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cobble wobble 2012Video: Cobble Wobble 2012
The Cobble Wobble is an institution these days, now in its fourth year. It's an eclectic blend of professional bikers, have-a-go tryers and fancy dress lunatics all trying to be fastest up a 179-yard cobbled climb through the centre of Frome. If you haven't tried it, you should. It's ace.
This year's race was wone by MTB 4X racer Michal Prokop in a time of 22.966 seconds, astonishingly quick since it was wet and slippery on the cobbles for the final this year. Last year's winner Lewis Lacey was second, while Martyn Ashton – who was fastest in qualifying on the same Pinarello Dogma he used for the Road Bike Party vid – slipped a gear in his final run.
Anyway, it's not really about the winning, is it? each year the fancy dress gets better and better. Top marks to the chap pictured at the top who did the climb with an entire christmas tree starapped to his back. Big shouts to the CobbleBots too, and the guy who did it on a unicycle. Ace filmster Alex Rankin was there to capture the action, so take the phone off the hook for five minutes and have a watch. It is Christmas, after all.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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Don't forget that in the future, everyone will be one size, or convenient multiples thereof. Same bodies, same homes, same jobs, same bikes. No...
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Based on my experience with the Hunt wheels, I might do a review on their durability in three or four years.
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"...the beeswax-based covering magically shuns off whatever might be lurking in the corners. Even after multiple rides, when the bars rattled about...
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I've always wondered - why does the one-armed person in the cloak have their hand in the one-armed person with the cane?
- David9694 7 hours 31 min ago
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- Rendel Harris 8 hours 52 min ago
I didn't know the blue RA saddle was a holy grail - I had a 1986 RA bought new in 1987 with a blue saddle that lasted me very well until 2002 when...
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Solution: Put these up everywhere. Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/traffic-signs
- Rendel Harris 9 hours 59 min ago
Glad you like it - this week was the first proper commuting week since I got it, 250kms nice and warm but not boiled, indeed - and when the...
- Rendel Harris 11 hours 32 min ago
As what you have said is demonstrably untrue, given that the event is organised and has been for the last four years by a professional events...
- Steve K 13 hours 15 min ago
I'm there now too, if anyone wants a follow/wants to follow me. @cyclingtheseaso
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I'll do it!
But I probably wont win.
Ah, Raleigh! Just the man for the job. We'll even let you wear your new skinsuit and an aero helmet!
^lol
With full disc wheels, and they're not allowed off the tri-bars...
Brilliant! I dare someone to do this on a low profile road bike!
Worth mentioning Prokop is a legend of the sport, owns 3 rainbow jerseys and did Beijing OG on BMX. How come he turned up in Frome anyway?
Anyone done it on an Ordinary?
I had better get practising then. I wonder if I could make a sandwich style board with people who have helped written on it. Then style it to cover a big ass hub motor.....Power up the hill and win a bike to auction off for a charity....
Is that called cheating?
brilliant idea - dig out your climbing legs Keith!
@Gkam84 - I think you need to have a go and carry the banner for your sponsors! What could be easier than hill climbing on a trike?!?!
Excellent, you just gotta bloody love cycling, I do!
The cueball whoobul race
Props to everyone who took part, but the guy with no shoes on and the person on the unicycle.......Could 2013 be the year for a guy on a trike
