Originally Posted by
CMAW
I think they're classic record shifters, wouldn't make sense otherwise. What's playing here is a change of aspect ratio in the film-to-YT-vid conversion: the image is compressed in the horizontal axis. Wheels are egg-shaped, everything is stretched out vertically (tall mechanic!).
First image shows an oval-shaped chainring in the original YT vid (and not biopace or the like).
Second image same thing compressed on the vertical axis (round now).
Last one, same compression, normal shifters, short Italian mechanic
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Exceptional riders, normal shifters.
some people gotta suck the fun out of everything…..
LOL. you’re probably right, but it’s interesting discussing the possibility and reasons why.
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