TDF Mountain Gearing
07-11-15, 09:42 AM
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TDF Mountain Gearing
Anybody know what gearing the pros use for mountain stages of the big races??
07-11-15, 09:56 AM
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07-11-15, 02:46 PM
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Thanks, fietsbob. I don't pay much attention to pro racing, so I wasn't familiar with cyclingnews.com.
Here is an article that directly addresses the question wrt Fabian Cancellara.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/...ce-trek-domane
Keep in mind that, along with the top equipment and carefully selected gearing and whatnot, the pros also use EPO, steroids, blood transfusions, and any number of dirty tricks that haven't been outed or explicitly banned yet.
So if you want to ride like the pros, get you bike set up, then get injecting!
Here is an article that directly addresses the question wrt Fabian Cancellara.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/...ce-trek-domane
Keep in mind that, along with the top equipment and carefully selected gearing and whatnot, the pros also use EPO, steroids, blood transfusions, and any number of dirty tricks that haven't been outed or explicitly banned yet.
So if you want to ride like the pros, get you bike set up, then get injecting!
07-11-15, 05:28 PM
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Thanks, fietsbob. I don't pay much attention to pro racing, so I wasn't familiar with cyclingnews.com.
Here is an article that directly addresses the question wrt Fabian Cancellara.
Fabian Cancellara's Tour de France Trek Domane | Cyclingnews.com
Keep in mind that, along with the top equipment and carefully selected gearing and whatnot, the pros also use EPO, steroids, blood transfusions, and any number of dirty tricks that haven't been outed or explicitly banned yet.
So if you want to ride like the pros, get you bike set up, then get injecting!
Here is an article that directly addresses the question wrt Fabian Cancellara.
Fabian Cancellara's Tour de France Trek Domane | Cyclingnews.com
Keep in mind that, along with the top equipment and carefully selected gearing and whatnot, the pros also use EPO, steroids, blood transfusions, and any number of dirty tricks that haven't been outed or explicitly banned yet.
So if you want to ride like the pros, get you bike set up, then get injecting!
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07-11-15, 06:22 PM
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In the Vuelta a few years back they used triples on the 20+% grades. I think now they use the compact set ups.
You must remember that like all professional athletes they are freaks of nature.
You must remember that like all professional athletes they are freaks of nature.
07-14-15, 02:47 PM
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I noticed in today's Stage 10 victory that Froome rides lumpy chainrings...........
07-14-15, 04:20 PM
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07-14-15, 04:34 PM
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not lumpy Osymetric see 10 of 15 .. Pro Bike Gallery: Chris Froome's Pinarello Dogma - VeloNews.com
Looked like the shots on todays stage 10 the cassette had a wider range than They used last week.
Looked like the shots on todays stage 10 the cassette had a wider range than They used last week.
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not lumpy Osymetric see 10 of 15 .. Pro Bike Gallery: Chris Froome's Pinarello Dogma - VeloNews.com
Looked like the shots on todays stage the cassette had a wider range than They used last week.
Looked like the shots on todays stage the cassette had a wider range than They used last week.
WOW! Those are SERIOUSLY not round. I mean, I've seen the bio pace rings. You have to spin those to realize that they aren't round but JEEZE. Froome's stick out like a sore thumb.
