Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Fixie to be ridden in Giro d'Italia

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dabern
05-07-05, 07:12 AM
Whodathunkit? Check it out...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/tech/?id=wilier

bostontrevor
05-07-05, 07:32 AM
He's only riding it in a 1.15k prologue, perfect for a fixed gear sprint.
luckycat
05-07-05, 07:37 AM
That's very cool. Now, do any NY people know of a bar that might be showing the race, for those of us who are cable/tv impaired? I heard something about a bar in brooklyn that showed cycling events, but not exactly what bar or where...

*new*guy
05-07-05, 07:44 AM
well, you can crack a beer and watch here mms://fastreal.fastweb.it/raisporthigh
you'll need windoze media player

the schedule is listed in a thread in the road bike racing forum.
FixednotBroken
05-07-05, 08:16 AM
dig the front brake behind the fork.
jimv
05-07-05, 09:43 AM
well, you can crack a beer and watch here mms://fastreal.fastweb.it/raisporthigh
you'll need windoze media player

the schedule is listed in a thread in the road bike racing forum.

gmplayer on linux works well too....

Jim
Ceya
05-07-05, 12:36 PM
Cool but riding fixed is nothing new for time trails. You can only use them for that purpose and with a brake.

S/F<
CEYA!
Erik
05-07-05, 02:30 PM
Nope, the fixie comes in 6th. 2 Seconds behind Brett Lancaster (Aus).
bostontrevor
05-07-05, 03:16 PM
Just watched O'Grady finish. The race was pretty typical, he started out slow wound up to a good speed but it wasn't quite good enough. His final time was something like 1:22.625 whereas Lancaster finished at 1:20.985 (if I remember right), so a pretty favorable showing but obviously it's always packed pretty tight near the top.

6th out of a field of 197.
Jose R
05-07-05, 03:51 PM
He rode pursuit. Olympic champion.

http://www.cycling.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/H_P_/Rider_Profiles/Male_Riders/Brett_Lancaster.htm
Ira in Chi
05-07-05, 04:31 PM
Anyone find archived video footage?
timmhaan
05-07-05, 04:35 PM
that's gotta be one of the shortest time trials, right? 1.15km is nothing.
*new*guy
05-07-05, 04:47 PM
It was very interesting to watch, and to see how genuinely WASTED everyone was by the time they got within 200M or so of the line.
auk
05-07-05, 08:26 PM
In other words, these marathon runners are dropping themselves in 100yd dash land.