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Marginal gains. I’ve heard of people titrating doses to lean on the legal limit to exploit every last “legal high”, if you will.

Not sure what the details were. The reason they gave was the bloke that made it wanted to spend more time with his young family - totally acceptable.

But it came the same time as Orica leaving. If they had the budget, it would be relatively easy to find someone else to make it.

They’re not idiots, they’ll come back with something similar. Yet the budget, or lack there of, will limit its impact.

This is why I think losing Michelson Scott would be sad.

It’s plainly obvious that every dollar sunk into cycling sponsorship would be more efficiently spent on Facebook, there’s no doubt in my mind. So the old Backstage Pass was just starting to develop a critical mass of viewers online, where the sponsor could really start to see who was watching, what the analytics looked like etc. It’s a strategy that could start to make sponsorship look attractive to more companies because they would have more data to calculate returns to the business.

But Orica fucked offf, which likely means smaller budgets for video this year, which means less staff, which means lower quality and on and on.

It’s cache and probably a pet project of the CEO. There’s no way anyone, except maybe a bike brand, can argue that sponsorship pays off.

It’s true in almost all sports, isn’t it? I’m trying to think of one sport where an advertiser can truly make a good ROI... it’s usually about the free passes, the tent out the back and the CEO’s ego.

Maybe I’m cynical.

Sort of.

In corporate Australia, especially Melbourne and Adelaide, cycling has come to replace golf and is held in high regard.

Orica sells dynamite to mining companies. It doesn’t give a damn about joe public. When times are good, big companies will allocate cash for events/sponsorships so they can improve their standing in the community, invite other execs to events and do what they like. When the market swings, all these expenditures are the first to go.

Orica is so big that the $10-20m odd they gave the team in good times isn’t a big deal.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/orica-scott-teams-become-mitchelton-scott-in-2018/

One of the most interesting and well publicised teams in the peloton continue to struggle with sponsorship. The mining bucks ran out which sees Orica exit leaving Gerry Ryan funding the gap out of his own pocket.

That’s not going to last beyond 2019, so something has to give.

3 & 6 are great numbers, agreed. I too refuse to call anyone with 0 in their number - wankers. That being said, 5 is underrated and oft overlooked. I encourage you to give it a go, maybe a project thread right there?

Ouch. I get that no one likes a survey and that the approach maybe lacked a little awareness.

That being said, I for one am glad someone is spending their very valuable time on a problem I have: bike lights.

They're shit.

It sounds like you're early in the process. Keep at it because I don't want to put up with my Lezyne for much longer.

Keep at it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3jb1lo5_8Ls

No serious injuries. He needs to go out and buy a lotto ticket.

and he receives an official congratulations from the Queen?

ftfy

No, not at all.

He initially scorned them for not having any women presenters, then praised the one from the other team - awkwardly.

I remember thinking he made a real hash of what was a honest attempt at calling out the issue.

YMMV

Casual sexism of Vaughters?

He called out the Eurosport team for not having enough women in the team.

From memory, he chose an awkward turn of phrase to compliment another team (was it the French team?) on their female commentator.

But I'm pretty sure the intent was to question the all male cast of Eurosport English.

For those with time to spare this afternoon, it's being broadcast via Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/hammerseries/videos/435450043476978/

Broken wheel in the lead out train. Wheel hit someone's rear mech, broke spokes.

I have made the move from a well paying job in finance to running my own thing. One point to be made - it's a lot harder, but in a different way.

In a normal job, you feel under appreciated and under-utilised. The stressor is not making a difference, which grinds you down. I think this is what we're talking about?

When on your own, the stress changes to can you pay your mortgage/rent/etc. Every morning you wake up and can decide what to do, just it has to make enough change to get to tomorrow.

One is not necessarily better than the other, both have infinite levers to optimise to create a better situation. Make sure you understand this last point before actually pulling the trigger.

True, but doesn't the cultural context decide the starting list? Like the war on drugs, the people that empower WADA, really decide on the list. Taking something off the list that was once thought to be evil but science works out to be not evil is politically hard - because emotion and the want to sell newspapers. It's bad science but good business.

You're right though. If we are talking about the athlete (not me), that's their decision.

Isn't the origin of the war on doping, the war on drugs?

And if I'm not mistaken, the summary of that debate is in the definition of "drug". Who decides what's in, what's out and so on?

To say something is outlawed because it makes you faster is not true, because a well structured diet can do that.

Then you have to build the base on safety to the actors: anything that is dangerous is on the list. That starts to get a little shaky too - sugar kills a lot more people than EPO every year. The proof required for this would need to be scientific with a clear line: on this side is safe drugs, that line is dangerous. And it all be a-political.

Then it could be about an even playing field: don't allow things that are very expensive or that are hard to get / not evenly distributed (ie. an effective budget restriction) so that everyone can play. This makes a ton of sense. It's kind of like how stock car racing is structured. I feel like this is where the 'fair' argument is coming from.

It's hard to untangle all of this because of the combination of secrecy, sensationalism and emotion surrounding the topic. The irony is, the more people get emotional about it, the less progress will be made and the more it will go underground.

Heya all,

Looking for some drilled forks to put on my Look 464 when it has commuting duties. Have seen Enve, 3T etc - looking for something similar. I am currently putting some decent inner city miles on it and the forks really do help, so happy to pay.

Don't know why, but a little sketched out by Chinese carbon forks. I have a big head, it will hurt when they fail 🤕

Keeping the undrilled for track duties.

No problems - I'm in Gibraltar currently, so no way to act that fast. Hopefully someone puts them to good use.

Sure, missed on some others. I'll grab them

Cool, I'll take two.

Considering the Kickr.

You know you linked a Q&A with Slater and Gordon, right? You also know they're going bust because of they're barely legal approach to trading, right?

Like I said, happy to help. I run a startup insurer that is trying to change some of this stuff, so have a unique perspective.

The point is, someone was hurt; how best to move forward.

I work in insurance and happy to help privately, DM me if you like.

1. Find out who their insurer is, there are good guys and bad guys out there (DM me for the list)
   
2. If good guy, speak to them and try to arrange a cash settlement by phone.
   
3. If bad guy or you can't estimate your damages, send the insurer a letter saying what happened and that you are getting legal representation
   
4. Don't go no win no fee. Decide whether you want cash now or to wait for medical expenses to evolve, then instruct a per hour lawyer
   
   

Overall - you need to decide on your perspective. Looking to cover your expenses, feel like you were wronged, make the person pay? All will result in a slightly different approach.