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08-07-12, 03:07 PM
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We are talking serious money here. Plus people jobs are on the line. Win and you keep your job. Lose and you go coach a collegiate cycling team.
They have a budget of SEVERAL millions of dollars thanks to the Lottery. Why not use it in every way possible. They even have a Sports Psychologist on staff. By all accounts, he's very effective.
Winning is Winning.
The British Cycling program is built on the idea of incremental marginal gains. +1% here. +0.5% there. +3% on that... all of that adds up to something. Apparently that "something" is a box full of gold medals and cash.
No idea about the components. The bars will probably be $500-1000, I'd guess.
Everything depends on "production availability" or something like that. Meaning, "If you want us to turn out 1 set of bars for you, we'll do it...and you'll pay dearly."
08-07-12, 03:26 PM
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very interesting, ive never heard of this before..id love to see how it feels
apparently Sheldon used it on FG bikes and liked it
apparently Sheldon used it on FG bikes and liked it
08-07-12, 03:28 PM
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Sorry, that was supposed to make you think about all the time and engineering that went into that bike that looks like it was built by a "martian"
thats all. while there is a lot of love for lugs and fillet braising, I feel like one should know that is the grand father to carbon, kevlar composites and wind tunnels. Whether you appreciate it or not, I was simply helping you be informed about that bike.
thats all. while there is a lot of love for lugs and fillet braising, I feel like one should know that is the grand father to carbon, kevlar composites and wind tunnels. Whether you appreciate it or not, I was simply helping you be informed about that bike.
08-08-12, 06:40 PM
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very interesting, ive never heard of this before..id love to see how it feels
apparently Sheldon used it on FG bikes and liked it
apparently Sheldon used it on FG bikes and liked it
You can generally mimic it with one of the $12 eBay chain-rings since they're often very out of round.
Fausto Coppi's track bike.
https://bicyclespecialties.blogspot.r...-in-italy.html
08-08-12, 07:16 PM
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Sorry, that was supposed to make you think about all the time and engineering that went into that bike that looks like it was built by a "martian"
thats all. while there is a lot of love for lugs and fillet braising, I feel like one should know that is the grand father to carbon, kevlar composites and wind tunnels. Whether you appreciate it or not, I was simply helping you be informed about that bike.
thats all. while there is a lot of love for lugs and fillet braising, I feel like one should know that is the grand father to carbon, kevlar composites and wind tunnels. Whether you appreciate it or not, I was simply helping you be informed about that bike.
08-08-12, 08:55 PM
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Because they are faster apparently.
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I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
08-09-12, 09:19 AM
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