Again, frame, hot. Hotter than hell. Wheels, hot.

Rotor Q-rings. not hot. :fpalm

Ugh! :twitchy:

Yummy!!!
Hot!

Hot

From a fellow De Rosa owner to another, very nice build as you don't see too many De Rosas to begin with. I'd prefer a 3T or Deda stem/seatpost, but still HOT ​the way it is.

Alright Rustle, you have a pile of hot bikes. Time for a family photo.

thanks!

can someone explain what this means. i don't speak uber bike. but i'm slowly learning.

It wasn't intended to be uber speak. But it was intended to take a little p!ss out of him. :)

Rotor oblong chainrings are designed to take advantage of the 'stomp' down of your pedal stroke.

Instead of trying to pedal round and have a silky smooth, well-trained stroke round stroke, they do away with all that and give into the stomp, stomp, stomp nature of your strong quads vs. relatively weak hamstrings.

Riding rollers is the best way to get that nice smooth stroke on the pedals, because if you just stomp down you'll be all over those things, and riding off the side of your rollers is no fun. Not to mention the mark it leaves on the floor. No amount of hoovering will remove it. They've had oblong chainrings since the 80's IIRC. They usually fade away, but this mechanical shortcut from Rotor have caught on with a couple of pros. So who knows?

Everyone who spends a lot of time on rollers rides off the side once or twice. Usually when watching something and not paying attention. You can slowly drift to the side and before you know it, bam. But ****ey, square stroked stompers find rollers very difficult. And it does take effort and focus. The backs of your knees will never feel worse than riding rollers for 45 minutes after laying off them for a season.

There you have it: rollers. not Rotors.

Here's a video of the greatest cyclist of all time riding his rollers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BcHekNAfOo

and here, if you skip to 12:20. But watch the entire thing, it's brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt5KX__G778

Otherwise that De Rosa (you just might see one in the above video if you're careful)

This guy must be a very untrained stomper. He needs to ride rollers more.

http://mlu-s1-p.mlstatic.com/plato-o...7_082013-O.jpg

Already covered that here:


PS, I'll see you your Sky photo and raise you:

http://bobbysands.smugmug.com/photos...-nq3x3qz-L.jpg

They have been around 100 years or so, since the chain drive began. Come back around about every 15 years. People have short memories.

Show me a photo of Joop Zoetemelk on oblong rings.

Anyway, enough claptrap, back to HOT R NOT?

Biopace did the opposite of what Q-rings and the ones Froome uses.

This.

Actually, I see more and more pros riding q-rings. *shrug*

You mean use an elliptical chainring to mechanically enhance a rider's pedal stroke?


#facepalm

If you want to be contrary for the sake of being contrary, that's perfect. But we're (more you're, really) derailing the Hot or Not thread for absolutely no good reason.

I'm just a sucker for know-it-alls that don't.

"Whatchu talkin bout Willis!?!" ;)
:thumb:
(Joke if its not completely obvious)

That's rich.

I ride Osymetrics.
Now I am going to correct something posted earlier. There is a difference between stomping on the pedals (not the way to pedal) and pedalling by pushing out and down which IS the correct way to pedal. Pedaling circles is not the correct pedal stroke.

Stolen from another website, but I've seen this explanation a number of times...

Love my Q-Rings, won't go back to round.

P.S I ride on rollers just fine.

ok i get the oblong chainring thing, but what are rollers?

Lets quit talking about rings. We've been derailled (see what I did there...:p) Where are some more hot bikes?!

Google, dude: know it, love it.

http://circusmumdotcom.files.wordpre...ng-rollers.jpg

http://www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/...llers_6312.jpg