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And it was his second conviction for failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
Unbelievable. I must check my driving licence to see if there is some small print allowing me to do whatever the bloody hell I like without fear of blame or retribution.
I have a memory of the commentary on the stage that got him busted, after he took off like a rocket one of the commentators remarked that Riccò "reminded him of a young Pantani". Am I making that up? It made me feel slightly sick at the time.
Ah, I didn't realise there was more.
Not what I'm looking for at the moment - when I come back from Abu Dhabi I've promised to buy myself a nice commuter/town bike to round off the collection.
But I still would be surprised if they sell many of those as singlespeeds.
Very nice bling there, but where is the Celeste bling?
What's the benefit of having the metal taken out?
And does it apply to someone that isn't a professional cyclist?
I ask, as i'm typing this with a load of screws attached to my Collar bone...
In theory .... and please correct me if I'm wrong cos I'd really like a definative answer on this subject too.
Longer cranks are longer levers and therefore allow you to generate more leverage (force) over a shorter lever.
However, longer cranks have a larger rotational circle and therefore they require an additional energy input to maintain a given number of revs (over shorter cranks).
As power = force x time one kinda negates the other ..... I think.
I'm 6' 1" and have used everything between 170's and 177.5's before settling on 175's.
I noticed a big leverage / slower rev scenario with the 177.5's and, in my case, as the circle subscribed by my foot, knee and hip was bigger I got groin strain issues - but this could have been the use of big gears in TT's.
175's just feel right for me.
Ain't it odd how the baseline standard here (as with a lot of bike standards over the years) is probably the one some French geezer came up with in a factory cos that was the length of metal rod, tube, etc he had to hand - BB sheel widths (why 68mm?), old school steel frame tubes, etc.
All nice designs and , again, very wearable...but I can't help echoing the sentiments of davebinks.
I have a Santini LS jersey that is predominantly black , save for one white sleeve.
This creates an 'optical illusion' of a smaller target i.e. 'one arm missing' and I have on occasion been missed by a hair's breadth because of this.
I know jerseys of this 'mono' colour scheme look great, but safety is/should be paramount...so how about the jersey design coming in a few different colour schemes...much like the type Shutt already produce?
bit of a schlep from Bath
"He wouldn’t have expected somebody to be walking in the road on that side at night."
Eh ????? Isn't that what you're supposed to do ????
As a car driver I anticipate there being possible
obstructions on my side because of this !!!!!!
70 days jain and a 12 month ban for leaving the guy for dead? What a joke.
You get more than that for failing to pay your TV license.
Your right Jo, I would come up with some lame excuse about laying the power down too hard but I think thats not the case.
that rear wheel's not in right
phoar that is some pretty special kit... nice article too!
maybe that fella in Tokyo is investigating too
That's the Bath Uni cycling club kit, we sponsor them. road.cc's own lycra is on its way back mind...
Nice article. I agree, when does the road.cc kit go up for schwag grab of the week!
sweet colours! can't help but think i've seen the leg warmers somewhere before though...
that kit is cool, I didn't know road.cc had kit?! where can I get some of that lycra?
Nice kit!
NICE! I should really paint mine...
I think that Decster has hit the nail on the head. Bye bye Lance
Given all the comments about last year's event, I think you are going to have to let us know how you've improved things first. And why so expensive? I just did an Evans for £12 and their expensive ones are £18.
nope he actually lost one as a result. maybe the lance effect is wearing off?
I've used Shimano PD-A525s for years (sourcing them might be a problem!) - they are road-specific one sided SPDs, and they are Rock Solid. for anything other than all out road racing, I'd still recommend them over the look and speedplay types for quality, convenience (especially for shoes) and reliability. MTB SPDs are different beasts.
he's a gonner, it is now a matter of how much comes out and not that he doped but how he ran the doping, the bribes, the fruad....it's a long list of dirt and i think the doping is the least smelly...