2017 Tiny Tours Thread

blazing_saddles

andyp wrote:

stretchy wrote:

I think we have the number 1 member of the disc brake fan club here.

Is that the best you can come up with? He's just thoroughly debunked the allegation that Doull's injuries had something to do with disc rotors and all you can do is make a snide comment.

Not if today's developments mean anything he hasn't:-

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/rac ... day-315119

Hansen discussed whether Doull’s injuries could have been caused by the leg of a rusty barrier surrounding the flamme rouge which the riders appeared to collide with in the crash.

The Australian said that in his opinion it was difficult to see a barrier causing the cuts the Doull’s shoe and foot.

“It went through two layers of his shoe, the inner layer and leather. If was a jersey or shorts, that would’ve been bad.

“It is a clean cut, but no barrier I’ve looked at had something that could cut like that. It could seriously harm you and you could break bones on it, but to cut leather? No.”

“When there is a crash, bikes get thrown around, it is not that they just go A to B. They bounce off of riders or walls, so it’s really hard to determine that it was not the disc. It looks like there was a crash, there was disc brakes involved and there’s a pretty clean cut on a rider.”

And since then:-

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/rac ... two-315129

Anyhow, the debate is a hot, social media topic. So, please carry on, men.

dav1d1

Kittel comes from no where to win the sprint

yorkshireraw

Dav1d1 wrote:

Kittel comes from no where to win the sprint

Disc brakes are finished....

inseine

Ewen does just enough to loose. Do these guys never learn?

jimmythecuckoo

Cav is finished.

ridgerider

inseine wrote:

Ewen does just enough to loose. Do these guys never learn?

I hope they don't...it's always amusing when it happens.

RichN95.

inseine wrote:

Ewen does just enough to loose. Do these guys never learn?

It's happened to more experienced riders to him, and in bigger races. He's learnt the hard way.

onyourright

Imagine nearly beating Kittel and Cavendish for the first time and then losing that like this, though. Definitely the hard way to learn.

inseine

It's happened to more experienced riders to him, and in bigger races.

That's exactly why he should have known better. Would've been a big win. Remember it was only last year that Cav beat Kittel for the first time.

dav1d1

Quintana attacks with 9km to go!

blazing_saddles

Dav1d1 wrote:

Quintana attacks with 9km to go!

Then sat up for the next 8.9 kms.

The Abu Dhabi showdown turned out to be the Abu Dhabi dud.

gweeds

Dear me. What was that all about?

RichN95.

Contador and Quintana seemed to forget there were other people in the race.

blazing_saddles

Anybody not all raced out can watch the final 60kms of the Classic Ardeche here:-

http://www.streaming-hub.com/lequipe-21-live/

imatfaal

After the sheer joy and utter toughness of two good belgian classics racing around a dark wet anodyne motor racing circuit looks terrible - damn I hope that isn't the future of racing

dav1d1

32km to go, peloton 6" back

Mad_Malx

So it was dry in Belgium and it's soaking in Abu

blazing_saddles

King Caleb of the Crits.