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Watching an old CBS Paris Roubaix from 1985 near the end of the race all the riders are taking swigs from little hip flasks or small bottles (much smaller than their standard bidons). It's so obvious that Phil Liggett say's, 'All the riders have their own secret potion you know. But it's not...

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Just got 'Devolder the Destroyer' DVD of the 2008 Tour of Flanders. This is a great record of a classic edition of this singular race. Well worth getting.

For those of you not there, Pat McQuaid was booed and heckled by a substantial number of the crowd when he came on stage to present the prizes at London's Olympic test event yesterday. Time to deal with doping and the dopers, Paddy. Cycling fans are intelligent and informed!:p

So Joe, worked for 'the sport's anti doping agency and at the same time sold dopage? I assume he was grassing up his customers? :mad: Sad story, especially as the punishments are so uneaven, sure Joe deserves to do some bird, but so do many more who are lauded as heroes.

Well that is one take on it. I personally reckon those deep section carbon wheels he was riding played a large part. Reason being the rims are so stiff, a huge amount of vibration goes up the fork to the nearest stress point (the crown). Also George way Waaaay behind Museeuw at this point and...

sure, lets have 'em all on fixed steel workhorses and make them fix their own bikes like Eugene Christophe. Then the rider with the finest dopage wins!

For example running carbon stems makes the bike stiffer but also heavier... I do believe alu stems and bars are stiffer. That is why sprinters tend to use them. See the Cavendish Bar+Stem combo for example. Carbon is used for a bit more comfort and give, as well as all important bling...

Rubbish, bikes being more lightweight and safe are due to improvement of technology! In fact it is now easy to buy a bike well under the UCI limit and they meet all statutory requirements regarding safety. If the limit stays the same for two decades a £1K bike will be lighter than the pro's!

Bonty All Weather Hardcase 23c also great.I have used them all winter with no problems. They feel fast for a winter/trainng tyre and have been great in the wet also. Spesh Roubaix 23/25c are super slow in terms of rolling resistance (see recent Cycling Plus roll down test) and I have had 3...

The UCI weight limit for a road bike is 6.8 kg. This was bought in around 2000 (please correct me). I believe the reasoning for a minimum weight limit to avoid super light and super weak products being used (early 90's mtb ing a good example). However has the technology not moved on in over a...

I noticed in the Pro Bike feature Tom Boonen is on Record not super Record. Many pro teams seem to be favouring this. Anyone know why?

Cycling News report on TDU 2011 stage 1"We lost each other at one kilometre to go," he said. "When ‘G' [Gerrans] went, it was at the right time for him but there was only me left for CJ [Sutton]. I had to try and fight my way into the line somewhere, it left me out in the wind. G is Geraint...

AIS riders I have met , who have been coached by PA were convinced he had doped. Quite a running joke about his HJH 'Jackie Chin' :D

no-one seems to know then. Come on CW- fess up! In reply to 'what's this thread for?', simple if a bike is considered too shoddy for a pro team, i would not want to pay big bucks for it (or sell one for that matter as I work in the trade).