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Pro is a guy that does cycling for a living... this guy is a secondary school physics teacher that does cycling as a hobby, a very serious hobby. TDF is another kind of race, with support and sleep and teammates...
He fits quite well in the ultracycling and unsupported field, in fact he's one of the best along with Mike Hall and some others if you look at what he has done in the last 4 years. Look at the numbers, he didn't win by speed or strength, but by moving ratio.. that's what he's talking about, but maybe you can't get pass the image you have formed about him to really hear the advices he's giving.
But yeah, he doesn't seem like a party guy :D
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Finally heard from @CarlosBI, enjoying his time with the finishers, many questions for Kristof but no secrets revealed so far :D. Amazing how that guy keeps riding with so little rest, and so little (compared to the rest of the Top15)... no powermeter, no heartband, no bivvy bag, no apidura seatbag, not even aerobars ribbon!
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Björn seems to have stopped because some knee pain or something like that, what a bummer :(
Nope... breathing issues :( https://twitter.com/transconrace/status/760905746427043840
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@hippy from 3:19 on multiple takes https://youtu.be/9gdi0EpmocM?t=199
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Used a 1.5'' adapter for setting the crown race straight, without hammering with screwdrivers or other dubious methods. Fork came with it, so I assume its needed.
Hope Kinesis are still kind enough to resolve that problem @TurtleRecall !
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Yes #60 is @CarlosBI :D He texts me from time to time. He was worried about food and water, and how the hell others have done the first day without stopping for liters and liters of water. But he's still thinking straight, even over-slept at the last control (7hours instead of 4), but he's feeding well (2 burgers some hours ago, and 2 more in the feedbag). Hope he can keep that good pace and wait until others commit errors or just fade away.
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I'm using SP Dynamo, so does @hippy. I've made some descents over 60kph for 5 to 10 minutes... unit still works (but not sure a its 100% :D) but charges stuff.
Hope to see someone making an unit for non-tourers that do TCR / TransAm / Tour Divide / etc...
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What about descending speeds? Like 60kph
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I've added them! It's true they weren't on the list, but I knew about them from @CarlosBI. Seems like a complicated copy of Doval, with two separate optional adjusters... need to get a decent internet connection to see their french videos to understand how they work.
No clue about the circular to non-circular relation, just wrote about my experience some post earlier... went from 50x34 circular to 52x36 Doval and everything was still the same in terms of climbing and fast flats, but it just could be me getting stronger.
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@CarlosBI has been climbing positions all day... now 4th, but 6th on the Clermont Ferrand control
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What is the question? Can't understand if you are advertising the dual-oval or asking for a comparison
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 😮
Seeing that hurt me like if it was mine's :( Hope Kinesis and Probikekit helps you quickly
Just revised mine and it doesn't have any suspicious cracks, but I'll start to check it more often.
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But... will he bounce back into the saddle? #notfatenough
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Did some research while building my bike, "heavy" rider here with 87-88kg, Hunt wheels seemed like a great option for disc wheel, but low spoke count for me was a problem.
Finally choosed the Pro-Lite Revo A21, with a similar price tag and features, but 28 spokes on the front and 32 spokes on the rear. Even got them (Pro-Lite factory in Taiwan) to build me another front wheel with an SP Dynamo hub with a 32 spokes rim. Did almost 10.000km on them with a total weight of aprox 106kg (rider+bike+equipment), no spoke or rim failures, not even rim unalignment... Many will say 32 spokes are less aerodynamic than 24, but for what I like to do (long distances) avoiding mechanical failures is a greater advantage. Nice review here
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SwissStop have worked great for me with the Spyres, money well spent
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My uncle's brother was a pro-cyclist in his day, and that was what he said "I tried those biopace, hurt like hell, you shouldn't use shit like that".
But Biopace got the chainrings in the opposite position, compared to today's non circular chainrings (Doval, Rotor, Osymetrics). They got it totally wrong, and that's why many people that tried them or heard about them don't even want to get near todays other options.
This is a biopace description image:
You can see how the radius was higher in the deadspot, and smaller in the point where you could deliver the most amount of power. The opposite to what Doval, Rotor, Osymetrics try to do...
About the knee problems, I'm my experience (road, mtb, fixie, etc...) People tend to use their bikes without a good initial position adjustment, or at least without re-adjusting when something starts hurting, and then blames the saddle, or whatever else... but I just did 1000km straight and nothing hurt, so it must have something to do with a good biomechanical study. But its also true that there is people that a small amount of change in the position creates a lot of problems for them, whereas others tend to just adapt and don't get hurt...
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Saddle position is correct (adjusted by biomechanic), maybe I'll try getting the handlebar 2,3cm up (switch -17º stem for a -6º one). But also will try to improve hand muscle tone and see if things improve. Thanks!
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Has anyone tried to improve their hand's resistance to pressure with success? Maybe with some kind of exercise with a tennis ball or "hand press"?
In Paris-Brest-Paris and other Super Randonne events you're not allowed to use aero bars, so hand's positions are restricted to just 6-7 with normal handlebars, but the always make pressure on almost the same spots. On the 600 and 1000km brevets I was able to avoid getting my hands numb, but still some bruises appeared in the palm and felt how nerves where hurting.
I've seen Mikko (@mkpaa) doing some handstands on twitter periscope, but not sure if it was just for fun/core
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Well the screw has a flat head (the part in contact with the ring) so any screw with the correct length and size will do.
I played a bit with it, to change from positions 1 to 5, but ended in the middle position from about km 600 and never looked back. Maybe I'll try to play again with it this autumn
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