Pinarello bike porn: Filippo Ganna’s supersonic Olympic TT machine; Pizza taped to top tubes and potato pouches; Anna van der Breggen stopped from riding course by official; G up for “one more push”; 3D scanners aero gains + more on the live blog
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Wout van Aert's Tour de France skinsuit up for auction...but it will cost you
Jumbo-Visma have put their kit from the Tour de France up for auction to raise money for Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur, a charity which helps children from less privileged backgrounds participate in sport. The standout item is one of Wout van Aert’s skinsuits used during the Tour. You’ll need a large wallet though…with five days to go the bidding is already up to €1,800 (plus a nine per cent fee).
Second on GC, Jonas Vingegaard’s jersey is also up for auction and is up to €1,300, at the time of writing. Cruelly, you can also bid for one of Primoz Roglic’s skinsuits he wore during his punishing first week, possibly with crash holes included…
In fact, if you want anything it’ll cost you…Mike Teunissen’s signed bottle is the cheapest item going…and it’s still €65. No word on if the UCI will take action against the Dutch leadout man for lobbing a bidon to a fan via an auction, but that’s surely a retrospective disqualification.
Swiss sweep women's MTB podium at Tokyo 2020
Switzerland have taken a clean sweep of the medals at the women’s mountain biking event in Tokyo, with five-time world champion Jolanda Neff taking gold, more than a minute ahead of runner-up Sina Frei and with Linda Indergand third. Team GB’s Evie Richards finished seventh, 3:23 after the winner.
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🥉🇨🇭Incredible! 🚵♀️
Watch now on BBC Red Button: https://t.co/exTFCNe7w7 #bbcolympics #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/BVgJb1KDvl
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 27, 2021
On-bike nutrition done right: Pizza taped to top tubes and potato pouches at triathlon event
Gels and bars stuck to the top tube? Fine, we’ve seen it before. French bikepackers bundling baguettes back in their pockets? All good. Pizza slices taped to the top tube? That’s a new one…and as for raw potatoes packed into a pouch for a crunchy mid-ride snack…Louise Short snapped these unconventional nutrition strategies on triathletes’ bikes at the Outlaw event in Nottingham at the weekend.
This Soreen malt loaf looks so sticky it doesn’t need any help securing itself, although that top tube will need a good scrub later. Apparently the crows were loving the generously provided buffet while the athletes were in the water for the swim…
Ash Van Bassman won the comments section: “I assume for Kona, pizza bike triathlete adds pineapple to make it a Hawaiian?” Although based on some of the anti-pineapple comments from Friday’s live blog, that joke probably won’t land here…
Italian national team uses 3D scanner tech to get aero for Tokyo
Italy’s pursuit of gold medals in Tokyo has led them to lean on the expertise of Russian manufacturer Thor3D’s 3D scanning tech to reduce aero drag. The team has put its Pinarello bikes and Hardskin clothing under detailed analysis by the 3D technology to digitalise each athlete and reduce their drag as much as possible by optimising riders’ equipment and position.
3D Natives reports the process involved riders being scanned while riding in their race position and wearing their full race kit, and was complete in two minutes. From the pictures and data, Pinarello designed custom-made bars for each rider and optimise their positioning. Because Filippo Ganna clearly needs extra help destroying the rest of the world…
Christina Mackenzie set for second Land's End to John O'Groats record attempt in bid to break 19-year-old record
National 12 Hour Champion in 2020, Christina Mackenzie (Stirling Bike Club) will start her second attempt on the End to End record this Wednesday (28th July) at 0800. Her first attempt in 2019 was close to record pace until the Helmsdale climb with about 50 miles to go. pic.twitter.com/qNInFrHgvW
— Mr Broadwith (@24HourMaths) July 27, 2021
Christina Mackenzie is back for another attempt at the Land’s End to John O’Groats record this week. Back in 2019, the national 12-hour champ was within touching distance of beating the current best time of 52 hours, 45 minutes, set in 2002 by Lynne Taylor. That time Mackenzie faded at the end to finish two hours, 30 minutes off Taylor’s time, but she’s back in the South West to have another shot at the 19-year-old record tomorrow. All the best, Christina.
Rapha Women's 100 is back for a ninth edition
Rapha’s celebration of women’s cycling, the Rapha Women’s 100, is returning this September for a ninth edition. Since its inception in 2013, the Women’s 100 has inspired thousands of cyclists to come together and ride 100km on the same day. Back again after Covid restrictions, the ninth edition will see group rides hosted from Rapha’s Clubhouses and partner cafes across the world, from Down Under to San Fransisco. Full details and sign-up information will be announced soon…
More Dutch misfortune as Anna van der Breggen stopped by official, varying reports of a fall
ITT medal hopeful Anna van der Breggen is the latest Dutch rider to suffer Olympic misfortune after she was stopped by an official while training ahead of tomorrow’s competition. Wielerflits reports the official caused Van der Breggen to fall, although other sources have disputed this.
