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Is that the age old conundrum of strength over weight?
Transcontinental Race 2022
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Is that the age old conundrum of strength over weight?
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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Endless amounts of whataboutery could result from those discussions. He posted on Instagram about the wheels pre-race
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_-4owIuRn/
with a (well-reasoned) defence of his choice. But yeah, he'd have probably have been better off going for more spokes…
T4tomo
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I thought it was a rim that has 'slightly broken'
I think I'd put it in the "unlucky" category, rather than "poor equipment choice".
£5k on a wheelset though
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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I thought it was a rim that has 'slightly broken'
I think I'd put it in the "unlucky" category, rather than "poor equipment choice".
£5k on a wheelset though
Yes, the rim....it was shorthand for 'something cheaper and (even) stronger'.
That's not his only problem- he might have broken race rules. According to James Hayden, Christoph Strasser gave him some money when his card didn't work. Poor planning might cost him dear.
matticus
Guru
Jeez, that's going to be a tough one to justify. Presumably OK if he'd Paypal-ed the same amount to Strasser (as Fiona has been doing). Fine margins!
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matticus
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I'm worried 
214's dot is over an hour stationary @ about 2000m altitude, a few miles before CP4. The crew car's dot has just gone out to meet him.
214's dot is over an hour stationary @ about 2000m altitude, a few miles before CP4. The crew car's dot has just gone out to meet him.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
I'm worried
214's dot is over an hour stationary @ about 2000m altitude, a few miles before CP4. The crew car's dot has just gone out to meet him.
That is concerning, I hope all is OK.
as an aside the CP4 is in a funny place, as the natural angle of approach from CP3 means a decent down into the valley to CP4 and then a climb back up retracing your route to get onto the mandatory parcours, which looks to be an isolated gravel road?
matticus
Guru
That's about right! Social media is full of speculation about the hazards of that road - Streetview is limited, but it looks more rideable than hike-a-bike. Maybe ...
. Strasser is on the narrowest tyres of the front group (28mm clinchers?), and I think someone clocked him as averaging under 10kph along the whole thing!
Look how steep the final descent is:
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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World tour teams have a car and tame mechanic right behind them who will swap another wheel in in 6 seconds if it breaks. Different story when unsupported.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Quite!
Will (214) has scratched- he was in a collision with an e-scooter in Bavaria, which weakened the frame. On the Transalpina descent this morning he realized there was a problem. Frame crack was under his bag straps. Poor bloke.
matticus
Guru
Bollox. But thanks. where did you get that from? EDIT: I think it's on twitter.
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cougie uk
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Or Instagram. Bad luck for him but it could have been a lot worse. Lovely place for a rest.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Ulrich and Adam may have missed last ferries today. Riders 4-8 may catch them before first ferries in morning.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Are there no bridges over the Danube?
