pro gear thread

[ray j willings]

Heres Berties its a Berner cage he stopped using it. expensive as well. Schleck and Fab use them as well
I really like the Berner

Fab's

andys

 

[ray j willings]

I don't see the real world benefit of ceramic bearings in jockey wheels. These fibre lyte jockey wheels don't even use bearings. I Do use ceramic bearings in my cranks though.

 

[avanti]

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Cervélo Soloist (2001)
Ridden by: The CSC team
In 2003 the CSC Team began using Cervélo as their bike sponsor and adopted the Canadian brand’s Soloist as their bike of choice. Team CSC were crowned the world’s number pro cycling team while riding Cervélo for three years. The partnership lasted for six years, until the end of 2008.
The Soloist was iconic, by firstly being one of very few aluminium frames that achieved success against carbon fibre road bicycles, but also for its ground breaking aerodynamics. Cervélo claim that it was first aero-road bike, setting a trend that continues to this day in future bike design. At the time of release, the aero-foil shaped down tube and seat post were revolutionary.
Julian Dean aboard the Soloist

One of my bikes uses the Aluminum Soloist frame with Ultegra gear. It is a very nice frame and the bike ride is smooth under most road surfaces.
During an early Tour of California the CSC team used the Soloist as back-up bikes.

 

[ray j willings]

JJ Haedo's soloist "a classic"

 

[ray j willings]

cool Vuelta bikes ..

 

[ray j willings]

Why did he not wear pink oversocks ...what a pink bike

 

[ray j willings]

 

[ray j willings]

Ryders ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as if you need to ask

 

[ray j willings]

Cadels bye bye bike fav. One of my fav riders of all time and a wicked looking BMC

 

[42x16ss]

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Ryders ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as if you need to ask

Ryder's always had a classy setup. It's going to be weird seeing him on a trek next year, I'm so used to seeing him on a Cannondale now.

 

[ray j willings]

Nice vid link to Ryders RCA ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf99k6JQRZ8

 

[ray j willings]

Sagans Hulk top tube

 

[ray j willings]

Chavanel's Fantastic top tube graphic . 50 of these chav specialised frames were for sale, in France only.

 

[ray j willings]

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Ryders ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as if you need to ask

Ryder's always had a classy setup. It's going to be weird seeing him on a trek next year, I'm so used to seeing him on a Cannondale now.

I could be wrong but I think Ryder started the trend of small bikes for such a tall chap. He slams his stem -17 degree and has huge drop on the seat. The bike would feel nice and light at that size.

 

[42x16ss]

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Ryders ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as if you need to ask

Ryder's always had a classy setup. It's going to be weird seeing him on a trek next year, I'm so used to seeing him on a Cannondale now.

I could be wrong but I think Ryder started the trend of small bikes for such a tall chap. He slams his stem -17 degree and has huge drop on the seat. The bike would feel nice and light at that size.

If I remember rightly it came about when Gerard Vroomen tried to decide how everyone's bikes should fit and started messing with the geometry of his frames - raising headtubes and other funky stuff. This meant that all of the Cervelo range handled really strangely except for the middle sizes - 54 and 56 cm. So Ryder and other really tall riders at Garmin at the time (Hushovd, Van Summeren etc) made the 56 cm fit them.

 

[ray j willings]

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If I remember rightly it came about when Gerard Vroomen tried to decide how everyone's bikes should fit and started messing with the geometry of his frames - raising headtubes and other funky stuff. This meant that all of the Cervelo range handled really strangely except for the middle sizes - 54 and 56 cm. So Ryder and other really tall riders at Garmin at the time (Hushovd, Van Summeren etc) made the 56 cm fit them.[/quote]

Yes That makes sense. Cervelo for some reason started making really long head tubes. Obviously aiming their market at the uptake of the Golfers now riding bikes. The larger bikes look so unbalanced and to pay £7000 for a frame that looks that ugly makes me want to cry

Could not find a rca 58cm but heres a r3 58cm with that funny geometry

and heres how a bike should look IMO

 

[twothirds]

Except that you're comparing a 58 and a 48 cm frame in those pictures.

Although I agree with the sentiment on the tall headtubes being stupid on high performance machines. It's like taking the seats of a Rolls and putting them in a Lambo.