The current TT world champ appears to be uninjured after the incident at the Fuji Speedway circuit. Japanese cycling coach Kyosuke Takei told the Dutch outlet: “Everyone had to stop due to a mistake by the organiser. And in the tumult with the guards, Anna was threatened and overthrown.”
Geraint Thomas also reported problems with practising on the TT course. In a slightly cryptic tweet, the GB rider wrote: “Come recon the TT from 15:00-17:00 they said…” before following up with a second post saying he hadn’t crashed, just that “it was a little chaotic.”
BREAKING (the rules) news
Eyewitnesses News out of the fucking bike lane pic.twitter.com/le9WjD58QC
— Good Idea Dave (@DaveCoIon) July 26, 2021
Geraint Thomas recalls Olympic Games road race crash that forced him to abandon
Geraint Thomas has spoken to Eurosport ahead of tomorrow’s time trial and promised to give “one more push” to challenge for a third Olympic medal of his career. Thomas won gold in the Team Pursuit in 2008 and 2012 but crashed out of Saturday’s road race after teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart fell ahead of the Welshman.
“We were just going down a fast bit of road, there was a little bit of metal in the middle and Tao hit that and lost his front wheel and I was directly behind him,” G told Eurosport.
“I could have tried to land on top of him – it would have cushioned my blow. But yeah, we were both on the deck and really unfortunate – just a freak accident. I knew I wasn’t bad, like broken something, but when you hit the floor at that sort of speed it’s never nice. I knocked myself about a bit, just a normal crash but it’s just disappointing. After the Tour and everything, looking to come here, change of scene and with the GB team I was really motivated to try and get something out of it.
“It’s not that I’ve had a bad season. I’ve won two races, I’ve been up there on the podium a few other times as well as that. But the main two targets is what you dream about and they’re the ones where I’ve ended up on the floor so it is tough but it is part of the sport. Like life in general, you don’t always get what you deserve. You just need to keep trying.
“This year has been tough mentally but I’ve still got one more chance on Wednesday with the TT so I’ll just rest up now and hopefully get something out of that. One more push, at least stay on the bike.”
Misfortune and crashes have shadowed Thomas throughout his career, including at the Tour de France earlier this month where the 2018 winner dislocated his shoulder in a fall on stage three. He will roll down the start ramp as one of the two British riders competing in tomorrow morning’s TT. Geoghegan Hart is the other to take on the course against a stacked line-up, including world champ Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert and Rohan Dennis…
Get the gold paint ready? Pinarello bike porn: Filippo Ganna's supersonic Olympic TT machine
Well, well, well. Riding a machine like this beauty is a pretty nice perk of the job when you’re as fast as Filippo Ganna. The Italian powerhouse will be gunning, or should I say Gannaing, for an Olympic gold medal to go with his rainbow jersey, in the early hours of tomorrow morning over in Tokyo.
The Ineos Grenadier has been near unbeatable for the past couple of years in races against the clock, racking up five Giro d’Italia stage wins in the discipline and melting cycling fans’ brains globally with his thermonuclear wattages. And, if gold medals were won on style alone, the imposing Italian thrashing this piece of Pinarello perfection would earn a place on the top step of the podium with ease. If anything, it’s a shame that the glossy red paint job will have to be replaced by a fresh gold look…Alright, I’ll stop getting ahead of myself…
To win, Ganna will have to beat Tour de France conqueror Wout van Aert, Ineos teammate Rohan Dennis and well, almost every other great time trialist from across the world. We can’t wait…
Alex Dowsett's TT preview
Rohan Dennis to win gold? Patrick Bevin a dark horse for a medal? Alex Dowsett has given us the goods with this TT preview detailing everything you need to know ahead of the two big races tomorrow…Including rumours of a tropical storm…
Boris Johnson announces those convicted of anti-social behaviour will be "out there in one of those fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs"
“I don’t see any reason why you shouldn’t be out there in one of those fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs visibly paying your debt to society”.
