Photo Of The Day

He has the most mental stem on that thing.

I'd imagine that stem would need to withstand a lot more sideways flex?

(paging mdcc)

also wonder if he's strapped to the seat? That'd make him more efficient no?

Yes, his left stump is attached to the seat post by some kind of bracket. I think the stem structure is dictated by his need to get the grip so far from the stem mounting point, and what is obviously a very limited budget; I doubt that he put anywhere near as much torque into the stem as a sprinter like Hoy, but Hoy gets world class aerospace composite engineers to make his bar/stem.

From Veloimages ("what's your excuse")
awesome inspiration

"Aero or Die" is not permitted for able-bodied athletes; that's my excuse!

Wouldn't closed jersey sleeves be more aero for little effort in his case? I think there's something wrong with me for even considering that.

inspiration...right there.....awesome!!!

Wouldn't closed jersey sleeves be more aero for little effort in his case? I think there's something wrong with me for even considering that.

No overshoes either, but somebody mentioned that the Commissaires at the Paracycling World Championships were being particularly strict over the UCI ban on unnecessary clothing. Maybe he has aero stump covers and some blazer told him to take them off.

Yeah I noticed the lack of overshoes - thought you might be able to get away with integral stump covers as they're not 'extra', but have no knowledge of the relevant UCI ruling so this belief of acceptability is founded on ignorance.

surely a pair of custom gloves would pass muster? Marginal gains...

Ultimate brakeless

Nature is so cool.

Robert Marchand, 100, from France, on the way to setting the hour record in the 100-year-old class at 24.25km. Aigle, Switzerland. Found at http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/bilder-des-tages-momentaufnahmen-im-februar-1.1272632-2

what a hipster

Pfft. He's not even on the track properly

Dunno what I think about these but thought i'd offer them up;

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2L7Myn/www.amazingonly.com/amazing/paris-now-and-then-1940s-classic-photography/

Dunno what I think about these but thought i'd offer them up;

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2L7Myn/www.amazingonly.com/amazing/paris-now-and-then-1940s-classic-photography/

5 minutes of photoshop blendered with a crap idea.

And posted last year. There's more than just Paris I think.

Nature is so gay.

ftfy

Eh?

From the Guardian 24 hours in pictures:

"London, England: Vladimir Tuychiev of Uzbekistan races during the Men's omnium flying lap at the UCI World Cup track cycling, an official test event for the London 2012 Olympic Games, at the Velodrome in the Olympic Park"