Jules said:

Boy, it's a newsy day. My two cents - I loathe this kid of reporting

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/03/news/road/sagan-doesnt-like-how-van-avermaet-races-smart_398696

Spencer Powlison taking cheap shots at Sagan. I am I supposed to want to read more of this shit because he's tough talking from his keyboard?

Punching down is ugly, but it probably gets the page views. 

What galls most is that Sagan's victory count is pretty sensational overall, much greater than GVA's, and on a wider variety of terrain and circumstances.  

Have you guys seen this???  I don't care for dopers but I sure don't wish this on anyone



http://cyclingtips.com/2016/03/former-pro-phil-zajicek-loses-arm-after-vehicle-collision-in-colorado/

Pro Kathryn Bertine writes about turning off her power meter. A cool article about riding from the heart

“Where’s your power meter?” one asked.
“Recharging,” I answered.

http://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/power-meters/kathryn-bertine-my-year-without-power?

So really disc brakes on road bikes is really happening.

Sadly yes.

I found it ironically funny but power-tap upped her contract after the
piece aired.

David Yang said:

So really disc brakes on road bikes is really happening.

But looking at that rotor, I see another reason for wondering why.  The amount of surface area that the pads contact seems dramatically smaller on that rotor than it does when using a rim as your rotor and a set of standard rim pads for your braking.  Considering the dramatically smaller diameter of the rotor (622mm vs. 160mm) in addition to the reduced surface area, how much harder does the rotor caliper have to squeeze to get the wheel to stop in the same distance as with a rim brake?

JP, I think if everything was constant, yeah obviously the bigger "rotor" and larger surface area would be the winner, but there are crucial differences between a dedicated disc brake and a wheel rim pulling double duty as a braking surface.  Dedicated disc rotors (and pads) can be designed and made using any material best suited for braking with no engineering consideration for other more *primary* functions.   A wheel rim design has so many other considerations besides braking and they brake as well as they do now because of decades (a century?) of refinement.

So I mean rim brakes were perfectly fine for a long time, but isn't the reason why discs on road bikes is happening due to carbon rim braking performance (and dangers) - especially for pros?  And this avenue of solving the carbon rim braking issues is possible now because the extra weight of a more complex system (stiffer/beefier forks on top of the additional brake stuff) is offset with the ability to create stupid light frames and components.

Personally I don't care much as long as standards are created and followed across all different manufacturers so parts from different mfgs are compatible with each other (e.g. 10/11 speed cassettes/chains/chainrings; chainring BCDs; 110/130mm hub spacing; etc.).  Otherwise all this stuff is over-engineered for most rec and category riders in the first place.

a classic from Spy magazine that requires a revisit now as part of the 2016 presidential nominating process. 

https://sydneyschuster.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/run-amok-mapping-the-tour-de-trumps-mishaps-foul-ups-and-egregious-exaggerations/

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^ Gotta feel for Cancellara — rides mechanical Dura Ace and gets a mechanical.

That's one way to remedy a flappy jersey.

From this pic it  appears as if cyclings dirtiest drug has returned...pot belge
https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/cyclings-dirtiest-drug

This is pretty horrific.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/35908455

On top of that another Belgian rider had a major heart attack during the Criterium International and he's in a critical condition.

Thierry Bonnaire said:

On top of that another Belgian rider had a major heart attack during the Criterium International and he's in a critical condition.

Yeah that one reeks (sadly) of the early EPO days when guys would have to set alarms for 3am to get up and spin on rollers to keep their HR's from bottoming out... forever.

I suppose it's morbid to hope this was congenital but it would be an unimaginably more tragic thing if this was self-inflicted.

I hate it when a foreign team comes along and snaps up a local sponsor.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-sign-sponsorship-deal-with-ca-technologies/

Ok, the classics have started so it's time to revisit the tutorial on how to hide spoilers on the forum

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Kevin Cosner is the russian double agent.
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Here is an image of the text needed:

Tour of Flanders results

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I love Sagan's explanation of his technique: "“It’s very hard to work with other guys, because nobody wants to work with me. It’s always better to drop everybody, I think,” he said."
http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/news/road/sagan-wins-the-tour-of-flanders_400837

i mean yeah, i guess it is always better to drop everybody peter.  
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Has anybody got a link to the full race video yet?

JohnMalcolmson said:

^ Gotta feel for Cancellara — rides mechanical Dura Ace and gets a mechanical.

Did you see Sagan's helmet?

Did you see Sagan's helmet??

I hate not being able to insert links.   Wtf yang!

Myles said:

I hate not being able to insert links.   Wtf yang!

Myles you have to insert the link at the bottom of this dialogue where it says "Image URL"

how very meta of you

mugwump said:

ENVE disc brake fork recall

http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/Recall-Alerts/2016/ENVE-Recalls-Bicycle-Forks/

The cracking will occur just above where the aluminum sleeve inside the left leg ends.

Crap. Thank you for posting. Have that fork on my CX bike.