Recent content by visko

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    UCI to trial disc brakes?

    The vast majority of pro riders can't, for the sake of their lifes or a GT win, choose the right gearing for a climb. And they have being swearing for years about how much faster slim tires are. These guys run on myth and tradition. BTW I think disc right now aren't a good choice for pros, but...
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    UCI to trial disc brakes?

    Rotors don't cut. Period. I don't know where the idea that rotors are like blades came from but it's pretty stupid. Chainrings are far worse, if anything.
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    UCI to trial disc brakes?

    It wasn't a disc brake. It was the fence. https://twitter.com/NigelWynn/status/834816717750730752 Video. It's pretty clear, Kittel is on the other side and far away from Doull - https://t.co/w56JBCcXhd
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    Race Design Thread

    Re: Re: Thank you guys! There are 4 stages for pure fatass sprinters (yeah! screw those!)... but actually 2 of them are in the last week! Lora del Rio 16 and Tabernas 18. Not that Kittel or Cavs would take part in this Vuelta anyway... On the other hand there's plenty of opportunities for the...
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    Race Design Thread

    With the Vuelta around the corner I decided to do a Vuelta route, starting from Nimes and then doing my own thing. I think is quite itneresting, specially the stages in Portugal. Is a PDF, like a "Road book", with maps, profiles, climbs, etc. Link below. Hope you enjoy it: --- ViskoVuelta 2017...
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    Race Design Thread

    Hi Libertine, one of the things I answered to you is that today we were going to put an entry in PRC about Herrera, and that's were the stage in my Vuelta came from. I won't link it so go check it out. Also that the stage to Chinchón i¡'s just a copy from here (page 76) -...
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    Race Design Thread

    I posted a long response to this thread but the spam filter *** me over and/or the moderators aren't doing their job, it's supposed to be up for moderation for 6 hours now... sorry Libertine.
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    Race Design Thread

    Thanks! The propper link is this, sorry! https://xavandbel.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/recorrido-visko-2016.pdf
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    Race Design Thread

    I wanted to post here a Vuelta route i've made recently. Had to re-sign up with a different username becouse whatever, something somthing happened to my password and I didn't remember the email I used to sign up the first time. As my route was a PDF, i posted the link, got reported to the mods...