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Jjmdirt reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with
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Note that they're also both fantastic bike handlers, visibly avoiding crashes the last couple years that would have certainly taken down... -
Jjmdirt replied to the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread.Yes, if you race bikes you will crash. Crashes that are caused by other riders are just part of the game (even factoring in...
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Jjmdirt reacted to KoopaCycling's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
But there are levels. Ask Nys for some trickery and he'll do it with ease. Ask Remco and he'll tell you to wait a couple of years. Do...
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Jjmdirt reacted to Berniece's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Haha.
I agree, but none of them randomly press their front brake too hard
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Jjmdirt replied to the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread.Again, not true.
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Jjmdirt reacted to Brullnux's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
No pro cyclist is totally inept, but some have poor enough handling skills that it makes a difference (both in terms of speed, and...
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Jjmdirt reacted to Extinction's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
Right and he's clearly gotten much better, but he still, I think, is subject to errors those missed formative years as an amateur could...
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Jjmdirt replied to the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread.Staying upright when exhausted isn't debatable.
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Jjmdirt reacted to veganrob's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
In the same way some riders are simply faster than others, Another group are simple better bike handlers and aware of their surroundings.
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Jjmdirt replied to the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread.Not true.
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Jjmdirt reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
Ok. I think of that, as well as potentially having massively overcorrected as being under the umbrella of bike handling skills. To me...
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Jjmdirt reacted to red_flanders's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
Both riders have had bad luck, yet at some point the bad luck mounts because...they're just not good bike handlers. Being "unusually...
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Jjmdirt reacted to Extinction's post in the thread Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread with Like.
Nah, he just got third in the Ronde and descended very well in Catalunya. It's not bike handling skills now, I don't think, but just...
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Jjmdirt reacted to Oldman's post in the thread Teams & Riders The "MVP" Mathieu Van der Poel Road Discussion Thread with Like.
The only reason he got close was that Tadej was making the others work. He left when they couldn't contribute, didn't he?
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Jjmdirt reacted to SHAD0W93's post in the thread Teams & Riders The "MVP" Mathieu Van der Poel Road Discussion Thread with Like.
Evenepoel didn’t close the gap because he wasn’t strong enough or rode the cobbles as well.
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