O oaklegs May 7, 2010 35 0 0 Apr 15, 2011 #1 Katusha rider Mikhail Ignatiev took an extreme approach to bar padding for Paris-Roubaix. In this photograph there appears to be an additional brake lever on the handlebars. Is this legal as far as UCI is concerned?
Katusha rider Mikhail Ignatiev took an extreme approach to bar padding for Paris-Roubaix. In this photograph there appears to be an additional brake lever on the handlebars. Is this legal as far as UCI is concerned?
RDV4ROUBAIX Mar 19, 2009 2,703 3 0 Apr 15, 2011 #2 Here, let me help you with that "photograph". It's a bar top cross lever, and UCI legal, borrowed from cyclocross. Never heard of it? (see 2nd photo). That ridiculous padding should be banned though.
Here, let me help you with that "photograph". It's a bar top cross lever, and UCI legal, borrowed from cyclocross. Never heard of it? (see 2nd photo). That ridiculous padding should be banned though.
online-rider Oct 18, 2009 456 0 0 Apr 15, 2011 #3 The padding is a disgrace. But at least its not as wimpy as the cannondale headshock.
E ergmonkey Aug 11, 2009 729 0 0 Apr 15, 2011 #4 Might want to change the title of this thread from "three brakes" to "three brake levers." Sorry, but I had to nit-pick on this one. Unless, of course, Ignatiev also added a disc brake somewhere...
Might want to change the title of this thread from "three brakes" to "three brake levers." Sorry, but I had to nit-pick on this one. Unless, of course, Ignatiev also added a disc brake somewhere...
B biker77 Jun 23, 2009 168 0 0 Apr 15, 2011 #5 Any pictures of this during the race, or do riders and mechanics take the p**s sometimes?