Vetplant Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Interesting as it has been mentioned that BMC and DD were likely partners.... that going to leave DD without a bike sponsor!From the article: "Will BMC still be a sponsor? BMC is not expected to continue as bike supplier beyond 2018. Who will be the bike manufacturer of the team? Contract negotiations with a new bike manufacturer are currently ongoing and will be announced in due course." Door still open for BMC to be bike sponsor for DDD.
lechatnoir Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Some rest day news BMC have secured a new sponsor .. CCC will become title sponsor and so far the sole sponsor. https://www.bmc-switzerland.com/int-en/experience/the-feedzone/ccc_to_become_title_sponsor_of_continuum_sports_in_2019/ Hah! thought I remembered that team. that was the team where one of the riders pretended to be involved in a crash within the last 3km to get the same time as the winner. #PML https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/cycling-or-football-rider-apologises-after-faking-crash-and-sitting-down-in-road-380452 OK, I admit, it was one of their riders, not the team... and he did get comeuppance
Spinnekop Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 No big doping busts yet on rest day? Police raids? TdF is loosing it's touch.......
Spinnekop Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Goodness me! You guys are so grumpy on rest days....8 days of no electricity will do that to a man.
Jewbacca Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Just had a look through the cobble stage tech section and pressures are between 4 and 5 bar... I mean damn I used to run my tubs soft back in the day but not 5 bar soft. Tommy D was 4.1 front and 4.3 rear!What size tires? I am also interested to know how the disc brake setups influence tire pressure and how fast/smooth they roll. Rim shapes etc without having to have a braking surface must allow things they couldn't have before. Seeing as a number of TDF stages have been won with disc brakes it looks like the detractors might be shown that a little bit of advancement isn't a bad thing.....
Jewbacca Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 8 days of no electricity will do that to a man.Definitely enough to make you loose control of your senses!
HeadDown Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 And if you dare to call them out with evidence, they close the topic and proceed to attack people in an attempt to divert attention away from their failed attempt at stirring controversy. I saw that video of the spinning wheel, thought it looked weird and posted it here. Subsequently I’ve seen other videos showing him putting the chain back on etc. And someone mentioned the bike had been checked after the stage. So all good. I reacted to the guy that made out I was stupid, the one insinuating I’d just started cycling and your first contribution to the effect I’d been ‘schooled’. Who’s doing the attacking? Don’t answer that, as I said yesterday - over and out.
Frosty Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Some okes will argue with you all day long. Got an oke on a whatsapp group who keeps saying he can't see anything that shows Tom fixing his chain or turning the cranks by hand and for sure this polka dot guy is motor doping. I have actually just given up responding to his messages. You can lead a horse to water.......Also got the half video posted on Whatsapp. When I replied, I included a reference to the Naked Gun movie, and I was told I was grumpy... Nothing to see here, moving along (instead of please disperse). Urban Dictionary's definition:https://www.google.co.za/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3fterm=nothing%2bto%2bsee%2bhere&=truenothing to see hereShort for "nothing to see here, move along folks". A ironic or sarcastic phrase uttered by a person who feels that he/she has detected a hidden, usually unpleasant or sinister, deeper meaning of a story or event that the reporter or authority on that event wishes to conceal possibly to avoid upsetting the general public. From the police phrase, "nothing to see here move along". which is often said to a crowd of people that have collected at the scene of an accident or crime and who the officer wishes to disperse without communicating the cause of the crime or accident. The phrase is found in political commentary often on weblogs on hot button events like terrorism and political corruption.Susan: "I read in the paper that the FBI has determined that the man who shot up the Israeli airline ticket counter at LAX had no connection to terrorism." Fred: "Yeah sure, nothing to see here."#irony#sarcasm#politics#crime#corruptionby icemaniceman1111 January 10, 2009 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Eldron Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 What size tires? I am also interested to know how the disc brake setups influence tire pressure and how fast/smooth they roll. Rim shapes etc without having to have a braking surface must allow things they couldn't have before. Seeing as a number of TDF stages have been won with disc brakes it looks like the detractors might be shown that a little bit of advancement isn't a bad thing.....Most were in the 27-30mm range. Probably the biggest advantage of discs is that the brakes don't overheat the tubby glue making the tubby come off the rim on descents. Rims are also lighter of course.
DieselnDust Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Hope DD team up with cannondale as bike sponsor
Jewbacca Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Most were in the 27-30mm range. Probably the biggest advantage of discs is that the brakes don't overheat the tubby glue making the tubby come off the rim on descents. Rims are also lighter of course.I thought as much Being able to run a 28-30mm tire at low pressures with way less fear of it rolling off the rim must be magical for these guys. On another topic, I waas super surprised Sagan was caught out/wasn't interested in the attack for the win yesterday. He seemed to mark everything right up until the Belgian went. I could see him in the back of picture trying to get to the front of the group but it was weird he wasn't already there with that exact section of cobbles having been earmarked for 'the move' of the day...
'Dale Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 I thought as much Being able to run a 28-30mm tire at low pressures with way less fear of it rolling off the rim must be magical for these guys. On another topic, I waas super surprised Sagan was caught out/wasn't interested in the attack for the win yesterday. He seemed to mark everything right up until the Belgian went. I could see him in the back of picture trying to get to the front of the group but it was weird he wasn't already there with that exact section of cobbles having been earmarked for 'the move' of the day...Sagz have finished in the top 10 for all of week 1Incredulous He did say he drifted to the back to recover and then, in that instacne, there was an attack he couldn’t bridge The burden of being a marked man ????
SwissVan Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Most were in the 27-30mm range. Probably the biggest advantage of discs is that the brakes don't overheat the tubby glue making the tubby come off the rim on descents. Rims are also lighter of course.When last did u see a tubby come off during a stage race due to rim heat Not saying it can’t happen, but I don’t recall ever seeing that kind of accident
kosmonooit Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Team Sky all seem in good shape today after all that snot & trane yesterday Who's the 9th?
lechatnoir Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Most were in the 27-30mm range. Probably the biggest advantage of discs is that the brakes don't overheat the tubby glue making the tubby come off the rim on descents. Rims are also lighter of course. descents? yesterday?
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