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![]() New bike looks smart. Why does everyone else's red bar tape look red and mine looks peach? |
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My bar tape doesn't look that red in real life, its similar to your tape colour.
Managed to pull a muscle behind my knee yesterday, bloomin sore, did the same last year.
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Paris - roubaix is on eurosport , currently battering over a load of cobbles, never saw this race before, looks fun
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It certainly was, really enjoyed that, I'm sure I heard one of the commentators saying something about cyclo cross frames ? I probably misheard him but those bikes must have special frames to withstand the shocks form cobbles and rough(ish) terrain in parts ?
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No you heard him right, some of the riders use a cyclocross frame, different geometry gives more stable handling over the cobbles.
Some use a standard road bike, but often they'll fit wider tyres do deal with the bumps as well.
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The heavier riders do better on the cobbles, as they don' get bounced about like the lighter ones
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