Pro-cycling thread

shoulda got an arkose

https://youtu.be/IF3KxWJp2DQ?si=jFVMpvIkuh-MK0KJ

I love his intonation changes between interviewers

I have come to the conclusion, that everyone will care about obviously, that because we have a clearer eye on doping now we effectively have a peloton of mules, and that means the actual great riders look super human.

Where as before we had a peloton full of EPO fuelled monsters it didn’t stand out as much.

Thanks for listening to my underslept caffeine fuelled ramblings.

French teams are guaranteed
to chase down a French rider

getting one of these for when I’m on the arkose

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Is that real?

If it is I'll give it a season max before it's banned.

I believe so

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Did they start from a bike helmet for conjoined twins?

ai generated

want/need

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Paris–Nice on the zone 2 clubrun

'What if we ask ChatGPT to design a TT helmet in the style of HR Geiger?'

How could it be banned though? Think it meets the current dimension criteria.

Be interesting to see the aero claims for it. I kinda like the poc tempor but I'm not an instant fan of the giro

Visibility looks better in it

Does it. Maybe the fore and aft shape make it look longer than it actually is

It's not on the exceptions list
It looks to me like they've taken the UCI box and just maxed it out completely. Having said that, those dimensions were only announced very recently so I imagine Giro had this in development before the rules were shared. So I would expect to see it added to that exceptions list very shortly.

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it's a AI image guys.

oh...

They were announced November 2022 and started January 2023, I wouldn't say that's super recent. Pretty sure I've read that the UCI consults with manufacturers when making new rules as well.

Developing a new helmet normally takes a lot longer than 15 months, so I'm sure Giro had this underway before the end of 2022 in which case they can apply for exception.
The UCI does often consult manufacturers (see recent lever debacle) but in this case I believe those rules were a bit of a kneejerk reaction to the Specialized TT5.

Surely

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I'm watching highlights now, 40km to go pan flat and 32km/h