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One that caught my eye and again could be just an illusion is in this bsp from Orica-Scott. Look at around 4min 03secs, when Froome accelerates to close the gap, but cadence seems to be the same. I guess he could have dropped a couple of gears, but it just looks weird. https://youtu.be/RNjy08DHU-w

Re: Exactly what I have started thinking. Why when you are using the best of the best gear that is checked every day, does it fail so often? Seems weird for me that it's usually on a climb. I have dura ace di2, I dare say an older model than Froome's, and it practically never ever fails. Is it...

Re: Nibali discussion thread I just checked the Velon front on video of the crash (on youtube), if you stop at 1min40secs, where you can see Tanner hitting the deck, just to the left is Caleb Ewan, looks to be nowhere near to route cause. Looks like Nibs, will have to go back and take a look...

Hi Andy, I´ll will ping you an email. I´ll contact my friends in Mende. Let me know if you´d prefer to stay in the town itself (nice little town Mende) or you dont mind staying out of town a little there is a small camp ground which looks great in Barjac (Called Le Clos des Peupliers - contact -...

Hi Andy, sounds like the plans are coming together, good stuff!!!! Everyone starting to get excited over here (France), par for the course this time of year. One thing to note, we have our first major "vague" of warm weather - could be seen as very hot depending on where you are from. Make sure...

Just one further comment, and this isn´t related to Vinnicombe, but just the perception about how big riders are in photos and television. Dont be mislead by the images you see on TV. Most of these guys are actually pretty small. I´m not saying that as a general rule, and of course I have seen...

I certainly wouldn´t have put it past him to snap a frame. He had big power for sure. He used to make awesome wheels, all hand made and spoke tied. He was by far the most powerful rider in our bunch, and there were some good riders in there like Brett Dutton and Matty White, but on the flat...

Hi guys, just in reference to Marty above, I used to ride a lot with him in the late 80´s and early 90´s and I can say that he was "huge", compared to to me. Ok, I´m not massive at 179cm and back then probably 75kgs, but he was at least over 6ft (183cm) and I´d say around 85kgs. He had enormous...

Hi chunk, I´m not too sure of the Agree or the Cervelo R5, but if I can give you my opinion, and this is coming from my experience with 2012 Cube Litening HPC Pro (Full campy SR) and an SWorks Tarmac SL3 (Full campy SR) then certainly the Sworks is more like a race machine - and this is pretty...

Sounds like fun Andy! How many of the stages will you attempt to follow? How are you planning on travelling, car, train, bike, camper etc.? Are you also riding your bike? In general a 3G dongle or SIM card will work fairly well anywhere in France, however you may find in some remote areas (and...

I could also add south eastern France(including Corsica) is an excellent place to base yourself for 1 to 2 weeks of mountain work. In general the weather is reasonable (could be regarded as excellent if you a from more difficult climates). There are a wealth of good climbs - many of the pros...

Basically means "in crisis" or things aren't going very well. Hope this helps:-)

It really is disturbing that some people are so off-line in their thinking that they actually believe what they write. As a resident in France, and not being French, I think I am well placed to give you a better insight about why the French do what they do. In some ways(and certainly not...