The uphill Struggle
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feelgoodlost said:
Judging by some moronic comments on various YouTube channels, you'd think AF had come from nowhere and surprised everyone.
To say Ed was disappointed is an understatement. His Strava comments afterwards probably didn't help either.
Ed said himself that the Strava comments were posted when he was highly emotional straight after the event which may not have been the best idea.
He also said that he congratulated AF in private afterwards.
Ed is a really nice guy so I don’t believe he posted those comments in spite (for the want of a better word). He was genuinely shocked that AF had beaten him despite his best ever performance.0 -
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Wonder if using rim brakes would have got him the win?0
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Ha ha…mr.b-campag said:Wonder if using rim brakes would have got him the win?
no, 18 seconds is worth more than a couple of Watts you lose by carrying an extra 300g.
Incidentally, I just bought some Force shifters 11 on sale… incredible those weigh 310g, whereas the hydro stuff is well over 500g
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May be the beard needs to go 😉100g at least.ugo.santalucia said:
Ha ha…mr.b-campag said:Wonder if using rim brakes would have got him the win?
no, 18 seconds is worth more than a couple of Watts you lose by carrying an extra 300g.
Incidentally, I just bought some Force shifters 11 on sale… incredible those weigh 310g, whereas the hydro stuff is well over 500g0 -
Gotta say I laugh when I see pro riders toiling up a GT climb on lightweight aero bikes and clothing while wearing a gold chain.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
A lot less… haircut + body shave only yielded 40 grams of hair..webboo said:
May be the beard needs to go 😉100g at least.ugo.santalucia said:
Ha ha…mr.b-campag said:Wonder if using rim brakes would have got him the win?
no, 18 seconds is worth more than a couple of Watts you lose by carrying an extra 300g.
Incidentally, I just bought some Force shifters 11 on sale… incredible those weigh 310g, whereas the hydro stuff is well over 500g
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After 4 years of testing, today I have beaten the hour on a 25 with a road bike.
59.26 on the R25/7 course in Wales…
Just saying…
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Great achievement! Well done on a fab effort!
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That's not a bad target - very old school - well done Ugo.
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Thanks… my bike is as close as a modern race bike can get to a traditional road bike of the days… 30 mm rims, no integrated cables, no aero frame, no aero bars, rim brakes. It was important to me to reach the target without buying my way to it, if you see what I mean.
That said, next year I will replace the 42 cm bars with some 38 ones… I think they are still acceptable, I have seen old photos with folks on narrow bars
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Nice. That's how the road bike category should look imo. Not sure about the bar tape on that bike tho ;-)
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it’s amazing… matches the gold hubs
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Agree. It is ludicrous you can have 90 mm deep wheels in the road bike category, or stick normal aero bars on a TT bike and claim it is a road bike. The idea of the road bike category was to open up TTing to a wider audience who didn't want to compete in a full on arms race, but the CTT messed that up so badly.
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Ah hadn't clocked that. In which case more power to you. Congrats on the ride also.
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Good achievement. I think I would struggle to break the hour on a TT bike, no chance on a road bike!
On an equipment note. Nice to see Sram Force. I have an unsued group that I bought a while back. As I have switched to a DB winter bike it will likely never get used but I can't bring myself to sell it just in case.
I also have a pair of Rapha Classic shoes. Strangely I bought them 2 or 3 years ago, wore them 4 times and was getting issues with rubbing and hot spots so I stopped wearing them. Found them in the closet two weeks ago, tried them again and they have been perfect!
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This is the restored bike of Ralph Dougherty, with which he was the first to beat the hour in 1939 (59:29). It will be on display at the Rugby Flyer 25 race this Sunday
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Quite the drop, and I assume he was on the drops.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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It's an interesting story that of the June 1939 race in Solihull.
There were two riders who beat the hour for the first time on British roads, Ralph and another guy named George Nightingale. The latter is probably the most unlucky rider ever, as not only he was slower than Dougherty by a few seconds, but he was also seeded with a later number, so by the time he finished his race, the hour had already been beaten.
Must have been fuming...
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Btw Ugo does the yellow number mean you were technically riding in club colours? 😀
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What?
All numbers are yellow… visibility, innit…
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I thought maybe you ride for Rugby RCC (my old club) as you mentioned the event (and red and yellow are their colours)
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No, I am a good friend of the club, to the point that I have been invited to their awards dinner twice, but I am not a member.
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