Black Belt Jones
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Aero front brake would make all the difference to that bike Bruce.
Be a hard man who could push those ratios up the mountains - keep that one for the pub run I reckon.
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Be a hard man who could push those ratios up the mountains - keep that one for the pub run I reckon.
I was hoping there some gears out of sight or something.
Black Belt Jones
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Some talk that the N Italian races could be bollexed by coronavirus - MSR, Tirreno Adriatico and even the Giro. Guess we'll know in the next couple of weeks how things develop.
www.cyclingweekly.com
Remco the GOAT sitting at second favourite in some quarters for the Giro, after showing his aris to all and sundry in the Algarve stage race last week.
Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico and Giro d'Italia all under threat after Italian coronavirus outbreak
Race organisers have said there is 'no plan B' if sporting events are banned in the region
www.cyclingweekly.com
Remco the GOAT sitting at second favourite in some quarters for the Giro, after showing his aris to all and sundry in the Algarve stage race last week.
Disgruntledgoat
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Black Belt Jones
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Sadly my one looks no way near as good as a Delta. It does stop the bike though, so has that going for it.
e-bike pedestrian death from last year in London is in the courts at the mo - could have some serious repercusions for ebikes in the UK. Guy was caning it at ca. 30mph on a de-restricted e-bike (legal ones are limited to 15.5mph)
Dalston fatal e-bike crash rider 'going too fast'
Thomas Hanlon is charged with causing the death of pedestrian Sakine Cihan by careless driving.
www.bbc.co.uk
De-restricting the motor is really common AFAICT, it's not like some mad scally thing to do - shops happy to advise on it etc. Apparently the motor cutting in and out around the limit is really annoying so plenty of folk do it.
Black Belt Jones
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The Classics begin - Omloop Het Nieuwsblad today, and a fine win for Jesper Stuyven who was the stong man in the final furlongs and beat Yves Lampaert in the sprint. Our man in Ghent @Disgruntledgoat will be on the spot, no doubt doing laps in a lake of Belgian ale.
Stuyven has an immense 2018 Classics season as a young rider but something went awry last year (injury?), so good to see him back at the sharp end.
Wout van Aert very lively in the race which is great to see, suggests he's bang on form following his v serious crash in the Tour last year.
Stuyven has an immense 2018 Classics season as a young rider but something went awry last year (injury?), so good to see him back at the sharp end.
Wout van Aert very lively in the race which is great to see, suggests he's bang on form following his v serious crash in the Tour last year.
Armel
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That race always brings back the 2012 race for me. Old finish. We'd just finished the preparations for a group assignment for university; afterwards we went to the finish line. Van Marcke won, beating Boonen - consternation all round. I wasn't best pleased, didn't even bother with the podium.
Black Belt Jones
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Bloke who mowed down the woman on his illegal ebike not guilty m'lud.
www.bbc.co.uk
His barrister earning her corn there IMHO. Engine seems to make all the difference. Lad who killed a pedestrian stepping out a couple of years back in London, on a brake-less fixed gear, got sent down.
E-bike cyclist cleared of killing Hackney pedestrian
Thomas Hanlon had denied causing the death of Sakine Cihan while riding a modified e-bike in 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
His barrister earning her corn there IMHO. Engine seems to make all the difference. Lad who killed a pedestrian stepping out a couple of years back in London, on a brake-less fixed gear, got sent down.
Nico Portal died today, aged just 40. Seems of a heart attack. Bit of a crapper. No age at all (my age in fact).
For all you cyclists out there, I’ve just been to see Mark Beaumont in Liverpool. Talking about his around the world in 80 days
I’m not a cyclist, my cousin is and dragged me, but I found it very interesting. 18,000 mile in 78 days cycling for 14 hours nonstop apart from his flights to different continents
I’m not a cyclist, my cousin is and dragged me, but I found it very interesting. 18,000 mile in 78 days cycling for 14 hours nonstop apart from his flights to different continents
Black Belt Jones
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Strade Bianche now officially off - a couple of the teams had pulled out earlier this week so was in the post really.
The big one I suppose is MSR. Ineos and others have said they're not going to race until 23rd March, and obviously MSR is the 21st. Seems almost inevitable that it will be canned as well.
Disgruntledgoat
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Nico Portal passed away yesterday.
Tough one to take, interviewed him a few years a ago, wheel sucked him in a cyclo in the pyrenees years before that that.
A lovely man, completely unaffected, loved his riders (genuinely) and one of the few people in cycling nobody ever had a bad word about.
Also 40 years old... the days count, people.
Ride on Nico.
Tough one to take, interviewed him a few years a ago, wheel sucked him in a cyclo in the pyrenees years before that that.
A lovely man, completely unaffected, loved his riders (genuinely) and one of the few people in cycling nobody ever had a bad word about.
Also 40 years old... the days count, people.
Ride on Nico.
lichfieldblue
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MSR gone. Giro must be under threat now.
I suspect this was as much due to the riders as any concern for fans. Ineos had already said they're not racing until after MSR, and I recall EF had said something similar.