I wonder if Specialized will give refunds to everyone who bought one? Somehow I doubt it. Nice bike. Too bad it's illegal.
The UCI seems rather ridiculous.
The UCI seems rather ridiculous.
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BroDeal said:Wow. The UCI finally does something right. Carbon bikes have been getting out of hand for quite a while. Things like head tube extensions that stick out over the front wheel are ridiculous. We might as well put fairings on the bikes.
I am all for the suggestion made in another thread today that all TTs should be done on the regular road bikes that are used for other stages of a race.
Look at the front end of this thing:
BroDeal said:I am all for the suggestion made in another thread today that all TTs should be done on the regular road bikes that are used for other stages of a race.
BroDeal said:Wow. The UCI finally does something right. Carbon bikes have been getting out of hand for quite a while. Things like head tube extensions that stick out over the front wheel are ridiculous. We might as well put fairings on the bikes.
I am all for the suggestion made in another thread today that all TTs should be done on the regular road bikes that are used for other stages of a race.
Look at the front end of this thing:
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BroDeal said:Wow. The UCI finally does something right. Carbon bikes have been getting out of hand for quite a while. Things like head tube extensions that stick out over the front wheel are ridiculous. We might as well put fairings on the bikes.
I am all for the suggestion made in another thread today that all TTs should be done on the regular road bikes that are used for other stages of a race.
Look at the front end of this thing:
BroDeal said:Wow. The UCI finally does something right. Carbon bikes have been getting out of hand for quite a while. Things like head tube extensions that stick out over the front wheel are ridiculous. We might as well put fairings on the bikes.
I am all for the suggestion made in another thread today that all TTs should be done on the regular road bikes that are used for other stages of a race.
IntheMidwest said:Guys I agree on the bikes as Bro Deal first put it. But with no intention to hijack, troll or get this moved to the Clinic, couldn't McDoosh at least wait until Algarve was finished (for obvious reasons). Would this have happened if JB was DS of Astana? Thoughts?
davidg said:but you will try anyway. does everything always need to get turned around towards JB or LA?
IntheMidwest said:Guys I agree on the bikes as Bro Deal first put it. But with no intention to hijack, troll or get this moved to the Clinic, couldn't McDoosh at least wait until Algarve was finished (for obvious reasons). Would this have happened if JB was DS of Astana? Thoughts?
Moose McKnuckles said:I wonder if Specialized will give refunds to everyone who bought one? Somehow I doubt it. Nice bike. Too bad it's illegal.
The UCI seems rather ridiculous.
El Oso said:The Praying Landis
Big GMaC said:Why was that banned? It was a pretty badass position, (also the first new one since the Obree days?) I used it for a bit as I have stupidly long arms and couldn't correctly ajust using the traditional tuck on the bars I had at the time, allowed me to get way more forward