2019 Pro Race Gear

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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    inseine wrote:
    I suppose this should be part of a 2019 thread, but AG2R are switching from Factor to Eddy Merckx bikes. It’s sounds good but the Factors are lovely

    they are lovely, what a real bike should look like
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Eddy Merckx bikes used to have lovely paint jobs.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Pinno wrote:
    Eddy Merckx bikes used to have lovely paint jobs.
    The new ones are very retro. They seem to be named after his victories. Are they owned by Ridley?
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • poptart242
    poptart242 Posts: 531
    I wonder if Factor are going to stay in the world tour. Agree they're very good looking. Maybe EF are looking for some new bikes as the Cannondale contract is coming to an end? Factor bikes and Rapha kit would be excellent IMO.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    inseine wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Eddy Merckx bikes used to have lovely paint jobs.
    The new ones are very retro. They seem to be named after his victories. Are they owned by Ridley?

    ? No idea. Curious now.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Eddy Merckx bikes used to have lovely paint jobs.
    The new ones are very retro. They seem to be named after his victories. Are they owned by Ridley?

    ? No idea. Curious now.

    no

    he sold the company and those guys ran it into the ground (went from Eddy Merckx to Merckx) then someone else bought it and bought EM back in the picture and started making their frames in Belgium again.

    Cyclist mag did a big piece on them last year.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    They are owned by the same company that owns Ridley (along with some other cycling brands like HJC)

    Edit: From cycling news, "Eddy Merckx Bikes comes under the umbrella group of Belgian Cycling Factory, which also owns Ridley, HJC (helmets), Forza (saddles) and BCF Cycling Wear."
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    joey54321 wrote:
    They are owned by the same company that owns Ridley (along with some other cycling brands like HJC)

    Edit: From cycling news, "Eddy Merckx Bikes comes under the umbrella group of Belgian Cycling Factory, which also owns Ridley, HJC (helmets), Forza (saddles) and BCF Cycling Wear."
    I assumed there was some tie up . The pictures I’ve seen are all retro looking aluminum bikes. Look nice enough but obviously not what the pros will be riding.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Can't say that they rock my boat...

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    gsk82 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    I’ve been told that it’s not this bike, which is a 3 year old design. New bike to come
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    inseine wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    I’ve been told that it’s not this bike, which is a 3 year old design. New bike to come
    a 3 year olds design is more like it
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    I’ve been told that it’s not this bike, which is a 3 year old design. New bike to come
    a 3 year olds design is more like it
    Harsh
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    No longer pro race gear (booo) but Factor have come out with a gravel type bike, with external hinge fork too. I like it

    vista_stone_grey_r45_add_background-1539940963878-2ne0alemf6up-1200-80.jpg
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    inseine wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    I’ve been told that it’s not this bike, which is a 3 year old design. New bike to come
    a 3 year olds design is more like it
    Harsh
    repainted Ribbles.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    I’ve been told that it’s not this bike, which is a 3 year old design. New bike to come
    a 3 year olds design is more like it
    Harsh
    repainted Ribbles.

    Thats what i thought, they have a look of the sort of generic frame that loads of "bike companies" paint their own way.
  • rollemynot
    rollemynot Posts: 436
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    I hope Factor stay in the peloton because that ^^ dies nothing for me

    'Fugly' I think, is the word you are looking for. I quite agree.

    I wouldn't even say fugly. Its just a nothing bike, not even worthy of an opinion.
    I’ve been told that it’s not this bike, which is a 3 year old design. New bike to come
    a 3 year olds design is more like it
    Harsh
    repainted Ribbles.

    Thats what i thought, they have a look of the sort of generic frame that loads of "bike companies" paint their own way.

    I think it’s ter-ribble...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,511
    Rollemynot wrote:
    I think it’s ter-ribble...

    I'll get your coat.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rollemynot
    rollemynot Posts: 436
    Pinno wrote:
    Rollemynot wrote:
    I think it’s ter-ribble...

    I'll get your coat.

    Thanks
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    All the swoopiness you'd expect from a pinarello bike, this time in 'Gravil' guise. With added 'forkflap'.
    2019-Pinarello-Grevil_650b-carbon-gravel-road-bike_complete.jpg
    2019-Pinarello-Grevil_650b-carbon-gravel-road-bike_Grevil.jpg
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,719
    I really can't work out what I think of those...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Aero optimized details, including 'forkflap'. That'll make all the difference on gravel.
    2019-Pinarello-Grevil_650b-carbon-gravel-road-bike_frame-details.jpg
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    I actually prefer it to the road going Pinarellos. Kinked top tube looks like a CX.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    fork flap? Piss flap more like it. truly fugly
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    First shots of the new AG2R bikes:

    ALM_Eddy-Merckx-Team-Bike_1.jpg

    https://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/ ... sque-2020/
    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.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Nice to see Campag (though not much of it) and hopefully it'll be nicer in smaller sizes.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    Ugly and generic looking, ain't got nothing on last year's Factor bike imo.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    joey54321 wrote:
    Ugly and generic looking, ain't got nothing on last year's Factor bike imo.

    +1 to that. The Factors was up there among the best looking.
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