrote:

fundacontador team bike

That's pretty depressing. Suspended sentence at least.

Take another look at the Argon stem/stack arrangement and tell me the Look is somehow less elegant/aero...

bobmcstuff

kleinstroker wrote:

stunning new bikes, far better than those sh!tty Specialized

I like Argon 18 bikes and I like this colour scheme.

If I'm being picky, that would look better with slightly shallower rims.

rick_chasey

People basically like the argon 'cos it's a classic shape with (relatively) thin tubes.

inseine

Rick Chasey wrote:

People basically like the argon 'cos it's a classic shape with (relatively) thin tubes.

Cyclists are basically pretty conservative.

salsiccia1

Rick Chasey wrote:

People basically like the argon 'cos it's a classic shape with (relatively) thin tubes.

Yep. But I think bike design reached its pinnacle in the Colnago Master with C Record Deltas

inseine

I know Deltas are 'the' brakes (I even had a Colnago with Deltas) but I've never really liked them aesthetically.

m.r.m.

Well not that many 20 somethings are able to spend 6 grand plus on a bicycle. Hence the views expressed tend to skew older.

kleinstroker

Rick Chasey wrote:

People basically like the argon 'cos it's a classic shape with (relatively) thin tubes.

Well I always disliked those bent upwards top tubes of Speshs and others

yourpaceormine

I see Louis Vuitton are in talks to buy Rapha. Seeing as they have bought Pinarello (or are in the process of buying them) I would not be surprised to see Pinarello& Rapha being a double header for future sponsorship deals (assuming the Rapha deal goes through). Sky in Rapha again once the Castelli deal is up?

durhamwasp

pinno

What's with that strange, oversized rear mech?!

m.r.m.

That is the oversized pulley from Ceramic Speed.

pinno

M.R.M. wrote:

That is the oversized pulley from Ceramic Speed.

Oh yes, that eye watering expensive addition that will save you 0.0003 nano watts of energy.
I think i'll eat an extra Kola bottle instead.

Richmond Racer 2

durhamwasp wrote:

Absolute rip-off of Team Wiggins and Rapha

Target motif, colours, even the bloody typeface

dish_dash

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

durhamwasp wrote:

Absolute rip-off of Team Wiggins and Rapha

Target motif, colours, even the bloody typeface

A tad sensitive RR... agree on the similarity of the target motif and colours... but red and white are the country's colours. And to nitpick, the typeface is clearly not the same... look at the I...

Richmond Racer 2

dish_dash wrote:

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

durhamwasp wrote:

Absolute rip-off of Team Wiggins and Rapha

Target motif, colours, even the bloody typeface

A tad sensitive RR... agree on the similarity of the target motif and colours... but red and white are the country's colours. And to nitpick, the typeface is clearly not the same... look at the I...

Nah, its ripped off, Dish

Presumably the red represents the blood-letting of anyone who has been deemed a dissenter or opponent

dish_dash

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

dish_dash wrote:

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

durhamwasp wrote:

Absolute rip-off of Team Wiggins and Rapha

Target motif, colours, even the bloody typeface

A tad sensitive RR... agree on the similarity of the target motif and colours... but red and white are the country's colours. And to nitpick, the typeface is clearly not the same... look at the I...

Nah, its ripped off, Dish

Presumably the red represents the blood-letting of anyone who has been deemed a dissenter or opponent

Let's face it, the Wiggins logo or colour scheme is hardly original either...