Recent content by badboyberty

I'd suspect "the grip of death" may explain at least part of your experiences. My suspicion (based on no evidence :)) is that you are holding your bars tightly and locking your elbows and shoulders. This stops the bike "auto-correcting" itself and your subsequent attempts to keep it straight...

Voted Vanmarke but expect Paolini's beard to be the real winner once again.

Is Gerrans Australia's best ever cyclist? NO. Was staying in a group while climbing into a strong headwind on Willunga Hill a smart move? YES. Is Adam Hansen Australia's greatest ever cyclist? YES

Sounds like car hit the brakes in front of him to avoid a pedestrian. http://soundcloud.com/santos-tour-down-under/thomas-voeckler-breaks-collar

All wrong. Sky have abandoned science. Look what happened this year. Early this season Brian Holm discovered the link between season long endurance and wearing cycling caps on the podium. He then enforced the wearing of cycling caps on podiums by OPQS riders from then on. Brailsford was aware of...

My next big waste of money on bikes will be an X01/XX1 set-up for my XC duallie. I'm going to stay on a metal 26'er for a long time, but I'm totally sold on 1x11. Changing the freehub body is annoying, but cheaper than replacing cranks so I can go 2x10 (yeah I'm still on 3x9) and running 1x10...

Only problem is without some major signings Drapac are not looking good at all. They're even out of the top three in the NRS this year. Huon-Genesis are the team that should be stepping up.

Syntace also do a negative rise bar.

And yes, the whole hand signal thing is the reason why it's encoded in consumer standards differently depending on where you live in the world. And although there seems little difference in bike handling skills between lefties and righties, a quick survey suggests those who use left hand for the...

Will Christina Watches be signing a new climber this year? Be interesting to see if he takes a domestique job with a World Tour team or team leader position with a Pro Conti outfit. That's if anyone hires him at all. Can't imagine there's teams falling over each other to show him a cheque book.

Degenkolb will grab it, Sagan, Goss and Kristoff in the mix. Stage is too hilly for the big engines, not hilly enough to give clear advantage to Sagan. And a Degenkolb victory would really help my Velogames team's scores....

I thought those style of pedally trails were what Gravity Enduro was all about. I've heard of guys taking a state round here on 4X bikes, but that was due to the incredible tightness of the berms on that track. If you're head trail-builder and all mountain bikes are winning your DH round, step...

I'm 99.9% certain that you have a traditional "threaded" BB-shell so you can use GXP or other "external" bottom-brackets, but BB30 and the other 'press-fit" BB's are out of the question. I'd suspect the only drive-chain / shifting component you'll be able to keep is your front derailleur, but...

If non-major races count it looks like Ag2R are off the list. I thought they were the safe bet :( http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dumoulin-uses-technology-to-win-besseges-sprint

I'm personally more into "race" tyres than dedicated touring / trekking jobs, my commute is about 60% gravel but all the gravel rides I do on skinnies I like to hit pretty hard (I have XC bikes for going slow and enjoying traction on). I had 34C Geax Mezcal and Vittoria XN's but unless I'm...