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I'm late to this thread... but I have to say, it is very reminiscent of the Ryder's Bike thread from last year. I started off as being very skeptical as to the feasibility of a motorized pro bicycle. By the end of the thread, I became quite convinced that it was completely possible given the...

Cheers. I must have missed it as I tried to get caught up in the thread (oops!). To rephrase then: I concur with earlier discussions that Dan Martin is a well rounded rider.:o

One name that hasn't yet been mentioned is Dan Martin. Great endurance. Great over the punchy climbs. Good climbing. Amazing race awareness. GC ability. Not a bad sprint from a reduced group.

Surely a stretch to say he has potential as a #1 pan-flat, bunch sprinter...?

Route made for... Betancur!

This brings up an interesting point actually... there is a section of my commute on a busy road that is fairly narrow. It's about 2 km like this, broken up by sectors that are wider. For recreational riding, this is one of the most heavily ridden roads in town, as it is the best way to get west...

During serious downhills I've heard horror stories of exploding wheels due to the high thermal input of braking. Avoiding this is definitely a good thing. But, do you know if the disc brake actuator is resilient to high thermal loads that are anticipated in such a situation?

Disc brake development is interesting, but I'm not about to be an early adopter. Maybe in a few years... On a road bike, on a dry day, typically the limiting factor for stopping power is the amount of friction between your wheel and the road. That is, with conventional brakes, you can usually...

Well, I hope you understand that we're pretty much on the same page. I'm not at all trying to, as you say, blame people for getting hit when they are not at fault for the accident. I am just encouraging us as a community to do what we can to make it as difficult as possible for bad and dangerous...

Granville with some wise comments I think. Respectfully to winky, I don't think it's blaming the victim to say that you should be wise and try to make it easier for the car drivers to not smash into you. There are circumstances where the car can be completely at fault, but where you could have...

RVV was maybe the best race of 2014. I'm starting to look forward to the next one already! When I lived in Mexico, there were some real tough cobbled roads and cobbled climbs. I wonder how these compare to RVV or PR. For me, it was a bit ridiculous to consider going faster than about 10 kph on...

Completely off topic, but I finally need to ask. Why do posters in the clinic use the word "cleans"? I see this repetitively, from multiple posters. Is there some sort of inside joke I'm missing, or is it a language thing (I know English is not the first language of a lot of people on this...

"Some people dope. Not me, of course. I beat them all, since, err ummm, I'm a boss. Let me put it this way, it doesn't matter how much dope you take--if you're a sunfish, you'll still get beat by a shark, every time. Those 'mates of mine who got busted? Ya, why do you think the UCI knew were to...

RE comparing climbing times from year to year, I have to agree that this method actually has some value. I think if multiple different climbs were added, it would start to and show meaningful trends. You've stated you don't want to go through the exercise of collecting all of this data (and...

Welll.... I found this article pretty funny, and shed a humbling light on the value of the peer review process ;) http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/20/you-call-that-a-research-science-journal-offers-to-publish-profanity-laced-rant-as-peer-reviewed-paper/