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Bike at Bedtime - Europcar’s Colnago C59 100th Edition Tour Special
Tommy Voeckler’s Europcar team rolled into the Tour de France’s centenary edition on some very special bikes.
The Colnago C59 frame is a lugged carbon design and is the dream bike of many a fan of the Italian brand. The traditional double triangle design creates a bike that is superbly balanced, making it a dream to ride on twisty descents as the Tour found on the Corsican roads back in 2013.
Fans of Colnago will be happy to see that Europcar did things properly with an all-Italian spec sheet. Well, that is if you gloss-over the Hutchinson tyres and Look pedals. But let’s not get bogged down with those minor details.
The groupset comes from none other than Campagnolo, who provided their own 80th-anniversary special-edition components.
The Super Record EPS groupset features the beautiful 5-arm chainsets that we miss rather a lot.
Campagnolo’s Bora Ultra 50mm carbon tubular wheels with ceramic bearings were a natural choice.
Deda provided the stem and handlebar while a Selle Italia saddle sat atop the carbon seatpost.
Unfortunately for Europcar, their race was largely unsuccessful, though Pierre Rolland did spend quite a bit of time in the Polka Dot jersey before losing it to a young Nairo Quintana.
Son of a Marathon runner, Nephew of a National 24hr Champion, the racing genetics have completely passed him by. After joining the road.cc staff in 2016 as a reviewer, Liam quickly started writing feature articles and news pieces. After a little time living in Canada, where he spent most of his time eating poutine, Liam returned with the launch of DealClincher, taking over the Editor role at the start of 2018. At the weekend, Liam can be found racing on the road both in the UK and abroad, though he prefers the muddy fields of cyclocross. To date, his biggest race win is to the front of the cafe queue.
I moved my junction box to down by the bottom bracket, just below the bottle cage....
As others have said, there should be nothing wrong with an 'as new' 2013 bike. Your bike shop was just trying to flog you a new bike!...
We've been chuntering on here about Rose bikes stopping deliveries to the UK - sign of things to come, perhaps? ...
Is the inner width actually any different, or is it the same 11/128" as with last few generations of speeds ? 10-12 and maybe 9 speed just reduced...
Not really due to the limit on assistance and requirement to pedal. The corollary would be the need for insurance, mot etc.
If 4 in 10 haven't read the HC in 20 years, no wonder so many drivers don't know what an asl is....
You have that back to front. You told me what the outcome would be in Essex based on your experience of Lancs. You tried to impose your experiences...
Excellent injury picture on that story.
It was Fuji. They owned the trademark in America and had licensed it to Specialized for bikes and components. The small Toronto bike shop was named...
but that in itself is useful information, if the council have put what they think is a top class cycle route or even just some adequate provision...