Boris Johnson outlines his planned reforms for dealing with people convicted of anti-social behaviour.https://t.co/fgFiRXQhAn pic.twitter.com/KN0JFfnXEV
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 27, 2021
You can tell you’re a cyclist when you read Sky News and your first instinct is the PM has ordered people convicted of anti-social behaviour to get their cleats ready…”out there in one of those fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs visibly paying your debt to society” sounds like a pretty cool punishment to us. Come on, mate, don’t skip your turn. Start paying your debt to society…
27 July 2021, 08:07
27 July 2021, 08:07
27 July 2021, 08:07
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I don't know why the writer inaccurately describes the light output selection on this light. Three different things are conflated without properly first differentiating between them: The light mode (constant vs flash or "pulse"), power output (lumen rating), and the method of choosing these. Exposure combines the first two into three programs where each program has an individual output for the modes. So the copy-pasted text refers only to selecting the programs. Selecting between modes is as simple as in the Knog: "To cycle between the Constant and pulse options in each program press the function button once." Granted this might seem confusing at first but after that it is dead simple. The benefit of Exposure's choice is keeping things simple - once you've turned on the light you click either between constant and flash. In most cases FOR A COMMUTER LIGHT, this is just fine - when you ride a relatively short distance in most likely illuminated surroundings what the actual lumen output is is secondary. Connected to the above, marking as negative that the light puts out "only" 400 lumens in constant mode, is illogical. As the reviewer states, that amount is "a truly useful amount of light". There is ablosutely no challenge for Exposure in getting the light to put out 600 or more lumens in constant. But a) that would be more than "purposeful" and b) drain out the battery in an instant. The light has been designed as an ultra compact commuter light - where does it fail in that? Conversely, if you ride in "unlit rural voids" blame yourself and not the light if you chose this as your illuminating device. Furthermore claiming that the new alum. anti dazzle shield "makes zero difference" and is no upgrade is baffling - which do you think protects the lens better in an impact? Finally, moaning about the cost of the light without even mentioning what obviously plays a major role - the fact that it is manufactured in the UK, is appalling. So yeah if you "value" buying a light by Knog, Cateye and the likes that manufacture their lights in an undemocratic country where the list of ongoing human, labour, international law and environmental violations is nearly endless, and wish to support manufacturing processes where products are shipped across the world to endulge your "needs", then feel free to ignore all the above, and just focus on "user-friendliness".
Once again the CPS and Police are at fault There may be occasions in which the police and the CPS are independent entities, but in most of the cases on here, the CPS is just an excuse deployed by the police to excuse inaction over really blatant offences. What police officers are violently opposed to is people reporting offences, particularly when they send indisputable video, because the reports could take matters out of the hands of the police. They like to prosecute people they don't like, such as cyclists, and to have the option of forgiving people they do like, such as drivers in big cars or people they know. Whataboutery is getting a Bad Press on here, but it's a perfectly reasonable objection when, for instance, video is provided of drivers committing MUST NOT offences such as RLJs and they're forgiven by the police 'because everybody does it', yet a big thing is made of the offence when cyclists are involved. The assertion may not be palatable, but there are a lot of lying, crooked b******s in the Police.
I have both a Scott Spark RC and the Scale Gravel RC and find the Dangerholm builds really interesting by exploring what different directions can be achieved with a mix of imagination, DIY and professional resources. Probably not for the staid British mindset as shown by previous comments.
Once again the CPS and Police are at fault. They don't really worry about the law as they can usually find one to fit around their needs. And once again it's only when they are stood up to that they are forced to run away.
Lol. I’ve been saying the same to my watch. It keeps prompting me I need to do more calories on certain days and I tell it - but I did some gardening in the afternoon which included digging but u don’t let me record that. And then I have another biscuit with my tea.
"~15% of the riding time that I’m forced to use the road(because the infrastructure for cycling is insufficient or nonexistent) " Amsterdam?
Same here. I have a helmet with built in front and rear lights and have a red light clipped onto my bag plus lights attached to my bike front and rear but still have drivers putting me in danger. My commute is about two miles and I normally have around four incidents a week where I have to brake hard or take other evasive action to avoid being hit by distracted drivers. A big percentage of these are drivers coming on to roundabouts when I am already on them.
Glasgow's South City Way sounds great, does it not? As a user from before and after I wholeheartedly welcome the construction of the segregated route, but so much of the detailed construction is poor, if not unsafe. I provide a link to a presentation I made when construction was half complete (a personal view) and the construction errors remain outstanding to this day: crossed by high speed flared road junctions, poor colour differentiation, car door zone risks and so on. And yet cyclists come because they feel safe. It's a complex subject but IMHO the feeling of safety (or lack of) is a critical component. https://drive.proton.me/urls/B67AK44G90#CFueBGjscoWr
I can only conclude that you haven't been into a city in the last few years. Food delivery riders in particular are riding overpowered "eBikes" that are basically mopeds ... powered only via the throttle without pedalling at significantly more than 15mph. Problem is they look like normal bikes/ebikes and not like mopeds so that is what people describe them as. My reading of the article is that it is those vehicles that are being talked about here.
I have the Trace and Tracer, which have essentially the same design, albeit smaller and less powerful. The controls are a little complicated but only because there are loads of options. In reality, once you've chosen your level of brightness, you'll only cycle through 1 or 2 options and it's dead simple. The lights are rock solid, bright, with good runtimes. The only thing I find annoying is charging them - if your fingers are slightly wet or greasy, getting the rubber out of the way of the charging port is a pain in the arse.