As far as Ryder being on a 56cm frame, you'll see a few of the tall pros who are made to ride stock bikes in positions like this. Long limbs and a short torso means you can get away with a shorter top tube for your stature. A long seat post takes care of the legs, and the long arms allow a deep saddle to bar drop (if the rider is flexible enough). This won't affect weight distribution or proper handling. Check out Ondrej Sosenka on his hour record bike. For a guy who is 6'6", if he were evenly proportioned, his bike would be huge. Ryder a limb-y guy, so can ride a smaller frame.

The guys you see on custom one-off frames are the ones who need a longer TT and still need to keep a short headtube.

 

[42x16ss]

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Except that you're comparing a 58 and a 48 cm frame in those pictures.

Although I agree with the sentiment on the tall headtubes being stupid on high performance machines. It's like taking the seats of a Rolls and putting them in a Lambo.

As far as Ryder being on a 56cm frame, you'll see a few of the tall pros who are made to ride stock bikes in positions like this. Long limbs and a short torso means you can get away with a shorter top tube for your stature. A long seat post takes care of the legs, and the long arms allow a deep saddle to bar drop (if the rider is flexible enough). This won't affect weight distribution or proper handling. Check out Ondrej Sosenka on his hour record bike. For a guy who is 6'6", if he were evenly proportioned, his bike would be huge. Ryder a limb-y guy, so can ride a smaller frame.

The guys you see on custom one-off frames are the ones who need a longer TT and still need to keep a short headtube.

I hear you on the long limbs. I'm 6' tall yet only ride a 54cm with a 120mm stem and lots of seatpost.

A good example of what you said about guys who need a long top tube and short head tube is Petr Sagan. The custom geometry EVOs he was riding were something nuts like a 56 TT and a 52 head tube.

 

[ray j willings]

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Except that you're comparing a 58 and a 48 cm frame in those pictures.

Although I agree with the sentiment on the tall headtubes being stupid on high performance machines. It's like taking the seats of a Rolls and putting them in a Lambo.

As far as Ryder being on a 56cm frame, you'll see a few of the tall pros who are made to ride stock bikes in positions like this. Long limbs and a short torso means you can get away with a shorter top tube for your stature. A long seat post takes care of the legs, and the long arms allow a deep saddle to bar drop (if the rider is flexible enough). This won't affect weight distribution or proper handling. Check out Ondrej Sosenka on his hour record bike. For a guy who is 6'6", if he were evenly proportioned, his bike would be huge. Ryder a limb-y guy, so can ride a smaller frame.

The guys you see on custom one-off frames are the ones who need a longer TT and still need to keep a short headtube.

I hear you on the long limbs. I'm 6' tall yet only ride a 54cm with a 120mm stem and lots of seatpost.

A good example of what you said about guys who need a long top tube and short head tube is Petr Sagan. The custom geometry EVOs he was riding were something nuts like a 56 TT and a 52 head tube.

I posted some Sagan bikes so here is a Boonen bike. Boonen also has similar custom made frames. I myself ride a 54cm with slammed stem and huge drop. I find it very comfy.
Here's one of Boonen's

 

[ray j willings]

one of my fav TB paint jobs

 

[ray j willings]

Spotted, the new Venge ,red and black paint job

 

[Bustedknuckle]

Spotted, the new Venge ,red and black paint job

A red, black and white frame? Amazing, what innovation!!!

 

[ray j willings]

Spotted, the new Venge ,red and black paint job

A red, black and white frame? Amazing, what innovation!!!

It does look a lot less like Batmans bike with that paint job.

 

[King Boonen]

Spotted, the new Venge ,red and black paint job

A red, black and white frame? Amazing, what innovation!!!

It does look a lot less like Batmans bike with that paint job.

Agreed. I can ALMOST accept it as a bike in that paint scheme. That black and white thing is awful.

This is so cool:

Patrick Seabase's fixed wheel bike for the Tour 1910 stage he rode recently. As far as I'm aware it's a prototype frame, not sure who made it. I'll always ride with two brakes on my fixed wheel, but I have to admit I look at this and want to go brakeless. So simple, effortlessly cool.

 

[King Boonen]

Saracen Myst Carbon. I don't even ride FS bikes, I use my hardtail for downhill tracks (Yes, proper downhill including World Cup tracks!) but this is a good looking bike.