Pro-cycling thread

What road tubeless tyres need is some kind of internal pressurised bladder that can really lock the beads in place against the rim.

https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen/status/1645173584497606657
Lucky not to have been hurt worse. Impossible really to say why he crashed so we should all give our expert opinions on why he crashed at some length later in the thread.

Might as well post that in the tubeless thread

The photo in this tweet suggests Wright had a tubeless issue too:

https://twitter.com/LoosDieter/status/1645174430467858433?

But that could have happened as a consequence of the crash, and I doubt we'll ever know.

That’s terrifying, never mind the sliding and hitting the floor but bikes wizzing around you as you’re in shock.

Also. Flares? Really?

It's all fun and games until someone loses a line.

Nothing makes my heart sink more than hearing the words 'Let's go to Philip Gilbert on the motorcycle'. Man is a menance to sense. "I don't really know what is going on, the racers are maybe tired from the racing. I know when I raced these roads I would get tired towards the end. Back to the studio' It's not his fault, the concept is stupid because narrowing down from 8 cameras and a helicopter to some hoser riding pinion on the bike at the back of the bunch means he fundamentally knows less than everyone else watching TV.

Also turns out I get Discovery+ free for some reason which allowed me to cancel GCN+ - it is so nice to not be confronted with their cycling content. Homewreck Ghost Hunting Wife Swap: Atlanta is much easier to skip over while being of the same quality as Fausto Coppi: What Kind of Bikepacking Bike Would He Have Ridden

Yet Bradley Wiggins and Iris Slappendel are good on the moto.

some hoser

bit harsh, English is his 3rd language after all!

tbh It's only made sense with your man wiggo in transitional tour stages where you get some capital B banter with the rest of the lads when they're in the caravan picking up bottles etc, theres no actual #insight to have, it should just be for levity's sake.

Exactly. Phil’s taking it way too seriously.

By good you must mean Not Rob Hatch.

some hoser

Ok this is a mistake by me, I should have said 'any hoser' as PG is not 'some hoser'. But the bike is basically cutting to someone who is following the race by listening to a radio but also can't hear shit. I can't comment on Iris but I've got no time for Wiggo

@snoops Maybe he'll settle into and find his bit, like he could do a segment where he eats a bug off of his visor and does tasting notes etc

I wouldn't mind if they fucked that bike off. One less moto on the course.

Neutral service can fuck off too while we're at it.

Neutral service can fuck off too while we're at it.

WHUT. Stoopid Ultra thread is over there - >

I’m not sure he’s the right character. He’s very, very dry – and not in the witty sense.

I want pure war stories. Extra long mic for sticking in riders faces and team cars. Unconfirmed pelo goss. Zero insight.

I was thinking EF or Astana should pick up the contract instead, they just mic up one of their Meat in the Room riders who hangs in the peleton but are actually only there for live updates. As they have zero chance at winning they could just concentrate on the content

2019 was an epic Flanders

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They have team cars. I'd fuck them off too if I was running the show. Use kit that will work the distance and tough shit if you puncture at a bad time. It happened to Wout and regardless of how many people they had, how many cars they had and how much neutral support was out there, his race was still fucked. So they can all piss off.

The good old days.

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That would be the best but at the very least piss of neutral service and some of those pointless TV motos. Unless you have a camera or video, you can piss off from the convoy. No one cares for your moving interviews - get a real job.

Too busy to watch on Sunday or read much analysis.

Have there been some serious conversations about tubeless tyres?

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/meet-our-new-motorbike-star-jens-voigt_vid1888310/video.shtml

If they'd just read the Tubeless thread they'd know that legend-in-his-own-lunchbox hippy doesn't use road tubeless and everyone would be fine and dandy. You're welcome, World Tour.

Can we perhaps force all the old pros to do gravel instead of interviews?

One doesn’t do gravel, one experiences it.

One doesn’t do gravel, one instas it.