24 thoughts on “Pinarello bike porn: Filippo Ganna’s supersonic Olympic TT machine; Pizza taped to top tubes and potato pouches; Anna van der Breggen stopped from riding course by official; G up for “one more push”; 3D scanners aero gains + more on the live blog”
Triathletes are indeed a
Triathletes are indeed a different breed
Finally, a purpose for those
Finally, a purpose for those flat-topped top tubes! 😉
Pizza and malt loaf, fair
Pizza and malt loaf, fair enough. But raw potato seems like a great way to DNF… (unless they are actually boiled new potatoes or similar?)
Given how hot it’s been
Given how hot it’s been recently, perhaps they were hoping they would be perfect jackets by the time they were done with the swim.
I think it was just the one fundamentalist, wasn’t it?
OnYerBike wrote:
Maybe they are to lob at close-passers
Loving the comment about
Loving the comment about crows having a feast. It would be the type of thing I’d to, thinking I’d come up with a genius idea only to discover later there’s a good reason it’s not normally done
I assumed it was a spoof, the
I assumed it was a spoof, the Pizza doesn’t look very aero?
Evie Richards finished 7th in
Evie Richards finished 7th in the MTB XC race the Swiss swept the podium for, which is TeamGBs highest placed finish in the womens race in Olympic MTB XC history, in case you missed it.
And the BBC commentary after
And the BBC commentary after she crossed the line smiling from ear to ear…
“Disappointment there for Evie Richards, hoping to follow in the footsteps of Tom Pidcock’s ride…”
Totally agree it was an odd
Totally agree it was an odd line of questioning. I’ve noticed similar things in other interviews too. The interviewer talking to Georgia Taylor-Brown was asking about her disappointment in not winning gold and what might have been. In context, she was beaming having just won a triathlon silver medal after running from 5th to 2nd following a late puncture on the bicycle leg and having said that she had been hoping for a top 5. It was a great performance, and it seemed to me an inability to read the room and celebrate the success she’d had. Not to mention that the winner was super strong and seemed unlikely to have been beaten anyway.
I’m guessing the spuds are
I’m guessing the spuds are boiled in their skins rather than raw? Although given the temperature the water in my bidons was reaching last week you could probably pop one in there and boil up a quick mid-race hot snack.
Was going to say the same.
Was going to say the same. Pretty good idea too, I might use it, though I’d probably go for baked myself.
Rendel Harris wrote:
My bike got so hot in the sun resting against a wall last week that I heard a telltale “Pssstttt” as the rear inner tube went flat. Turned out a puncture patch I’d repaired a hole with ages ago and forgotten about had come unglued in the heat!
CamelBack’s Podium Chill and
CamelBack’s Podium Chill and Ice are my go to during the heatwaves, stored in the fridge overnight or during the day, stays cool just long enough.
Reduces ice build up during what the flip side of the year brings
Compulsory cycling!
Compulsory cycling! 😉
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/jul/27/uk-covid-live-news-updates-vaccines-delta-variant-testing
Boris Johnson says people guilty of antisocial behaviour should be in hi-vis ‘chain gangs’
Johnson is guilty of
Johnson is guilty of antisocial behaviour, but he already poses in hi-viz (and lab coats, and milkman’s coat, and car factory worker one-piece) for cynical photo opps.
Disturbing the neighbours
Disturbing the neighbours while rowing with his girlfriend, lying about £350M a week, lying about the lack of checks on goods GB-NI, handing out public money to party contacts and donors, joking about 80-year-olds dying of Covid, lying about who paid for refurbishments to his flat…
The list goes on. He isn’t in any position to criticise anyone else.
Wasn’t there going to be some
Wasn’t there going to be some sort of road.cc crackdown on the needless politicisation of the comments section?
Rich_cb wrote:
But saying that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a lying liar who lies a lot about all sorts of stuff (and dissembles about the rest of it) isn’t political. It’s just a statement of fact.
(What’s that, Boris? How many children do you have?)
No issue with your original
No issue with your original post, news stories with amusing cycling related quips attached are live blog bread and butter.
HarrogateSpa’s sad attempt to prove he hates Boris more than anyone else is another matter though.
HarrogateSpa wrote:
My sister was one of those neighbours. She has moved away from there now, thankfully.
I’d say his own behaviour is pretty anti-social. The lying seems to be a core part of his selfish, abusive personality. He’s following his father, it seems. Is there anything he hasn’t lied about or corrupted in some way?
HarrogateSpa wrote:
Don’t forget hiding in walk-in refrigerators.
Beat me to it!
Beat me to it!
and not forgetting Anna
and not forgetting Anna Shackley will be the 1st British rider competing in tomorrow mornings TT races in the womens event, which takes place ahead of the mens race.
Btw does anyone believe G had the Olympics as a target this year ?