/bert/ - ciclismo

 >>/50746/
I don't really care about gearing standards, I just think that in general equipment innovation doesn't bring anything to the sport. Just sometimes some riders will have an unfair advantage.

 >>/50753/
Just in recent years equipment innovation has brought wider tyres to the market for the everyman which is a good thing, more comfortable and faster. Crazy UCI regulations not based on anything have just made the sport much harder for any outliers: TT bike regulations (sticks aren't allowed to be as long as they should, saddle must be 5cm behind the BB for no reason) have made TT bikes much less comfortable than tri bikes, especially for taller riders; handlebar regulations exclude smaller women for no real reason and make racing far worse for them; and so on.
I am all for limiting equipment innovation for safety reasons if it's reasonable. Like demanding slower, more punctureproof tyres for every racer? No problem imo, makes for safer and slower racing. Or limiting clothing aero in some way (just limiting aero socks / overshoes would make riders lose 10W) for the same reason.

 >>/50744/
He was already not happy that the team had signed Ayuso without telling him and now they sent him to China with a bad back. I think he might not be extending with Trek next time.

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We finally have a Finnish continental level team as UN Cycling Team that dominated the local Finnish scene aims to get closer to the top European level

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 >>/50737/
Nice thanks I've come across a similar stem that's sold under different names on aliexpress and I assume it's a copy of that one except for the faceplate. Costs around 100€ and it's available in 6/12/17° and 160-180mm length, it's also much heavier.

 >>/50754/
Humm you might be right, I guess I still haven't made peace with the death of rim brakes.
Speaking of wider tires, how wide are berts going on their road bikes?

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 >>/50739/
kek
 >>/50754/
I agree with all that, just fyi as far as I know all the arbitrary UCI ruling around TT and track bikes comes from the graham obree era where that man made his own bike to cook up super aero positions with which he dominated individual pursuit, the UCI first directly banned pic rel. and then the superman position which he came up next and then they imposed a bunch of these rules like the saddle behind BB and the maximum extension length thing to prevent the development of new positions as much as possible. There's a documentary on youtube about him, it's a good watch.

IMO an easy fix for many UCI regulations like handlebar width and extension length would be making them all in relation to the rider such as handlebar width in relation to the riders shoulder width and so on, these blanket statement rules fuck over too many people as you said.

I only have one (1) bice and it's still the first that I ever p*rchased
it just werks

Tosh VAN DER SANDE retires. Whoever that is. Another anonymous Visma drone used up

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Kermiscross Ardooie OFFICIAL /bet/

> Van Thourenhout 2.25
> Aerts 2.5
> Wyseure 4
> Groypers 19
> Orts Lloret 26
> Hendrixx 29
> Kamp 41
> Meeussen 41
> Mason 67
> Coitus 151
> Meeusen 251
> Alderweireld 301

business idea for the tour of holland. after the prologue and today's ITT there should be a TTT as well. just make the total time trial tour, so riders can use their aerocontraptions to their liking.

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based

 >>/50758/
I ride 28s that measure a little under 30, if I could get/fit wider rims I would go a bit wider

 >>/50764/
Cyrill van HauwaertGOD, winner of MSR and P-R in 1908. Now THAT was a runner

 >>/50762/
Waar SWEECK he

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Anyway, I need 300 points. So a surprise winner. Bert will of course do the most boring team as usual, so I will have to make a ridiculous one and hope for a ridiculous result. And if Del Dopo is on the startlist that means it's OVER

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 >>/50762/
Wait I just noticed a most of these are fake names. Coitus? Meeussen and Meeusen. Are those the ones from Tintin?

 >>/50769/
The great Witse and Tom MEEUS(S)ENS

 >>/50768/
Yes well UAE only has 6 on startlist right now, so there is a Torito-shaped hole in their roster

Joseph (Sepp) Being

 >>/50772/
Why does this person even exist, even normies don't like her

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Huh, tour of holandia is already over

Tratnik bros we are back

 >>/50773/
Diversity quota (fat untalented woman)

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> 15 km flat
> 20 km flat
> 10 km flat
> 25 km flat
> 15 km flat
why are ZWIFT races like this?
why do I complain about it every month?
And NO, I am NOT joining the ZZZWWALGBTSDFQWT Racing, I will prefer to complain

 >>/50777/
just race against your shadow

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GIx7zCFt078
Bald fraud reviewing the new Garmin PM
> absolute no squeaking
How can assiomas even compete? And is it worth the $500 premium?

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 >>/50778/
That's exactly what I do

> transfers:
Kamp to Uno-X
Rouland to Cofidis
Hänninen and Laurens Huys to continue their careers as conti jobbers at Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur
19 Belgian pros still without contract for next season
> kermiscross result:
Brand wins, mens race currently underway (with Van tour skin, troon aerts)
> other news:
lab rat tosh van der sande retires 
Barguil contract extenstion at picknick until 2027
fem to return to the CX circus this sunday at superprestige ruddervoorde

 >>/50781/
> Barguil contract extenstion at picknick until 2027
why

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 >>/50782/
unlike the other French rider retiring at his age, he doesn't seem to have his retirement fund filled yet

did not yet see anyone talk about the 5th grand tour, aka Tour de SERBIA, with a star-studded startlist

 >>/50784/
> Oscar PPATTT
peculiar name

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 >>/50733/
The very best of Central American ciclismo, of course

 >>/50751/
Thanks for the effort!

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 >>/50751/
thanks king

 >>/50751/
down under you will hear the marseille la marseillaise being sung while suffering from a serious case of omloop fever. don't fight it.

Matty O'Jorge extends till 2029, what a shame

 >>/50790/
I wonder if he's ever gonna ride a rice for himself that isn't PN

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 >>/50751/
thanks Bert!

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he really is the de lie of stage races

 >>/50791/
even PN this year didn't seem like a sure thing that he'd go for it, with Jonas on the startlist

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 >>/50794/
he sure loves to bygma those jonas balls

 >>/50791/
Even though Simon Yeis lucked into a Giro win you still have to imagine Jorgenson is their second in line after Jonas for stage races.
He should have lots of opportunities if they split them up to give them separate race programmes.

 >>/50796/
they've offered him giro leadership twice and he rejects because he really loves working for vingegaard or something
I mean this year again, italian races as leader? no I will work for vingegaard in the vuelta where he was almost guaranteed to win

New thread soon

Before I post the new thread I need to know if the AI bot is ok with superprestige CX races

Ok, let me try, if there's no new thread you know why

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 >>/50797/
Fair enough I didn't know they had already offered him Giro leadership.