Pedaleur de Charme

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  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Cummings again for me. Looks absolutely wonderful on a bike - like he was born to ride it. That ridiculous stem helps, must be more like steering a boat than a bike

    Nairo and Adam Blythe as well
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Yeh Quintana seems to buck the "small person rule"
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Milton50 wrote:
    Yeh Quintana seems to buck the "small person rule"

    Some styles look slow, even when they're not.

    I put Kiryenka and Quintana in that bracket.

    I like a bit of dynamism in the style.
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  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Yeh Quintana seems to buck the "small person rule"

    Some styles look slow, even when they're not.

    I put Kiryenka and Quintana in that bracket.

    I like a bit of dynamism in the style.
    Like lil Kenny? :lol:
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Pete Kennaugh?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,430
    No love for Cancellara?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    No love for Cancellara?

    Retired innit ;).
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Pross wrote:
    Pete Kennaugh?



    Yusss. Looks great on a bike, does PK
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Style is a word used a lot in cycling. On one level it’s very practical. It helps quantify form and efficiency. A good riding style is efficient because more power goes into the pedals per calorie of energy burned, but the style we are talking about here is so much more than that.

    Cycling is very visual. It’s quite graceful too when you think about it. A bicycle transfers the up and down motion of the rider’s legs into smoothly spinning wheels, and the most stylish riders do that with the greatest grace.
    http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/lates ... ime-160810

    Not current but interesting subjective list of 25.
    Coppi used to say that when he was riding well he felt like he was pedalling from his kidneys. We think what he meant was he felt like his body was held rigid so that his legs could press down on the pedals from a rock solid platform. Translate that to what we know now and Coppi is talking about core strength. So, if you want an explanation for why he was so good that’s it: Coppi had phenomenal strength in his lower back and legs.
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    I'm late to this - not looked thru the other pages - but I take it it's just

    'Contador'

    no?
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Cruff wrote:
    Adam Blythe
    Pah!The cycling equivalent of mutton dressed as lamb, with his ridiculous sunbed tan and white shorts, rides a bike like a blancmange balanced on a broom handle.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    ...
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    josame wrote:
    I'm late to this - not looked thru the other pages - but I take it it's just

    'Contador'

    no?

    No. Contador looks like a dog itching its arse when he's shuffling back and forth on the TT bike and his gurning against the gear when he's stood climbing looks terrible.

    Kiri - obvs.

    Nieve - not sure why but his style is really distinctive. It looks a bit like he's got a really wide q-factor which sounds like it shouldn't look good but it does. And he descends quite distinctively as well but again, can't say why.

    Cummings - not so much the style of pedalling but just loitering casually around the back with seemingly no intent...
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Steve Cummings, professional cycling's equivalent of a goal hanger
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Cruff wrote:
    Adam Blythe
    Pah!The cycling equivalent of mutton dressed as lamb, with his ridiculous sunbed tan and white shorts, rides a bike like a blancmange balanced on a broom handle.
    Bol
    Locks
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Pete Kennaugh?



    Yusss. Looks great on a bike, does PK

    Oh yes, Lil' Pete. One of my men.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Did anyone mention Dan Martin yet? :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    I always thought Fondriest looked the nuts. Cancellers and Boonen as well.

    Current riders. GvA always looks good. Nice form.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    Kloeden looked incredible on a bike his upper body never even twitched. Of the current lot definitely valverde jungels and zoidol
  • Rodrego Hernandez
    Rodrego Hernandez Posts: 1,436
    Roche - even now he looks great on a bike despite carrying a little more baggage than when he was younger.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Rodrego Hernandez wrote:
    Roche - even now he looks great on a bike despite carrying a little more baggage than when he was younger.

    Bit harsh on Nicolas that.....
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Can we do this as a vote at the end of the Giro?

    Probably have to do some nominations first.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    But a vote would suggest we value everyone's opinion equally.... ;-) ;-)
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  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Ummmm. How much is my vote worth in this totalitarian thread?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    After the Tour of California the opposite Pedaleur de Merde list should add Ian Boswell to the list. What a mess.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Well, that list would be a good incentive to concentrate on core strength.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    Some wag on twitter dubbed Dumoulin 'Pedaleur de Charmin'
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    Some wag on twitter dubbed Dumoulin 'Pedaleur de Charmin'

    :D
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    In terms of smaller riders, I was thinking Yates looked good on the bike today.

    There are some riders who look wrong but somehow manage to look good at the same time. Sagan and Katie Archibald fall into that category for me. Some riders look so wrong though that they're beyond redemption. Alessandro Ballan is one that springs to mind.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    I don't especially like Yates' pedalling style, he looks (they both look) very fixed and upright. He also churns a well high gear.

    I thought Rolland looked pretty good in the finale yesterday. Wasn't gurning too much. Landa has been on TV a lot and he looks pretty fluid.

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